eShabbos
Parshas Re'eh
Mevorchim Elul
August 14 - 15, 2020
25 Av, 5780
Shalom and hello everyone!

I hope you are healthy and doing well.

Enjoy a delicious kiddush this shabbos consisting of fresh-baked cookies and mouth-watering pastries.
ELUL!

Did you know this shabbos is shabbos mevorchim elul?! 

It seems implausible, but we will usher in the technical start of the High Holy Days this very week! 

The baalei mussar, ethicists, write that on shabbos mevorchim, as the chazan utters the word Elul, even the fish in the sea begin to tremble. All creation recognizes and is frightened by the looming Days of Judgement. 

Join us this shabbos (of course, you must make a “reservation” with me first at rabbi@osnyc.org) as we movingly sing and recite the special inspirational tefilos associated with shabbos mevorchim. 

Remember, Rosh Chodesh Elul is next Thursday and Friday and shacharis is 7:00 AM. We also start blowing the shofar (!) daily in shul after shacharis on Friday.
MINYAN ON ROSH HASHANAH

Due to Covid 19, what will the High Holy Days look like at Ohav Sholom? Great question! Our goal is to keep everyone safe and to provide every congregant with an opportunity to daven together and hear all 100 shofar blasts!  

Thank G-d, we have excellent options and are pursuing every possible scenario including multiple smaller minyanim indoors and alternatively, an outdoor venue as well. 

Obtaining permits and working out the logistics with the Parks Department and the New York City Police Department is challenging and time-consuming. I hope to make an announcement shortly as to which direction we will go and if we’re successful in scoring a suitable outdoor space. 

Regardless, I welcome you to our famously warm and pleasant High Holiday Services. I look forward to greeting you personally throughout Elul/September and for Rosh Hashonah/Yom Kippur davening! 
RABBI SHLOMO GISSINGER, zt”l, 1st YAHRTZEIT

Please join me in celebrating the life of my great Rebbe, HaRav Shlomo Gissinger, shlita, on his first yahrtzeit, Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 12 Elul, 5780. 

A massive event will take place in Lakewood, NJ, at the late Rav’s shul, K’hal Zichron Yaakov. The ceremony will include a siyum, lavish seudah, and the completion of a Sefer Torah written in my Rebbe’s memory. 

Please visit https://www.rayze.it/ravgissingertribute/ to participate in a special appeal to help the Rav’s beloved shul continue its outstanding work - bringing Jews from around the world closer to Hashem and His Torah.

Thank you in advance and tiskel l’mitzvos!
MAZEL TOV NEPHEW!

Mazel tov to my dear nephew Sol Mehlman upon his Bar Mitzvah this shabbos! I will be attending the joyous family event in Danbury, Conneticut, along with my brothers and extended family. 

May Solly continue to bring much joy and nachas to his outstanding parents, Moshe (my twin brother) and Simi Mehlman, along with his exceptional sisters, for many, many, years to come! Amen.


Have a wonderful and sweet shabbos! 

Rabbi Aaron D. Mehlman
מרא דאתרא קנג. אוהב שׁלום

Erev Shabbos kodesh re’eh mevorchim elul 5780 
Shabbos Timetable
Friday, Erev Shabbos
Daf Yomi: 8:05 AM
Shacharis: 7:25 AM
Candle Lighting: 7:36 PM
Mincha/KS: 7:45 PM

Saturday, Shabbos
Shacharis: 9:00 AM
Kiddush 10:45 AM
Mincha: 7:30 PM
Maariv/Shabbos Ends/Make Havdalah: 8:38 PM
Upcoming
SAVE THE DATE!
Note: NEW DATE: AUGUST 31st
Touro's Elul Zoom Lecture Series

Please plan on joining Ohav Sholom
on August 31st at 8:00PM
for our annual
Touro Elul (zoom) Lecture
featuring: Professor Esther Boylan

Topic - Maftir Yonah: The Last Lessons

Zoom Meeting ID - 555 463 2567 Password 901728
Please go to:national.event@israelbonds.com to register.
Or call our synagogue representative Robert Lunzer at 646-523-1939
for current investment opportunities.
ROBERT LUNZER REGISTERED REPRESENTATIVE 
Congregation Ohav Sholom 
(212) 877-5850