Shabbat Parshat Chayai Sarah

1) Book Launch Event - TONIGHT

2) Shabbat Schedule

3) Kiddush & Mazal Tov

4) Motzei Shabbat Events

1) Book Launch Event

Just a reminder that tonight is the official launch of Rabbi Pear's new book,
"The Accidental Zionist: What a Priest, a Pornographer and a Wrestler named
Chainsaw taught me about being Jewish, Saving the World and Why Israel matters
to both."  

Doors open at 8 PM; the presentation of the book will begin at 8:15 PM, followed
by a dessert reception at 9:15 PM.

The event will take place at the Mishkenot Sha'ananim Conference Center in Yemin
Moshe, just a few steps down from the Windmill.

Entrance is complimentary, and discounted books will be available for purchase.
(If you can't make it, books can be purchased at local bookstores, including
Hevruta, Pomeranz, JBC and Moriah in the Old City - and through Amazon in the
U.S.)

All are invited.

2) Shabbat Schedule

Candles 4:02 PM

Mincha 4:27 PM

Shacharit 8:30 AM

Kiddush 11:00 AM

Shabbat Ends 5:15 PM

3) Kiddush & Mazal Tov

The kiddush this week is sponsored by Avichai and Sharona Elgavish in honor of
the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Ronen.  Mazal Tov!

4) Upcoming Motzei Shabbat Events

THIS Motzei Shabbat:

The Annual R’ Shlomo Carlebach Memorial concert

Binyanei Hauma, Doors open 20:00 – Concert begins 20:45

Featuring: Benzion Solomon and Sons, Chaim Dovid Saracik, Yehuda Katz, Aaron
Razel, Shlomo Katz, Chiskia Sofer, Shivi Keller, Naftali and Shlomo Abramson,
Binyomin Steinberg and Special Guest Shlomo Bar (Habreira Hativit)

NEXT Motzei Shabbat:

"Leading a Significant Life: Transforming an Ordinary Life into an Extraordinary
Experience in Israel" -- presented by Rabbi Dr. Laibl Wolf, Dean, Spiritgrow -
The Josef Kryss Jewish Wholistic Center, Australia, and author of the
best-selling book Pracitcal Kabbalah (Random House, 1999).

8:00pm, Yeshurun Central Synagogue

For more information 054 238 7726

Parshat VaYera

1) Shabbat Schedule
2) Mazal Tov’s
3) Book Launch Event

1) Shabbat Schedule – Parshat Vayera

Candles 4:05 PM
Kabalat Shabbat 4:30 PM

The ba’al tephilla this week is Aharon Razel.

Shacharit 8:30 AM
Followed by a Brit Milah (see below) at 10:30 AM
Kiddush 11:00 AM
Shabbat Ends 5:18 PM

2) Mazal Tov’s

Mazal Tov to Natan and Noa Zipper on the birth of a baby boy last Shabbat.  (The brit will be this Shabbat morning in shul).  The community is invited to a Shalom Zachor on Friday night after dinner in Baka at Ben Azai 9/9.

Mazal Tov to Jeffrey and Hedy Rashba and the rest of the Rashba family on the birth of a baby girl this past week.  She will be named on Shabbat. 

May both these new babies merit a life of Torah, Chupah and Ma’asim Tovim.

3) Book Launch Event

The official book launch for Rabbi Pear’s book, “The Accidental Zionist,” will take place this coming Thursday night, November 20th at 8 PM at the Mishkenot Shaananim (Konrad Adneur) Conference Center in Yemin Moshe.  The entire community is invited to celebrate this event. 

For more details, see:

http://shirhadash.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/rabbi-pears-new-book/

For Facebook users, the invite can be found at:

http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/event.php?eid=47481966354

If you can’t make it to the event, be sure to pick up a copy at one of our local bookstores (like Hevruta, Pomeranz, JBC or Moriah in the Old City, as well as in the bookstores on Palmach, Aza and in the Inbal Hotel).  Also, tell your overseas friends to visit Amazon at:

http://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Zionist-Pornographer-Wrestler-Chainsaw/dp/0981503209/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226594159&sr=8-1

Book Launch Event

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Rabbi Pear’s New Book

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