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Bikur Cholim Melave Malka February 8th Journal Ads

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BikurCholimLogo2013Please help Bikur Cholim and publicly recognize and honor local volunteers by placing an ad in our journal.  You can now place an ad directly on our secure website.bikurcholimcleveland.org, you can even pay right on our site, all major credit cards are accepted.  If you prefer, you can email us at bikurcholimcleveland@gmail.com or mail an ad directly into our office with the enclosed ad blank.  Thank you for your support & we looking forward to seeing you at the Melave Malka on February 8th.

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Baruch Dayan Ha’emes

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We regret to inform you of the passing of the brother of Rabbi Elly Jacobs. Shiva will be at his home,  3555 Berkeley Road, Cleveland Heights. Hours are as follows:

Thursday, January 9th
Shacharis @ 8:00 a.m

Tehillim for Return of Caleb Jacoby Tonight

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TEHILLIM WILL BE RECITED FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF CALEB JACOBY, (CALEV AVROHOM BEN ELISHEVA), GRANDSON OF MARK & ARLENE JACOBY. CALEB HAS BEEN MISSING FROM HIS HOME IN BOSTON SINCE MONDAY AFTERNOON. TEHILLIM FOR MEN & WOMEN WILL BE TODAY, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8, AT THE STONE SYNAGOGUE, BEIT MIDRASH, AFTER MINCHA/MAARIV AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 PM.

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We regret to inform you of the passing of Yosef Ben Mordechai- Rabbi Yosef Fabian. He was 99 years old when hit by a car in Los Angeles earlier this week. He was the beloved father of Mrs. Chaya Lebovics (Los Angeles) and Mrs. Alliza Thav (Baltimore), and grandfather to Rabbi Aharon Dovid Lebovics (Cleveland Heights) as well as to many other grandchilren . He as a Rabbi to countless students, young and old. There will be a levayah in Cleveland, Thursday night, Jan 9th, 9pm at Young Israel of Greater Cleveland (Beachwood).  There will be/ was a funeral Wednesday evening, January 8th in Los Angeles at 8:15pm PST at the JLE, 512 N. La Brea Ave. Shiva will be at the home of Rabbi Aharon Dovid Lebovics, 3485 Shannon Rd. Cleveland Heights, OH.

May the family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. Ha’Makom yenachem eschem b’soch she’ar avay’lay Tzion v’Yerushalayim

A+ Solutions Presents Appreciating Your Child’s Individuality

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We are pleased to announce that A+ Solutions is now a CEU provider for the State of Ohio, Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Our first CEU program is Tuesday, January 14, 2014 “Appreciating Your Child’s Individuality”: How Temperamental Differences Affect Young Children”will count for 1 CEU credit.

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An Eruv Primer

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(by Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff – RabbiKaganoff.com)

This week’s parsha includes one of the major sources for prohibiting carrying on Shabbos, which provides a good opportunity to study some of the complicated halachos of carrying on Shabbos and the halachos of Eruvin. We cannot do justice to this vast and complicated topic in one short article. However, I will attempt to provide an introduction to some of the issues involved.

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Heights Libraries to explore renovation options for University Heights branch

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CHUHLIbraryThe Lee Road branch of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library was renovated in 2005-2006, and the Noble branch in 2011. Now it’s time for the University Heights branch: the building, its programs, and its services.

The University Heights branch (UH)  is the second most heavily used branch in the Heights Libraries system, after the main branch on Lee Road. Last year, the 60-year-old UH branch circulated 187,000 items and welcomed 184,500 visitors. As for programs and services, the UH branch is the home of the city of University Heights Senior Network programs, the Senior Spot and the Teen Spot. It hosts an international movie festival and babysitting clinics. Hundreds of children attend story times and programs each year, and University Heights staff visit the CH-UH Schools, Purvis Park, Whole Foods and John Carroll University throughout the year.

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YIGC Beachwood Carlebach Friday Night Minyan

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YIGC Beachwood invites the community to attend and participate in a Carlebach inspired minyan Friday Night on January 10, 2014 (Shabbos Shira). With Hashem’s help it promises to be an uplifting experience. Mincha will start at 5:05pm followed by Kabbalat Shabbat.

Boston Globe Columnist, Former Clevelander Jeff Jacoby’s Teenage Son Reportedly Missing

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The teenage son of prominent Jewish Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby, a former Clevelander, has reportedly gone missing.

Pleas for any information concerning Caleb Jacoby (Kalev Avraham ben Elisheva Rus- previously reversed first names), an 11th-grader who has been missing from his Brookline, Mass., home for more than 24 hours, flooded Twitter early Tuesday evening. According to Debby Jacoby, who identified herself as Caleb’s aunt, he has not been seen since 12:30 on Monday afternoon.

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Chef Dave’s Catering Sushi

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We will be again be offering Sushi for takeout this week on our regular schedule. Takeout times will be from 5-7PM on Tuesday and 12-2PM on Friday. Please try to have your orders in by 8PM tonight for Tuesday, and 8PM on Wednesday for Friday. Orders received after those times will be filled based on availability. Check out our Sushi Menu here >> 

 All sushi is made fresh that day, but is refrigerated before pickup. For maximum enjoyment, we recommend leaving your sushi out for 45 minutes to an hour and not eating it straight out of the refrigerator. If you have any special requests, just let us know and we’ll do our best to take care of it.

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