For more information and details on how to sign-up for our limited outdoor in-person services, please visit ostns.org/reopening.
Mazal tov to Etzy Skromne on his bar mitzvah!
Tot Shabbat: Join Yoni Friedman and Justin Rubin this Shabbat, March 13 at 10:30 AM. Masks, social distancing, and registration required; register here.
Daylight Saving Time Reminder Please note that daylight saving time begins this Sunday morning at 2:00 AM as we move our clocks ahead one hour. Beginning next week, Friday night davening will begin at 6:45 PM.
Pesach Wine Sale: To place your wine order please fill out this form. A portion of all wine sales will be donated to the shul thanks to the generosity of Shalom Kosher. Pick up will take place at Ohev (dates and times TBA). **Order deadline: Thursday, March 18 at noon**
Thank you to our virtual learning sponsors for this past week: Grayce Warren-Boulton, Michael & Avril Weisman, and Jill Sacks. If you are interested in sponsoring a day of virtual learning for $54, please fill out the form at https://www.ohevdc.org/form/virtual-learning-sponsor.html
Spotlight on.... Pre-Pesach Shiur Next Week with Shuli Taubes
Updated Pesach Information
Please visit ostns.org/Pesach for updated information on:
Matza Baking with Rabbi Herzfeld
Sale of Chametz
Erev Pesach Seder Program
Zmanim and Halachic guidelines
Recordings
On Tuesday 3/9, Rabbi Herzfeld gave a pre-Pesach Class via Zoom on the mitzvah of haseibah—reclining. A link to the recording can be found here.
Pesach Practicals with the Beltway Vaad on March 21
Soupergirl Pesach Menu and Orders
Passover is just around the corner and Soupergirl is here to help! Many of us will, once again, be celebrating in a *different way.” Soupergirl is here to help! We will, once again be offering a healthy, hand-crafted, all natural, absolutely delicious Passover meal delivery program.
The Soupergirl menu includes some classics (charoset, tsimmes, and more), along with a full list of delicious soups and desserts. Everything is 100% plant-based (parve). Soupergirl is now accepting orders at www.soupergirlpassover.com
Delivery is available for orders over $50 ($13 delivery fee). Contactless curbside pick-up at the Soupergirl Takoma location is also available. This year, Soupergirl is offering a special 5% discount for Ohev members. Enter the code OHEV when checking out.
Comments on this Week's Parsha, Haftorah, and Special Additional Readings, Submitted by Rabbi Ben Mintz
Two parshiyos are read this Shabbos: V'yakhel and Pekudei. They close the book of Shmos. Chazak, chazak, v'nischazek. Let us be strong together. This Shabbos is Shabbos Hachodesh, the last of the special Shabbosos preceding Pesach, which begins on the 15th of Nisan -- this year, that is the evening of March 27th. For Shabbos Hachodesh, we also read Shmos 12:1-20, which relates God's instructions to Moshe about the month of Nisan.
Next Shabbos, we begin the book of Vayikra, known as the book of the priests, because it includes instructions for the sacrifices.
The parshiyos V'yakhel and Pekudei include instructions for the construction and furnishing of the Ohel Moed -- the Tent of Meeting -- and the Mishkan -- the Tabernacle -- both of which provided a place of worship while the Jewish people were traveling in the desert. The artistic work was in the hands primarily of Bezalel ben Uri ben Hur of the tribe of Yehudah, who was blessed by God with great artistic skill and ability.
Women in Israel sought to contribute their mirrors to the furnishing of the Ohel and Mishkan. The Rabbis relate that Moshe angrily rejected those mirrors on the grounds that they represented the egoism of those who looked at themselves in them. God interceded, saying the mirrors were treasured above all the other gifts for the following reason: When the Jews were slaves in Egypt, the men were too exhausted for sexual activity after their days' labors. But the women beautified themselves with the help of their mirrors, making themselves more attractive, more irresistible and leading to the continuation of the Jewish people. When Moshe understood that reasoning, he treasured the mirrors.
The haftorah is the special haftorah for Shabbos Hachodesh, Yechezkeil (Ezekiel) 45:16-46:18. Even though the following day is Rosh Chodesh, the haftorah for Machar Chodesh is not read. Shabbos Hachodesh takes precedence.
Haftorah Video, by Hal Brodsky z"l
.....will return next week.
Upcoming Events and Weekly Schedule
To view and register for upcoming events and view the weekly schedule, visit our website's online calendar. Sign up for in-person services here.
Sunday, March 14: Rosh Chodesh Nisan (Nisan 1) 8:00a Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 9:00a Daf Yomi with Rabbi Herzfeld 12:00p Exploring Judaism: The Richness of our Tradition with Rabbi Mintz via Zoom 7:05p Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom)
Monday, March 15 (Nisan 2)
Day of virtual learning sponsored by Grayce Warren-Boulton 7:00a Daf Yomi with Rabbi Herzfeld 8:00a Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 12:30p Class with Rabbi Herzfeld on the Parsha via Zoom 4:30p Book of Kings with Maharat Friedman via Zoom 7:05p Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) 7:30p OSTNS MATZAH BAKING for Pesach 5781
Tuesday, March 16 (Nisan 3) 7:00a Daf Yomi with Rabbi Herzfeld 8:00a Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 4:00p Parshah Storytime with Rabbi Herzfeld (recommended ages 4-6) 5:15p Class with Baruch Roth via Zoom 7:05p Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) 8:15p Class with Rabbi Herzfeld: The Laws of Pesach
Wednesday, March 17 (Nisan 4) 7:00a Daf Yomi with Rabbi Herzfeld 8:00a Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 12:30p Class with Rabbi Herzfeld on the Parsha via Zoom 4:30p Book of Kings with Maharat Friedman via Zoom 7:05p Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) 8:00p Pre-Pesach Shiur - Lecture by Shuli Taubes
Thursday, March 18 (Nisan 5) 7:00a Daf Yomi with Rabbi Herzfeld 8:00a Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 4:00p Teen Torah Class on Parashat Hashavua by Rabbi Herzfeld 7:05p Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) 7:30p OSTNS MATZAH BAKING for Pesach 5781
Erev Shabbat, March 19 (Nisan 6) 7:00a Daf Yomi with Rabbi Herzfeld 8:00a Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 6:45p Kabbalat Shabbat (in person or via Zoom) 7:00p Candle Lighting
Shabbat, March 20: Vayikra (Nisan 7) 8:45a Shacharit (In person, registration required) 6:15p Daf Yomi 7:00p Mincha/Maariv 8:02p Havdalah
Lifecycles
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Dana Karesh Emory Schenker Sara Tal Steven Swedberg Janet Lipman Thera Swersky Adin Kahan David Kurtzer-Ellenbogen Sarah Leshner Alexandra Alhadeff Claire Miller
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Members Observing Yahrzeits
Thursday Daniel Alhadeff for father Jack Alhadeff Ethel Goldwasser for husband Judah Goldwasser Michael Weisman for mother Adella Errera Weisman Samuel Swersky for father Nathaniel Swersky
Friday Ramona Cohen for grandmother Gertrude Gildenhorn Sandra Burt for mother Ruth Marx Cass
Shabbat Sidney Rosenheim for brother-in-law Louis P. Katzman
Sunday Alan Leshner for Grandfather Morris Leshner Doris Margolis for maternal grandfather Abraham Mendelsohn
Tuesday Julie (Julius) Levine for grandfather Morris Levine
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Donations February 2021
Annual Giving Plans Ronald & Anne Abramson Anthony & Leone Abroms Yoni & Emily Appelbaum David & Naomi Balto Naomi Brodsky Eric Brown & Aliza Levine Jeffrey & Sandra Burt Belle Davis Kira Epstein Begal & William Begal Ellen & David Epstein Sarah & David Feith Sarah Fertig Trauben & Steven Trauben Yoni & Ruth Friedman Harold & Diana Furchtgott-Roth Carl & Laurie Gershman Shmuel & Rhanni Herzfeld James & Deborah Karesh David & Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen Wendy & Desmond Lachman Steven & Chani Laufer Nathan Lesser & Chani Bloom Steven & Sharon Lieberman James & Rachel Loeffler Joseph & Carol Low Jeffrey & Lea Mendelsohn Shaanan Meyerstein & Rachel Engelhart Michael Morse & Miriam Achtenberg Robert Parker & Mona Charen Matthew & Rebecca Price Baruch & Rachel Roth Yaakov & Arielle Roth Franklin Rubinstein & Nicole Goldstein Thomas & Jill Sacks Joseph & Claudia Saka Joshua Schenker & Julie Rapoport Schenker Susan Schutz Joshua Segal & Jennifer Geetter Starr & William Stixrud Samuel & Thera Swersky Nina & Peter Tarley Daniel & Cheryl Troy Ann Werner Michael & Avril Weisman Ben & Rachel Wildavsky Ariel & Andrea Wolf Reuven & Tamar Zakheim
Pesach Seder Program Joel Kosh & Baila Hall
Coronavirus Special Projects Jean Binkovitz Daniel & Sheila Kurtzer Carol Valoris
Day of Virtual Learning (Zoom) Naomi Brodsky Hanna Klapper Wendy & Desmond Lachman Janet Lipman Howard Marks Daniel & Cheryl Troy Elena Tscherny Kenneth Josovitz & Sindy Udell Grayce Warren Boulton
DC Kosher Amy Waldman
General Gifts and Donations Steven & Chani Laufer Stephanie Mazal Baruch & Rachel Roth Samuel & Thera Swersky Matthew Tonti & Julie Rezmovic-Tonti
"In Honor of" Donations by: Stephen & Shoshana Bryen in honor of Ellen Epstein August Family, thank you Elai for reading the Megillah. You were amazing. Karen Hyman in honor of Leon Kass's birthday, from the Hyman and Wolfson families. Helene Reisler in honor of Ellen Epstein birthday Helene Reisler in honor of Ariele Mortkowitz and David Hain's new baby boy Steven Sacho & Ziona Tanzer Leah Weber "In Memory of" Donations made by: Monty Bennett, yahrzeit of William Bagileo Steven Glass Allison Ickovi, shiva for Ruth Udell, her neshama should have an Aliyah and her family should know no more sorrow. Chester & Linda Katz in memory of my father, Irving Torchinsky Jonathan Kopp & Charlotte Rest Wendy & Desmond Lachman in memory of Joan Bortnick z"l Wendy & Desmond Lachman in memory of my mother, Sadie Gould Julie (Julius) Levine in memory of my mother, Matilda Levine, and my grandfather, Morris Levine. Debra Mann in memory of my mother, Helen Rathner Doris Margolis in memory of Larry Margolis Benjamin & Harriet Mintz - Father Yahrzeit Michael Morse & Miriam Achtenberg Annie Elizabeth (Chana) Ryan in memory of my aunt, Nereida Martini Freyesleben Jeffrey Schwartz in memory of my father, Harvey Schwartz and as a thank you to Rabbi Herzfeld. Amiel Snyder Samuel & Thera Swersky Grayce Warren Boulton Robert Weissler & Carol Miaskoff Rachel Wolkinson Rubinstein in memory of Sindy Udell's mother, Ruth Udell
