For over 35 years, Congregation Emek Beracha (once "The Minyan"), has welcomed students, business visitors, and tourists to Silicon Valley.
Our growing, vibrant Orthodox community of over 135 families creates a warm atmosphere and welcoming environment for people from all backgrounds. Guided by Rabbi Yitzchok Feldman, our Shul is committed to approaching the modern world through the perspective of Halacha, embracing religious Zionism, and growing in Jewish learning and observance.
The name "Emek Beracha" derives from a verse in Divrei HaYamim (Chronicles), in which the kingdom of Yehuda gathers in a valley of blessing (Emek Beracha), so called because "from there they blessed Hashem."
Tefilla Times (last updated: May 11, 2012)
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Latest Shema |
Shacharit |
Mincha |
Ma'ariv |
| Friday |
5:05am |
9:33am |
6:30am |
7:00pm |
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9:00am |
7:40pm |
8:51pm |
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8:00am |
7:55pm |
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| Monday |
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6:30am |
7:55pm |
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| Tuesday |
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6:30am |
7:55pm |
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| Wednesday |
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6:30am |
7:55pm |
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6:30am |
7:55pm |
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| Friday |
4:58am |
9:30am |
6:30am |
7:00pm |
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If you are outside Palo Alto, California, please consult your halachic authority for the exact times...
Announcements
For Shabbat Parashat Emor, 5772, the Eruv is UP.
This announcement is usually updated by 1-2 pm of the next Erev Shabbat.
NOT ALL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO IS WITHIN THE ERUV. The southern boundary runs along Adobe Creek, or the Cabana Hotel, on El Camino Real. Full boundaries: Hwy 101 to the East & Foothill Expressway to the West; between Adobe and San Francisquito Creek to the south and north. For more details, call 650-857-1800.
The Keilim Mikva is OPEN again.
Thanks to Tom Hoffman for many changes to improve the Mikva.
There are combination locks on the Mikva gates for safety purposes. The office has the combination. Please replace the locks to their original position after using the Mikva. There is no charge for use of the Mikva; donations are accepted.
KOSHER ALERT: The Vaad has permanently removed its supervision of Mama's Bakery in Los Gatos. All products sold there are NOT under the Vaad, even if sold with packaging that includes the Vaad's symbol. All packaging should bear a large white label that says "Not Kosher." If anyone sees a package from Mama's without that sticker, please notify vaad@flash.net or call 510-812-7000 (Rabbi Ben Tzion Welton of the Vaad).
Vaad-supervised establishments:
The Kitchen Table, a Kosher Fleishig (meat) restaurant at 142 Castro Street in Mt. View, CA. You can see how it looks even before going, and learn other information by checking out their website at http://thekitchentablerestaurant.com/. Phone: 650-390-9388.
Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels of Palo Alto new hours are: Monday – Thursday 6:00 am to 6:00 pm, Friday 6:00 am to 4:00 pm, and Sunday 7:00 am to 3:00 pm. Their phone number is 650-329-0700.
The Jerusalem Grill & Bar is a Fleishig (meat) restaurant at 1740 South Winchester Blvd. Campbell, CA 95008. Israeli-style food.
Pars Market in San Jose has a full selection of Kosher meat and other products. It's located at 3978 S Bascom Ave., San Jose, CA 95124
Oakland Kosher Foods has a full Kosher selection of meat and other groceries. Call (510) 839-0177.
Amba's Falafel in Oakland, is located at:
6464 Moraga Avenue
Montclair Village
Oakland, CA 94611
HOURS: Sunday 11-9 Monday - Thursday 11:30-9 | Friday 11:30-3:30
510.339.8000 www.ambafalafel.com
The Eloquent Oven in Mt. View is a bakery that does custom-made Challah and desserts for families or for occasions like Bar Mitzvahs or weddings. Check out the website at www.eloquentoven.com.
There are now two trained Shaatnez checkers in Palo Alto, Rabbi Avromi Apt and Mrs. Penina Weese. Both local Shaatnez checkers were trained by well-known Shaatnez expert, Rabbi Yosef Sayagh.
Mazal Tov on Recent Births:
Mazal Tov to Shabsi & Meredith Faiga Walfish on the birth of Basya Pesal on January 6.
Mazal Tov to Daniel & Erica Steinberger on the birth of Yaakov Yehuda on December 25.
Mazal Tov to Chezky & Bella Kutscher on the birth of Ari Shai on December 14.
Mazal Tov to Eli & Shona Schwartz on the birth of Gavriel Noam on October 29.
Mazal Tov to Guy & Ilanit Wilnai on the birth of Eliya Yosef Elazar on October 24.
Mazal Tov to Rami & Deby Rauch on the birth of Mychal Esther October 17.
Mazal Tov to Guillaume & Michal Cohen on the birth of Dafna Avigayil on August 17.
Mazal Tov to Simon & Ann Bovet on the birth of Shmuel on July 7.
Mazal Tov to Gershon & Svetlana Goldenberg on the birth of Adina Devorah on April 6.
Between December, 2009 - January, 2011, we welcomed 20 newborns to Emek Beracha: Ella Esther Cohen, Miriam Shifra Goldhaber-Fiebert, Mindel Leah Plonka, Yael Vered Rachel Morris, Michael Moshe Chernicoff, Adina Steinberger, Yehuda Erez Bernstein-Silverman, Eva Lilli Rachel Amar, Bella Tzippora Suss, Yisrael Alter Zundell, David Shemtob, Beracha Stewart, Yaakov Yechiel Kutscher, Yonatan Kalev Licht, Menachem Mendel Schusterman, Eliza Amaraggi, Yehoshua Ben Zion Lebowitz, Amalia Esther Hoffman, Devorah Leah Greenberg and Jacob Benjamin Steinberg.
Between December, 2007 - December, 2008, we welcomed 25 newborns to Emek Beracha: Shmuel Dovid Chernicoff, Chana Batsheva Feldman, Ayal Edin Levin, Ella Rivka Keller, Leah Shoshana Rauch, Batshefa Rachel Silverman-Bernstein Noa Batsheva Levin, Aya Esther Krantz, Ateret Hallel Schreiber, Sara Rachel Apt, Rachel Shemtob, Binyamin Akiva Greenberg, Rafael Meir Watts, Davide Ilouz, Meir Avraham Gordon, Bnaya Menahem Shamir, Nehama Flaks, Eliezer Tzvi Walfish, Yitzchok Tuvia & Moshe Nosson Matkowsky, Ari Yehuda Brezis, Eliana Kutcher, Cobe Naor Silberberg,
Sarah Liba Stewart, Yosef Mordechai Braun, and Aviva Lea Fintz.
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SPONSORS
Kiddush:
Parashat Emor: Rivka Sherman-Gold & Irving Gold in loving memory of Rivka's mother Malka Scherman, O"H, who passed away on Erev Pesah, and the Yahrzeit of her father Yaakov Scherman, O"H. They want to thank Rabbi Feldman and the Emek Beracha community for their support.
If you would like to sponsor a future Kiddush, contact:
Judy Wallach
to see available kiddush dates,
please look at our calendar here
Seudah Shlishit:
Parashat Emor: Still open.
If you would like to sponsor a future Seudah Shlishit, contact:
Eliot Klugman
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UPCOMING EVENTS
- Save the date! April 27-28 Emek Beracha Scholar-in-Residence Shabbaton with Dr. Avivah Zornberg.
We are so excited to welcome Dr. Avivah Zornberg to Emek Beracha for a weekend of learning. We will start Shabbat a little earlier than usual and host a community Friday night dinner at the Shul, followed by Dr. Zornberg's lecture "And I Am a Stranger: Becoming Ruth". Her second lecture will be on Shabbat afternoon before Mincha, "Let Me See That Good Land: The Story of a Human Life" (Moses).
- The Emek Beracha Annual Dinner honoring the Shemtobs is fast approaching. It will be on Sunday March 25th, at 6 pm at the Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way. Dr. Jonathan Halevy, director-general of Shaare Zedek Hospital in Yerushalyaim, will be our speaker. Invitations and journal ad cards will be arriving in your mailbox shortly.
- Sunday Evening, March 18th, 2012, 7:30pm – STEPHANIE SUSSMAN MEMORIAL EVENT. Please join us for a very special evening of music featuring Cantor Gregory Yakerson, Head Cantor at the Grand Choral Synagogue in St. Petersburg, Russia on Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 7:30 pm at the Cubberley Community Center Theater in Palo Alto. Cantor Yakerson, a native of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) will present a Concert of Cantorial (Chazanut) and Jewish folk music, including vignettes of Russian Jewish life. When we met Cantor Yakerson during our recent trip to St Petersburg, we were very impressed and moved by his rich, beautiful voice, engaging personality, and flawless English. This event is the fourth in a series of annual educational and cultural events sponsored by the Stephanie Sussman Memorial Fund at Congregation Emek Beracha. Admission is free of charge; Donations may be made to the Sussman Memorial Fund (please make checks to “Congregation Emek Beracha”). For additional information, please contact Stan Sussman (ssussman@mindspring.com)
- We are filling up our new memorial board. If you have a Yahrzeit you would like to memorialize, please contact the office ASAP while space is still available.
- We had the privilege of hosting Israeli Supreme Court Justice Eliyakim Rubenstein for the month of June, as he visited the Hoover Institute at Stanford. Justice Rubenstein spoke in the hour before Mincha on Shabbat afternoon, Parashat Shelach, June 18. Then he took questions during an elaborate Seuda Shlishit following Mincha, with a chance to interact with Justice Rubenstein and his wife, Miriam.
On Tuesday, June 28, Justice Rubenstein was the guest teacher of Beit Midrash, at 7:15 pm at EB. His topic: "Halacha & Mussar for Every Soul: The Life and Work of the Chofetz Chaim."
ONGOING EVENTS
- Rabbi Feldman offers a class Tuesday evenings--the Beit Midrash covers a variety of subjects and all are welcome.
Emek Beracha has a Shabbat Parasha Shiur. It meets at 10 am each Shabbat in the office, and last for approximately 45 minutes.
- EB now has a process for renting out the Shul social hall for functions.
If you would like to rent our facility for a function, please contact Jonathan Gershater at jonathan@gershater.org
- The Dryan Mikva is at 3070 Louis Rd. Call 493-5555 for appointments for women; for men, the Mikva is available mornings and Fridays until 3 pm.
- Office Hours at EB:
Rabbi Feldman is available at the office Mon, Tue, Thurs, and Fri morning, 8 - 9:30 am, and Wed evenings during the hour before Mincha/Maariv.
Secretary in the office, Mondays, noon - 7 pm.
- Emek Beracha is going paperless! Please note; if you choose the email option you will not receive any EBB mailings via USPS with the exception of annual dinner invitations.
Please choose your preference here or paste this link in your browser:
http://bit.ly/cMTSY7
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