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Mincha and More at Sunday Afternoon’s Indians-Yankees Game at Progressive Field

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For anyone going to the Indians-Yankees game on Sunday afternoon at Progressive Field:

  1. There should be a minyan for mincha at the end of the 7th inning behind the main escalator in section 164;
  2. The washing station in the hot dog stand, section 164, should be up and running;
  3. For a mitzvah opportunity please send an email to kosherdog17@gmail.com and leave a phone number.

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!

Cleveland Tehillim List Now Available on Local Jewish News

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Cleveland Tehillim List

The Tehillim List of the Cleveland Tehillim Chevra is now easily accessible to the public on Local Jewish News. The list is being published as a partnership between Local Jewish News and Mrs. Chanie Malcmacher in the hope that it will cause even more community members to be mispalel on behalf of those in need.

The list will continue its practice of approximately six bi-monthly print editions. Also, in order to maintain seder the following long-standing guidelines remain in place for the inclusion of a name:

  • The choleh must be a Clevelander or the direct relative of a Clevelander
  • The exactly correct Hebrew name and its correct spelling must be provided
  • Permission of the family must have been obtained
  • The choleh must be reconfirmed for each edition of the list

Currently, the community has the merit of completing the entire Tehillim nearly two times daily. To participate in a daily completion of the Tehillim, please email Mrs. Malcmacher at justdaven@gmail.com.

Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes – Irving Modes, ob”m

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We regret to inform you of the passing of Irving Modes, father of Derech HaTorah Rebbe Yossi Modes.

Rabbi Modes is sitting shiva in Columbus, OH for his father through Sunday, Aug. 6 (he is getting up Monday morning).

He can be reached at 732-725-7619.

If you would like to be menachem avel, please contact the family first since he will be switching locations within Columbus but the family doesn’t know when the switch will occur.

המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים

Mincha, Maariv, and More at Thursday Night’s Indians-Yankees Game at Progressive Field

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For anyone going to the Indians-Yankees game on Thursday night at Progressive Field:

  1. There should be a minyan for maariv at the end of the 7th inning behind the main escalator in section 164;
  2. The washing station should be up and running;
  3. For a mitzvah opportunity please send an email to kosherdog17@gmail.com and leave a phone number (or call me directly).

Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes – Scott Leavitt, ob”m

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We regret to inform you of the passing of Scott Leavitt, brother of Basha Sadoff. The funeral will be Thursday, August 3 at 12:00 pm at Berkowitz-Kumin. Burial will be at Mt. Olive Cemetery. Shiva will be at the Leavitt home, 2448 Suffolk Lane, Pepper Pike, until Wednesday morning.

Shiva hours are as follows:

  • Thursday: 7 – 9 pm
  • Friday: 10 am – 2 pm
  • Sunday: 1 – 5 pm
  • Monday & Tuesday: 1 – 4 pm and 7 – 9 pm

The family requests no visitation after 9 pm.

המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים

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

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.

Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes – Oizer Neuman, z”l

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We regret to inform you of the passing of Oizer Neuman, father of Etty Cusner.

The funeral took place on Monday, July 17th in Brooklyn, NY. The kevura will take place in Israel at Eretz Hachaim cemetery in Bet Shemesh on Tuesday, July 18th.

Shiva will be observed in Brooklyn from Thursday through Monday morning. Etty can be reached by phone at (718) 998-5506 during regular shiva hours.

המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים

Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes – Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Baron, zt”l

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From a Hebrew Academy communication:

With a profound sense of loss we are saddened to inform our faculty, alumni and friends of the passing of veteran Academy Rosh Mesivta, Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Baron zt”l in Yerushalayim this morning. A talmid chacham of note, Rabbi Baron had the unique ability to connect with his talmidim and make a profound impact upon their lives. Rabbi Baron was a beloved Rebbi to scores of alumni who will forever remember him.

The levaya will take place today at 6:30 p.m at Beit HaLevayot Shamgar and the kevura will be on Har HaMenuchot. We have been told that there is a call in number after 11:30 a.m. Cleveland time: 513-386-00000. Access code is 2171. Shiva will be observed at the Baron home at Rechov Menachem Meishiv 3 in Yerushalayim.

Our heartfelt condolences to Rabbi Baron’s sons, Rabbi Moshe Baron and Rabbi Shmuel Baron and their families. May we share only  simchos in the future.

המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים

Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes – Mr. David Smilovitz, ob”m – Cleveland Shiva Update

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We regret to inform you of the passing of Mr. David Smilovitz, R’ David Chaim ben R’ Benyomin, a”h.

Jack Smilovitz will be returning to Cleveland to sit Shiva for his father Friday until Monday morning at 4340 University Parkway (corner University Parkway and Claver).

Shiva will be:

  • Friday from 12:30 PM until 5:00 PM
  • Motzaei Shabbos from after Shabbos until midnight
  • Sunday morning Shachris will be 8:45 AM Mincha 8:45 PM followed by Maariv
  • Monday morning Shachris 7:30 AM.

 

המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים

Women’s Only Swim this Sunday at Cumberland Pool

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This Sunday, Cumberland Pool in Cleveland Heights is having women’s-only swim from 6:30-8pm. Admission is included for those with a season pass. Prices for others are in the attached image.

The final women’s-only swim night is Sunday, August 20, from 6:30-8pm. There’s also a men’s-only swim night on Sunday, August 6, from 6:30-8pm.

Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes – David Levin, ob”m – Shiva UPDATE

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We regret to inform you of the passing of David Levin, Dovid haLevi Ben Zalman, father of Zev Levin. Funeral service occurred on July 6th.

Nichum Aveilim/ Shiva will take place Monday and Tuesday, July 10th and 11th (Fast Day),  from 2:30 pm until 8:30 pm, as well as minyonim for Mincha and Maarive bizman (be erech 8:45 for Mincha and 9:35 for Maariv). Due to the fast, Mincha on Tuesday will be at 8:30.

The location is the apartment of the deceased, 1223 Drury Court, Apt#B326, Mayfield Heights, Ohio (Schnurmann House Apartments, behind the Target on SOM Ctr Rd).

HaMakom yenachem eschem b’soch shaar avaylay Tzion v’Yerushalayim.

Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes – Mr. David Smilovitz, ob”m

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We regret to inform you of the passing of Mr. David Smilovitz, R’ David Chaim ben R’ Benyomin, a”h.

The Levaya will take place, Monday, July 10, at 9:30am, at Berkowitz Kumin.

Kvura will be in Eretz Yisrael.

Shiva information to follow.

המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים

Unveiling for Meyer “Mike” Haas, ob”m, July 9th

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In loving memory of Meyer “Mike” Haas, husband of Shoshana Haas, A”H, father of Sharon Rothberg, Yehudit Spero, Debby Henderson, Joanne Barth, and Daniel Haas, A”H, loving grandfather and great grandfather, a monument will be dedicated at 10 a.m. July 9, 2017, Section C (Young Israel) at Zion Memorial Park Cemetery.