TORAH OHR BULLETIN

November 10-16 ♦ 21-27 Cheshvan Parashat Chayei Sara

Parasha page 106 Haftarah page 1136

Rabbi Benjamin S. Yasgur Phone (561) 479-4049 (Office ext. “0”) Rabbi Dr. Chaim Shapiro, Rabbi Emeritus Fax (561) 705-2047

Josh Samborn, President Website: Torahohr.shulcloud.com

Rabbi Sholom Hammer will be our guest lecturer for this coming Shabbat. Rabbi Hammer will deliver the sermon both in

the Main Sanctuary as well as in the 9:00am Minyan upstairs.

In the afternoon, Rabbi Hammer will deliver a lecture entitled “The Ultra-Orthodox and the IDF: Contrasting Philosophy or

Common Ideology”? This lecture will be delivered at 4:15pm.

A short D’var Torah will be given by Rabbi Hammer after Seudah Shlisheet.

Rabbi Shalom Hammer has been in Israel for 23 years. He served under the Rabbinate Division of the Israeli Defense

Forces. He was officially appointed as a lecturer for the Israeli Army to help motivate troops in all divisions. He also

lectures for the Menachem Begin Israel Government Fellows in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Hammer has authored three books and is a contributing writer for the Jerusalem Post. He is a guest lecturer for

communities throughout the Diaspora, including the United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia.

Candle Lighting: earliest 4:25/standard 5:15pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:15pm

Shabbat Shacharit Schedule 7:30am-Hashkama Minyan (Beit Midrash) 8:15am-Nusach Sfard (West Wing)

8:30am-Main Sanctuary 9:00am-Upstairs Sanctuary

Latest time to recite the Shema is 9:21am this Shabbat.

Shabbat Mincha: 5:00pm (followed by Seudah Shlisheet) Ma’ariv: 6:04pm Shabbat ends: (not before) 6:09 pm

NOTE: Guest Lecturer/Rabbi this Shabbat. See box below and Calendar for changes.

Weekday Schedule

Daf Yomi after 7:00 & 7:30am Minyanim Mincha/Ma’ariv

Shacharit: Mon & Thurs 6:50, 7:30, 8:00am (Sun – Thurs)……………..….5:15pm

Sun, Tues, Wed, Fri 7:00, 7:30, 8:00am Repeat Kriat Shema………….after 6:08pm

Chumash Class…...………after 8:00am Minyan Earliest Tallit/Tefillin (Sun-Thurs)…5:56am*

Sunday, 9:00am: Hattie Thum Women’s Tehillim Group Earliest Davening (Sun-Thurs)…….5:29am*

Mishna Berurah Class….…following Ma’ariv *NOTE: These are the latest times during the week

THIS WEEK

Monday, Nov. 13: Shiurim and New Classes begin See Shiur Schedule, next column.

Tues., Nov. 14: Caregiver Support Group (see next page)

Thurs., Nov. 16: Silverball Museum (MC)

Thurs., Nov. 16: Health Fair at Beth Shalom

*Please bring donations for FOOD DRIVE*

Flyers/forms are available on the Website & in the Lobby.

COMING EVENTS

Sunday, Nov. 19: Rosh Chodesh/Tefillim Group (see box)

Thursday,Nov. 23:Thanksgiving Dinner, Century Grill (S)

Monday, Nov. 27: Israel Bonds Dessert Reception

Tuesday, Nov. 28: Boutique (Social Hall) (S) Tuesday, Nov. 28: Crossfire Event (w. Rabbi Yasgur)

Shabbat, Dec. 8-9: Carlebach Shabbat

Sunday, Dec. 31: Bikur Cholim Achdus Breakfast

Jan. 2-4: Bus Trip: Kennedy Space Center/Orlando (MC)

Flyers/forms are available on the Website & in the Lobby.

Barbara and I will be traveling to New York on

Thursday evening to visit family. We will be returning on

Monday evening. Should you need my assistance, you

may reach me by email or by phone:

Email: RabbiTorahOhr@gmail.com

Phone: 203-526-4014

Have a Shabbat Shalom,

Rabbi Yasgur

Sisterhood Congregation Torah Ohr invites you to join us

for the Ruth Fruchter/Berdie Schiffenbauer Women’s

Amen Group Rosh Chodesh Kislev Davening and the Hattie Thum Tehillim Group which will take place

immediately after Davening. To commemorate the 15th

Yahrzeit of Hattie Thum, there will be a special speaker,

Mrs. Malka Morris. Coffee and pastries will be served at

the conclusion of the program. Program: Sunday,

November 19, 2017, at 8:45am, in the Social Hall.

Refreshment Sponsors are: Sharyle Spar, Gail Meller,

and Sara Maryles.

REFUAH SHELAYMAH

Refuah Shelaymah to: Susan Borger (Sarah Rosa bat Pesha), Malka Silver Fuchs (Malka Shoshana bat Esther Beila),

Avi Gilad (Avihu ben Leah), Alvin Greenfield (Avraham ben Pezel), Bruce Lederman (Baruch Aharon ben Bashya),

Malka Levy (Malka bat Leah), Dave Love (Dovid Yakov ben Raizel), Margareta Neulinger (Malka bat Esther), Cy

Shavrick (Yeshayahu ben Liba), Carol Weissman (Chaya Malka bat Rachel), Reuven Eliyahu ben Shaindel Malka.

SPONSORSHIPS

SEUDAH SHLISHEET this Shabbat, November 11th, is sponsored by the Shul.

LEARNING SPONSORSHIPS

A Year of Learning sponsored by friends of Bob and Carol Weissman,

for a Refuah Shelaymah for Carol, Chaya Malka bat Rachel

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Sponsored by In Memory of

A Year of Learning in memory of our beloved members Abraham “Al” B. Wolf (Avrum Berrill ben Yacov ע'ה) and

Elaine Wolf (Geli Ethel bat Shmuel Yosef ע'ה)

A Month of Learning

10/12-11/11 Manny Henzel his wife, Chaya Sara bat Avraham Asher ה'ע ,

his mother, Esther bat Yizchak ה'ע , his sister, Yehudis Sara bat Avraham ה'ע ,

his aunt, Sheindel bat Yitzchok ה'ע , his father, Avraham ben Menachem Zev ה'ע

10/21-11/18 Sam and Shifra Colman his mother, Sara Rochel bat Rav Avrohom ה'ע

A Week of Learning

11/10-11/18 Erika and Sheldon Eskowitz Jeff Kurtz and Marci Kurtz’ parents

11/12-11/20 Anne Rudoler and Dave Klar her late husband, Mordechai ben Tzvi Zev ע'ה

11/12-11/20 Susan Fruchter her husband, Rav Shmuel Aharon ben Ephraim Fishel ע'ה

11/12-11/20 Esther Slochowsky her son, Gershon Binyomin ben HaRav Avrahom ע'ה

A Day of Learning plus Torah Fund Dedication

11/14 Shirley and Marvin Weinstein her mother, Sara Leiber bat Yeshaya Velvel ה'ע

A Day of Learning

11/11 Gail and Milton Meller her late husband, Simcha Gedalyah ben Mayer ע'ה

11/12 Alvin and Gloria Greenfield his sister, Chana Rezel bat Yaacov ע'ה

11/12 Susan Fruchter her husband, Rav Shmuel Aharon ben Ephraim Fishel ע'ה

11/14 David and Deborah Farber his father, Yechiel Michal ben Shimon ע'ה

11/16 Rosanne Barr her father, Dovid Simcha ben Moshe Aharon ע'ה

A Month of Learning: Pesha and Harry Aftel for a Refuah Shelaymah for their grandson Nachson ben Hindl Rus

AN INFORMAL CHAT Wednesday, Nov. 22, 11:00am: Please join us for an

opportunity to share thoughts, comments and suggestions

about Torah Ohr activities and plans. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ISRAEL BONDS DESSERT RECEPTION

The Israel Bonds “Unity for Israel Dessert Reception”

will be held at B’nai Torah Congregation, Monday,

November 27, at 7pm. The Torah Ohr honorees this year

are Francine Cappell & Robert Goodman. The guest

speaker is Ambassador Ido Aharoni, former Israeli

Consul General in New York. There will be

complimentary bus service from the Century Village

Clubhouse to B’nai Torah.

To RSVP, see flyers in Lobby or call the Israel Bonds

office at 561-939-1360.

MAZEL TOV to everyone who completed the

Daf Yomi Masechet Sanhedrin.

Kol HaKavod! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Torah Ohr Annual Dinner 2018 A reminder that the Annual Torah Ohr Dinner will take

place on Sunday, February 11, 2018.

It is with pleasure that we will be honoring such

deserving members of our kehilla :

Jay and Wendy Goldberg

Dave and Eva Love

Gary and Marcia Schrager

IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Shul office hours have been modified for the time

change. The office is open Monday through Thursday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

and Friday from 9:00 am – 12 Noon. We appreciate your cooperation.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Shul has a limited number of plots available in

the new Torah Ohr section at Eretz HaChaim

Cemetery outside Beit Shemesh, Israel. If

interested, please contact Sidney Schuchman at (561)

414-9206. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mah Jongg Cards: We are now accepting orders

for the 2018 Mah Jongg cards. Flyers are available

in the Lobby of the shul. Any questions, please

contact Eunis Penn or Judy Cohen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Caregiver Support Group for spouses and family caregivers offers monthly meetings at Torah

Ohr. The next meeting will be Tuesday, Nov. 14.

This is a free service, provided by MorseLife.

Questions, please call Ronney Wiener, LCSW, at

(561) 289-8578. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MorseLife’s “Neighbor to Neighbor” Program offers services including: Counseling, Referrals to

Other Resources, Application Assistance. For

information or an appointment, please call Joyce

Moskowitz at (561) 531-9844.

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We wish to thank Rabbi Yasgur and the entire Torah

Ohr community for all the prayers and wishes for a

speedy recovery, a refuah shelaymah, and a quick

return to Boca, where we will be able to personally

express our thanks. Dave and Eva Love

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Special Request to New Members

and Returning Members

If you have not introduced yourselves to the Gabbai of the Minyan(im) you attend, please find the

opportunity to make the acquaintance of the

Gabbaim in order that you may receive honors

(Aliyot, etc.), as appropriate.

Shiur Schedule for November* November 13

th 10 AM (Rabbis on Rotation)

Rabbi Dr. Ron Brauner, The Greatest Jewish Ideas

November 14th

10 AM Marty Levine, Biblical Scoundrels

November 16th

10 AM Rabbi Benjamin Yasgur, Parashat HaShavua Investigations (P.I.)

November 29th

10 AM Dr. Jack Prince, Mishnayot for Everyone

November 29th

7 PM Mrs. Malka Morris, Women’s Evening Shiur: Weekly Torah Portion

November 29th

8 PM Rabbi Yosef Kassorla, Evening Shiur: Rabbinic Courage

November 29th

8:45 PM Rabbi Josh Grajower, Evening Shiur: Hilchot Shabbos

November 30th

12:15 PM Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Josh Broide * Please see full schedule in the 2017-2018 Education Brochure which will be available shortly.

Derech Eretz: Our shul policy is that there are no

“reserved” seats at any of our services (except the few

officially so designated). While a gentle request for an

accommodation may be in order at those special times

only, no one already seated should be told he or she must

move. Seats may not be held for late-comers.

Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated.

LIFECYCLES

Mazel Tov to: Joan and Norman Mensh on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson; Erika Schonfeld on the

marriage of her granddaughter.

Welcome New Members: Allan and Rena Mosak; David and Miral Posy.

Condolences to: Chana Waldman on the passing of her beloved sister, Leah Gelman Elia ה'ע ; Moshe Gross on

the passing of his beloved brother, Rav Mendel Gross ה'ע .