Young Israel of St. Louis
SHABBAT JUNE 1ST, 2013 – FRIDAY JUNE 7TH, 2013
23 SIVAN 5773 – 29 SIVAN 5773
PARSHAT SHELACH SHABBAT MEVORCHIM
ANNOUNCEMENT SPONSORS:
Sponsored Anonymously
Friday May 31st
Candle Lighting 8:02 pm
Mincha/Maariv 7:00 pm
Saturday, June 1st
Hashkama 7:30 am
Chumash Shiur 8:15 am
Shacharit 9:00 am
Sof Zman Kri’at Shema 9:19 am
Bnei Akiva 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Pre-Mincha Shiur - Pirkei Avot 6:50 pm
Mincha 7:50 pm
Shabbat Ends 9:02 pm
Kiddush: Sponsored by Chaim and Freda Shiel to celebrate the engagement of their granddaughter, Sheera, to Yair, and the graduations of Sheera from Touro College and Yonatan from Epstein Hebrew Academy, and to welcome Sean and Tara.
Seudah Shlishit: Sponsors invited.
Weekly Shacharit
Sunday 8:00 am
Monday, Thursday 6:30 am
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 6:40 am
Mincha/Maariv 8:05 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
Steven Zweig שלמה תודרוס בן אסתר רבקה
Isaac Boniuk יצחק אייזיק בן רחל
הרב יונה בן הינדל
משה בן דאליש רבקה
יהודה זאב בן אסתר
יהודה ארי בן פרומה
יוסף ליפא בן פרידא
דורון דניאל בן יפה
נעמי בת מרים
צביה בת בריינה
רחל לאה בת ייטיל
Phyllis Franklin פרימעט בת אסתר רייזל
Rachel Adler רחל בת אסתר
Sarah Leah Carman שרה לאה בת חנה גיטל
Shira Starr שירה פייגא בת מאירה ליבא
Chana Tova Poupko חנה טובה בת אסתר שושנה
MAZAL TOV
Mazal Tov to Rabbi Amiel & Dr. Isabel Rosenbloom, Dr. Danny & Sara Wachsstock and George & Shira Oberkirsch on the upcoming marriage of their children, Aharon and Davita.
Mazal Tov to Bernie & Mariam Weisel on the upcoming marriage of their son, Joshua, to Gavriella Brimm of Chicago.
Mazal Tov to Pesach & Allison Zaromb on the birth of a son. The Shalom Zachor will be at their home, 8289 Tulane, at 9:30 pm.
Mazal Tov to Eldad Bialecki on receiving the Ohev Torah Award at this year’s St Louis Kollel Jewish Unity Live.
David & Roz Hirschhorn invite everyone to a L’Chaim open house at their home, 835 Swarthmore, on Sunday, June 2nd, 1:30 – 3:30 pm, to celebrate the engagement of their daughter, Sheera, to Yair, son of Rabbi Gary & Beaty Menchel of West Hempstead, NY.
SHUL ANNOUNCEMENTS
THANK YOU: Thank you to Rael & Suzanne Sundy who are the ushers this Shabbat for the youth groups.
COMMUNITY LECTURE – THIS WEDNESDAY: Rabbi Yonah Reiss, newly appointed Av Beit Din of the CRC, on Wednesday, June 5th, at Young Israel, at 8:00 pm. Topic: Rabbinic Authority vs. Personal Autonomy: Finding the Balance. Co-sponsored by Young Israel of St Louis and Chabad of Greater St Louis. (additional Mincha before the program begins at 7:45 pm)
GRAD KIDDUSH: We want to honor ALL of our graduates, grades 8 and above, at a Kiddush, Shabbat June 8th. In order to do this, we need sponsors. We also need your graduates’ names if they attend a school other that EHA or BYHS. This also includes grads from universities. Please contact Sara Greene at 726-6255 or sargreene@yahoo.com.
NEFESH B’NEFESH WEDDING CONTEST: Jason Ast, son of Dr. Marty & Barbara Ast, will be making aliya this summer after he gets married, and he and his fiancé, Andrea Surasky, are part of a Nefesh B'Nefesh Wedding contest for young couples making aliya. The couple with the most votes wins $10,000 to help start their lives together in Israel and there are only about 15 couples in the contest. You can vote once from each email address that you have. The voting continues through June 30th. The link to vote is: http://www.thisismyisrael.com/Contests/WG/Profile.aspx?cid=290#.UX-wKxTBj_w.emai\l.
SCHOOL NEWS
EHA GRADUATION: Epstein Hebrew Academy graduation will be Sunday, June 2nd, at Young Israel, at 7:30 pm.
MABELS LABELS IS BACK!: To order personalized labels please go to www.epsteinhebrewacademy.mabelslabels.com. A portion of your purchase will be donated to FHA.
TIE DYE DAY FOR MOORE, OK: Have a fun morning at EHA on Sunday, June 2nd, 9-11 am, and raise money for the Briarwood & Plaza Towers Elementary Schools that were hit by the tornado in Moore, OK. Bring your own item to tie dye or buy one there. Cost: $10/person or $25/family. Snacks will be available for purchase. Questions? Call 314-994-7856.
BYHS SPORTS BANQUET: The 2013 Block Yeshiva Sports Banquet will take place at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, June 5, at the Block Girls School, featuring hot dogs from Romanian Sausage Co. Cost: $25/person. Advance reservations are highly encouraged and can be made by clicking the sports banner at blockyeshiva.org.
BYHS GRADUATION: Block Yeshiva High School graduation will be on Monday, June 10th at the U. City Shul, at 7:30 pm.
Community News
ST LOUIS KOLLEL JEWISH UNITY LIVE 2013: Sunday June 9th, 7:30 pm, at the Third Degree Glass Factory, 5200 Delmar – Central West End. Tickets: $50/person. For more info, contact the St Louis Kollel at 314-726-6047.
CHESS CLASSES AND CHESS CAMP: Chess classes will be held in June and July at Young Israel and chess camp will be held at BYHS in June and August. Please contact Aleksey Kazakevich at akazakev@slu.edu for fees or to register.
TOMCHEI SHABBOS: Tomchei Shabbos cards, including our Diamant Meat Fund cards, make great acknowledgments of birthdays, anniversaries, yahrzeits, or thank-you’s! To order cards, please call Jackie Gerson at 314-997-7257.
WOMENS’ TEHILLIM GROUP: At the home of Jan Adelman, 8032 Amherst, Sundays through June 23rd, at 9:15 am. If you cannot participate in person, call 314-863-5438. The Tehillim hotline (names and updates) is: 314-995-7119.
NCSY NEWS
· Shoreshet - Pizza & Parsha, Tuesdays 12:15 pm, NCSY office.
· Latte and Learning – Wednesday nights at Starbucks on Hanley and Wydown, 7:30 pm.
JSU NEWS
JSU End of Year and Goodbye to the Meisels BBQ: Calling all JSU teens. Come celebrate the ending of another great year of JSU and sadly say goodbye to Rabbi Gershie and Tzippy who are moving to Chicago. Tuesday, June 4th, at Irv Zeid Park, 9100 Old Bonhomme, 3:30 – 5:30 pm.
JSU Matching Grant: We are coming to the end of the matching grant campaign. JSU is only $15,430 short of the $60,000 target to earn the grant. Please consider making a one-time special gift to enable JSU to earn this game changing grant. For more information or to make a gift please contact Harvey Iken - (314) 368-9464, Rabbi Mike - 314-498-6279, or visit www.jsustl.com and donate on line.
Thank you.
TORAH MITZION KOLLEL NEWS
Mishnat Pinchas V’Sarah: 5 minutes after Kiddush.
Beit Midrash Learning: Mon. @ YI, 8 - 9:30 pm.
Beit Midrash for Women: at the home of Faye Newman, 7916 Stanford, at 1:00 pm.
Mishmar learning: Thursdays at Young Israel at 8:30 pm.
Closing snif for Bnei Akiva:June 8th for madrichim and chanichim. Meet at Young Israel at 5pm and then seudah shlishit at Kaufman Park. Pick up at Kaufman Park at 7pm.
Farewell Party for Shachaks: Thursday, June 6th, 5:30pm at Bais Abraham Cong. RSVP for the dinner by May 29th. See attached flyer for details of the dinner, the Farewell Tribute Book, and the Tribute Photo Show.
Farewell Party for Chavi & Rochel: Sunday, June 9th.
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)