Beth Israel Congregation Weekly Announcements

Beth Israel Congregation
Rabbi Mordechai Shapiro z”l Sanctuary
Weekly Announcements
770 W 40th St. Miami Beach, FL 33140
ph: 305.538.1251
Rabbi Donald Bixon – Rabbi
Shabbat Parshat Behukotai
17 Iyar 5774/32 L’Omer
Erev Shabbat Schedule
Early Candle Lighting
Mincha
Latest Candle Lighting
7:15 PM
7:00 PM
7:42 PM
Shabbat Schedule
Hashkama Minyan:
Mishnayot Class:
Main Minyan:
Teen Minyan
Z’man Kriat Shma (G’RA):
Rabbi Bixon’s Class:
Mincha:
Maariv:
Shabbat Ends:
7:30 AM
8:10 AM
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
9:55 AM
6:40 PM
7:30 PM
8:30 PM
8:38 PM
Daily Schedule
Sunday - Friday Week of May 18th
Weekday Shacharit:
Weekday Mincha/Maariv
email: [email protected]
7:00 & 8:00 AM
7:50 PM
Rabbi Bixon’s Weekday Classes
Women’s Parsha Class
Tuesday Mornings at 9:15 am
Advanced Talmud Class
Wednesday Evenings after Maariv
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
Marc Birnbaum, Lydia Goldring,
Daniel Rubin, Steven Horowitz,
David Mond, Lily Abrahams,
Tzila Sabo, Debbie Ganz
Our Condolences To:
Mr. Abbey Berkowitz on the
loss of his beloved mother,
Mrs. Shirley Berkowitz a”h
If you have not received the
Erev Shabbat emails on
Parshat Behukotai, please
check your spam folder
BEFORE you contact the
office. We are using a new
email system.
Graduation Kiddush
June 7th
Please contact the office to give
us the names of your Graduates
Hashkama Minyan Kiddush is
Sponsored By:
Joan & Harold Litwin,
and Rivka & Dr. Arthur Shapiro,
in memory of
Yehuda ben Aaron Dov z”l and
Rivka bat Menachem Mendel z”l
Seudat Shlishit is Sponsored By:
Rivka & Dr. Arthur Shapiro
and Joan & Harold Litwin,
in memory of
Yitzchak Elchanan ben Yakov
Shapiro z”l
Weekly Announcements
are Sponsored By:
Ani Leiser, Leah & Zvi Klein,
Alix, Sam, and Jonah
In memory of,
Simcha ben Dov Leiser z”l
NEXT SHABBAT!
Scholar in Residence
Herb Keinon
Diplomatic Correspondent
for
The Jerusalem Post
Saturday, May 24th
Parshat Bamidbar
Shabbat Morning Sermon
and a presentation during
Seudat Shlishit.
Hachnassat Sefer Torah
A new Sefer Torah is being
dedicated by Mr. Ruben Knoll and
the entire Knoll family, in memory
of his beloved father, Milo Knoll
Shimon ben Zvi z”l
Sunday May 25th, 12:00 pm
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Michael Lefkowitz – President
May 17th 2014
Guttman Youth Program
Announcements:
*Shabbat morning Youth Groups
at 9:45 am
Pre-Youth Group- groups at 9:15 am
Level 1: ages 3-6 will take place in the
youth house
Level 2: ages 7 and up will take place
in the Junior Congregation
Each week grades 1-7 boys
& girls are invited to an afternoon
group 45 min. before Mincha
---------------------Coming Up:
M- CARD TRIP - How many M
cards do you have?
Shavuos NightSpecial teen program- details to
follow.
Children’s Aseres HadibrosThe only one in town for children
only. Join us at 10:30 am Shavuos
morning for this amazing event!
Details to follow.
Save the Date:
June 8th at 5:00 pm for the Youth
event of the year, our end of the Year
Youth Banquet! Special video
presentation!
-------------------------SIVAN birthday club and celebration
kiddush on May 24th. Please send in
your Sivan birthdays.
Rosh Chodesh Birthday Club
If you haven’t had your children’s
birthdays yet, now is the time for the
upcoming month of Sivan!
Please email
[email protected]
*If you would like to sponsor the
weekly Shabbat kids programs in
honor or memory of a loved one,
Beth Israel Congregation
Rabbi Mordechai Shapiro z”l Sanctuary
Weekly Announcements
770 W 40th St. Miami Beach, FL 33140
Rabbi Donald Bixon – Rabbi
Shabbat Parshat Behukotai
please speak to Rabbi Garfinkel for
more details.
In addition, the weekly teen Shalosh
Seudos is available for sponsorship as
well. Beth Israel Teen Shalosh
Seudos would like to thank
Mr. Jerry Deutsch for sharing a dvar
torah and inspiring words with the
teens.
*Please take a moment and register
your children for youth groups
http://www.bethisraelmiami.org/youth
“Need a Helping Hand”
Call Avraham Avinu Chesed Society
305-722-7935 or email:
[email protected]
“Acts of benevolence are greater
than the giving of charity” (Succah 49b)
Community News
Emunah Cake Decorating
with Terry Lefkowitz
Give your cakes that “Pro” look!”
Memorial Day Weekend
Sunday 10:30 am- 12:30 pm
Or Monday 7:30pm – 9:30 pm
Call Terry for more details:
305-904-2157
NCSY Spring Regional 2014
Join us for an amazing Shabbaton
with the Annual Awards Banquet
and Sunday at Bush Gardens
Amusement Park.
Friday May 23-Sunday May 25
For more information: 866-887-5788
Simcha South Presents
Their Inaugural Singles Event
Open to the Entire Community
Join us for Brunch
Guest Speaker: Lori Salkin
Sunday, May 25th 10:30 am
Young Israel of Hollywood
For more information:
http://yih.shulcloud.com/event/simchasouth-brunch.html
ph: 305.538.1251
email: [email protected]
17 Iyar 5774/32 L’Omer
Dvar Torah
By Perry Ciment
In 1867, noted author
Mark Twain paid a visit to the
Holy Land and recorded his
impressions in a book called
“Innocents Abroad.” His
observations about the
widespread desolation that he
found are in marked contrast
to the verdant and bustling
landscape recently created
there by Jews by the grace of
God. Twain wrote the
following: “A barren country
whose soil is rich enough that
is given over wholly to
weeds…even olive trees, once
fast friends of a worthless soil,
have almost deserted the
country. No landscape exists
that is more tiresome to the
eye than that which bounds
the approaches to Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is dreary, mournful
and lifeless. The land sits in
sackcloth and ashes.” Did
Twain wonder why the local
Arab population was unable to
till the soil successfully while
other Arab lands nearby were
feeding their own people?
Could anyone explain why was
there so little progress for
thousands of years in
developing a land that had
been occupied by powerful and
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Michael Lefkowitz – President
May 17th 2014
industrious conquerors: the
Crusaders, the Arabs, and The
Ottomans? A verse in this
week’s parsha may answer
these questions. In the midst of
the searing litany of terrifying
prophecies, Hashem addresses
not only the fate of the people
of Israel but the very land
itself. “I will make the land
desolate; and your enemies
who dwell on it will be
desolate.” Rashi explains that
this is actually a blessing in
disguise, implying that the land
will only be productive when
its rightful owners, the Jews,
return home. And so it is.

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