OSTNS SHABBOOM! for April 22, Parashat Achrei Mot-Kedoshim
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Energize your week withOhevSholom April 22, 2021
Shabbat Times and Announcements
**All services & activities are in-person unless noted otherwise. Masks, social distancing, and advance registration are required; register here**
Erev Shabbat, April 23 (Iyyar 11), 26th Day Omer 7:00aDaf Yomi 8:00a Shacharit Services 12:00p Daf Yomi 5:00p D'var Torah with Rabbi Herzfeld via Facebook Live 5:45p Laining of the Torah by Josh Segal join here 6:15p Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat (in person or via Zoom, join here) 7:34p Candlelighting Shabbat, April 24 (Iyyar 12) Parashat Tazria-Metzora 27th Day Omer 9:15a Shabbat Morning Services 10:45a Tot Shabbat 6:50p Daf Yomi 7:35pMincha/Maariv 8:36pHavdalah (via Zoom at 8:38p Join here)
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Mazal tov to Lilly Klein on her bat mitzvah! Tot Shabbat: Join Yoni Friedman this Shabbat, April 24 at 10:45 AM. Masks, social distancing, and registration required; register here.
This week's learning is sponsored by the Sunday morning study group in memory of their beloved teacher and friend Rabbi Ben Mintz z"l.
Next Shabbat, May 1 our first youth director candidate, Amitai Glicksman, will be visiting Ohev! Stay tuned for details on youth programs he'll be running and opportunities to meet him.
Ohev Sustainability Update We are pleased to announce that as of April 16, Ohev's solar project has gone live! You can view details on solar energy created and the amount of CO2 saved at this link: https://bit.ly/32yYxY7. If you have any questions or comments, please email BuildingCommittee@ostns.org.
Thank you to our virtual learning sponsor for this past week: Sunday morning study group,Avril & Michael Weisman, andRivka Yerushalmi. 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.... New Class with Maharat Friedman
Recordings
On Wednesday, April 14, Dr. Saul Weinreb led the first weekly Halacha Shiur for the OSTNS Community Kollel. A link to the recording can be found here.
On Wednesday, April 21, Dr. Saul Weinreb led the weekly Halacha Shiur for the OSTNS Community Kollel. A link to the recording can be found here.
To participate in the Community Kollel or for more information please visit ostns.org/kollel.
Community Resources
OSTNS on YouTube!
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Comments on the Week's Two Parshiyot, by Rabbi Ben Mintz, z"l
In August of 2018, Rabbi Ben Mintz, z”l, began contributing comments to the Shabboom, about the weekly parsha and haftorah. As most of you know, he would also include a few words about any relevant megillah, holiday reading, and -- from Pesach to the end of the summer -- chapter of Pirkei Avot. At one point, for a few months, he decided to add brief thoughts each week about one of the daily prayers. His run of nearly three years in the Shabboom ends with this week’s contribution, which was written and edited not long before Rabbi Mintz passed away this past Thursday, after a long and fruitful life.
Another valuable addition to the Shabboom began at the same time as Ben Mintz’s column: the offer of a link to an insightful, often witty video about each week's haftorah. All those videos were created a little while back, by Hal Brodsky, z”l, for the Ohev congregation. Naomi Brodsky has decided that, at least for now, the offer of those video links will also end after nearly a three-year run.
And so, herewith, Rabbi Mintz’s final column -- briefer than most of his -- and a link to a haftorah video. Both are for a double parsha whose title seems to bear special meaning this year: Acharei Mot--Kedoshim.
Mariam (Marji) Yablon Editor of Ben’s column
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Two parshiyos this week: Acharei Mos and Kedoshim. They include a multitude of laws, including many that still have application.
Vayikra 19:3 -- A man shall fear his mother and father and shall observe the Shabbos. From this inclusion of a Shabbos mitzvah with the mitzvah of fearing ones parents, we learn that if a parent instructs you to violate the Shabbos, even though you ordinarily should obey the parent, you may not do so if that requires a violation of the Shabbos. Shabbos takes precedence
Lifnei yveir lo sitein michshol. You should not place a stumbling block before a blind person. Vayikra 19:14. This rule has been interpreted broadly to mean that one should not give bad advice or misleading advice to an individual who is "blind", that is, a person who is ignorant in the matter involved.
The haftorah is from the prophet Amos. "And I shall plant them, the Jews, on their land, and they will not be uprooted from the land that I have given them, thus says the Lord."
Haftorah Video, by Hal Brodsky z"l
A video about this week's haftorah can be viewed here: Amos 9: 7-15
Upcoming Events and Weekly Schedule
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Day of virtual learning sponsored by: Janet Lipman in memory of our beloved teacher and friend, Rabbi Ben Mintz Elena Tscherny in observance of Yahrzeit for my beloved husband Alexander Tscherny
8:00am Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 9:00am Daf Yomi with Rabbi Herzfeld 6:20pm Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) 7:15pm Daf Yomi Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום תשעה ועשרים יום שהם ארבעה שבועות ויום אחד לעמר
Monday, April 26: Pesach Sheni, 29th Day Omer (Iyyar 14)
Day of virtual learning sponsored by Monty Bennett in honor of the Community Kollel 7:00am Daf Yomi with Rabbi Herzfeld 8:00am Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 12:30pm Class with Rabbi Herzfeld on the Parsha via Zoom 4:30pm Book of Kings with Maharat Friedman via Zoom 6:20pm Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) 7:15pm Daf Yomi Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שלשים יום שהם ארבעה שבועות ושני ימים לעמר
Tuesday, April 27: 30th Day Omer (Iyyar 15)
Day of virtual learning sponsored by Michael and Avril Weisman in memory of Michael's father Martin Weisman, Moshe ben Yoseph halevi 7:00am Daf Yomi with Rabbi Herzfeld 8:00am Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 4:00pm Parshah Storytime with Rabbi Herzfeld (recommended ages 4-6) 6:20pm Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) 7:15pm Daf Yomi 8:00 pm Rabbi Herzfeld class: Beit Midrash with our Kollel via Zoom 8:15pm Class with Rabbi Herzfeld: Laws of Shavuot Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום אחד ושלשים יום שהם ארבעה שבועות ושלשה ימים לעמר
Wednesday, April 28: 31st Day Omer (Iyyar 16) 7:00am Daf Yomi with Rabbi Herzfeld 8:00am Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 12:30pm Class with Rabbi Herzfeld on the Parsha via Zoom 4:30pm Book of Kings with Maharat Friedman via Zoom 6:20pm Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) 7:15pm Daf Yomi Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שנים ושלשים יום שהם ארבעה שבועות וארבעה ימים לעמר
Thursday, April 29: 32nd Day Omer (Iyyar 17) 7:00am Daf Yomi with Rabbi Herzfeld 8:00am Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 4:00pm Teen Torah Class on Parashat Hashavua by Rabbi Herzfeld 6:20pm Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) 7:15pm Daf Yomi Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שלשה ושלשים יום שהם ארבעה שבועות וחמשה ימים לעמר
Erev Shabbat, April 30: Lag B'Omer, 33rd Day Omer (Iyyar 18) 7:00am Daf Yomi with Rabbi Herzfeld 8:00am Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 12:00pm Daf Yomi 6:20pm Kabbalat Shabbat (in person or via Zoom) 7:41pm Candle Lighting Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום ארבעה ושלשים יום שהם ארבעה שבועות וששה ימים לעמר
Shabbat, May 1: 34th Day Omer, Emor (Iyyar 19) 9:15am Shacharit (In person, registration required) 7:00pm Daf Yomi 7:45pm Mincha/Maariv 8:43pm Havdalah Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום חמשה ושלשים יום שהם חמשה שבועות לעמר
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