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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
4:15 pm
Mincha 4:25 pm
Shabbat starts 4:35
pm
Shacharit 8:15 am
Mincha 3:50 pm
Shabbat ends
Regular Weekdays
Shacharit
Sunday
6:15 am
Tuesday,
Wednesday, Friday
6:30 am
Mincha/Arvit
Sunday-
Thursday
4:19 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)
Rabbi Moshe Miller
Tomer Devorah
Sundays after Mincha/Arvit
Father and Son
Torah and Chamin
Thursday 8 pm
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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
Resumes Wed. November 14th
Personalities in the Bible
Motza'ai Shabbat during the winter
Next Shiur
BE"H Nov 17
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$100
Kiddush
$250
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This Week at Ohel Shalom
Kiddush Sponsorship
This week's Kiddush is sponsored by
the Sosani family in memory of their husband and father,
Avraham Yechezkel ben Munis Rachel. May his Neshama merit an Aliyah. The Kehillah thanks the Sosanis for their generosity.
Rabbi Raccah's Wednesday Night Shiur
Rabbi Raccah's Wednesday night Shiur will BE"H resume on Wednesday, November 14th at 8:30.
Rosh Chodesh Kislev will begin
tonight, Wednesday, November 7th for two days through Friday evening, November 9th.
The chill is in the air and Chanukah is on the horizon. Chodesh tov!
New Shiur Series with Rabbi Kalman Worch
The Illinois Center for Jewish Studies and the Sephardic Community Kollel are happy to announce the next class in the new series of monthly classes for men with Rabbi Kalman Worch. The shiur will take place BE"H on February 5th. Topic and more details to come.
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Seruya Wedding
Mazal Tov again to the Seruya family on the marriage of Yael to Yudi Zdanowitz this past week. Here are some photos from the wedding!
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Personalities in the Bible Shiur Schedule
During the winter, in conjunction with the Ner Foundation, Rabbi Raccah delivers a series of Shiurim on Personalities in the Bible. BA"H this winter is the 21st season. The Shiurim are thought provoking. Unless otherwise announced, the Shiurim begin at 7:30pm. The schedule is subject to change, so be sure to check back here.
The second shiur will take place BE"H on Motza'ai Shabbat, November 17th beginning at 7:30 PM.
1. October 27 וירא Beginning at 8 PM
2. November 17 ויצא Beginning at 7:30 PM
3. November 24 וישלח
4. December 1 וישב
5. December 22 ויחי
6. January 5 וארא
7. January 19 בשלח Beginning at 7:45 PM
8. January 26 יתרו Beginning at 7;45 PM
9. February 2 משפטים Beginning at 7:45 PM
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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 select Sephardic Community Shaare Mizrah as your charity.
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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 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 month of learning has been sponsored by Mrs. Elana Moalem for November 5-December 5 for the Zechut of a Refuah Shelemah for Chana bat Elka. May she merit a full recovery.
A month of learning has been sponsored anonymously for the month of November. The Kollel thanks the patrons for their generosity.
Reciting Kiddush on a Cup of Wine
When one recites Kiddush on wine, one must take a cup which holds a Revi'it (81 cc or approximately 2.8 fluid ounces) of wine. The cup must then be washed both inside and outside. One must then fill the cup with wine that is acceptable to bless on, i.e. wine that has not been drunk from already. However, if this wine has already been drunk from in the same vessel it has been inside until now, such as if one has drunk directly out of the bottle the wine was stored in, this wine has become unfit for Kiddush.
One must then grasp the cup in one's right hand and raise the cup a Tefach (8 centimeters or approximately 3 inches) or more from the table; one's left hand should not assist one's right hand in doing so. One should then proceed to recite the text of the Kiddush and then be seated and drink at least a majority of a Revi'it (approximately 44 cc or 1.5 fluid ounces) of the wine. The rest of the individuals seated around the table should taste some of the wine in order to endear the Mitzvah.
The reason why we stand during Kiddush of Shabbat night is in honor of Hashem whom we are considered going out to greet. Additionally, reciting "Vaychulu Ha'Shamayim Ve'Ha'aretz" is tantamount to offering testimony to the creation of the world by Hashem and when a witness gives testimony, he must stand.
Nevertheless, according to the Rama and the Ashkenazi custom, Kiddush is recited while seated and only before beginning does one rise slightly in honor of Hashem. Although it is certainly preferable to remain standing during the entire Kiddush as is the Sephardic custom, nevertheless, the Kol Bo writes that one should sit during Kiddush, for the rule is that Kiddush may only be recited when a meal will follow the Kiddush; thus, it is proper to sit close to the table one will soon begin eating one's meal on. (We shall, G-d-willing, discuss this law of Kiddush in a place where one will eat his meal in the next Halacha.) On the other hand, Maran Ha'Bet Yosef dismisses the Kol Bo's opinion on this matter and rules that one must stand during Kiddush. The saintly Ari z"l rules likewise and this is indeed the Sephardic custom.
One may only recite Kiddush on wine whose blessing is "Boreh Peri Ha'Gefen." We have already mentioned in the laws of Pesach that some of the wines and grape juices sold on the market today are not "Boreh Peri Ha'Gefen" according to Maran Ha'Shulchan Aruch, for they are heavily diluted with water and other flavoring agents. We have likewise mentioned that one should not rely on all Kashrut supervisions in this regard even if they claim that the wine's blessing is "Boreh Peri Ha'Gefen" even according to the opinion of Maran Ha'Bet Yosef. One must therefore take care to purchase wine or grape juice from a company that is known to produce its wines from actual grape juice (and diluted only with a minority of water and other flavors, if any).
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November 17th - Second Personalities in the Bible Shiur
November 24th - Third Personalities in the Bible Shiur
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Community Section
Ohel Sarah Monthly Support Groups
The first Wednesday of every month, starting
tonight.
Night Of Knowledge
Maot Chitim is proud to tell you about another Volunteer Opportunity
Momma Chef's Soup Kitchen at Congregation K.I.N.S. has opened their doors to feed meals to those in need.
Once a week on Tuesday evenings they will provide a four-course homemade hot dinner, as well as bagged lunches to-go, at no costs to their guests.
Please help to spread the word.. whether it be to volunteer or to invite someone who may be in need of food and a friendly face...
All food served is Kosher and prepared in a supervised kitchen.
Gift of Life
Please consider registering to be tested to see if you could be Roni's bone marrow donor. She is from a Yeminite, Moroccan and North African family and only people with Yeminite or combined Yeminite-North African Heritage will likely be the match she needs. A bone marrow transplant is her only cure! Joining the registry is as easy as a simple swab of your cheek. Eligible donors must be between the ages of 18 - 45 and in good general health. Please join the registry today! giftoflife.org/roni Please share this message with others.
(Even if you aren't Yeminite and don't match Roni, you may be able to save someone else! Everyone should be on the registry!)
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