LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Dear Friends,

You are now able to view our weekly newsletters, the times of services and upcoming events on our website  www.jerusalemgreatsynagogue.com  Please check out the website (which is still a work in progress).  We welcome your comments and suggestions.  The times of services and upcoming events will be listed each week in both Hebrew and English (not yet in Russian).  For the moment, our weekly newsletters are only in English but we hope that they too will soon be available in Hebrew as well.

We thank those dedicated-seat holders who responded to last week's newsletter and have already reserved their seats for the Yamim Noraim.  We would appreciate those  dedicated-seat holders who haven't responded but are planning to be with us for Rosh Hashana and/or Yom Kippur to please let us know that you wish to use your seats. It takes only a few minutes of your time to respond to this e-mail but it helps us immensely.  Thanks for your assistance.

At the initiative of our Chief Chazzan Chaim Adler, The Jerusalem Great Synagogue and Beit Midrash Be'er Miriam are initiating the special tefilot for Yom Kippur katan on erev Rosh Chodesh.  This month, these tefilot and Mincha will take place on Sunday, June 21st at 1:15 PM in Beit Midrash Be'er Miriam. The tefilot will be led by Chazzan Adler and the entire community is invited to join with us.  We express our thanks to Aharon Rubinstein Printers of Bnei Brak for their kind donation of the pamplets containing these special tefilot.         

Do you have a good singing voice, read music, have the ability to be in the neighborhood of The Jerusalem Great Synagogue on Shabbatot and want to participate as a Bass, Baritone, Tenor I or Tenor II in the most renowned Synagogue Choir in the world?  Our Choir Director Elli Jaffe is looking for new voices to join our outstanding group of singers.  If you qualify and are interested in exploring this possibility further, please contact Mr Jaffe at  ellijaffe@gmail.com  

Mazal Tov to our congregants and supporters Mr. and Mrs. Shuly Rechdiener on the marriage this week of their daughter Yakira to Yossi Lowenbraun, son of Mr. and Mrs. Shloime Lowenbraun. May the young couple share a long, healthy and happy life together as they build their bayit ne'eman b'Yisrael.

We continue to pray for the good health and immediate release of Gilad ben Aviva Schalit.  Please add prayers for refua sheleima for those who were injured in terrorist attacks and in the War in Gaza and for Ratza bat Reesa (Roslyn Lowy), Aryeh ben Sarah Leah (Chazzan Aryeh Goldberg), Amiram ben Reina (Amiram Benshimol), Zahava bat Rachel (Zahava Meczes), Channa bas Chaya Devorah (Anna Schlesinger), Bracha Miriam bat Rachel (Miriam Sheinberg), Chaim Ariel ben Vera Devora (Ariel Sharon), Shoshana Bat Miriam (Susan Shapiro), Chaya bat Chava (Chaya Herstik), Chaim Eliezer ben Chaya (Chaim Eliezer Herstik), 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), Yehudah Leib ben Tziporah Rachel (Yehudah Rosenblatt), Miriam Rivkah bat Adina Leah (Miriam Strasberg), Bracha bat Penina Rivka Yoela (Beth Joshuah), Yissachar Dov ben Peshe (Bud Silver), Moshe Avigdor ben Rivkah (Martin Herzog) and Aviva bat Shulamit Charna (Aviva Lazarus).  May they all be blessed with a speedy and complete recovery and enjoy good health for many more years.

Chief Chazzan Chaim Adler will officiate this Friday evening (7:35 PM) and Shabbat morning (7:55 AM) accompanied by our Choir conducted by Elli Jaffe.  We are delighted to welcome Ofir Reuven who is celebrating his aufruf this Shabbat in our Synagogue and extend our Mazal Tov wishes to him and his kallah, Inbal Atar, on their forthcoming wedding next week. May the young couple share a long, healthy and happy life together as they build their bayit ne'eman b'Yisrael.  If you are in our area, we hope you will join us.

Shabbat shalom and Chodesh tov.

Asher Schapiro

 
            UPCOMING EVENTS

June 21, Sunday, erev Rosh Chodesh -Yom Kippur Katan – Chief Chazzan Chaim Adler will officiate for Mincha and the special tefilot for Yom Kippur Katan at 1:15 PM in Beit Midrash Be'er Miriam.

June 26-27, Shabbat Parashat Chukat – Guest Chazzan Yaakov Motzen will officiate on Friday evening and Shabbat morning accompanied by the Choir conducted by Elli Jaffe.           

July 3-4, Shabbat Parashat Balak - Chief Chazzan Chaim Adler will officiate on Friday evening and Shabbat morning accompanied by the Choir conducted by Elli Jaffe