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Nshei Gown Gemach Update

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The N’shei Gown Gemach will iy”h reopen this week. The gemach will now be hosted by the Levovitz family. The address is 3583 Bendemeer Road. In order for the gemach to run efficiently and smoothly, we are asking for your cooperation:

1) Please call Aliza @ 216-371-3685 for the day and hours. These may change from week to week. You must call for an appointment. Please do not just show up.
2) Gowns may only be returned during our open hours. Please do not drop off any items at other times.
3) There is no need for you to call about returning your gown. You will iy”h receive a call about making a return shortly after your simcha. We try to give you enough time after your simcha before asking for a return.

We are looking forward to serving you again. May we always share simchas.

Community-Wide Tehillim for the Gruens at 7:45pm

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There will be a community-wide Tehillim gathering for the Gruen children (tragically injured in a car accident this past Friday)  Tuesday evening at 7:45pm, followed by Mincha, at Hebrew Academy of Cleveland, 1860 South Taylor Road Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Shiva Information for Lilly Stoll, ob”m

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Rabbi Moshe Stoll will be returning to Cleveland Thursday afternoon to finish shiva for his mother, Lilly Stoll.

Shiva hours are:

  • Thursday: after 5pm, Minch at 7:55pm
  • Friday: Shacharis at 7:30am, Mincha at 2:15pm, shiva until 4 pm
  • Saturday night: after 10pm
  • Sunday: Shacharis at 8:15am

המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים

Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes – Phillip Fireman, ob”m

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We regret to inform you of the passing of Mr. Phillip Fireman, father of Stan Fireman.

Stan will be sitting Shiva at his home, 2583 Rubyvale Road University Heights, beginning Sunday evening at 7pm.

Minyanim:

  • Shacharis: Monday –Friday: 6:30am
  • Mincha/Maariv: Sunday –Thursday: 8pm

Shiva hours:

  • Morning: 9am-1pm
  • Afternoon: 3-6pm
  • Evening: 7-10pm

המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים

Tehillim Gathering for the Gruens at 10am

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At 10am Sunday there will be a tehillim gathering (men and women)  in the shul Beis Doniel for the Gruen family.

Please bring your own tehillim and either walk or park on Maple or the lower block of Severn.

Call in number: 641-715-3680 access code 448282#

Names:

  • Leah Hadassa bas Michal Chana
  • Chava bas Michal Chana
  • Yocheved Rivka bas Michal Chana
  • Gedalya Dovid bas Michal Chana

 

Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes – Eta Pollak, ob”m

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We regret to inform you of the passing of Mrs. Eta Pollak, mother of Arthur and Shloimy Pollak. The funeral is Sunday, August 20, at 2:00 pm at Berkowitz Kumin.
Burial is at Zion Memorial Park, Young Israel Section.
Shiva will be at the Pollak home, 2566 Larchmont in Beachwood until Friday afternoon.

Minyanim at the Shiva house are as follows:
Shacharis: 7:15 am on Monday, Thursday, Friday
7:00 am on Tuesday & Wednesday (Rosh Chodesh)
Mincha/Maariv: 8:00 pm on Sunday through Thursday

המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים

Special Tehillim Request

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Note: The names have been corrected.

These are two young girls that were in a terrible car accident and are in critical condition.  They are a local, Cleveland family. Daven for them now and include them in your Tefillos when you light candles.

  • LEAH HADASSAH BAS MICHAL CHANA
  • CHAVA BAS MICHAL CHANA

May we be zocheh to hear b’soros tovos b’korov!

Monument Dedication for Anna Beer, ob”m

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In loving memory of Anna Beer, her family will be dedicating a monument at 4pm, August 24, at Mount Olive Cemetery. Rabbi Binyamin Blau will officiate.

Anna was the wife of Jack Beer (deceased), mother of Lenny (Penny), Esther Sarah (Menachem-deceased) Carroll, Phyllis “Cookie” (Howie) Maisel, and Alan Beer (deceased), grandmother of Yonah (Rivka) Roberts, Charles (Lisa) Beer, Uzi (Rachel) Beer, Elya Beer, Jacob (Stephanie) Beer and seven others, and great grandmother of 30.

Time to REGISTER TO VOTE

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by Susan Efroymson

All politics are local is as true now as ever. Important elections coming up this November and you must be registered to vote.  Remember if you don’t vote, you can’t be counted, and if you don’t count, we all count for less. Stand up for your community and do your civic duty also considered a Mitzva to do so. To vote in the next election, you must be registered 30 days before.  There are local and state issues that effect us coming up on this November’s ballot.

Do You Need to Register?

Have you recently moved?

Has someone in your home recently turned 18 or will be 18 by November?

If you’ve never registered at your new address or will  be newly eligible to vote or have never voted before, it’s easy to register by filling out the form at Cuyahoga County Board of Elections website (or Lake County’s) or at any DMV or Library. Please do so today because if you don’t vote, you don’t count.

N’shei Simcha Gemach Updates

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The N’shei Simcha Gemach will be going through some changes over the next few weeks iy”h. We are very fortunate that we will be remaining in our “home”. Over the past fifteen years we have been blessed with gracious hosts – Mr. And Mrs. Gershon Adler, a”h, and the Choueka family. As the Chouekas embark on a new chapter in their lives, the gemach will now be housed and hosted by the Levovitz family. We wish both families much hatzlocha in their new surroundings and thank them for this huge chesed. May Hashem bless them with much simcha in their lives.

The gemach will be closed the week of August 13th and possibly the following week as well. Please contact Aliza at 216-371-3685 to set up an appointment after those times. Thank you for your continued support. May we always share in each other’s simcha.

Beis Eliyahu Shul Updates

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Beis Eliyahu has moved to Cleveland Heights. 3763 Bendemeer Road. (Corner of Bendemeer and Staunton)

Kollel Boker Daily Monday- Friday at 6:30am, Shachris to follow at 7:15am. Sunday Shachris 7:15am.

Shabbos- Friday night, Shachris, Mincha and Maariv times to be announced next week.

N’shei Simcha Gemach Updates

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The N’shei Simcha Gemach will be going through some changes over the next few weeks iy”h. We are very fortunate that we will be remaining in our “home”. Over the past fifteen years we have been blessed with gracious hosts – Mr. And Mrs. Gershon Adler, a”h, and the Choueka family. As the Chouekas embark on a new chapter in their lives, the gemach will now be housed and hosted by the Levovitz family. We wish both families much hatzlocha in their new surroundings and thank them for this huge chesed. May Hashem bless them with much simcha in their lives.

The gemach will be closed the week of August 13th and possibly the following week as well. Please contact Aliza at 216-371-3685 to set up an appointment after those times. Thank you for your continued support. May we always share in each other’s simcha.

Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes – Bertram M. Vogel, ob”m

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We regret to inform you of the passing of Bertram M. (Dov Ber) Vogel, the father of Mrs. Sharon Fladen.

Mrs. Fladen is sitting shiva until Sunday morning at her house. The address is 808 47th Street N.E. Canton, Ohio 44174. She can be reached at (330) 354-6807 or at (330) 499-1123.

Mincha/Maariv is 8:15pm at Congregation Agudas Achim, 2508 Market Ave., N. Canton, Ohio 44714. Visitors are requested not to come after that.

המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים

Always Check Dole Lettuce Packaging for a Hechsher

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Yesterday, a Whatsapp message purportedly from Star-K was circulating regarding Dole lettuce and its hashgacha. The message was:

Message from Star K, issued today, August 8, 2017.
Due to infestation they will not be giving a hechsher to ANY dole iceberg salad, fresh selection (kroger), little salad bar (aldi), and marketside (walmart) for this week and possibly next week. Be sure to double check for a hechsher before buying any lettuce.

Since the Star-K kashrus alerts website hasn’t posted such an alert since April, Local Jewish News reached out to Rabbi Tendler at the Star-K. He said the message was sent out by him to various mashgichim and is correct. There is currently a higher than normal incidence of bug infestation in Dole lettuce and therefore a lower rate of certified Dole lettuce will be available on the market over the next few weeks. He also said to remember that with lettuce, it’s always important to check for a hechsher because bug infestation will occasionally require a hechsher’s temporary removal.

Always Check Dole Lettuce Packaging for a Hechsher

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Yesterday, a Whatsapp message purportedly from Star-K was circulating regarding Dole lettuce and its hashgacha. The message was:

Message from Star K, issued today, August 8, 2017.
Due to infestation they will not be giving a hechsher to ANY dole iceberg salad, fresh selection (kroger), little salad bar (aldi), and marketside (walmart) for this week and possibly next week. Be sure to double check for a hechsher before buying any lettuce.

Since the Star-K kashrus alerts website hasn’t posted such an alert since April, Local Jewish News reached out to Rabbi Tendler at the Star-K. He said the message was sent out by him to various mashgichim and is correct. There is currently a higher than normal incidence of bug infestation in Dole lettuce and therefore a lower rate of certified Dole lettuce will be available on the market over the next few weeks. He also said to remember that with lettuce, it’s always important to check for a hechsher because bug infestation will occasionally require a hechsher’s temporary removal.

New Vaad Hatzedakos Cleveland

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Printable Version of the Letter Below

Dear community members of Cleveland,

Cleveland has a well-deserved reputation as a community dedicated to chesed and tzedaka. Many of our fellow Jews and institutions come to our community for help with various financial needs. We should be proud to be able to assist in this manner.

Under the guidance of the Vaad HaRabbanim, the Agudath Israel of Cleveland, recently established a Vaad Hatzedakos to assist the community and the fundraisers. The goal of the Vaad Hatzedakos is to give community members a high degree of confidence and comfort regarding the fundraisers who come to their doors and in turn provide greater support to those in need.

The Vaad Hatzedakos will follow the model used in multiple cities across North America. This model leverages an existing database developed in Lakewood, New Jersey. The fundraisers are researched via database administrator’s network of 300+ contacts across Israel. The information collected is then uploaded to the database.

Every fundraiser will be encouraged to apply to the Vaad Hatzedakos for a certificate. The director of the Vaad Hatzedakos, Rabbi Zev Meisels, will conduct the necessary background research, and provide a laminated, signed and sealed certificate with a photo ID if approved.

For this to succeed, we hope that the community will encourage fundraisers to present their certificate and then open your heart by giving generously.

The first certificates have already been distributed. Please be patient with fundraisers as not all fundraisers are aware of the new process in Cleveland.

Rabbi Meisels can be reached by email, phone, or fax.
• Email: letters@agudathisrael-oh.org
• Phone: 216-905-3835
• Fax: 216-455-1090

Thank you for your continued support.

Agudath Israel of Cleveland

Uniform Exchange Gemach Update

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The Uniform Exchange is moving and will be closed until October. We will let you know through Local Jewish News when it reopens.

If you have donations in the meantime you can drop them off at 2640 Whiton Road in University Heights and leave them on the front porch. Please only drop off uniforms in excellent condition.

Thank you!