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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
7:18 pm
Mincha 7:00 pm
Shabbat starts 7:38
pm
Shacharit 8:15 am
Mincha 6:53 pm
Shabbat ends
Regular Weekdays
Shacharit
Sunday
7:45
6:15 am
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
6:30 am
Mincha/Arvit
Sunday-Thursday
7:28 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
Personalities in the Bible
Motza'ai Shabbat during the winter
Completed B"H for this winter season
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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
Mazal Tov to our friend,
Netanel Siman-Tov on his engagement to
Riki Dolinsky.
May the young couple merit to build a Bayit Ne'eman BiYisrael.
Early Shabbat Minyan Begins THIS Week BE"H
Once again, BE"H Ohel Shalom will hold Early Shabbat Minyanim during the summer months,
at 7 PM. This is the ONLY Minyan for Mincha on Friday.
Please inform Chanoch Raccah or Yosef Zayan if you are interested in a regular Minyan so we can determine if both are necessary.
Hashavat Aveda
Shortly before Pesach a teal colored, London fog jacket was mistakenly taken from the coat room. The jacket is a size 2T. Please check your homes to see if you took it by mistake! If you find it, please return it to the coat room or contact the office.
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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 week of learning has been sponsored for April 16-23 by Julien Partouche in memory of his father, Nissim ben Avraham and Gamara Levana. May his Neshama merit an Aliyah.
A week of learning has been sponsored for April 22-29 in memory of Sultana bat Esther. May her Neshama merit an Aliyah.
A month of learning has been sponsored anonymously for the month of April. The Kollel thanks the patrons for their generosity.
Giving Thanks to Hashem
Today is
Yom Ha'atzmaut,
Israeli Independence Day. We have already discussed the proper outlook regarding the establishment of the modern State of Israel in the Land of Israel according to the teachings of Maran Rabbeinu Ovadia Yosef
zt"l
several times.
We find something quite interesting in the work of Rabbeinu Yosef Haim zt"l in his Sefer Benayahu (on Rosh Hashanah 8b) where he writes something closely resembling a prophecy, that before the Ultimate Redemption, many Jews will immigrate to the Land of Israel, a government will be established there, and they will be held in high esteem, however, they shall not be fully redeemed until the arrival of Mashiach. These words were written by Rabbeinu Yosef Haim at a time when no one ever believed that there would be such a gathering of the exiles in the Land of Israel without the aid of our righteous Mashiach.
Certainly, the kindness Hashem has granted us through this tremendous influx of Jews returning to the Land of Israel in the past few generations is not in vain as Maran zt"l said in a speech on Yom Ha'atzmaut of 5729 (1969) that Hashem has helped us vanquish our enemies in the War of Independence (1948), Operation Kadesh (Sinai War, 1956), the Six Day War (1967) among others and Hashem does not perform miracles for no reason. Rather, the reason is because He wished to bring about both a spiritual and physical salvation upon the Jewish nation in the Land of Israel in order to hasten the Ultimate Redemption, may we merit seeing it speedily and in our days.
Our Sages teach us that if one is a recipient of a miracle and one recites a song of thanksgiving to Hashem, Hashem shall perform another miracle for him. Maran zt"l explains that this is what is meant by the verse, "Behold, G-d is my salvation, I shall trust and not fear, for Hashem is my strength and song and He has become my salvation" that Hashem has brought about a salvation for me and therefore, I will not fear in the future, for since I have sung to him, he shall perform many more miracles for me.
Our Sages took issue with King Chizkiyahu for not having recited song and praise to Hashem when Hashem performed a tremendous miracle by killing the entire mammoth army of Sanheriv, although Chizkiyahu was a righteous king who was worthy of being the Mashiach and increased Torah study tremendously throughout the Jewish nation. In spite of all of King Chizkiyahu's Torah, the Heavenly attribute of judgment prosecuted him for not uttering songs of praise to Hashem.
We must therefore offer much song, praise, and thanksgiving to Hashem for all of the miracles he performed for us and for saving us from all our enemies and not to mistakenly think that "My strength and the might of my hand has caused me this victory" and only trust in a human army as though we were saved through our mortal might. On the contrary, offering thanks to Hashem will give us strength to triumph over our enemies in the future as well. As a result, we shall merit experiencing Hashem's miracles in the future as well, as we have written above that one who praises Hashem for a miracle shall merit more miracles. Similarly, King David realized that when Hashem performed a miracle for him and allowed him to defeat the lion and bear that he was destined to save the entire Jewish nation, for Hashem would not perform such a wondrous miracle for naught and he understood that this meant that Hashem would perform even greater miracles for the Jewish nation through him.
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April 19- Yom HaAtzmaut
May 3- Lag BaOmer
May 13 - Yom Yerushalayim
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Community Section
Free Paper Shredding and Electronics Recycling Events
Both the 17th District Police Department and the West Ridge Chamber of Commerce will soon be holding free paper shredding events. The Chamber of Commerce event will also feature electronics and textile recycling.
The 17th District Shred-A-Thon will be on
Thursday, April 19 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lot across from the police station,
4651 N. Pulaski Road. The Shred-A-Thon is sponsored by Midway Moving and Storage. For more information, please call the 17th District CAPS Office at (312) 742-4588.
The West Ridge Chamber of Commerce shredding and recycling event will be on
Sunday, April 22 at Republic Bank,
2720 W. Devon (more details to come). For more information, please contact the Chamber of Commerce at (773) 743-6022 or
[email protected].
Shredding is recommended for confidential papers, such as old bank statements, medical records, pay stubs, bills, receipts, and credit card offers.
Post Pesach Shaimos Collection
Agudath Israel of Illinois will be having a Post-Pesach Sheimos Collection on
Sunday, April 22nd, at 7001 N. Central Park Avenue. (not 7530 N. St. Louis) from
1:00-3:00 PM. All sheimos must be well wrapped/taped in sturdy bags and/or boxes. Condensing your sheimos and only packing things that are definitely sheimos saves you money. For directions or for a copy of a convenient Sheimos Chart, please call 773-279-8400 ext. 213.
Bidgei Yisrael Volunteers Needed
Rabbi William Z & Eda Bess Novick z"l Bigdei Yisrael invites the community to help sort & pack the clothes to be shipped to the poor in Israel. Our warehouse, at 3721 Chase, Skokie (between Touhy & Howard by Walmart), will be open
Sundays from 11-1 PM, & on Monday's 10 AM - 12 noon. Feel free to bring more gently-used clothes to donate at these times. For more info or to schedule a group, please call Pnina Levinson 224-392-1879 or Zehava Krauss 773-463-6611. Thank you & Tizku L'Mitzvot!
Ohel Sarah
Part 2 is this Sunday, April 22nd at 7:30 PM
Ahavat HaGer
This Sunday from 8 - 9:30 PM
For a printable version of this flyer
Project Shalom Bayis
The 23rd Annual Event of Project Shalom Bayis is scheduled for
April 29, 2018 7:30 pm at
Shaarei Tzedek Mishkan Yair, 2832 West Touhy Avenue, Chicago. This event will feature the inspirational and much sought-after speaker,
Rabbi Paysach Krohn. He will speak on the topic:
To Enrich, Enhance, and Enjoy: Dealing with the Challenges of Marriage Today.
The event coordinators are Moshe and Chevie Davis, Yehoshua and Elana Davis, Yonatan and Elke Glenner and Ari and Shoshana Shabat.
Project Shalom Bayis was founded by the
Daughters of Israel in 1984. Its purpose is to make qualified therapy available to couples through referrals and/or financial assistance if needed. This is done in an anonymous, confidential manner, with the support of our community Rabbis and with the generous assistance of our community's mental health professionals. To date, Project Shalom Bayis has serviced close to 510 couples in the Chicago community and it grows annually in its requests for services. This is in great part due to the realization that the stigma associated with seeking professional therapeutic help is lessening. The importance of not waiting until a crisis has occurred in a marriage is finally becoming accepted. The Project Shalom Bayis Annual Buffet has become the only fund-raiser for this vital therapeutic service to the Chicago Orthodox Jewish community. Please help us in our quest for marital harmony in our community. Donations can be made to: Project Shalom Bayis, c/o Siegal, 2724 West Greenleaf, Chicago, IL 60645.
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