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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
8:08 pm
Mincha 7:00 pm
Shabbat starts 8:28
pm
Shacharit 8:15 am
Mincha 7:43 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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| 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
Shiloshim for Reb Moshe David Aryeh Z"L
Please see below for information on the Shiloshim for Reb Moshe David Aryeh that will be held this Thursday, June 14th.
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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:
Mrs. Belinda Elkaim
Mr. and Mrs. David Nadoff
Mr. and Mrs. Yeshaya Seruya
Mr. and Mrs. Kirill Vorobeychik
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
Davidi Raccah (ACHDS)
Kindergarten
Seadya Meir Elkaim (YTT)
Biracha Oziel (JDBY)
Daniel Titievsky (ACHDS)
2nd Grade
Daniel Raccah (ACHDS)
Malka Yehudit Zayan (ACHDS)
3rd Grade
Shimon Eliyahu Dulin (YTT)
Ariella Titievsky (ACHDS)
4th Grade
Chani Raccah (ACHDS)
Avraham Zev Zayan (ACHDS)
5th Grade
Meir Yitzchok Zayan (ACHDS)
6th Grade
Shaya Vorobeychik (YTT)
Elementary School
Avraham Chavakuk Seruya (HT)
11th Grade
Yitzchak Nadoff (ICJA)
High School
Yosef Drutman (UNO)
Rafi Elkaim (ICJA)
Year in Israel
Shalom Nadoff (DEC)
College
Nathaniel Elkaim BA (YU)
Malkah Nadoff MSW (Hunter-CUNY)
Yaakov David Oziel BA (HTC)
Joseph Zayan Paramedic
Children's' Group Update
We B"H have exciting news!
BE"H starting next week, we will now have an older boys group for our boys ages 6-11. 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, 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 Sunday, June 24th for our annual family Chesed project, Lilyui Chaya Rivka bat Gedalya Reuven Levi, daughter of Jenny and David Nadoff on her upcoming 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.
Save the Date!
BE"H are Annual Picnic will be on Sunday, August 19th.
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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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Shloshim for R' Moshe Dovid Aryeh z"l
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Family Chesed Event
Once again, we will be having a family chesed event, which will take place
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
Chaya Rivka Mitchell z"l, daughter of
Jenny and David Nadoff on 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 10-17 by Yeshaya Seruya in memory of his grandmother,
Mazal Tov bat Aziza. May her Neshama merit an Aliyah.
A week of learning has been sponsored for June 12-19 by Mrs. Miriam Lobl in memory of her mother, Zohara bat Mesaud and Rivka. May her Neshama merit an Aliyah.
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.
The Obligation to Stand While Kaddish and Barechu are Recited
Question: When the Chazzan or an individual receiving an Aliya to the Torah recites "Barechu Et Hashem Ha'Mevorach" and the congregation replies "Baruch Hashem Ha'Mevorach Le'Olam Va'ed," must the congregation rise completely or partially or is there no obligation to rise whatsoever?
Answer: The Rama writes in his work Darkei Moshe quoting the Mordechi that it is customary to recite Barechu while standing. This is based on the Talmud Yerushalmi which expounds the verse regarding Eglon, king of Mo'av, "Rise, for Hashem has spoken to you"- Rabbi Elazar understood from here that one must rise while reciting "Amen Yehe Shemeh Rabba" and any other words of holiness.
Based on their words, one must stand while reciting "Baruch Hashem Ha'Mevorach Le'Olam Va'ed," for even Eglon, king of Mo'av, stood when he was told the word of Hashem. It is therefore compulsory to stand while answering Amen to Kaddish and while reciting "Baruch Hashem Ha'Mevorach". Many other great Acharonim, including the great Mekubal, Rabbeinu Menachem Azarya of Pano, rule likewise.
On the other hand, Rabbeinu Chaim Vital, chief disciple of the saintly Ari z"l, writes that the great Ari z"l would not stand up while answering Amen to Kaddish and he said that the Yerushalmi quoted by the Rama is incorrect, for it is a mistaken passage erroneously printed in the Talmud Yerushalmi. Only when the Ari was already standing and the Chazzan began reciting Kaddish would he remain standing until the conclusion of the Kaddish at which point he would be seated again. Indeed, the Rama writes in the beginning of the aforementioned Darkei Moshe that the Maharil would not stand during Kaddish of the recitation of "Baruch Hashem Ha'Mevorach Le'Olam Va'ed." Only if he was standing in any case and the Chazzan began Kaddish would the Maharil remain standing until the conclusion of the Kaddish.
Based on this, according to the opinion of the saintly Ari z"l, there is no need to stand during Kaddish or during the recitation of "Baruch Hashem Ha'Mevorach Le'Olam Va'ed." Maran Ha'Chida writes that were the great Rabbeinu Menachem Azarya of Pano to have seen the words of the holy Ari, he would certainly have agreed that one may remain seated during Kaddish, for Rabbeinu Menachem Azarya ruled mostly based on the words of the holy Ari.
The great Rabbeinu Yosef Haim of Baghdad writes in his Sefer Od Yosef Hai that the custom in his hometown of Bagdad is that the congregation rises slightly while reciting "Baruch Hashem Ha'Mevorach Le'Olam Va'ed"; he writes that he searched for a source for this custom but he has not found one. This is indeed the custom is several places today. However, there is no basis for this custom, for according to the Ashkenazi custom which follows the Rama, one must be standing completely while reciting "Baruch Hashem Ha'Mevorach" whereas according to the Sephardic custom, there is no need whatsoever to standing while reciting "Baruch Hashem Ha'Mevorach." All Sephardic Acharonim agree with the ruling of the Ari z"l that there is no need to stand during Kaddish or Barechu.
Summary: The Ashkenazi custom is to rise for answering Kaddish and reciting "Baruch Hashem Ha'Mevorach Le'Olam Va'ed." According to the Sephardic custom, however, there is no need to stand during Kaddish and Barechu. Nevertheless, even according to the Sephardic custom, if one was already standing and the Chazzan begins reciting Kaddish, one should not be seated until the Chazzan concludes the Kaddish. If a Sephardic individual is praying in an Ashkenazi synagogue, it is preferable for him to stand during Kaddish and Barechu in order not to be the only one sitting while everyone else around him stands.
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June 16 - Graduation Kiddush
June 24 - Family Chesed Event
August 19 - Annual Picnic
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