B'nai Shalom of Olney Shabbat Announcements
December 25, 2004 - 13 Tevet 5765

Details of the following announcements can be found at http://www.bnaishalomofolney.org/
Remember those in the congregation who need to say Kaddish - Attend Minyan this week!

The text of the presentations by Rabbi Pohl and Annette Bozinko during the Shabbat Celebration of Rabbi Pohl's 26th Anniversary can be found here.

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Weekly Highlights & Schedule of Services
[Events in green will occur before the next Shabbat.]

  1. Friday Evening Shabbat Service - 7:30pm
  2. Saturday Morning Service - 9:15am, Hazak Shabbat
  3. Sunday, Minyan at 8:45am
  4. Evening Minyan, Monday-Thursday 7:30 p.m. in the Shuman Family Chapel
  5. Wednesday,12/29 - 8:00pm, Synagogue Board Meeting (all congregants welcome)

Religious School


Winter break is December 23- January 2. Religious School resumes on January 4.


Grade 4 Havdalah workshop is Sunday, January 9 during regular religious school hours. Letters were sent home to all families and the tear-off should be returned to the religious school office by January 5 with the workshop fee. The Havdalah ritual items that will be made at the workshop will be used at the class Havdalah service on January 22 from 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Letters were sent home to all Sixth grade students and parents explaining the Generations Fair and project. Included in the packet was a tear-off that should be returned to the Religious School office by January 9, 2005.

It is still not too late to sponsor a Junior Congregation Kiddush. A sponsorship is $36.00 and should be forwarded to the Religious School office.

Donations to the Rescued Torah Fund are still being accepted. We are approximately $1200.00 away from our goal of $10,000.00. Thank you to those who have contributed.

Men's Club

Men's Club Basketball Leagues are starting up. Now is the time to join or form a new team. Contact Larry Parizer if you are interested in playing.

Seaboard Region Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs will honor Stanford Dubin and Fred Goldberg at The Blue Yarmulke Men-of-the-Year Dinner on Sunday, January 16, 2005 at 6:30pm in Owings Mills, MD at Congregation Beth Israel. Tickets are $60 per person.

Men's Club is once again selling Entertainment books at the low price of $35. Please contact Larry Parizer at 301.570.3475 or the synagogue office to purchase your copy!

Sisterhood

Find your favorite recipe and submit it NOW! Only a few weeks left until the Dor L'Dor Cookbook goes to publication. Use the easy online form!

Congregational Shabbat Dinner and Sisterhood Shabbat
Sisterhood members will lead parts of the Friday Night Service on January 21st. If you'd like to participate (we will teach you) call Gail Goldfarb.

Hazak

Saturday, December 25, 9:15 a.m., 2nd Annual National HAZAK Shabbat Service. Kiddush will be co-sponsored by HAZAK and Sisterhood.

Youth

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BONIM

If you have any questions about Youth Group Activities at B'nai Shalom of Olney, please contact Youth Director Jacob Komisar, at 301-774-0879, or at BSOYouth@bnaishalomofolney.org.

To RSVP for events, or for information about specific youth groups, you may contact their respective advisors.

The Youth Minyan needs Torah readers!!! If you are interested in reading 9 lines from the weekly Torah Reading on January 8th, 15th, 22nd, or 29th, or February 5th, 12th, or 26th, please e-mail Jacob at BSOYouth@bnaishalomofolney.org, or call 301-774-0879!

Attention all parents of Day School students!!! There is a chance that your child is not on my lists for the youth groups at BSO!!! If you have a child who attends a local day school, or if you have a child who has not received any mailings regarding B'nai Shalom of Olney Youth Group activities, please contact me with their name, address, grade, birth date, phone number, and e-mail address!

Help in the Community

Check out the link below for multiple opportunities in Montgomery County to donate specified items and to volunteer your time during the December Holidays.

http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/volunteer/pdfs/decemberpdf.pdf

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Text of Weekly Torah Portion is brought to you by The Jewish Theological Seminary of America

Torah:
Va-Yehi
Genesis 47:28 - 50:26
http://learn.jtsa.edu/topics/parashah/jpstext/vayehi.shtml

Haftarah:
Haftarah for Va-Yehi
I Kings 2:1-12
http://learn.jtsa.edu/topics/parashah/jpstext/vayehi_haft.shtml