BULLETIN

Rabbi Barry Gelman The is up. Emeritus Joseph Radinsky z’l Cantor Emeritus Irving Dean President Mr. Rick Guttman

LOUIS AND YAFFEE BNEI AKIVA PROGRAM: Shabbat NoTeen 10:30 am: Tot Shabbat No Snif

Parents are asked to tell their kids that card playing is not permitted in the . The presence of card playing does not promote the Serving the Orthodox Community of type of atmosphere we are trying to create in the shul. Additionally, all Houston for over 100 years youth should either be in groups or sitting with their parents.

December 23, 2017 5 Tevet 5778 Please Click Here to take a UOS Membership Interest Survey

Torah Sefer: Bereishit Parasha: Vayigash Please join us for a Seudah Shlishit Talk: with Rabbi Barry Gelman, : Ezekiel 37:15-28 Title “Is The Cheese Burger Coming To A Kosher Restaurant Near You? ————————————— The Status Of Genetically Engineered Meat”. Shabbat in Freedman Hall. Sponsorship is greatly appreciated.

Shabbat Enhanced Kiddush next week: Sponsored by Adrianne and Berger in honor of the engagement of their daughter Stephanie to Robert Weissbrot.

Seudah Shlishit in Freedman Hall.

Seudah Shlishit next week: Sponsorship is greatly appreciated. See page 4 for details

Baruch Dayan H’emet We regret to inform you on the passing of

Caryn Klapholz, Mother of our member Alisha Klapholz (Josh Furman)

Howard Kusnetz, Husband of our member Florence Kusnetz

May the families be comforted among the mourners United Orthodox of Zion and The David & Ruth Mitzner Building 9001 Greenwillow Houston, TX 77096 The greatest chessed (kindness) you can do for someone in shul is to let 713-723-3850 them pray undisturbed.1 Please refrain from talking during services. UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES OF HOUSTON Friday December 22nd 5:09 pm Candle Lighting Shabbat: 5:10 pm Mincha/Maariv  Morning Services: followed by Kiddush in Freedman Hall.  Sermon by Rabbi Barry Gelman: Saturday December 23rd  Massechet Shabbat: with Gideon Miller, 1 hour before Mincha at the 9:00 am Shacharit home of Sharon & Eddie Grosman. There is No Class this Shabbat. No Class Gideon Miller  Shabbat Class: with Rabbi Barry Gelman, Title “Great Moments in Rabbinic 4:15 pm Rabbi Barry Gelman History: This week: “The Clash of the Converts and The High Priest”. 5:00 pm Mincha  Seudah Shlishit Talk: with Rabbi Barry Gelman, Title: Is The Cheese Burger 5:30 pm Class by David Silberman Coming To A Kosher Restaurant Near You? The Status Of Genetically 6:10 pm Havdallah Engineered Meat. Sunday December 24th  Massechet Bava Metziah: with David Silberman, after Seudah Shlishit. 8:00 am Shacharit ———————————————————————————————————————- 5:15 pm Mincha/Maariv Ongoing Weekday Classes:

Monday December 25th  with Rabbi Yaakov Nagel. Daf Yomi is a daily regimen of 8:00 am Shacharit study. The entire Talmud is completed, one day at a time, in seven and a half 5:10 pm Mincha/Maariv years. Tens of thousands of worldwide study in the Daf Yomi program. The class will take place in the Library 45 minutes after Mincha, Sunday Tuesday December 26th through Thursday.

6:00 Early Shacharit  Mondays 11:15 am-1:15 pm: Women’s only Israeli Dancing—Beginner thru 7:00 am Shacharit advanced telling the story of the Jewish People and today thru Dance. 5:15 pm Mincha/Maariv Cost $6/session. Contact Weissblatt for details 713-776-9739.

Wednesday December 27th  Mondays 8:00 pm: 3 Mini Courses On Classic Topics with Rabbi Barry Gelman. Current Topic “ Amazing Aggadah: An in depth study of some of the 6:00 am Early Shacharit non legal sections of the Talmud. 7:00 am Shacharit 5:15 pm Mincha/Maariv  Wednesdays 11:45 am (class 12:00 pm-12:30 pm): with Rabbi Gelman Lunch & Learn: Parshat Hashavua: A textual analysis of the weekly Torah Thursday December 28th portion. Class will be held in the UOS library, cost $6 (egg salad, tuna salad, Fast of Tevet fresh green salad and a drink) RSVP to [email protected] or online at 6:00 Fast Begins www.uosh.org. 6:00 am Early Shacharit 6:30 am Shacharit  Wednesday 8:00 pm at the home of Vivian and Henry Blum. Rabbi Moshe 5:10 pm Mincha/Maariv Traxler teaching the Rambam's . 5:58 Fast Ends

Friday December 29th 6:00 am Early Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 5:13 pm Candle Lighting 5:15 pm Mincha/Maariv Rabbi Gelman is sending out a weekly inspirational message or link thru a WhatsApp group. Please text Rabbi Gelman at 713 922 2473 Saturday December 30th indicating that you would like to join the UOSInspiration WhatsApp 9:00 am Shacharit group. Make sure you have a WhatsApp account. 4:00 Gideon Miller 4:20 Rabbi Barry Gelman 5:05 pm Mincha Daily minyan is a fundamental aspect of synagogue life. Help to assure that 5:30 pm Class by David Silberman we have a minyan each time by joining the minyan WhatsApp group. Those in 6:14 pm Havdallah the group receive periodic reminders of minyan times as well as requests to come when we are short. Come when you can. Join the group to make sure those saying and others have a minyan. Email or text your cell # to Rabbi Gelman if you wish to join and download the WhatsApp app.

2 UOS Torah Classes at a Glance

Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

1 hour before Mincha: 45 minutes 11:15 pm—1:15 45 minutes 11:45 am 45 minutes Massechet Shabbat with Gideon after Mincha: pm: Israeli after (lunch) after Miller at the home of Sharon & Daf Yomi: with dance for Mincha: Daf 12-12:30 pm Mincha: Daf Eddie Grosman. There is No Rabbi Nagel. Women. Yomi: with (class) Lunch & Yomi: with Class this Shabbat. ——————— ——————— Rabbi Nagel. Learn with Rabbi Nagel. —————————————— 45 minutes —————— Rabbi Gelman: —————— Shabbat Class: with Rabbi Barry after Mincha: Parshat Gelman, Title “Great Moments Daf Yomi: with Hashavua: A in Rabbinic History: This week: Rabbi Nagel. textual analysis “The Clash of the Converts and ——————— of the weekly The High Priest”. Mondays 8:00 Torah portion. —————————————— pm: 3 Mini —————— Courses. There After Mincha: Massechet Bava Wednesday is no class this Metziah with David Silberman. 8:00 pm at the week. home of Vivian —————————————— and Henry Blum.

Rabbi Moshe Traxler teach- ing the Ram- ban's Mishneh Torah. ——————— 45 minutes CARE CALENDARS after Mincha: We are pleased to share with you the CareCalendar for our new Bnot Daf Yomi: with Sheriut, Shira & Osi We hope that the entire community will take the Rabbi Nagel. opportunity to to know these wonderful people.

Please go to Http://www.carecalendar.org and enter the following information in the appropriate spaces:

Calendar ID: 259166 Security code: 4900

UOS Committee Chairpersons Welcome members, friends and guests Committee Contact Email Address to UOS. On behalf of the Board of Direc- Chesed Doreen Lerner [email protected] tors, I invite you to engage in our com- Education- UOSGMS Nada Chandler [email protected] munity and in our Shul. Please reach out to our Rabbi, me, or any of our com- Hospitality Elise Passy [email protected] mittee leaders as we work together to House and Grounds Neil Scheckter [email protected] enrich each other and our community. Membership Steven Abramson [email protected] Security Harry Brown/Yair Yeudai [email protected] Best regards Committee Dov Liberman [email protected] Rick S Guttman Youth Education Robert Levy [email protected] 3 UOS TIKKUN OLAM INITIATIVE Co-chairs: Doreen Lerner and Marisa Brown Spring, 2018 Tikkun Olam project Sunday February 4th, 9 am – 12 noon Houston Food Bank

Portwall: Main Warehouse 535 Portwall St., Houston, TX 77029 Volunteer projects vary based on need and may in- clude inspecting/sorting food, repacking dry food into family-sized bags, stocking/cleaning the Emergency Food Pantry or one of many other opportunities. Children as young as age six are welcome for our kid- friendly projects. Volunteers 16 years and younger MUST be accompanied by an adult parent/guardian while performing community service hours here at The Houston Food Bank. Closed toe shoes and sleeved shirts are required. Please contact Doreen Lerner by January 15th to sign up for this project and to receive some important volunteer information.

Prayer For The IDF & US Military

As we recite the prayer for members of the Israeli Defense Force on Shabbat and Yom Tov we keep in mind those Israeli Soldiers held in captivity and missing in action

Ron Arad Guy Chever Yehuda Katz Zecharia Baumal Zvi Feldman

and those connected to our congregational family in active IDF & US Military

Zvi Boruch Altman Elad Imany Akiva Gilad Brody Yehuda Lajcher

Azriel Oz Brody Albert Katz Roni Buchine Reuben Morris David Chertoff Gavriel Saitowitz

Yonaton Cytrin Jake Saitowitz Samuel Gorme

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5 In the interest of collegiality, we want to share these community announcements with you

The Jewish Federation of Greater Houston is once again offering grants and scholarships for children seeking to attend overnight camp or to participate in trips to Israel. For all local Jewish children, the Federation provides two forms of need-based scholarships for overnight camp and Israel experiences: general financial assistance, and scholarships for campers whose families were affected by Hurricane Harvey.

For families whose children are not currently enrolled in a daily Jewish educational program (such as a Jewish day school), the Federation’s One Happy Camper program offers $1,000 incentive grants that are not need- based for first-time campers attending for 19 or more consecutive days, and $700 grants for first-time campers attending for 12-18 consecutive days.

For questions regarding One Happy Camper grants, contact Devorah Cohen at [email protected].

For questions regarding scholarships, contact Elizabeth Garza at [email protected] or 713-729-7000 x309.

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