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Shabbat Announcements for August 28, 2010

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Candle lighting Time Torah Portion

7:41 PM Friday August 27th Parashat Ki Tavo

Saturday Morning Service ----------- 9:30 AM

PLEASE JOIN US THIS SHABBAT ---- HELP US MAKE A MINYAN ---- STAY FOR LUNCH

WE NEED TO HAVE A MINYAN FOR THOSE WHO ARE SAYING KADDISH FOR THEIR LOVED ONES

IT MAY BE SUMMER BUT WE STILL NEED A MINYAN AT SHABBAT SERVICES

PLEASE DO YOUR PART AND HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN

NO SERVICES NEXT SHABBAT, SEPTEMBER 4TH, DUE TO THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY

ROSH HASHANNAH BEGINS WEDNESDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 8TH

Meldados/Yahrzeits - Memorial prayers are offered this Shabbat for the following loved ones:

EZRA AMER

EZRA S. MENASHE

JOYA MENASHE

Your contributions and tributes are welcome and appreciated. In order for us to properly acknowledge your generosity, we ask that you send all monetary contributions to Congregation Ahavath Achim, 3225 SW Barbur Blvd, Portland, OR 97232. We will make sure that your funds are recorded, acknowledgements are sent to the various families and your contribution is printed in our next newsletter.

SHABBAT SERVICES

SATURDAY MORNING 9:30 AM

LUNCH WILL BE SERVED

Please join us this Saturday morning as we welcome Shabbat with a wonderful Sephardic services then stay for lunch. You are guaranteed to enjoy the service and then spend time with friends old and new. Sam Nechemia will be preparing one of his special Shabbat lunches. Come be a part of our community and help make a minyan for those who are counting on all of us. We need everyone to come together and keep this congregation active and the services complete with a minyan. Consider it a mitzvah!

HIGH HOLYDAY SCHEDULE

Here is a schedule for Rosh Hashanah

For other holyday schedules watch for an email

Wednesday evening September 8, 2010

Mincha followed by Arvit 7:20 PM

(Memorial candle lighting time 7:15 PM)

(Traditional Holiday meal after services $18 Adult - $9 under 12 yrs

Reservations required: call Sam Nechemia 503-274-4338 by Sept 1)

Thursday morning September 9, 2010

Tefila 8:30 AM

Selling of Mitzvotes 9:40 AM

Torah 10:15 AM

Sounding of the Shofar Noon

Musaf 12:15 PM

(Holiday hot lunch served after services $13 Adults - $8 under 12 yrs

must be paid in advance by September 1, 2010: Call Sam Nechemia 503-274-4338)

Thursday evening September 9, 2010

Minha followed by

Tashlich and Arvit 7:00 PM

Friday morning September 10, 2010

Tefila 8:30 AM

Selling of Mitzvotes 9:40 AM

Torah 10:15 AM

Sounding of Shofar 11:30 AM

Musaf 11:45 AM

COMMUNITY NEWS

CAA members Sid and Vicki Schain went back to the UK to visit their daughter Sheila and were allowed to watch and video her installation ceremonies as Mayor of Cambridge. The city historians were not certain but thought that she was only the 14th woman to fill the slot and the first Yank and JAP as well. Attached are a couple of pics of the publicity. She reviewed a regiment of Brits returning from Afghanistan...BBC took pics of the parade...the url for that follows: Sheshows up on the 5th shot. There's a shot of her being handed a crystal bowl...that's for completing the donation of 75 pts of Blood in the 19 years she's been there. She still has her day job as well.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cambridgeshire/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8740000/8740612.stm

AHAVATH ACHIM PICNIC

Thank you to Oshra Rapaport and her hard working committee for planning and executing a wonderful picnic last night (Wednesday August 18th).The food was delicious! The weather perfect! The games fun! The company outstanding! Thank all of you who came and enjoyed yourselves, we wish you all could have been there with us enjoying the Ahavath Achim annual picnic. We'll see you next year!

CELL PHONE RECYCLING FUNDRAISER

The Ahavath Achim cell phone fundraiser is winding down but we still need your help to guarantee it a great success. Please bring any used cell phones to the synagogue any Shabbat or the High Holydays. There will be a collection box available to receive your old phones in the foyer. Please ask your family and friends for any cell phones they are no longer using for our recycling program and fundraiser. We have already sent out one large batch and we would like to meet or exceed those numbers with our final shipment after the Holydays. We do not need the chargers or accessories, just your unwanted cell phones.

Thank you for your support! For more information contact Richard Matza 503-318-3732 or pdxmatza@aol.com.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

v Hebrew Learner? Hebrew Speaker?

Join other adults (ages 18 to 120) for Coffee, Refreshments, and Social, Educational, and Intellectual Conversation – IN HEBREW – at the all-new Café V’Ivrit, now with two facilitated groups: Lomdim* (Learners) & Dovrim (Speakers) *Lomdim should have a year of conversational Hebrew learning under their belts.

3^rd Monday of each month at Neveh Shalom: 7:30 pm - 9:OO pm

Suggested donation $5 - $10

Contact: Mel Berwin, michaelvmel@gmail.com, 503-246-8831

v Yangzi Sherpa (our kitchen helper) and her husband would like you to know that they also do house cleaning. She charges $15 per hour. If you are interested in learning more you can contact Yangzi at 503-234-0135

v AHAVATH ACHIM SANCTUARY, KITCHEN, AND SOCIAL HALL ARE AVAILABLE FOR RENT to members and friends, groups and organizations. WE ACCEPT ANY KOSHER CERTIFIED CATERER YOU MAY WISH TO USE. For more information and rental fees please call Renee Ferrera at 503-228-4660 or pdxrenee@aol.com. This is a perfect venue for celebrating birthdays, anniversaries and all occasions.

v SAM NECHEMIA RETIREMENT FUND. Sam Nechemia has been our Hazan for more than a decade. The Congregation would like to start a retirement fund in order to honor his service to us. The money in this fund would be separate from all other synagogue funds, and would be available solely for his benefit. If you would like to contribute to this fund or would like more information please contact Richard Matza at 503-297-5824 or ahavathachim@hevanet.com.