ANNOUNCEMENTS @ BETH SHOLOM PARKING LOT SPACES - RENTED - PLEASE DO NOT USE M-F: Please note that 25 spaces, outlined in yellow, have been rented during the week (M-F) to Ivy Mount School. Note that in case of daytime life cycle event (bris, funeral), & on Jewish Holidays, the Ivy Mount staff will not park here. AMAZON SMILES is a great way to support Beth Sholom without spending extra money! Go to smile.amazon.com, and choose “Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah” as your charity of choice. Each time you make a purchase, be sure to do so through the “smiles” link. Amazon contributes an amount from each purchase to Beth Sholom. *ALL HIGH HOLIDAY TICKETS HAVE BEEN MAILED* If you haven’t received your tickets by Monday, please email Stevie Friedman to arrange to pick up a reprint, [email protected] If you have not purchased tickets, please call the office. Order your Lulav & Etrog, deadline is October 4! YOM KIPPUR FOOD DRIVE: Please bring back your filled bags during Yom Kippur. Manna will pick them up on Thursday, October 10th. Items in high demand include cereal, peanut butter, pasta, rice and canned goods (please no glass containers or Passover food). For more information, contact Ev Marcus-Wheeler at [email protected] or Debbie Klis at [email protected] WOMEN SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER: A new initiative has been launched for women to lend support to other women sitting shiva, observing yahrzeit or attending a minyan. We encourage women to sign up to attend a few minyans at shul or a shiva house. For more information or to sign up contact Jennifer Schwartz, Ev Marcus-Wheeler or Vera Kurlantzick. TALMUD TORAH REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Our Talmud Torah committee is thrilled to announce that registration for the 2019/2020 school year is now open! We’ve had an amazing first year and planning is underway for next year. To register: www.bethsholom.org/ttregister. Also, please check out our new website: talmudtorah.org! ADULT COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY: Do a mitzvah! We have openings on several Seudah Shilisheet Teams. Team members each contribute less than 5 hours of effort/year & a donation that works out to less than $2.50/week. For details contact Steve Bashein via [email protected]. SECURITY @ BETH SHOLOM As a reminder, you should *never* let someone in the building who you do not personally know, and doors should never be propped open. If you are interested in joining our CSS Team, please speak with Moshe Schwartz. FAMILY @ BETH SHOLOM : HAPPY BIRTHDAY: September 21 -September 27, 2019 Shirel Altmann, Beth Berman, Miriam Charnoff, Jacob Fisher, Jonathan Galitzer Paul Glashofer, Mark Hirsch, Amanda Jach, Sam Lipsky, Moses Lisker, Anthony Marill, Ezra Melkin, Aden Mizrahi, Avital Nadel, Talia Oberstein, Zachary Plumser, Aaron Rank, Sanford Richman, Amanda Segal, Robert Shorr, Perry Slomnicki, Staci Smith, Ellen Werner, Colin Winston, Sadaf Zadeh, Farid Zadeh, Ariela Zenilman Our apologies if your name was omitted, but this means that we do not have your birthday information. Please update your birthday info directly on your account at www.bethsholom.org or email [email protected] THOSE OBSERVING YAHRZEITS September 21 - 27 (21 Elul - 27 Elul) Sun Alan Fisher, for his aunt, Dorothy Hect Minka Goldstein, for her uncle, Samuel Leibin Jacob Neufeld, for his mother, Nettie Neufeld Meryl Rosenberg, for her mother, Debra Berger Mon Ira Fisch, for his mother, Annette Fisch Louise Fisher, for her mother, Cecilly Jacobsen Joyce Torchinsky, for her mother, Janet Zelda Sincoff Torchinsky Tues Carole Ashendorf, for her father, Sam Sussman Glynis Smith, for her grandfather, Morris Sharp Wed Richard Foltin, for his stepfather, Jacob Laitman Allison Green, for her grandmother, Esther Cohen Alvin Lieberman, for his father, Max Lieberman Thurs Susan Bronstein, for her brother, Anton Parker Fri Michael Glick, for his grandfather, Israel Sandow Karen Greenzaid, for her father, Thomas Benedett Jerry Pearl, for his mother, Bess Rose Pearl Janet Snider, for her father, Marvin Miller Our apologies if a Yahrzeit listing is either missing or incorrect. Please update Yahrzeit info directly on your account at www.bethsholom.org or email [email protected] K’al Melech Rachamim (memorial prayer) cannot be recited on September 30th. If you have a yahrzeit on or near these dates, you can have the prayer recited during the Torah service on any other Monday, Thursday or Shabbat Mincha. LAMPLIGHTERS each month have the privilege of demonstrating Kavod, proper respect, for those who are no longer with us physically, by continuing the Beth Sholom tradition of lighting the individual bulbs on the Memorial Boards in commemoration of Yahrzeits and all the bulbs when Yizkor is recited. Lamplighting is a great family activity! No experience is necessary! On the job training! We would like to finalize the 2019-2020 Lamplighter Schedule ASAP. If you want to serve as a Lamplighter in the coming year, please contact Toby Berman – phone: (301) 299-5440 or e-mail: [email protected] YAHRZEIT PLAQUES : To order your memorial plaque, please contact Amanda Cohen, [email protected] 301-279-7010 x 200. BRINGING BOOKS OF COMFORT is a program sponsored by Beth Sholom that helps families in our community begin a conversation about grief, using books as the springboard. For more information, please contact [email protected] FRIDAY Candle lighting…………………………...…………..…………..............................6:51 PM Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: Bobrow Chapel....…………………………………....6:45 PM SATURDAY Hashkama Minyan w/ D’var Torah by Rabbi Haim Ovadia - Herschel……...…....8:15 AM The Blessings and Curses of Religion: Why religion is essential for creating a thriving society Weekly Review of the Daf…………Chuck’s Room.....................................................8:15 AM No Spiritual Coffee Epstein Minyan…………….……..…............................................................................9:00 AM Sephardic Minyan………Bobrow Chapel…………...…............................................9:00 AM No Fox Wing Minyan Daf Yomi with Rabbi Antine………………………………….....………...……..5:55 PM Class with Rabbi Cooper ……………………………………….……...……...…5:55 PM Exploring our High Holiday Prayers Mincha…………………...................................................................................................6:40 PM Shabbat Ends……………………………….................................................................7:47 PM Pre Selichot Kumzitz with Rabbis Cooper, Antine and Mat Tonti………….........10:00 PM Selichot (Musical)................................................................................................................11:00 PM (First night of selichot is a wonderful way to begin the High Holidays. The entire service, led by Abe Cherrick with music by Mat Tonti, only takes about an hour, and includes beautiful music and communal singing. For more information visit bethsholom.org/selichot) ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING SHABBAT SCHEDULE - 9/21 Special presentation from Mark Jardina, Regional Security Advisor from Secure Community Network. 9:00 am – 10:50 am – Services in Epstein 10:50 am – 11:40 pm – Lunch (in Abramson) 11:45 am – 2:00 pm – Training back in Epstein SUNDAY FAMILY MINYAN - 9/22/19 - 9:00 AM Please join us for family minyan this Sunday. Davening will start at 9:00 and last about 45 minutes followed by bagels, donuts, and coffee. Sponsored by Beth Sholom . KIDDUSH SPONSORS: Benjy, Samantha, and Alex Freedman in honor of Zoey's first birthday and in honor of the entire CSS team. SEUDAH SHILISHEET is sponsored by Jud and Amy Subar to commemorate the end of Shloshim following the passing of Jud's dad, E.David Subar. Jud plans to share some thoughts about his father. Seudah Shilisheet is prepared by the Glassman, Gould, Kreisler, Malkus and Zuckerman (M/J) families. DAVENING TIMES Sunday September 22 - Friday September 27, 2019 Shacharit: Sunday 8:00 AM; Mon & Thurs: 6:00 AM (selichot followed by sharcharit) Tues, Wed, Fri: 6:10 AM (selichot followed by sharcharit) Women’s Tehillim: Sunday 9:00 AM - Multi Purpose Room Mincha: 6:50 PM Every Night after Mincha/Maariv: Sephardic Selichot Bobrow Chapel *Location for Tuesday Nights is to be determined* Next Friday: Candle Lighting: 6:40 PM Mincha: 6:45 PM