בס"ד Tu B'Shevat is Jan. 20 – The School PTA is once again selling beautiful fruit and nut platters for Tu B'Shevat. They make wonderful gifts and are $20 per platter. Pick up YISE Shabbos Shorts available in Kemp Mill, White Oak, Potomac, Woodside or at the school. For more info or The Shabbos Shorts is sponsored by Sarah and David Maslow for phone orders, contact Aviva Rosen: 240-620-6880 or [email protected] in appreciation for the sponsors, the overwhelming good wishes, and Good Book Wants YOU – to update your listing. The Good Book is preparing its 2011 the privilege of living in this community for 21 years. edition. If you have changes, or if you are not listed and want to be, contact the Good Book at 877-358-6068 or [email protected]. Shabbos, Dec. 24-25, 2010 The Haimish Kiddush Group now has 36 members signed up for 2011. We continue to Parshas Shemos 18 Tevet 5771 grow every week and would encourage anyone interested in strengthening our shul to join Light Candles 4:32pm us. It costs $100 to become a member. Please contact Raph Ginsburg, [email protected], Friday Mincha - Arcola & University 4:35pm for details on how to join. Friday Mincha - Sephardi & Nusach Sefard 4:35pm

Rabbi Rosenbaum will speak at the Sephardi Minyan. The Hashkamah/Nusach Sefard Kiddush is sponsored by “The Group.” Davening Times Week of Dec. 26 – Jan. 1, 2010 The 8:45AM Main Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by Estie & Azik Schwechter

MORNING SERVICES (Dec. 26– Jan. 1) in honor of the birth of their daughter, Matar Batsheva. Univ. Arcola Sephardi (korbanot) Early Shabbos Mincha - Arcola 2:30pm Shabbos Mincha - Sephardi 4:15pm Sunday/Friday (New Year)8:00am 6:30/7:30/8:45am 7:30am “ Shabbos Mincha - Arcola & University 4:30pm Monday/Thursday 6:15am 6:45am/7:35am 6:05am “ Shabbos Mincha - Nusach Sefard 4:30pm Tues./Wed. 6:30am 6:55am/7:35am 6:15am " Shabbos Ends 5:36pm Shabbos 8:45am 7:00/7:00*/8:00/8:45am 8:15am “

*Nusach Sefard Minyan

AFTERNOON SERVICES Mincha-Maariv (Dec. 26– Dec. 30) MAZAL TOV TO:

Sunday - Arcola & University - 4:40pm Bev Morris & Art Boyars on the engagement of their son Jack to Michal Arcola Monday – Thursday - 4:40pm Yablong, daughter of Naomi & Larry Yablong of Chicago. University - Maariv only Monday - Thursday 7:15pm HALACHIC TIMES (Dec. 26– Jan. 1) Rose & Saul Elbaum on the birth of a baby girl to their children Chava & Joey Talis & Tefillin 6:30am Elbaum of Olney. Mazal tov also to big sister Claire, great-grandmother Selma Krias Sh’ma 9:47am Blitzstein, aunt and uncle Lucy & Bernie Blitzstein, and all the cousins. Mincha (Earliest) 12:42pm

Next Shabbos, Dec. 31, 2010 - Jan. 1, 2011 Lynn & Stephen Deutsch on the birth of their grandson, Zev Meir, to their Parashas Vaera 25 Tevet 5771 children Ilana & Eliot Deutsch of Woodmere, NY. Mazal Tov also to Uncles Light Candles 4:37pm Jacob, Dovid and Dani Deutsch. Friday Mincha - Arcola & University 4:40pm Friday Mincha - Sephardi & Nusach Sefard 4:40pm Adena & Dr. Abbe Mendlowitz on the engagement of their son Aharon to Early Shabbos Mincha - Arcola 2:30pm Shabbos Mincha - Sephardi 4:20pm Chedva Gross. Mazal tov to Aharon's grandparents Rabbi & Mrs. Hersh Shabbos Mincha - Arcola & University 4:35pm Mendlowitz. Shabbos Mincha - Nusach Sefard 4:35pm UPCOMING YISE EVENTS Shabbos Ends 5:41pm Sunday, Dec. 26 – Visiting the Sick the Jewish Way, Arcola Social Hall, 9:30am

Monday, Dec. 27 – The Man With the Truck, Arcola Social Hall, 5pm-8:30pm.

Friday December 31 -- Ruach Minyan, Arcola Social Hall, 4:40pm Next Shabbos Shorts Deadline: Wednesday, Dec. 29, at 12 Noon. Motzei Shabbos, Jan. 8 – Dor L’Dor, 7pm, Arcola Social Hall Submit items for the Shabbos Shorts to [email protected]. Office Phone: 301-593-4465 Office Fax: 301-593-2330 line: 301-593-5561 E-Mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.yise.org $ SAVE the DATE $ Office Hours: Open Monday – Thursday 9am - 5pm, Friday Closed, New Year observed YISE Annual Banquet Sunday, February 13, 2011 Rabbi Gedaliah Anemer, z”l Rabbi Dovid Rosenbaum David Mazel – President Alan Zimmerman – Executive Director Our honorees are Susan & Bob Levi.

The Young Leadership Award will be presented to Yoninah & Adam Segal.

Youth Honorees will be the seniors who are leaders in our Youth Groups and Youth Minyan.

Please plan to join us. YISE YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENTS It’s your Shul- Please care for it like you would want your home cared for.

Youth Groups this Shabbos meet at 10am. 1st - 4th grade girls meet upstairs in the small Beis COMMUNITY PROGRAMS & LISTINGS Medrash; 1st - 4th grade boys at the Yeshiva (meet in the YISE downstairs lobby at 10am); 2-5 year olds meet in the large Youth room behind the women`s balcony. Pick up the 2-5 year olds in Women's Daytime Tehillim Group – 2pm-3pm, Tuesdays. Contact Arleeta, 301-649-0552. the large Youth room and the 1st-4th graders in the small Youth room. 4-year-old Girls Shabbos Group will meet today at the home of Nesya Levitt, 911 The Youth Minyan Kiddush is being sponsored by the Youth Minyan Kiddush Club. Brentwood Lane, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm. To join the group or to host, contact Shoshana

th th Tanzer at [email protected]. Rabbi Rosenbaum’s Shiur for 6 -8 grade boys will not meet this Shabbos. Announcing Job Search Club – The Kemp Mill Employment Assistance Initiative NEW DATE The next Dor L’Dor will be on Motzei Shabbos, January 8, 7:00pm. Please weekly forum for jobseekers. Support in all aspects of the jobhunt – interview skills, the note the date change. All families are invited to join us in the Arcola Social Hall for search process, accessing experts. The Club meets Thursdays, 7:30 pm, at YISE (upstairs family chevrusah-style learning, inspiring discussions, delicious pizza, exciting prizes and Beis Medrash). For more information contact 301-525-9737, [email protected] . a special treat. For more information, please email [email protected]. Eat, Play, Kibbitz – Join Amit Birah Chapter for a Night of Poker, Games, and David WEEKDAY SHIURIM Chu's Chinese Cuisine Saturday, Dec. 25, 8pm, at the home of Maris & Kevin Liss, 604 Hermleigh Road. $50 per person (includes playing chips and dinner) $75 young Yoma – Shiur Monday thru Thursday, small Beis Medrash, 11am-12 Noon. couple couvert. RSVP or for information, Sara Solomon at [email protected].

Beis Medrash Zichron Gedaliah Community Tuesday Night Learning for Men - in the YISE small Social Hall. Learning 8pm-9pm, followed by Maariv and light MES Annual Meeting – The Mikvah Emunah Society of Greater Washington will hold refreshments. Five shiurim & chavrusas. Contact Rabbi Eli Reingold, 301-996-5910. its annual meeting on Motzei Shabbos Jan. 1, 8pm at YISE. The guest speaker will be Rabbi Zev Katz's Wednesday morning Chumash class, previously taught by Rabbi Rabbi Yaakov Bieler. All are invited to attend.

Anemer, z"l, meets at 11am in the small Beis Medrash at Arcola. Online Computer Courses – The OU offers online Beginners- and Intermediate-level Rabbi Moshe Arzouan’s Wednesday evening Advanced Men’s Gemara shiur, courses in Dreamweaver, Excel, Photoshop, and Quickbooks, starting in January. Courses previously taught by Rabbi Anemer, z”l, meets at 7:30pm, after Maariv at University Blvd. include six 90-minute sessions. $36 registration fee each; register at www.oujobs.org. Rabbi Rosenbaum’s Gemara shiur for men, Tuesday and Friday mornings, "A Taste of Tu b'Shevat" – It's almost 2011, and we're thinking about the (Jewish) New Arcola Social Hall, 6:00-6:45am. The shiur covers Gemara, , and Tosfos with a Year (of the Trees). Join Silver Spring's Kayamut/Sustainability Circle Jan. 10, 8 pm, at look at practical halachic conclusions drawn from the sugyos. For more information the Silver Spring Jewish Center to get into the spirit of Tu b’Shevat with Torah learning, contact Aaron Branda at [email protected] or Rabbi Rosenbaum. fruits of the holiday and environmental lessons. This event is nutritious and free of charge. Rabbi Rosenbaum’s Sunday night shiur for men in Mishna Brurah meets at his home. For more information contact [email protected]. Business and Tax Planning for Very Small Startup Businesses – Sharon Samuels will Rabbi Rosenbaum’s Wednesday night Women’s shiur meets at 8pm in the discuss these issues on Thursday, Jan. 11, 7:30-9:00pm, location TBA. Sponsored by the Kemp Mill Employment Assistance Initiative. For other job-related assistance contact Avi Arcola Small Beis Medrash. Zemelman at [email protected]. The Greater Washington Community Kollel Linas Hatzedek program is presented in conjunction with the YISE Adult Education Committee on Sunday mornings, Yad Ezra V'Shulamit-feeding Israel’s needy- is in really tight times now, especially 9:30am, following the 8:45am Shacharis. with the recent forest fire in Israel. Ariel-Sara Gerowitz is trying to raise funds in America NEW DATE Visiting the Sick the Jewish Way –Learn the proper way to perform to support this work. He’ll be speaking about the great work and sharing anecdotes the special Mitzvah of Bikkur Cholim! In conjunction with YISE Adult Education Saturday, Dec. 25, 8pm, at the home of Chaim & Stephanie Spilman, 11106 Easecrest Dr. (off of University) in Silver Spring. Committee, GWCK invites the community to "Visiting the Sick the Jewish Way," a lecture by Rabbi Yosef Singer, Rabbi of YIEIP. Sunday morning, Dec. 26, 9:30am at The Koidenover Rebbe – Wednesday, Dec. 29, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nachi Hirschfeld, YISE. Men and women are welcome. 1131 Kersey Rd. Private meetings with the Rebbe, 5:00pm. Maariv followed by Kumzitz, 8:15pm.

SHABBOS SHIURIM Franco Foundation End-of-Year Appeal – The Franco Foundation is an important part of our own community's safety net for individuals and families unable to face emergencies Hilchos Shabbos/Oneg Shabbos with Rabbi Rosenbaum - This Friday night, and pay for basic needs. Please send your generous tax-deductible donation to the Franco December 24, 8:15pm at the home of the Ungers, 1102 Arcola. This month's shiur- Foundation c/o Allan Franco, 613 Bromley St., Silver Spring 20902. You can also refer (Carrying). Food provided by the hosts, shiur is open to all. cases to [email protected].

R' Pinchas Werner – 8:15am Shiur in the youth room behind the balcony. All are welcome. Mond Foundation – This organization is an engine of chesed for many community Rabbi David Hyatt – Gemara Shiur after Hashkamah Minyan. programs in Silver Spring, including sponsoring g'machs, Tomchei Shabbos for needy Rabbi Moshe Arzouan – Shiur after Sephardi Musaf. individuals and families, food distribution, house starter packages for newlyweds, and Rabbi William Millen – Gemara Shiur, takes place this Shabbos 1 hour before Mincha. baby equipment for new parents. Mail your contributions to 812 Hyde Court, Silver Rabbi Yehoshua Levy – Alshich on the Parsha 45 minutes before Sephardi Mincha. Spring. Learn more at http://yehudamondfoundation.org/

Rabbi Amram Hes – Parsha shiur will meet ½ hour before Mincha this Shabbos. Reminder- Community programs are listed as space is available, at the discretion of Rabbi Reingold– Shiur between Mincha & Maariv at Arcola. the YISE staff. Listings for non-Shul events may appear only one time if space is needed Rabbi Rosenbaum – Shiur between Mincha & Maariv at University Blvd. for Shul events, or may appear more often if space permits. There are no guarantees. Mrs. Yocheved Arzouan – Shiur 9am, upstairs behind the women’s balcony. Submissions are subject to editing for space or stylistic requirements.