ANNOUNCEMENT SPONSORS

LORRAINE AND CHARLES LANDY ON BECOMING US CITIZENS

 

Young Israel of St. Louis

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2008 – SHABBAT SHOFTIM

 


Friday, September 5th

Candle lighting                                                  7:06 pm

Mincha /Ma’ariv                                               7:00 pm

Saturday, September 6th

Hashkama                                                        7:30 am

Chumash Shiur (Chaim Possick)                       8:00 am

Shacharit                                                          9:00 am

Sof Zman Kri’at Shema                                  9:47 am

Pre-Mincha Shiur (Rabbi Shulman)*                 6:00 pm

Mincha                                                             7:00 pm

Shabbat Ends                                                   8:05 pm

 

*Topic

“Do we recite the blessing of a King when seeing the President of the United States?”


Weekly Shacharit

Sunday                                                             8:00 am

Monday & Thursday                                        6:30 am

Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday                         6:40 am

 

Mincha & Ma’ariv                                            7:00 pm

 

Kiddush: sponsored by Rabbi Yonason and Sara Miriam Goldson in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Devorah.

 

Seudah Shlishit: sponsors needed

 

Eruv..                         IS DOWN!!!!!


 


 

MAZEL TOV

Mazel Tov to Rabbi Yonason & Sara Miriam Goldson on Devorah’s Bat Mitzvah. Mazel Tov and welcome to Devorah’s grandparents, Barbara & John Goldson. Welcome to Chava Rosenberg from Edison , NJ.

Mazel Tov to Lorraine & Charles Landy on becoming US Citizens.

REFUAH SHELAIMAH

·                                                                                                                                             Gershon Yitzchak (ben Matil Tziril)

·                                                                                                                                             Rafael Dovid Grunberger (ben Bracha)

·                                                                                                                                             Ruven Kirshner (ben Tovah Chaya)

·                                                                                                                                             Zev Eliezer (ben Chaya Shaindel)

·                                                                                                                                             Malka (bat Chaya)

·                                                                                                                                             Erna Waltuch (Esther bas Rachel Leah)

KIDNAPPED CHAYAL ZAHAL

·                                                                                                                                 Gilad (ben Aviva) Shallit

 

Missing: The entire set (5) of the Gutnick Chumashim are missing from the Beit Medrash.  If you have any information about these s’forim, please contact Judy Haber or Mitch Wolf.  If you need to borrow anything from the shul, please check in with Judy to see how the Shul may accommodate you.

 

Thank you: to Ephraim & Hester Fass and to Russel & Beverly Groener for maintaining hallway decorum this Shabbat.

 

Meet & Greet: Meira & Danny Riemer invite you to meet their daughter, Eliana Tehilla, at an open house, Sunday, September 7, from 10 am to noon at her grandparent’s home (Murray & Eva Gail Bresler) – 7934 Stanford.

 

Picnic: It’s a special Young Israel/TMK picnic! Sunday September 7th, 4:30 pm at Irv Zeid Park, 9200 Old Bonhomme. Come welcome our new Israeli Shlichim, Rabbi Chaim & Merav Possick, Amichai, Eden and Itai and our b’not sherut, Avigayil Schulman and Chen Rettig.  Enjoy lots of activities. BYOP (Bring Your Own Picnic). Drinks and watermelon provided. Suggested donation: $7 per family. 

 

Tea: Young Israel is proud to host a tribute tea honoring Chaya Basya Herber for all of her years of service to our community on Sunday, September 14th, at 1:30 pm. Please RSVP by Sept 7th to Hessie Needle at 726-4591. Minimum donation: $18.00.

 

Guest Speaker: Wednesday, September 17, at 8 PM. Speaker: Dr. Fred Rosner, author of many books and publications and world renowned expert in Jewish Medical Ethics. Title: Pulling the Plug – When is it Permitted, if Ever? Co-Sponsored by: Young Israel and The St. Louis Society for Jewish Medical Ethics, Dr. J. Lester Zeffren Chair. Light dessert refreshments will be served.

 

Community Food Drive

The Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry is conducting its annual food drive. Next week, bags will be available to take and fill with non-perishable foods and sundries. Please deposit the bags in the box that will be in the shul downstairs near the office. This is the largest drive of the year and every little bit helps. Please participate.

 

Scholar In Residence at YI:

RABBI YUVAL CHERLOW

Young Israel and Torah MiTzion are honored to bring Rav Yuval Cherlow to St. Louis for a special pre-selichot Shabbaton on September 20, on the theme of:“The Teshuva of Eretz Yisrael – Reflections on the Identity of the State.”  Rabbi Cherlow is the Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeshiva Hesder in Petach Tikva, and co-founder of Tzohar.   Please see the flyer for further details.

Talit: To be added to the Kol HaNa’arim Talit, please notify Bonnie Drazen at bonteach5@yahoo.com Each name is $18. Boys under the age of 13 and girls under the age of 12 as of Simchat Torah, may be included. These names will be added to last year’s talit. No names will be removed from the talit. Names must be submitted IN WRITING no later than Friday, September 19th. For those who don’t have email, please drop off or mail to: 8135 Amherst, 63130. Checks should be made out to Women’s Division. For any questions, please contact Bonnie Drazen at 314-727-3967.

Women's Tehillim Group: Will meet at Bobbi Gibli’s home on Delcrest Court-Bldg #2, Apt #204 at 9:30 am. If you cannot participate in person, call (314) 504-5593. The new telephone number for the Tehillim hotline is (314) 995-7119.

The St. Louis Jewish Community Listserv (STLJCL) To sign up for the Listserve, e-mail STLJCL-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

 

Get involved and make a difference! Tomchei Shabbos:  please help. See flyer in lobby. To make a monetary contribution, please contact Rachel Lubchansky at 314-726-2163. For any other questions, call Merle Hartstein at 314-469-7142.

Lost? Have you lost a coat or jacket or left something in the Shul? These items are downstairs on the coat rack and will be there until Wednesday September 17th. At that time everything left will be given to tzedakah.

Please Help: With the Yom Tovim rapidly approaching, many communications have and will be sent by email. Please call Judy in the office if you do not have email access, so we can get the documents to you via US Mail or hand delivery.

Forms: By now you have received the updated membership form. Please complete and return it, along with you seating and babysitting requests, to the office as soon as possible. If you did not receive any of the forms, please contact Judy in the office.

IT’S HERE: Please view the flyer in the lobby about a great new product, the EXERSKIRT. It is the best piece of clothing ever that meets the needs of modest women who exercise. Purchases made over the Internet or at Ghisallo Running next to Diamant's with fundraising code "BYHS" help support the Block Yeshiva Athletic Department! Tell your friends!

TMK NEWS

Mishnat Pinchas, the TMK parent/child learning begins 5 minutes after the start of Kiddush downstairs in Young Israel.

Rabbi Chaim Possick presents the Parshat HaShavua shiur 8 AM at Young Israel this Shabbat morning.

The Beit Midrash for Women taught by Merav Possick is at the home of Faye Newman, 7916 Stanford, Wednesdays at 9:15 am.

 

SHUL OFFICE & CONTACT INFO

Shul Office Hours:  Mon-Fri 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM.

Deadline for announcements:  Noon on Thursday & for  Mazel Tovs 10 AM on Friday

Rabbi Shulman’s email is shulman@milah.net.  Rabbi Shulman can also be reached at his home study during hours when the office is closed, at 725-6130.

Young Israel Web-site: www.youngisrael-stl.org

To sponsor a weekly Shul Announcement, email Judy (info@youngisrael-stl.org) or call the Shul office (727-1880).  Minimum suggested donation is $36.