Shabbat Announcements – Balak

Beit Medrash Torani Leumi – www.bmtl.org

Shabbat Balak 16 Tamuz, 5781/June 26, 2021

Please Note Following the rise in Corona cases around the country, and per the MOH’s renewed guidelines – we will be requiring the wearing of masks in shul.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Friday Evening

1:30 p.m. – Mincha 

6:00 p.m. – Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat

6:20 p.m. – Earliest candle lighting

7:12 p.m. – Candle lighting

7:30 p.m. – Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat

7:52 p.m. – Shkiya

Shabbat Day

8:15 a.m. – Shacharit

8:45 a.m. – Shacharit (Selesney Hall)

1:30 p.m. – Mincha

5:00 – 5:30 p.m. – Limud Horim V'Yeladim

5:30 p.m. – Mincha

7:10 p.m. – Mincha

7:35 p.m. – Daf Yomi 

8:33 p.m. – Maariv/Motzaei Shabbat

Fast of 17th of Tamuz (Sunday)

4:10 a.m. – Fast Begins

5:55 a.m. – First Shacharit Minyan

7:15 p.m. – Mincha

8:10 p.m. – Fast Ends/Maariv

All other davening times are as usual

Weekday Z'manei Tefillah

6:15 a.m. (6:10 M/Th) – Shacharit

7:15 a.m. – Shacharit

8:15 a.m. – Shacharit

9:15 a.m. – Shacharit

1:30 p.m. – Mincha

7:30 p.m. – Mincha

8:10 p.m. – Maariv

9:00 p.m. – Maariv 

9:30 p.m. – Maariv

Mazal Tov

… to Jonny and Dahlia Gross on Avichai's Bar Mitzvah. Mazal Tov the grandparents Helen Gross and Marilyn Schwartz. The congragation is invited to a kiddush at the Gross's home Rechov Shimon 44.

Learning Dedication

Learning for the coming week is sponsored by: 

If you would like to sponsor a week of learning in our shul, please contact Roni Lebovitz at ylebovitz@gmail.com

9:15 Summer Shacharit Returns

We are happy to announce that as we started the summer months we have restarted the weekday (S-F) 9:15am minyan. B"H it has already had a strong start and we invite young and old to join this minyan.

New Vaad Elections

The two year term of the current Va'ad is ending in the next few weeks. We are looking for volunteers to serve the community in this fashion. Serving the kehila in this manner is rewarding, important, and necessary for the proper functioning of the shul. Please consider volunteering for this important job. Please contact Stu Schrader for more information 0523478485

Shamos

Please be aware that BMTL does *not* have a shamos (geniza) drop off point. There are bins located around the city. Thank you for your cooperation

Assistance

We are experiencing very trying times and we would like to be able to offer whatever assistance we can to families in our kehilla. If you need any sort of assistance or know of someone in our kehilla who might need help, please reach out to Rav Chagai (052-957-3463), Stu Schrader (052-347-8485),  or Yaron or Miriam Marcus (052-795-5535) or Elyssa Aftel (0542287120) . All inquiries will be handled with the utmost confidentiality.

Shul WhatsApp Group

In order to improve communication with the kehilla, we have opened up a WhatsApp group for notifications. It is not a discussion group. Only the admins will be able to post. Click on this link to join.

Google Group

Please join the Shul's for communal announcements and interim shul updates.Google Group

Shul Payments

In order to make it easy for everyone to forward payments and donations to the shul, we have established an on line platform for payments. Please use  and make your donations/payments there. this link

For Payments by check or wire transfer, please email BMTL.finance@gmail.com

Ritual Needs

If someone, man or woman, would like to coordinate a ritual need, e.g. Yahrtzeit, Kaddish, Gomel, Kel Maleh, etc., with the shul, please contact the Gabbai, Hillel Scheinfeld at hjschein@gmail.com

Bikur Cholim committee

Please contact Mike Greenwald (058-789-2000) or Judy Kreditor (054-460-7074) if you know of any member who is sick or hospitalized.

Please also contact them regarding any way that you can offer your assistance be it – visiting, shopping, car-rides etc.

Yahrtzeit Plaques

For information on purchasing a plaque on the shul's yahrzeit board located in the main sanctuary of the shul please contact Lawrence Myers at  or 055 662 7020.lawrm@014.net.il

Webmaster

The shul's website is maintained by Mark Watson. If you see anything that needs correcting, please contact him at markwatson@yahoo.com.

Mishebeirach List 

If you would like to put the name of a choleh/cholah on the list please add it to the google doc. Only names on this list will be said in shul. We kindly ask that people not approach the Bima to add names during shul.

Reserving the shul

To book the shul or Selesney Hall, please contact Leah Benscher at: lezuela@gmail.com or by phone at 02-5715648 at 1-3 pm or  8-10pm or Rivka Wildman at rivka.wildman@gmail.com. See the following schedule for who to contact during which months:

Rivka: February, April, June, August, October, December

Leah: January, March, May, July, September, November

Announcements

If you have an important shul-related announcement to include in future "Weekly Announcements", please send it by Thursday morning to bmtl613@gmail.com or contact Menachem Lipkin at 992-3933.