Young Israel of St. Louis

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16th – FRIDAY, JANUARY 22ND 2010

PARSHAT VA’ERA                                                  ROSH CHODESH SHEVAT


ANNOUNCEMENT SPONSORS

Sidney & Kathy Machefsky in honor of their 25th wedding anniversary

Lester & Matilda Zeffren in honor of Tziona’s refuah shelaimah

Buddy, Ruth, &Andrew Adler in celebration of Hannah’s 10th birthday



Friday January 15th  

Candle lighting                                                  4:46 pm

Mincha/Maariv                                                 4:45 pm

Saturday January 16th  

Hashkama                                                        7:30 am

Shacharit                                                          9:00 am

Sof Zman Kriat Shema                                   9:44 am

Pre-Mincha Shiur                                             3:50 pm

Bnei Akiva                                                       4:20 pm

Mincha                                                             4:35 pm

Shabbat Ends                                                   5:47 pm

 

The Eruv – MAY NOT BE FIXED IN TIME

PLEASE CALL THE ERUV HOTLINE AT 863-1811

 

Kiddush: Sponsored by Sidney Machefsky in honor of 25 wonderful years of marriage to his wonderful wife, Kathy

Seudah Shlishit: Sponsors invited

Weekly Shacharit

Sunday                                                             8:00 am

Monday, Thursday                                           6:30 am

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday                            6:40 am

 

Mincha/Maariv                                                 4:50 pm

 

 




REFUAH SHELAIMAH

Rabbi Sholom Rivkin                                        הרב שלום בן נעכא פייגא

Rebbetzin Paula Rivkin                                     פעסיא בת הינדא ברכה

Gershon Yitzchak                                             גרשון יצחק בן מאטל צירל

Rafael Dovid Grunberger                                  רפאל דוד בן ברכה

Ruven Kirshner                                                 ראובן בן טובה חיה

Zev Eliezer Wolff                                              זאבאליעזר בן חיה שיינדל

Vita Naiman                                                     וויטא בת גיטל

Herbert Baron                                                  יעקב שמואל בן אסתר מרים

Ellen Pinnas                                                      חוה בת פייגא

Noa Buchman                                                  נעָה מלכה בת טובה רבקה

Chaya Basya Herber                                        חיה בתיה בת אלטא נחמה

Bess Pearl                                                        בתיה רחל בת חיה ציביה

Diane Fredman                                                 דבורה פריידא בת יענטא

Laura Sagerman                                               אהובה בת חוה

Betty Resnick                                                   בשי בת חיה ביילא

Lenny Winer                                                     לייבל דוד בן לאה

                                                                        ציונה רייזל בת מלכה פערל

KIDNAPPED CHAYAL ZAHAL

Gilad (ben Aviva) Shallit


BYHS ALUMNI ONEG SHABBAT: at the Munk’s home, 935 Swarthmore, at 8:15 pm. Current students are also welcome to attend.

ISRAELI STYLE MELAVE MALKA: Saturday night, January 16th, at the Mogil home, 8031 Gannon, at 7:30 pm.

SHUL PROGRAMS

ST LOUIS JEWISH COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE IS HERE

Sunday, January 17th, 2010, 10 am-4 pm.

Your gift saves lives.

Please bring non-perishable items for the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry Drive.

Volunteers are needed to help break down the shul on Motzei Shabbat and to reset it Sunday, after the drive.

To schedule your appointment to donate blood, go to: givelife.org (sponsor code YIJS) or call 800-GIVE-LIFE. Walk-in donors are welcome, but appointments take priority.

http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/Section.aspx?ID=1001 to see us in print.

CLASS TIME CHANGE-THIS WEEK ONLY:

Wednesday night –: Gemara class at 7:30 pm and Shoftim at 8:30 pm.

SUN JAN 24TH 2010 – YI ANNUAL DINNER:

5:30 – Social Hour, 6:30 – Dinner

Honorees: Drs. Stan Biel and Leila Redlich

Distinguished Service Award: Jackie Gerson

·                                                                                                                                             Entertainment: LISTEN UP! a cappella

TUES, FEB 2ND – DR MORDECHAI KEDAR:

·                                                                                                                                            Young Israel at 7:30 pm.

·                                                                                                                                            Topic: Jerusalem – What is the Struggle About?

·                                                                                                                                            Sponsored by Young Israel and Torah Mitzion Kollel.

·                                                                                                                                            Open to the public

SAT NIGHT, FEB 6TH - “HAVERIM” BOOK CLUB

At the home of Natalie and Jacob Sukhodolsky, 8127 Amherst Ave, at 7:30 pm. The book to be discussed is: “Black Becomes a Rainbow,” by Agi L Bauer.


CALENDARS: The Women’s Division Calendars are here, but the September page needs to be fixed. They will be ready for pick-up next week. Anyone who already has a calendar can pick up a September page or leave their calendar in the office to be fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience.


COMMUNITY NEWS

BAIS YAAKOV MUSICAL FOR WOMEN: “The Jewel of Bombay”. Performances on Wednesday, February 10th and Thursday, February 11th, 7:30 pm, at The Founders’ Theatre at COCA, 524 Trinity Ave. For information on the various ticket levels or to order advance tickets, call Bais Yaakov at 863-9230 or go online to jewelofbombay.com

JEWISH UNITY LIVE – 2010: Presented by the St. Louis Kollel, on Sunday February 14th, at the Edison Theatre, 6445 Forsyth Blvd. Cocktail reception at 5:15pm. Program and concert at 7:00 pm. For information or to purchase tickets, call the Kollel at 726-6047

WOMENS’ TEHILLIM GROUP: Meets at Bobbi Gibli’s condo on Delcrest Court-Bldg #2, Condo #204, Sundays @ 9:30 am. If you cannot participate in person, call (314) 504-5593. The Tehillim hotline for names and updates is (314) 995-7119.

TOMCHEI SHABBOS: The Barbara Mendelson Tomchei Shabbos Fund is presently helping many families in our community and needs your help. Food donations can be dropped off in the REAR of the Hartstein’s Shabbos house, 8115 Delmar, in the bins located there. For information regarding assistance from and about the Barbara Mendelson Tomchei Shabbos Fund, please call Merle Hartstein at 469-7142. Cash donations may be sent to Rachel Lubchansky at 7337 Stanford, 63130. For tribute cards, please call Jackie Gerson at 997-7257.

TOVELING: Girls at Block Yeshiva will tovel your items for you. Suggested donation: $18 per session. Proceeds will fund further chesed programming. For questions and pick-up, please call Davita Wachsstock (314) 791-6588 or Tova Kay (314) 660-8896.

TMK NEWS

Tu B’Shevat Annual Donor Event: Tu B’Shevat, Saturday night, January 30th, at the Cedars at the JCA, at 8:00 pm.

Mishnat Pinchas: Mishnat Pinchas continues on Shabbat starting 5 minutes after Kiddush.

Ulpan Ivrit Registration is still open for the 2nd session, which began January 4th. Contact Jackie Gerson at 314-997-7257 or Gilat at 314-570-3052,

Beit Midrash for Women: TMK Beit Midrash for Women is at the home of Faye Newman (7916 Stanford), on Wednesdays at 9 am.

Ruth FredmanMother-Daughter Bat Mitzvah Program. Continues this week – January 17th at 6:45pm.


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 personal contact info: shulman@milah.net, 314‑725‑6130 (home study)

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

To sponsor a weekly Shul Announcement, for $36, email Judy (info@youngisrael-stl.org) or call (727-1880).