13 Shevat, 5776 January 23, 2016
Yahrzeits for the W eek of January 23 – January 29
Relationship
Ruth Siegel Mildred Coblitz Robert Horn Sarah Sachs Nathan Magaziner Sadie Kagen Rosalie Becker Anna Woloch Daniel Blumenthal Diana Agin Jacob Katz Isadore Perlberg Joseph Sobin Samuel Mordfin Chaim Fall Arthur Levy Norma Cherner Sarah Fiedelman Charles Gazen Jacob Schulman Ellie Greene
Saturday
Ellie Greene Rachele Greenfield Murray Schoem Bernard Katz Irving Mantel
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Susan Saidman
13 Shevat
mother
Andrea Shindell
13 Shevat
mother
Anita Brenner
13 Shevat
father
Margit Beckman
13 Shevat
mother
Jeanette Waxman
14 Shevat
grandfather
Barbara Cronin
14 Shevat
mother-‐in-‐law
Dorothy Kagen
14 Shevat
sister
Loretta Weber
15 Shevat 15 Shevat
mother
Goldie Gendelman Herbert Blumenthal Sylvia Proger
father
Murray Katz
16 Shevat
grandfather
Phyllis Perlberg
16 Shevat
father
Bernice Albert
17 Shevat
father
Leonard Mordfin
17 Shevat
brother
Regina Berthold
18 Shevat
Husband
Margarete Levy
18 Shevat
mother
Herbert Cherner
18 Shevat
sister
Jane Lichtman
18 Shevat
father
brother
Friday
Date
mother
mother
Aaron Lichtman
Sunday
Observed By
15 Shevat 16 Shevat
Barbara Miller
18 Shevat
grandfather
J. Schulman
18 Shevat
mother
Robin Sacks
19 Shevat
Wife
Seymour Greene
19 Shevat
son
Seymour Lichtman
19 Shevat
son
Jane Lichtman
19 Shevat
wife
Seymour Greene
19 Shevat
mother
Marsha Dunn
19 Shevat
brother-‐in-‐law
Lillian Schoem
19 Shevat
father
Jack Katz
19 Shevat
father
Stanley Mantel
19 Shevat
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Yarhzeit of Harriett Lieberman
Welcome to HTAA Parashat Beshalach Torah reading: Haftarah: Exodus 13:17 -‐ 17:16 (p. 399) Judges 4:4 -‐ 5:31 (p. 424)
Mazal tov to Eric “The Champ” Sohl for winning HTAA’s Fantasy Football League and Robin Sacks for being runner up! Thank you to Jason Kaye for being our HTAA Fantasy Football commissioner!
JOIN US FOR SERVICES & HELP MAKE A MINYAN: Candle lighting.........................................................5:00 pm Shabbat & Sunday Morning.....................................9:00 am Mini-‐Minyan……………………....................………………10:30 am Shabbat Mincha, Tractate Shavuot .........................5:00 pm Shabbat Ends, Maariv, Havdalah …….…..........…......6:01 pm Monday – Friday Morning ………….………........….…....8:00 am Sunday – Friday Evening ………………................……...5:00 pm
Steven Suson Rabbi
Interested in being a part of a text message group to help make a last-minute minyan? Email the Rabbi for more information!
Ben Bazian Cantor Reuben Landman Rabbi Emeritus
Help our community help Israel by donating to HTAA’s Save a Soldier’s Life Campaign. Call the office for more information. 301-649-3800
Tractate Shavuot Shabbat Afternoon, January 23rd, 5:00 pm
Parsha Puzzler Besides Moshe & Aaron, who else in the Torah has a staff? (2 answers)
Join Rabbi Suson and fellow congregants for the weekly learning of Tractate Shavuot in memory of Rebbetzin Gila Landman, z”l. For more information, email
[email protected].
Join the Men’s Club Sunday, January 24th 10:00 am for a special brunch with guest speaker Sheldon Lehner! RSVP to Gene Katzman
[email protected] Baby & Me Classes: Special Sunday Event!! SUNDAY, JANUARY 24th And… Wednesday, January 27th, 10:30 am Ages 8 weeks – 5 years are invited to join “Auntie A” for arts and crafts! This month, located in Rachel’s Playhouse at HTAA (former ECC) Register online or email
[email protected].
Senior Lunch and Learn Wednesday & Thursday, January 27th & 28th, 11:00 am A delicious lunch ($5 donation requested) followed by guest entertainers. Co-‐sponsored by the Selma Sweetbaum Senior Satellite Program of the JCCGW.
Monthly Shabbos Dinner Friday Night, February 5th, 6:00 pm Come for Kabbalat Shabbat dinner with comfort food and great company! Register online at htaa.org or call the office 301-‐649-‐3800
Richard Josephson, James Sohl, Allison Strudler, Dale Kaye, Ari Lubetsky, Bruce Kaplan, and Samuel Levy
Get Well Soon -‐ Refuah Shelemah -‐ רפואה שלימה
Samuel Levy, Lilia Ventura, Abe & Pauline Balak, Obadiah Cohen, Harry Klapper, Marvin Roth, Annette Brody Ludwick, Stanley Friedman, and Barbara Proger Bernstein
Mitzvah on Wheels - You Can Help!
This program will assist shul participants who cannot drive to get to medical appointments, or to come to shul for services and programs. So, if you have a driver’s license and auto insurance, please sign up, and let us know your volunteer preferences. Call the Mitzvah on Wheels Hotline 301-649-1180.
Parsha Puzzler (Answer)
In Vayeshev, Yehudah gave his staff to Tamar as collateral (Genesis 38:18). In Va'era, Pharaoh's magicians transformed their staffs into snakes (Exodus 4:12).
Family Super Bowl Party! th Sunday Sunday Sunday! February 7 , 6:30pm (Kickoff) Join the Men’s Club and fellow congregants in the Sarah Lechter Social Hall for the Super Bowl! Watch the Big Game on the Big Screen! FREE Event. Food For Sale. RSVP to
[email protected] ***Join the Men’s Club before Mincha to throw around a football at the park! Contact Gene Katzman for m ore information***
Mazal Tov! – מזל טוב Birthdays -‐ יום הולדת שמח
Save the Date!
Brandriss Scholar in Residence is right around the corner!
Rabbi Ed Shapiro
February 27th & 28th
Rabbi Shapiro will be discussing his work with Kashrut and the Chevrah Kedisha. If you are int erest ed in being a spon sor ($36 ) please c all t he offic e 301-649-3800