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Letter
From Chairman of the Board
Upcoming Events
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Schedule for Shabbat
Friday Candle Lighting:
6:45 PM
Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat
7:10 PM
Shabbat Shacharit
7:55 AM Chief Chazzan Chaim Adler will officiate on
Friday evening and Shabbat morning accompanied by our Choir conducted by Elli Jaffe Sermon Shabbat morning: Chief
Rabbi of Haifa, Rabbi She'ar
Yashuv Cohen
Kiddush following
Shabbat morning service
Shabbat Mincha (Beit Midrash Be'er Miriam) 7:05 PM
Seudah shlishit is
sponsored in memory of Mrs. Miriam Landau ז"ל
Shabbat concludes: 8:03 PM
Schedule
for Week of May 9-14 (Beit Midrash Be'er Miriam)
Sun,
Tues 8:00 AM
Mon, Thurs 7:50 AM
Wed. Yom
Yerushalayim 7:50 AM Fri - Rosh
Chodesh 7:45 AM Mincha
(Sun-Thurs) 1:00 PM Thurs
-Mincha and Yom Kippur Katan 1:08 PM Guest Chazzan: Ephraim Weissman
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Letter
from the Chairman of the Board
Dear Friends,
If you are in
the Jerusalem area this Shabbat, Parshiot Behar-Bechukotai and Shabbat
Mevorchim, we invite you to join us as we celebrate "Shabbat Sh'lom
Yerushalayim" in honor of the upcoming 43rd anniversary of the
reunification of the Capital City of the State of Israel. Chief Chazzan
Chaim Adler will officiate on Friday Evening (7:10 PM) and on Shabbat
morning (7:55 AM) accompanied by The Jerusalem Great Synagogue Choir
conducted by Elli Jaffe. On Shabbat morning, we will be privileged to
hear Divrei Torah from the Chief Rabbi of Haifa, Rabbi She'ar Yashuv
Cohen, who was captured and imprisoned by the Jordanians in the 1948
battle for the Old City of Jerusalem. There will be a Kiddush sponsored
by The Jerusalem Great Synagogue following the Shabbat morning service.
Our thanks to the "Iggud Batei Knesset B'Yisrael" headed by Eliezer
Sheffer, for their efforts in promoting the observance of this special
Shabbat in Synagogues throughout the world.
As I noted last week,
in cooperation with "Moreshet Hamishpat B' Yisrael" The Jerusalem Great
Synagogue will host a Shavuot Night of Torah Study beginning at 11:15
PM on Tuesday evening May 18th, on the interaction of Jewish Law with
contemporary issues. The shiurim are in Hebrew and the speakers will
be: the Rishon L'Zion, Israel's Chief Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar; the Chief
Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Yaffo Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau; Attorney Yaakov
Weinroth; Professor Nahum Rakover; Dr. Michael Vigoda; The Av Beit Din
Rabbani of Jerusalem Rabbi Eliyahu Abargel; The head of the Tzurba
Mi'Rabbanan Institute Rabbi Ben Zion Algazi. The complete list of topics
will be found in the Hebrew section of The Jerusalem Great Synagogue's
website under the category of Upcoming Events (Iruim K'rovim).
We
are delighted this Friday evening to again invite Lone Soldiers to join
in our Leil Shabbat services and in the delicious Shabbat Dinner which
follows. These Dinners are sponsored by our Synagogue and The Leo V.
Berger Fund – Harvey Schwartz, President and Sigmund Kassap, Vice
President, our Benefactors. We thank our partners in these Shabbat
programs: The Michael Levin Center for Lone Soldiers, Nefesh b'Nefesh,
the Yeshurun Central Synagogue and The American Jewish War Veterans Post
180- Jerusalem. We also thank those who support these efforts by their
donations, helping to show our appreciation to these young men and women
who have become Olim and volunteered to serve in the IDF. Our cost per
soldier is $30. We welcome your contributions to assist us in covering
the expenses for this very special project. If you are a Lone Soldier
and want to attend this Shabbat's Dinner, please register by this
Thursday, May 6th, by clicking on the appropriate box at the website www.lonesoldiercenter.com or by contacting Daniel
Charter either by phone at 054-206-3321 or via e-mail at: daniel@lonesoldiercenter.com
Please note that this coming Wednesday (May 12th), Yom
Yerushalayim, our Shacharit service in Beit Midrash Be'er Miriam begins
at 7:50 AM. We invite you to join us as we celebrate this very special
day.
At the initiative of Chief Chazzan Chaim Adler, we continue
the tradition of reciting the special tefilot for Yom Kippur Katan on
erev Rosh Chodesh of most months during the year. Guest Chazzan Ephraim
Weissman will lead these tefilot this month on Thursday, May 13th (29
Iyar) following Mincha which begins at 1:08 PM.
Mazal Tov to my
wife Lenore on the birth of our great-granddaughter born to our
grandchildren Nati and Tamar Schapiro. Mazal Tov to the grandparents,
our children David and Ziva Schapiro and Tamar's parents Shlomo and
Etty Greenbaum. May the newborn go to Torah, chupah l'ben Torah and
maasim tovim and be a constant source of nachat to her family and to all
Am Yisrael.
Mazal Tov to our Supporting Members and congregants
Professor Ronald and Mary Ruth Gehr on the birth and brit of their
grandson Yosef Akiva Kaufman and to the parents Gavi and Carolyn
Kaufman, of Montreal. May Yosef Akiva go to Torah, chupah and maasim
tovim and be a constant source of nachat to his family and to all Am
Yisrael.
Mazal Tov to our former Chorister Steve and Lois
Weinstein on the birth and brit of their grandson, Joel Shalom Muchtar
and to the parents, Alon and Sarah Muchtar. May Joel Shalom go to Torah,
chupah and maasim tovim and be a constant source of nachat to his
family and to all Am Yisrael.
Mazal Tov to our friends Chazzan
Azi and Noa Schwartz, on the birth of their son. Mazal Tov to the entire
Schwartz and Presler families.May the newborn go to brit, Torah, chupah
and maasim tovim and be a constant source of nachat to his family and
to all Am Yisrael.
Mazal Tov to our friends and supporters the
Zvhil-Mezbuz Rebbe, Grand Rabbi Y.A. Korff, shlita and Rebbetzin Korff
on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Mordecai. May the Chattan Bar Mitzvah
continue to be a constant source of nachat to his family and to all Am
Yisrael.
With deep sadness, we advise you of the sudden passing
this evening (Tuesday) of our congregant and Supporting Member Irwin
(Bob) Rabinowitz. We do not yet have details of the funeral or the
Shiva. We will advise you of them when they become available. To his
wife Shirley and the entire family we extend our condolences. May they
be comforted among the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem and
experience no further sorrow for many years to come.
We continue
to pray for the good health and immediate release of Gilad ben Aviva
Schalit and the other members of the IDF still in captivity. Please add
prayers for refua sheleima for those who were injured in terrorist
attacks and in the War in Gaza and for Aryeh ben Sarah Leah (Chazzan
Aryeh Goldberg), Amiram ben Reina (Amiram Benshimol), Zahava bat Rachel
(Zahava Meczes), Channa bat Chaya Devorah (Anna Schlesinger), Bracha
Miriam bat Rachel (Miriam Sheinberg), Chaim Ariel ben Vera Devora (Ariel
Sharon), Shoshana bat Miriam (Susan Shapiro), Amit Yehuda ben Malka
(Dr.Amit Schwartz), Shimon Elimelech ben Sima Rivka (Marc Weinberg),
Avraham Yeshayahu ben Aviva (Avraham Yeshayahu Feiner), Shai ben Rachel
(Shai Peltz), Miriam Rivkah bat Adina Leah (Miriam Strasberg),
Yissachar Dov ben Peshe (Bud Silver), Moshe Avigdor ben Rivkah (Martin
Herzog), Penina Rivka Yoela bat Mirel (Penny Bowman), Avichai Avraham
ben Sarah Miriam, Gitel Rivka bat Chaya Risa and Chaya Aviva Sarah bat
Adel Nechama (Alexandra Morgan Talbot). May they all be blessed with a
speedy and complete recovery and enjoy good health for many more years.
Lost
and Found: There are seforim in Rabbi Finkelstein's office belonging
to the following people: Dr. B Hornung, Dovid Moshe Germiza, Werner and
Janet Fink, Ephraim Yonai, Rachel Greenbaum, Dovid Reichman, Yisrael
Rozmarin, Bezalel Dov Solomon, Mordechai Gorgov, Avi Baitner, Lauren
Hertan, Elli Davids, Tamar Weichselbaum, Zemach Assaf. If you are one
of these people please make contact with us. If you know any of these
people, please alert them to the fact that we have what belongs to them.
Have you joined us yet as Supporting Members? If you don't
remember, you may go to our website www.jerusalemgreatsynagogue.com and see if
your name appears on the list. If it appears there, we thank you and
you should have already received a beautiful Certificate of Membership.
If it does not appear, it means that you haven't as yet partnered with
us in this financially inexpensive but meaningful way. On our website,
you will find the instructions as to how to activate your membership. We
look forward to adding your name to the wonderful list of people who
have already become our Supporting Members.
Shabbat shalom.
May Hashem answer our prayers for Jerusalem, for Israel and for our
people everywhere and may we be blessed with healthy, happy, meaningful
and fulfilling lives in our Land blessed with security and peace.
Asher
Schapiro
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
May 7 Friday Evening – Leil Shabbat Dinner for Lone
Soldiers following Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv services.
May 7-8
Shabbat Parshiot Behar-Bechukotai – Special Shabbat in celebration of
the 43rd anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. Chief Chazzan
Chaim Adler will officiate on Friday evening (7:10 PM) and Shabbat
morning (7:55 AM) accompanied by The Jerusalem Great Synagogue Choir
conducted by Elli Jaffe. Shabbat morning sermon by the Chief Rabbi of
Haifa, Rabbi She'ar Yashuv Cohen. Kiddush following Shabbat morning
services.
May 12 – Wednesday – Yom Yerushalayim. Shacharit
services in Beit Midrash Be'er Miriam at 7:50 AM
May 13 –
Thursday – Erev Rosh Chodesh – Tefillot Mincha and Yom Kippur Katan in
Beit Midrash Be'er Miriam 1:06 PM Guest Chazzan: Ephraim Weissman
May
18-19 (Tuesday-Wednesday) – Shavuot - Chief Chazzan Chaim Adler will
officiate on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning accompanied by our
Choir conducted by Elli Jaffe. Sermon before Yizkor will be given by
The Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Yaffo Rabbi Israel Meir Lau.
May 18 –
11:15 PM Tikun Leil Shavuot - Shiurim until Wednesday morning 4:45 AM
May
19-20 (Wednesday evening-Thursday) – Yom Tov services for those from
abroad who observe two days Yom Tov.
June 17 – Thursday Evening –
Special Lecture to be given (in English) at The Jerusalem Great
Synagogue by The Chief Rabbi of The British Commonwealth, Rabbi Lord
Jonathan Sacks.
Dates of the 5771 (2010-2011) Motzaei Shabbat
Social Evening and Lecture Series: October 2, 2010; November 6, 2010;
January 1, 2011; January 29, 2011; March 5, 2011.
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