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To determine if the Eruv is operational either click on the phone number link below, or call
1-773-74-ERUV-2 (743-7882) after 2pm every Friday afternoon or every Erev Yom Tov.
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Davening Times
Shabbat
Candle lighting
8:10 pm
Mincha 7:00 pm
Shacharit 8:15 am
Mincha 7:45 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. July 5th
Personalities in the Bible
Motza'ai Shabbat at
7:30 pm
(winter)
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This Week at Ohel Shalom
Mazal Tov! BiSiman Tov!
Mazal Tov to our friends Shmuel and Talia Mashiach upon the upcoming wedding of their son Donny to Yaffa Weinschneider. Mazal Tov as well to Mr. and Mrs. Moshe Mashiach and the entire Mashiach family. May the young couple merit to build a Bayit Ne'eman BiYisrael.
Rosh Chodesh Tammuz
This Shabbat is Rosh Chodesh Tamuz, which takes place beginning on
Friday night, June 23rd and continuing through Sunday, June 25th.
Annual Picnic THIS Sunday
HELP NEEDED!
THESE ARE THE JOBS THAT STILL NEED TO BE DONE.....
Volunteers to cut vegetables Motzai Shabbat
Volunteers to help bring things to the picnic and help on Sunday morning.
Any questions, or to volunteer please contact:
Elliott Alvayor - 312-961-8886
Chanoch Raccah 312-350-9427
Joseph Zayan 847-208-5756
Sponsorships Available.
Rabbi Raccah's Weekly Parasha Shiur
Rabbi Raccah's weekly Shiur on Parashat HaShavu'ah will NOT meet this coming Wednesday, June 28th. The Shiur will BE"H resume on July 5th at 8:30 pm.
Outdoors Event
Please see below for more information about our exciting first outdoors hiking event.
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Family Chesed Project Recap
Wow! What an amazing turnout we had for the family chesed event! Everyone was very busy making their projects as well as having a great time! We ended up making
70 flip belts and
106 emoji stress balls! The completed projects were dropped off at
Chai Lifeline this week so they will have them to use for the Great America trip this coming Sunday. They were so happy to receive what we made and were very impressed with our creativity!! They are already thinking that they want more flip belts for Bike the Drive next year!.....and everyone loved the stress balls....that we filled with diaper gel!! It sounds crazy, but it was great! The kids had a blast making those! Thank you to everyone that came and to those who helped. We couldn't have done it without you! What a wonderful way to do chesed for an aliyat neshama for
Chaya Rivka bat Gedalya Reuven Levi!
A few pictures are below.
For more pictures visit the "Past Events" tab on our website
or
click here
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Annual Picnic THIS Sunday
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Outdoors Event
Join us for BE"H our first outdoors trip to Oglesby's Vermillion River Rafting!
Enjoy a 9.5-mile run with Vermillion River Rafting that will shoot you over 14 rapids, most of them class I and II.
We will then
hit the hiking trails at adjacent Starved Rock State Park
to spot dramatic waterfalls and explore cool glacial canyons.
Following the rafting and the hike we will BE"H be having a barbecue.
Here are the details:
When: Sunday, July 9th after Shacharit (which begins at 7.45 am)
Who: Men and boys aged 8 and older.
Please only bring children (or adults for that matter) who can handle the difficulty of white water rafting. A waiver will need to be signed.
Transportation: BYOC (bring your own vehicle). The drive will be approximately 1.5-2 hours.
Bring: Swim clothes or clothes you don't mind getting wet. Do not forget string for your glasses!
Cost (for rafting): $30 per adult, $25 for children 8 - 16 (cash or check only - no credit cards)
Sign Up Deadline: We must provide the rafting company a total of rafters in advance. Sign up deadline with us is Wednesday, July 5th.
Please note that the rafting is contingent upon the level of water in the river. We won't have this information until one week before the trip. If the rafting is cancelled for that week, we will BE"H hike longer.
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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
In memory of Eliyahu ben Simcha
Sponsored by Moshe Gatenyo
Mazal Tov to Rabbi Ezra Hamui and Elliott Alvayor for completing Chelek Aleph of Hilchot Shabbat!
For more pictures check out our Kollel Newsletter!
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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 week of learning has been sponsored anonymously for
June 19-26. The Kollel thanks the sponsors for their generosity.
A week of learning has been sponsored by
Moshe Gatenyo for June 19-26 in memory of his father,
Eliyahu ben Simcha. May his Neshama merit an Aliyah.
A week of learning has been sponsored by
Julien Partouche for June 25-July 2 in memory of his father,
Nissim ben Avraham and Gamara Levana. May his Neshama merit an Aliyah.
A week of learning has been sponsored by
Miriam Lobl for June 26-July 3 in memory of her mother,
Zohara bat Mesaud and Rivka. May her Neshama merit an Aliyah.
A month of learning has been sponsored anonymously for the month of June. The Kollel thanks the patrons for their generosity.
The "Shehecheyanu" Blessing
Our Sages teach us (Eruvin 40b) that one should recite the "Shehecheyanu" blessing upon seeing a new fruit that renews once a year. Even if one sees this fruit in the hands of another person or on the tree, one should recite the "Shehecheyanu" blessing.
Nevertheless, the Poskim and Maran Ha'Shulchan Aruch (Chapter 225) write that nowadays, one should only recite the "Shehecheyanu" blessing only upon eating the new fruit. The Poskim discuss several reason for why one should recite this blessing specifically when eating the fruit as opposed to when one sees it. The Magen Avraham writes that the reason for this is based on the Rishonim (Sefer Mitzvot Katan and others) who write that when one sees a new fruit and plans on eating it at a later time, one should only recite the "Shehecheyanu" blessing when eating the fruit, for the primary enjoyment of the fruit is when one eats it. Thus, it has become customary to always recite this blessing when eating the fruit.
Nevertheless, if one did recite the "Shehecheyanu" blessing upon seeing the fruit for whatever reason, one should not repeat this blessing when one eats the fruit, for the individual is exempted by the blessing he recited at the time he saw it. However, it is improper to deviate from the prevalent custom established by the great Poskim and quoted in Shulchan Aruch which is to only recite this blessing when eating the fruit.
In any case, we see that the primary establishment of the "Shehecheyanu" blessing is for the enjoyment one has from the fruit, either when seeing it or eating it. Thus, if one does not derive any enjoyment from the fruit, such as, if one was served a new fruit and one does not particularly like this fruit and only wants to taste the fruit to see how it tastes or if the fruit is not yet ripe enough and it is bitter or sour, one should not recite the "Shehecheyanu" blessing upon eating the fruit. Indeed, Hagaon Harav Shmuel Ha'Levi Wosner zt"l rules likewise (in his Responsa Shevet Ha'Levi, Volume 4, Chapter 25) that if one knows that one is not glad as a result of the fruit, one should not recite the "Shehecheyanu" blessing. The Sefer Halacha Berura (Chapter 225) quotes his opinion as Halacha.
Similarly, since the primary enactment of the blessing was for seeing the new fruit and the enjoyment this engenders, clearly, even if one eats only a small amount of the fruit, one may still recite the "Shehecheyanu" blessing since one is happy and enjoys the new fruit.
Machshava of the Week
by Rabbi David Shamsi
"Bean"a
While the Talmud states, "Rabbi Yochanan said: Had the Torah not been given, we would have learned modesty from the cat, [aversion to] theft from the ant, chastity from the dove, and [conjugal] manners from fowl", I believe there are many other natural phenomena as well that bear important lessons for us.
For example, in times of stress, we could have learned from the cocoa bean: Despite the fact that it is unbearably bitter - and not even sold by itself as it is so repugnant - it found its way to make itself the backbone behind some of the sweetest stuff in the world. We need to learn to do that as well in times of stress. May we all merit making Chicago truly the home of the "Bean" and not just because of Millennium Park.
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June 25 - Annual Picnic
June 9 - Outdoors Event
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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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