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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
5:54 pm
Mincha 6:04 pm
Shabbat starts 6:14
pm
Shacharit 8:15 am
Mincha 5:29 pm
Shabbat ends
Regular Weekdays
Shacharit
Sunday
6:15 am
Tuesday,
Wednesday, Friday
6:30 am
Mincha/Arvit
Sunday-
Thursday
5:53 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
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 |
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20 New Talitot
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This Week at Ohel Shalom
Hebrew Shiur on Azkara of
Maran Rav Ovadia Yosef ZT"L TONIGHT
Please join us for a Shiur by Rabbi Raccah on Parashat HaShavua in Hebrew with related stories about Maran Rav Ovadia Yosef on the night of his Azkara
TONIGHT, 3 Marcheshvan, Thursday, October 11th.
The Shiur is open to men and women.
Light refreshments will be served in the Ateret Chaya Simcha Hall at 8:15 pm. The Shiur is BE"H being broadcast to another community, so
the Shiur needs to begin promptly at 9 pm in the Shaare Ezra Main Sanctuary.
The Shiur is sponsored by
Shabtay Cohen in memory of his father,
Matityahu ben Rachel. May his Neshama merit an Aliyah.
Additional sponsorship spots are open. Please contact the office or speak with Rabbi Olstein.
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Kiddush Sponsorship
Kiddush this week is sponsored by
Mr. & Mrs. Didier Aziza in memory of Didier's mother,
Anna bat Leah. May her Neshama merit an Aliyah. The Kehillah thanks the Azizas for their generosity.
Mazal Tov! Oziel Bar Mitzvah
The Kehillah is invited to join in the Simcha of the
Oziel family BE"H
next Shabbat,
Parashat Lech Lecha, to celebrate the Bar Mitzvah of
Yosef Shalom. See below for details.
Nachat on Shabbat Program
We are delighted to inform you that the popular "Nachat on Shabbat" learning program for
boys of all ages is back for its third year running.
The first session took place last Shabbat, Parashat Bereshit-Mivarchim Cheshvan. The sessions begin approximately
1.5 hours before Mincha in the Ateret Chaya Simcha Hall, and will conclude 15 minutes before Mincha.
The program includes:
- Shabbat Songs
- Parasha Questions
- Story of the week with a question
- Kids asking Kids questions (time allowed)
- Reading skills and comprehension (time allowed)
Children will be rewarded with amazing prices according to their learning skills - every child wins!
Please join us for this exciting Shabbat program!
Sefer Torah Writing
This past Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Younes hosted a Se'udah in celebration of the commencement of the writing of a Sefer Torah. We are familiar with honoring people to write letters upon the completion of a Sefer Torah. This time though it was done upon the commencement of the Sefer Torah. The timing was precise because the Sefer Torah was started during the week of Parashat Bereshit, the beginning of the Torah. The Kehillah congratulates the Younes family upon this beautiful Mitzvah milestone and wishes them much Hatzlacha to finish the Mitzvah as well!
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Oziel Bar Mitzvah
For a printable version of this invitation
click here
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2019 Kitchen Rotation
Come join in!! Be part of the many efforts done on behalf of our Beit Knesset!
We are updating our list for the year.
Volunteers are needed for the following:
-Buying garlic and onions
-Buying Potatoes
-Picking up meat
-Inventory of Hamin Ingredients
-Peeling/cutting potatoes
-Hamin Prep (as well soaking beans and taking out meat)
-Kiddush set up
All (women AND men) are welcome to volunteer. We also welcome substitutes for those weeks that the regular person can't do their job.
Thank you!
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Cholim List Update
We are updating our Cholim list. If you have submitted a name for a Mi Sheberach or Tehillim please contact Ayelet, the office manager, by email at [email protected] to confirm the person needs to remain on the list.
Names that have not been confirmed will be removed on October 31st.
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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 Resumes
Here are some pictures of learning in our Kollel since Kollel resumed last week on October 4th.
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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 October 4-November 4 for the Zechut of a Refuah Shelemah for Chana bat Elka. May she merit a full recovery.
A week of learning has been sponsored by
Mr. Shabtay Cohen for October 4-11 in memory of his father,
Matityahu ben Rachel. May his Neshama merit an Aliyah.
A month of learning has been sponsored anonymously for the month of October. The Kollel thanks the patrons for their generosity.
The Laws of Verbal Oppression
In the
previous Halacha, we have begun discussing the prohibition of verbal oppression between man and his fellow and between husband and wife. We shall now discuss some of the laws of verbal oppression based on the rulings of Maran Ha'Shulchan Aruch (Choshen Mishpat, Chapter 228).
"Verbal" Oppression
The Gemara (Baba Metzia 58b) states: "Our Sages taught: 'One shall not oppress his fellow,' this refers to verbal oppression although it is not monetary cheating. What is verbal oppression? One should not affix his eyes to a sale when one has no money." This means that one should not inquire about the price of a given item if one has no intention of purchasing it. Similarly, one may not enter a store where a given item is sold and ask how much it costs if one has no intention of buying it at the present time and only wishes to know the price out of curiosity, for the seller believes that his reply will yield positive results and that the inquirer may purchase the item. Thus, the inquirer will have transgressed this prohibition on the part of the seller.
Another example is, as follows: One calls an expert carpenter to one's home to build kitchen cabinets. In order to know how to plan the modeling of the kitchen, the individual enters many large stores where kitchens are sold and troubles the sellers with his various questions merely in order to get an idea of how to design his personal kitchen in an esthetic manner and then to request from his personal carpenter to do this job. This is indeed considered verbal oppression since one is bothering the owners and workers of the store for no reason while they think that something will actually come out of all of his inquiries. The individual is merely taking advantage of their naivety.
A Ba'al Teshuva
If one knows an individual who is a "Ba'al Teshuva" (a non-observant Jew who has since repented), one may not tell him, "Remember your previous deeds (lifestyle)," for this causes the individual to remember his past sins and causes him needless pain. Similarly, one may not tell the child of converts, "Remember the deeds of your parents," for this is likewise needlessly taunting him. We have mentioned in the previous Halacha that verbally offending a convert is more severe than offending others because we have been warned about this multiple times in the Torah.
Iyov's Friends
The verse in the Book of Iyov (4, 6-7) states that when terrible calamities and suffering befell Iyov, his friends came to him and told him, "Is not your fear your confidence and your hope the integrity of your ways? Remember who ever perished being innocent?" This means that they meant to tell him that the calamities were befalling him because of his sins which only served to add onto his suffering and pain. The Gemara states that one should not say such things to someone whom suffering and punishments have befallen, for this is considered verbal oppression; Maran Ha'Shulchan Aruch rules likewise. Nevertheless, the Perisha (authored by one of the greatest Acharonim, Rabbeinu Yehoshua Volk Katz, a student of the great Maharshal and Rama) writes that Iyov's friends were correct in what they told him, for Iyov was busy justifying himself and though that, G-d-forbid, Hashem was acting unjustly with him. This is why they needed to rebuke him and convince him that the suffering he was experiencing was a result of his sins.
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October 11 - Azkara Shiur
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Community Section
Community Gathering
Sephardic Israelite Sisterhood Membership Luncheon Meeting
Maot Chitim is proud to tell you about another Volunteer Opportunity
Beginning on October 16th, Momma Chef's Soup Kitchen at Congregation K.I.N.S. will open 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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