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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
5:52 pm
Mincha 6:02 pm
Shacharit 8:15 am
Mincha 5:27 pm
Shabbat
Regular Weekdays
Shacharit
Sunday
7:45
Monday, Thursday
6:15 am
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
6:30 am
Mincha/Arvit
Sunday
-Thursday
5:51 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
Shiur resumes BE"H Wed.Oct. 25th
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 |
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20 New Talitot
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This Week at Ohel Shalom
Eruv Tavshilin TODAY
Don't forget to make an Eruv Tavshilin TODAY, Wed. October 11th, before Yom Tov.
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Mazal Tov! BiSiman Tov!
Mazal Tov to
Yona and Aviva Eliyahu on the birth of their baby girl,
Tehila. Mazal Tov to all the siblings and grandparents!
Mazal Tov to
Or and Meira Gera on the Birit of their baby boy
Noam Yisrael! Mazal Tov to grandparents,
Helena Gera and Yehuda and Sara Shemer and aunt
Odelia Shemer.
Kiddush Sponsorship
Kiddush additions are sponsored by
Yona and Aviva Eliyahu in honor of the birth of their daughters Tehila and Odeya. Mazal Tov!
The Kollel is on Sukkot break. Remember that the 10pm Arvit Minyan is not held while the Kollel is on break.
Rabbi Raccah's Wednesday Night Shiur
Rabbi Raccah's Wednesday night Shiur will BE"H resume on Wed. Oct. 25th. Please note that there is NO Shiur on Wed. Oct. 18th, even though it is after Sukkot.
Geshem Fund Needs Your Help
Every week you may see a section in our email about the Geshem Fund. Many people turn to the Geshem Fund for help, some on a regular basis and others when unique circumstances arise. We make an effort to address BE"H each request.
Recently the fund has been called on at a much higher level than average. Additionally, the High Holiday season is one of the two times a year, the other being Pesach, that
the fund makes distributions to families to enhance their holidays.
Please consider helping the Geshem Fund continue to meet its goals of helping those who turn to us. We want to BE"H be able to answer the call when it comes in.
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HIGH HOLIDAY TIMETABLE-Including Yom Tov Candlelighting Times
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Cholim List Update
We are updating our Cholim list. If you have submitted a name for a Mi Sheberach or Tehillim please contact Ayelet, the office manager, by email at [email protected] to confirm the person needs to remain on the list.
Names that have not been confirmed will be removed on November 15th.
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2018 Kitchen Rotation
Come join in!! Be part of the many efforts done on behalf of our Beit Knesset!
We are updating our list for the year.
Volunteers are needed for the following:
-Buying garlic and onions
-Buying Potatoes
-Picking up meat
-Inventory of Hamin Ingredients
-Peeling/cutting potatoes
-Hamin Prep (as well soaking beans and taking out meat)
-Kiddush set up
All (women AND men) are welcome to volunteer. We also welcome substitutes for those weeks that the regular person can't do their job.
Thank you!
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Amazon Smile
Do you purchase items from Amazon? If so, you are in a perfect position to provide the Kehilla with much needed financial support with zero cost or additional effort from you, beyond following a few easy steps just one time.
Amazon has a philanthropic branch called Amazon Smile. All you need to do is sign up (no cost) and select our Kehilla as your charity of choice and Amazon will give the Kehilla 0.5% of all your eligible purchases! There are millions of eligible items.
Please take advantage of this opportunity
and sign up immediately.
Click
here to get started.
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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
October. The Kollel thanks the patrons for their generosity.
The Laws of the Holiday of Sukkot
As per the request of many of our members and as a public service, we shall now list a synopsis of some laws which are essential for the upcoming Sukkot holiday:
- The Sukkah must be made of three walls and Sechach (the roof). The walls may be made of any material which can withstand a normal wind, excluding sheets and the like which cannot and are thus invalid.
- If the walls are made from metal, plastic, or anything else which does not grow from the ground, one should not place the Sechach directly on them; rather, one should place some wooden beams on top of the walls and place the Sechach on these beams, for these beams grow from the ground and thus are incapable of becoming impure.
- The Sechach must be made of something that grows from the ground, for instance, wooden slats, tree branches, and the like. Likewise, it must be detached from the ground as opposed to a tree which is still attached to the ground and cannot be used. Similarly, the Sechach must be made of material that is unable to become impure, excluding foods or wooden vessels such as wooden crates or chests, for these are indeed capable of becoming impure. A mat made of straw which is usually made for lying on is capable of becoming impure and is thus invalid for use as Sechach. However, mats made of reeds (or bamboo) specially made for use as Sechach are completely valid for use as Sechach.
- Decorations hung from the Sechach to beautify the Sukkah may in fact invalidate the Sukkah in certain instances since they are not valid to be used as Sechach. Therefore, Maran Rabbeinu Ovadia Yosef zt"l writes that one must be sure to hang these decorations in close proximity to theSechach, i.e. within four Tefachim (32 cm). The decorations should not hang down more than 32 cm from the Sechach, for they can invalidate the Sukkah in this way, as we have explained. However, when the decorations are within 32 cm of the Sechach, they are considered to be a part of theSechach and there is no concern for invalidation of the Sukkah, even if they are quite large.
- The Sechach should be made in a light manner, such that large stars can be seen through it. Nevertheless, even if one made the Sechach in a way that stars cannot be seen through it, it is still valid. However, if one made the Sechach so thick that rain cannot pass through it, one should be stringent and invalidate such a Sukkah. One should likewise be careful not to build his Sukkah under a balcony or roof, for this kind of Sukkah is invalid according to the letter of the law.
- On Erev Sukkot, one should not eat over an egg's volume (approximately 54 grams) of bread past the tenth halachic hour of the day (from approximately 4:00 PM and on), so that one will be able to eat the festive holiday meal that night with an appetite. Some are stringent and abstain from this beginning from halachic midday. When necessary, one may rely on the more lenient view.
- There is a positive Torah commandment to eat an olive's volume (approximately 27 grams) of bread in the Sukkah on the first night of Sukkot. Before eating, one should have in mind that he is sitting in the Sukkah in commemoration of the Exodus from Egypt and that he is fulfilling a positive Torah commandment with this eating.
- On the other days of the Sukkot holiday (besides the second night in the Diaspora), there is no obligation to have a bread meal; however, if one wishes to eat more than an egg's volume of bread (approximately 54 grams), one must do so in the Sukkah. In this case, one must recite the blessing of "Baruch Ata Hashem Elokeinu Melech Ha'Olam Asher Kideshanu Bemitzvotav Vetzivanu Leeshev Ba'Sukkah," as we have discussed at length previously.
- One may eat fruits, vegetables, and rice outside of the Sukkah; one may certainly drink water or juice outside of the Sukkah. If one wishes to eat more than an egg's volume of cake or other pastries, one must do so in the Sukkah, however, one would not recite the "Leeshev Ba'Sukkah" blessing in this instance. If one plans on eating an amount of cake or pastries which others would consider a meal (approximately 162 grams), one would need to recite the blessing of "Leeshev Ba'Sukkah."
- When one eats a food in the Sukkah which requires the "Leeshev Ba'Sukkah" blessing, it is preferable to recite this blessing before one sits down to eat. After reciting the blessing, one should have a seat, recite the appropriate blessing for what he is eating, and begin to enjoy his meal.
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October 11 - Hoshana Rabba
October 12-13 - Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
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