Young Israel of St. Louis
SHABBAT DECEMBER 22ND 2012 – FRIDAY DECEMBER 28ST, 2012
9 TEVET 5773 – 15 TEVET 5773
PARSHAT VAYIGASH
ANNOUNCEMENT SPONSORS:
Howard & Jackie Oppenheimer to commemorate the yahrtzeit of Jackie’s father, Victor Feldman.
Friday December 21st
Candle Lighting 4:26 pm
Mincha/Maariv 4:25 pm
Saturday, December 22nd
Hashkama 7:30 am
Chumash Shiur no shuir this week
Shacharit 8:45 am
Sof Zman Kri’at Shema 9:32 am
Pre-Mincha Shiur no pre-mincha shiur
Mincha 4:15 pm
Bnei Akiva 4:15 pm
Shabbat Ends 5:26 pm
Kiddush: Sponsors invited.
Seudah Shlishit:Sponsored by David & Jill Mogil to commemorate the yahrtzeit of Jill’s father, Saul Mirowitz.
Weekly Shacharit
Sunday – Fast Day see below
Monday 6:30 & 8:00 am
Tuesday – Legal Holiday 8:00 am
Wednesday 6:40 am
Thursday 6:30 am
Friday 6:40 am
Sunday December 23rd – Asarah B’Tevet
Fast begins 5:51 am
Shacharit 8:00 am
Chatzot 12:01 pm
Mincha 4:10 pm
Fast Ends 5:27 pm
Mincha/Maariv: 4:30 pm
THE ERUV – IS UP!
Yehoshua Sommer יהושע בן זהבה
Dr. Lester Zeffren יואל אליעזר בן יוספה לאה
Dr Maurice Sonnenwirth משה יוסף בן רייזא
Albert Glassman אברהם בן שרה
Steven Zweig שלמה תודרוס בן אסתר רבקה
Isaac Boniuk יצחק אייזיק בן רחל
Eric Oppenheimer יעקב בן מרים
Marvin Pack מנחם בן בתיה
Melvin Zuhler מלך זושא בן שרה
משה בן דאליש רבקה
יהודה מנחם מענדל בן ראשקא
יהודה זאב בן אסתר
ישראל יחיאל צבי הכהן בן חיה
יהודה ארי בן פרומה
יוסף ליפא בן פרידא
דורון דניאל בן יפה
שרה רחל בת חנה
נעמי בת מרים
חיה רבקה בת דבורה
לאה בת רחל
רונית בת מרים
צביה בת בריינה
רחל לאה בת ייטיל
Rachel Adler רחל בת אסתר
Sarah Leah Carman שרה לאה בת חנה גיטל
Shira Starr שירה פייגא בת מאירה ליבא
STONE DEDICATION: For Rabbi Jonathan Zeffren will take place Friday morning, December 28th, 11:00 am at the Beis HaMedrash Hagadol Cemetery at Price and Ladue.
SHUL ANNOUNCEMENTS
THANK YOU: Thank you to Zvi & Angela Tannenbaum who are the ushers this week for the youth groups.
PARENT/CHILD MOTZEI SHABBAT LEARNING (grades K-5) continues this week, December 22nd, at 6:30 pm. Sponsorships are $36.
YI ANNUAL BLOOD DRIVE: Save your blood donations for our annual blood drive on Jan. 6, 2013. Volunteers are needed the day of the drive. Contact Judy & Bob Hellman if you can help at 314-862-8432 or jrhellman@sbcglobal.net.
YOUNG ISRAEL ANNUAL DINNER: Thank you to Jackie Oppenheimer and Jessie Lefton for chairing this year's dinner honoring Danny & Sara Wachsstock, and Distinguished Service Award Recipient, Dr. Hilton Price. Please contact Jackie or Jessie if you are interested in helping with the event.
YOUNG ISRAEL WOMEN'S DIVISION
CHAT WITH SENIORS: Contact Judy Hellman at 862-8432 to volunteer to visit with our seniors or request a visit. We welcome both male and female volunteers.
THANK YOU: to Aviva Needle for the creative flyer that she made for the Chopstix fund raiser.
SCHOOL NEWS
TUTTI FRUTTI FOR FHA: Come to Tutti Frutti on December 25th, from 12-8 pm and mention Epstein Hebrew Academy. A percentage of your purchase will help support the parent organization, Friends of the Hebrew Academy.
GIFT CARD FUNDRAISER FOR EHA: EHA earns a percentage of every purchase, at no cost to you! Cards can be used for everything Please order from the school directly, or dfriedman@eha.org. Or you can order them online at www.shopwithscrip.com and make EHA the beneficiary.
TOVELING: BYHS girls will tovel items for you as one of their chesed projects. Proceeds will fund further chesed programming. Drop off your items at the girls’ school, 1146 N. Warson Rd. For questions, contact the school at 314-872-8701. Suggested Donation: $18.
BYHS RAFFLE in partnership with the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation. Fantastic prizes, including a grand prize of $100,000 cash! Tickets start at $18 (cash, check or credit card). Contact Karen at 314-442-6737. Purchase tickets before December 31 to be entered in an “early bird” drawing.
COMMUNITY NEWS
GUEST SPEAKER: On Sunday evening, December 30 there will be a shiur at the Agudah given by Rabbi Menachem Nissel from Eretz Yisroel, author of Rigshei Lev on Tefilla and close friend of Rabbi Jonathan Zeffren זצ''ל in commemoration of Rabbi Zeffren’s first yahrtzeit. Rabbi Nissel will begin speaking promptly at 7:30 pm, speaking on “The Joy of Prayer”. The shiur is open to men and women.
CHECKMATE ST LOUIS CHESS WINTER CAMP: Dec. 24 – Dec. 28, 12 – 2 pm daily, at BYHS, 1146 N. Warson Rd. Cost: $80 ($40 for each additional sibling). If you have questions, contact alekseykazakevich@gmail.com.
SUPPORT TOMCHEI SHABBOS! Non-perishable food items are needed to stock our shelves. Drop off boxes are available in schools and shuls. Items can also be picked up at your home. Call Block Yeshiva Girls at 872-8701 or Meryl Hartstein at 725-1192 to arrange pick up.
WOMENS’ TEHILLIM GROUP: Location: home of Bobbi Gibli, 2 Delcrest Court, #204, Sundays @ 9:15 am. If you cannot participate in person, call 504-5593. Tehillim hotline (names and updates): 995-7119.
NCSY NEWS
SR NCSY CONCLAVE SKI WEEKEND - Don't miss out on SR NCSY's Conclave Shabbaton. Come join 250 teens from all over the Midwest for a long weekend of skiing, snowboarding, good food, great friends and a surprise Saturday night activity, Dec. 26-31. Scholarships available. Limited spaces. RSVP today at www.midwestncsy.org or call Rabbi Mike at 314-498-6279
· Shoreshet- No Shoreshet this week.
· Latte and Learning – No Latte & Learning this week.
TORAH MiTZION KOLLEL NEWS
Mishnat Pinchas V’Sarah: Starting 5 minutes after Kiddush.
Beit Midrash Learning: Mon. @ Young Israel 8 - 9:30pm
Beit Midrash for Women: Wednesdays at the home of Faye Newman, 7916 Stanford, at 1:00 pm.
Mishmar learning: Thursdays at Young Israel at 8:30 pm.
SHUL OFFICE & CONTACT INFO
Shul Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM.
Deadline for announcements: Noon on Thursday
Deadline for Mazal Tovs 10 AM on Friday
Rabbi Shulman’s personal contact info: shulman@milah.net
314-725-6130 (home study), 314-313-3120 (cell)
Young Israel Web-site: www.youngisrael-stl.org
To sponsor a weekly Shul Announcement, for $36, email Judy (info@youngisrael-stl.org) or call (314-727-1880)