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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
8:10 pm
Mincha 7:00 pm
Shabbat starts 8:30
pm
Shacharit 8:15 am
Mincha 7:45 pm
Shabbat ends
Regular Weekdays
Shacharit
Sunday
7:45 am
6:15 am
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
6:30 am
Mincha/Arvit
Sunday-Thursday
7:30 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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$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
Kiddush and Seudah Shilisheet Sponsorship
Kiddush this week is sponsored anonymously. The Kehillah thanks the sponsor for their generosity.
Seudah Shilisheet is sponsored by
Mrs. Alyese Faibisoff in memory of her grandmother,
Chaya Gitta bat Moshe Tzvi. May her Neshama merit an Aliyah. The Kehillah thanks Mrs. Faibisoff for her generosity.
Children's' Group Update
Older Boys Group Begins BE"H THIS Shabbat
B"H we now have an older boys group for our boys ages 6-11 that will BE"H begin THIS Shabbat. This group will be run by two young men and will include all of the features offered by other groups.
This will allow us to have groups for all children from the ages of 3-11. A key part of our children groups is the curriculum we use which varies each week and is specific to each age group. This allows for the time spent in groups to be a constructive and fun learning experience for the children instead of just playtime.
As such, please ensure that any children in groups are within the ages 3-11 and that they're with the appropriate age group.
Family Chesed Project
Please join us THIS Sunday, June 24th for our annual family Chesed project, Lilyui Chaya Rivka bat Gedalya Reuven Levi, daughter of Jenny and David Nadoff commemorating her 11th Azkara. The project will begin at 10 am in the Ateret Chaya Simcha Hall. This project is for all ages. This means, not only is it an opportunity to come with your children, if you have children, but also, adults are welcome, even without children! Please see below for more details.
Annual Picnic - Save the Date!
BE"H our
Annual Picnic will be on Sunday, August 19th.
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Family Chesed Event
Once again, we will be having a family chesed event, which will take place this coming
Sunday,
June 24th at
10 am. We will make items for children fighting illness and they will be donated to
Chai Lifeline and
Lurie Children's Hospital. This is event is L'ilui Nishmat
Chaya Rivka Mitchell z"l, daughter of
Jenny and David Nadoff commemorating her 11th yahrzeit. This is a fun hands on event for you and your children of all ages. Look forward to seeing you there! No experience necessary! Adults welcome even without children! All ages!!
For a printable version of this flyer click
here
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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 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
June 19-26 by Mrs. Roslyn Kohanchi in memory of her father in-law,
Tzion ben Mashala. May his 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.
Pausing Silently in the Middle of the Amida Prayer
The Amida prayer must be recited with continuity. One may not interrupt one's Amida prayer for any reason.
In the previous Halacha, we have written that if one begins reciting the Amida prayer and senses a foul odor emanating from a baby and the like, one must stop praying immediately, for one may not pray in a place where there is such an odor. One must pause silently until the child leaves the room or until the one praying relocates to a different room in which case one may resume one's prayer.
Regarding the issue at hand, if one pauses in the middle of the Amida prayer due to a foul odor and the like, how long does one have so that he may continue one's prayer where he left off?
The Opinion of Maran Ha'Shulchan Aruch
Maran Ha'Shulchan Aruch (Chapter 104) writes: "If one pauses during the Amida prayer for the amount of time it takes to recite the entire Amida, one must return to the beginning of the Amida." In this case, one may not resume the Amida prayer where one left off and one must recite the entire Amida prayer anew.
Maran Rabbeinu Ovadia Yosef zt"l discusses this matter at length (in his Halichot Olam, Volume 1, page 166) and writes that there is no difference why one paused during the Amida prayer, either willingly or due to an external circumstance, in any case, the law is that if one paused for the amount of time it takes to recite the entire prayer, one must return to the beginning of the prayer.
The Amount of Time it takes to Recite the Entire Prayer
How long is the time it takes to recite the entire Amida prayer? The Talmud Yerushalmi states that this time is estimated according to the average time it takes every individual to recite the entire Amida prayer. One must time one's self and see how long it takes him to pray, for if one generally recites the entire Amida in seven minutes, the time limit for such an individual will indeed be seven minutes. If it usually takes one eight minutes to pray then this individual's time limit will be eight minutes and if one paused, even silently, for eight minutes, one must return to the beginning of the Amida prayer (Rashba in his commentary on Berachot 13a as quoted by Bet Yosef).
Although Rabbeinu Aharon Ha'Levi writes in his Sefer Pekudat Halvi'yim that this time limit is not estimated on an individual basis, rather, it is measured by the amount of time it takes the average person to finish the entire Amida prayer, nevertheless, Maran Ha'Shulchan Aruch (Chapter 104) rules in accordance with the view of the Talmud Yerushalmi that we estimate it on an individual basis. This is indeed the Halacha.
Summary: If one pauses silently in the middle of one's Amida prayer for a short time, one may resume one's prayer where one left off. However, if one pauses for a "prolonged" amount of time, which is defined as the time it usually takes one to recite the entire Amida prayer, this is indeed considered an interruption and one may no longer resume one's prayer where one left off; rather, one must begin his Amida prayer anew.
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June 24 - Family Chesed Event
August 19 - Annual Picnic
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