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Davening Times
Shabbat
Candle lighting
8:09 pm
Mincha 7:00 pm
Shacharit 8:15 am
Mincha 7:46 pm
Regular Weekdays
Shacharit
Sunday
7:45
Monday, Thursday
6:15 am
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
6:30 am
Mincha/Arvit
Sunday
-Thursday
7:25 pm
Late Arvit following Kollel
Sunday-Thursday
10:00 pm
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Regular Shiurim
Kollel
Open Seder
Sunday-Thursday
8-10pm
Rabbi Olstein
Parasha Shiur
Wed 8:30pm (Hebrew)
Thurs 8:00pm (English)
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Rabbi Yosef Asayag
Monetary Issues in Halacha
Shabbat Afternoon
45 min. Before Mincha (Hebrew)
Ateret Chaya
Simcha Hall
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Men and Women
Ner Foundation
Rabbi Raccah
Topic:
Parashat HaShavu'a
Wednesdays at 8:30pm
Resumes BE"H Wed. June 14th
Personalities in the Bible
Motza'ai Shabbat at
7:30 pm
(winter)
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| MEAL SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Seuda Shlishit
$100
Kiddush
$250
Breakfast Fund Day- $15 Week- $75 Month- $250 Year - $2400 Fish Fund $20 month Hamin Fund Monthly contribution |
| SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Chair Sponsors (127 sold - 133 left) $20 each New Set of Artscroll Talmud Yerushalmi $35.00 for Talmud Yerushalmi ONLY ONE LEFT FOR NOW Siddurim Shaarim Ba'Tifilla ($15.00 each) Chumash w/simanim ($20 each)
20 New Talitot
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This Week at Ohel Shalom
Graduation Kiddush THIS Shabbat
BE"H this Shabbat is our Graduation Kiddush for all those graduating from Nursery through College. Mazel Tov to all the graduates and their families! We thank the following families for sponsoring the Kiddush on behalf of their children and grandchildren:
Mr. and Mrs. Max Dayan
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dulin
Mrs. Alyese and Joseph Faibisoff
Mr. and Mrs. David Nadoff
Mr. and Mrs. Avraham Seruya
Mr. and Mrs. Yeshaya Seruya
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Younes
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zayan
In addition, we thank the families of the graduates listed below for their contributions to the Kehilla in honor of their graduates.
Mazel Tov to the Following Graduates:
Playgroup
Daniel Moshe Dulin
Gavriel Yosef Dulin
Sarah Esther Zayan
Nursery
Bracha Malka Dayan (JCC)
Izaky Alvayor (JCC)
Dovie Azose (ACHDS)
Kindergarten
Elisheva Seruya (Hillel Torah)
1st Grade
Daniel Raccah (ACHDS)
Malka Yehudit Zayan (ACHDS)
Chana Yael Dulin (JDBY)
2nd Grade
Shimon Eliyahu Dulin (YTT)
3rd Grade
Chani Raccah (ACHDS)
Avraham Zev Zayan (ACHDS)
4th Grade
Meir Yitzchok Zayan (ACHDS)
Elementary School
Tehillah David (Hillel Torah)
Yamin Elkaim (YTT)
Ariela Faibisoff (Hillel Torah)
High School
Bentzi Azose (FYHS)
Yisroel Daniel Ben Abu (WITS)
Gila Cahan (Ulpana Orot Modi'in)
Shalom Nadoff (FYHS)
Maya Younes (BYHSC)
College
Tani Seruya (Ort)
Family Chesed Project THIS Sunday
Please join us this Sunday for our annual family Chesed project, Lilyui Chaya Rivka bat Gedalya Reuven Levi, daughter of Jenny and David Nadoff on her upcoming 10th Azkara. The project will begin at 10 am in the Ateret Chaya Simcha Hall. This project is for all ages. Please see below for more details.
Rosh Chodesh Tammuz
This Shabbat is Shabbat Mivarchim for Rosh Chodesh Tamuz, which will take place next week for two days beginning on
Friday night, June 23rd through Sunday, June 25th.
Annual Picnic
Please see below for information on this year's Annual Picnic on Sunday, June 25th.
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Graduation Kiddush
Please join us as we celebrate this year's graduates! The sponsors and graduates are listed below. We wish them all the best on their future endeavors. Mazal Tov!
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Family Chesed Project
Please join us this Sunday, June 18th at 10 am for this event. No experience necessary. This is suitable for all ages. Come share in this fun mitzva.
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Event Teaser
Meeting Nature Outing BE"H in July
The Events Committee has "floated" a new idea and they wish to gauge interest before "embarking" on further preparations.
The initial thoughts for this event are an outdoors event with the rabbi including some hiking, rafting in rapids and a barbecue. The costs would likely be minimal. A possible date has been selected, as well as a destination. It would be open to men and older boys.
If you are interested, please speak to Chanoch, Joseph or Elliot. This event would have a firm limit of participants and would only be open to members.
Update: B"H enough individuals have expressed interest that we will BE"H be moving forward with this project. Look for more information.
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This Week with the Sephardic Community Kollel
The Sephardic Community Kollel meets Sunday - Thursday nights from 8 - 10pm with a late Arvit at 10pm.
Here are some pictures from this week's learning
For more pictures check out our Kollel Newsletter!
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Amazon Smile
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Please take advantage of this opportunity
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The Geshem Fund
It has been very busy for the Geshem Fund. Significant sums of money have been distributed to dozens of people to help with rent, utilities, food and many other purposes. This has depleted the fund. Please help us help those in need.
Please open your hearts and your wallets and make checks out to the order of GESHEM FUND and give to Rabbi Raccah or put in the mailbox of the office or the shul and Ayelet will give it to Rabbi Raccah. As you thank Hashem for all that He has blessed you with, remember the less fortunate who are struggling and in desperate need of assistance. Thank you.
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Eruv Check-In
Is the Chicago Eruv up and operational for Shabbat? If you utilize the Eruv, it is your responsibility to check each week before Shabbat if it is up. There are now some new and easy ways to do this.
The Chicago Eruv has set up a website with this information, as well as other pertinent halachot and information about the eruv. The web address is
http://chicagoeruv.tripod.com/
You can call the hotline on Erev Shabbat after 2pm and listen to the recorded message or sign up to receive a weekly e-mail update on the status of the eruv.
Click here to sign up to have the eruv weekly email update sent directly to you!
To Determine if the Eruv is Operational either click on the phone number link here, or call 1-773-74-ERUV-2 (743-7882) after 2pm every Friday afternoon or every Erev Yom Tov.
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Kollel Korner of the Sephardic Community Kollel
Come learn with the Sephardic Community Kollel from 8:00pm to 10:00pm, Sunday through Thursday. Please contact the Kollel Coordinator,
Rabbi Yosef Olstein to arrange a learning partner or to receive information about the Kollel and its programs. Rabbi Olstein can be reached at 773-338-8046 or by email at
Sephardic Community Kollel.
Donations to the Kollel
Donations to the Kollel can also be made via credit card. Please call the shul at 773-465-5274 or email the Kollel for details.
Sponsor Learning in the Kollel
Our Rabbis tell us of the great power and merit associated with supporting Torah learning. To that end, consider sponsoring a night, a week or a month of learning in the Kollel. Examples of sponsorship purposes include: in memory of a deceased loved one for their Azkarah, to merit a Rifuah Shilamah, or to honor a loved one or friend. In addition to the great merit of supporting Torah in our community, your sponsorship will be marked with printed pages noting the intent of your support that are placed in stands on the tables in the Beit HaMidrash for the duration of your sponsorship period.
Here are the costs for the various sponsorships:
A night of learning - $52
A week of learning - $100
A month of learning - $400
The Kollel appreciates the following sponsors of learning:
A month of learning has been sponsored anonymously for the month of June. The Kollel thanks the patrons for their generosity.
One Who Awakens in the Morning and Needs to Use the Restroom
By popular request:
If one awakens in the morning and needs to use the restroom, should one first wash one's hands, recite the blessing of "
Al Netilat Yadayim
", and only then use the restroom or should one postpone washing one's hands until after using the facilities?
Answer: Clearly, if one needs to use the restroom and cannot suppress this urge for a little more than an hour (meaning the time it takes to walk one "Parsah," i.e. seventy-two minutes), one cannot recite any words of holiness, including the "Al Netilat Yadayim" blessing, until one relieves himself. We must therefore deal with two issues. Firstly, we must discuss the Halacha in a situation where one needs to use the restroom but can suppress this urge for seventy-two minutes; should one first wash one's hands, recite the blessing, and only then relieve himself? Secondly, if one cannot suppress the urge to use the restroom for seventy-two minutes, should one first wash one's hands without reciting the blessing, relieve himself, and then recite the blessing of "Al Netilat Yadayim" or is it preferable to postpone the entire "Netilat Yadayim" process until after he relieves himself?
In the previous Halacha, we have mentioned that according to the letter of the law, one need not wash one's hands immediately upon awakening in the morning and one may first get dressed and only then wash his hands. Thus, clearly, if one needs to use the restroom with such urgency that one cannot suppress the urge for seventy-two minutes, one must act as per the letter of the law and first relieve himself and only then wash his hands and recite the blessing of "Al Netilat Yadayim" followed by the "Asher Yatzar" blessing. The Mishnah Berura writes likewise that although according to the holy Zohar one must wash his hands as soon as possible, nevertheless, one may not, G-d-forbid, transgress an actual prohibition by not relieving one's self so as to wash one's hands as soon as possible; rather, one should first relieve himself and only then wash one's hands.
Regarding one who needs to use the restroom but can suppress the urge to do so for seventy-two minutes, some say such an individual should wash his hands immediately upon waking up but he should not recite a blessing on this hand-washing; he should then use the facilities, wash his hands a second time, and then recite the blessings of "Al Netilat Yadayim" and "Asher Yatzar". Hagaon Mishnah Berura rules accordingly and writes that in order to fulfill all opinions, one must wash one's hands immediately upon awakening and not recite a blessing, use the restroom, and then wash his hands once again and recite the blessings of "Al Netilat Yadayim" and "Asher Yatzar". One who follows this opinion surely has on whom to rely.
Nevertheless, the Rambam writes in one of his responses (Pe'er HaDor, Chapter 104) that one may only recite the blessing of "Al Netilat Yadayim" immediately following the hand-washing and if one recites it at a later time, one will have recited a blessing in vain. Based on this, if one follows the opinion of the Mishnah Berura, one should be concerned that he may be reciting a blessing in vain, for this individual has already washed his hands once before and when he now washes his hands a second time, this is not the hand-washing appropriate to the blessing of "Al Netilat Yadayim" as this is no longer the "morning" "Netilat Yadayim" for which our Sages instituted the blessing of "Al Netilat Yadayim". Thus, some say that one should first wash one's hands, recite the blessing, and only then use the restroom.
The custom of Maran Rabbeinu Ovadia Yosef zt"l is that, in any event, one should first use the restroom immediately upon waking up and only afterwards wash his hands and recite the blessings of "Al Netilat Yadayim" and "Asher Yatzar", for according to the letter of the law, there is nothing wrong with getting dressed before washing one's hands and there is certainly nothing wrong with using the facilities before washing one's hands. Thus, one should first relieve himself and only then wash his hands and recite the blessing, as prescribed by Halacha.
Summary: If one awakens in the morning and needs to use the restroom, if one cannot suppress this urge for seventy-two minutes, one should immediately use the restroom and only then proceed to wash his hands and recite the blessing of "Al Netilat Yadayim" followed by the "Asher Yatzar" blessing. If, however, he can suppress this urge to use the facilities for seventy-two minutes, some say one should first wash one's hands without reciting a blessing, proceed to use the restroom, and then wash one's hands once again and recite the blessing of "Al Netilat Yadayim". Some customarily wash their hands with a blessing and then use the restroom. Others say that no matter what, one should use the restroom first and only then proceed to wash one's hands and recite the blessings of "Al Netilat Yadayim" and "Asher Yatzar".
Machshava of the Week
by Rabbi David Shamsi
Spying Out the Job Market
In this week's parasha Moshe sends the righteous leaders of the Jewish people to scout out the land of Israel. However, upon their return, they commit the grave sin of slandering the Promised Land and declaring it unconquerable, a sin so grave as to delay our entry into it by 40 years. What led to their demise? Rashi tells us that while they were entirely righteous immediately prior to becoming spies for the Jewish people, they became wicked immediately after. What could have happened in that slit second?
Rabbi Yisroel Schorr, Rosh Yeshiva of Ohr Someach, Monsey, explains: Even if you're the greatest person in the world; the second you start working for a troublemaker, his issues and problems will likely have a great influence on your own psyche. So too here, even though the leaders of the Jewish people were righteous, the second they took on the job of working for B'nei Yisroel to spy out the land, they took on those negative beliefs and philosophies which brewed in the hearts of their senders. May we all merit realizing that one of the primary factors we need to consider when evaluating a job is: "What affect will this have on my Middot?"
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June 17 - Graduation Kiddush
June 18 - Family Chesed Project
(Lilyui Nishmat Chaya Rivka Mitchell)
June 25 - Annual Picnic
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
Project Esther
Celebrating adoption in the Jewish community,
Project Esther: The Chicago Jewish Adoption Network of Jewish Child and Family Services, supports, strengthens, educates and connects diverse Jewish adoptive and prospective adoptive families. For more information, please contact Marsha Raynes, LCSW, Manager of Project Esther, at 847-745-5408 or [email protected].
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