**All services & activities are in-person unless noted otherwise. Masks, social distancing, and advance registration are required; register here**
Erev Shabbat, May 14 (Sivan 3), 47th Day of Omer 7:00aDaf Yomi 8:00a Shacharit Services 12:00p Daf Yomi 5:00p D'var Torah with Rabbi Herzfeld via Facebook Live 6:00p Laining of the Torah by Yosef Goldman join here 6:30p Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat (in person or via Zoom, join here) 7:54p Candlelighting Shabbat, May 15 (Sivan 4) Parashat Bamidbar 48th Day of Omer 9:15a Shabbat Morning Services 10:45a Tot Shabbat 7:10p Daf Yomi 7:55pMincha/Maariv 8:56pHavdalah (via Zoom at 8:58p Join here)
For more information on our Covid safety protocols and procedures, please visit ostns.org/reopening.
Tot Shabbat: Join Yoni Friedman and Justin Rubin this Shabbat, May 15 at 10:45 AM. Masks, social distancing, and registration required; register here.
Virtual learning for today, tomorrow, and Shabbat is sponsored by Avril and Michael Weisman, Nina Tarley, and the Sunday morning study group in memory of their beloved teacher and friend Rabbi Ben Mintz z"l.
Thank you to our virtual learning sponsors for this past week: Sunday morning study group, Elaine Jacobson, Yosef & Shaindy Goldman, and Bruce Ray. 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 Shavuot Schedule below and at ostns.org/shavuot. Don't forget to register for our Tuesday afternoon (5/18) youth program at 4 PM "Recreating Sinai" with Yoni Friedman. Register here.
Calling all Ohev Teens! Join us next Shabbat, May 22 at 1653 N Portal Dr NW (The Kurtzer-Ellenbogen's Backyard) at 9:45 AM for our first ever Ohev Teen Minyan, organized by teens for teens! Please sign-up here in advance to attend and volunteer to lain/lead tefilot. Feel free to reach out to Aliza Lesser (aliza@lesserfamily.org) or Gabri Kurtzer-Ellenbogen (gabriske@gmail.com) with any questions or to be added to our email list.
Spotlight on.... Tikkun Leil Shavuot - Sign up to Present!
This year on Shavuot night we will study Torah all night long, 11:30 pm - 4:45 am, on the front steps (16th street) and front lobby of the shul. Everyone who plans on attending must register here.
As part of our Tikkun, everyone is invited and encouraged to make a 15 minute presentation on a Torah topic of your choice, sign up for a time slot here.
Tonight - Shloshim for Rabbi Ben Mintz z"l
Recordings
On Sunday 5/9, OSTNS hosted a conversation titled "Reading Ruth: Leon Kass, in conversation with Rachel Wildavsky." A link to the recording can be found here.
On Monday 5/10, Rabbi Ariel Goldberg gave a talk titled "Nafesh Yehudit: How Israeli music expresses Israelis' Jewishness." A link to the recording can be found here.
On Wednesday, 5/12 Dr. Saul Weinreb led the weekly Halacha Shiur for the OSTNS Community Kollel. A link to the recording can be found here.
OSTNS on YouTube!
The shul has two YouTube accounts which have recordings of past classes, shiurim, and events. They can be accessed here:
To view and register for upcoming events and view the weekly schedule, visit our website's online calendar. All in-person services and events require sign up, here. For Zoom links please visit ostns.org/zoom.
Sunday, May 16: Erev Shavuot, 49th Day Omer (Sivan 5) 8:00am Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 9:00am Daf Yomi with Rabbi Herzfeld 11:00am OSTNS Erev Shavuot Youth Program 5:00pm Shiur with Rabbi Adam Mintz on “From Darkness Unto Light: Yavneh as a Replacement for the Temple,” in honor of the Shloshim of Rabbi Ben Mintz z”l 5:45pm Pre-Yom Tov Yizkor service on Zoom 7:50pm Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) 7:56pm Candle Lighting 11:30pm Overnight Tikkun Shavuot program
Monday, May 17: Shavuot - 1st Day (Sivan 6) 4:45am Netz Shacharit 9:15am Shacharit 6:35pm Mincha/Maariv 8:58pm Candle Lighting
Tuesday, May 18: Shavuot, Yizkor (Sivan 7) 9:15am Shacharit with abbreviated Yizkor followed by Cheesecake Kiddush to-go (to sponsor, visit ostns.org/donate and select Shavuot Kiddush from the menu). 10:45am Reading of Megilat Rut by Yoni Friedman 11:00am Full Yizkor service 4:00pm Youth event in the Ohev tent with Yoni Friedman 5:00pm Women’s Rut laining 8:05pm Mincha/Maariv 8:59pm Havdalah
Wednesday, May 19 (Sivan 8) 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 6:35pm Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) 7:15pm Daf Yomi
Thursday, May 20 (Sivan 9) 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 6:35pm Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) 7:15pm Daf Yomi
Erev Shabbat, May 21 (Sivan 10) 7:00am Daf Yomi with Rabbi Herzfeld 8:00am Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 12:00pm Daf Yomi 6:35pm Kabbalat Shabbat (in person or via Zoom) 8:01pm Candle Lighting
Debra Sunshine Francesca Furchtgott Lylah Messinger Marci Klugman Rachel Loeffler Rhona Gordon Azi Hain Leora Auerbach Carol Miaskoff Alena Kranzberg Miranda Neusner Amit Alon Perel Ari Laufer Dov Grossman Eliana Auerbach Erin Gris Josie Reich Richard Furchtgott
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Members Observing Yahrzeits
Friday Avril Weisman for father Cyril Behrens Carol Valoris for father Joseph Valoris
Sunday Avril Weisman for mother Freda Behrens Victor Stone for father Albert Stone
Wednesday Nina Tarley for father Michael Breslav
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April Donations
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 Amos Hochstein & Rae Ringel 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
General Gifts and Donations Art & Peggy Cottrell Asher & Smadar Epstein Alan Goldsmith Alexina Haefner Amos Hochstein & Rae Ringel Ronnie Kleinfeldt & Barbara Zakheim Michael & Deborah Kopp Gerald & Dina Leener Geovanka Levine Jeffrey & Lea Mendelsohn Pesha Rubinstein Beverly & Mark Schwartz James & Nancy Sherman Peter Silverman Jamie Wildstein
Day of Virtual Learning (Zoom) Monty Bennett Yitzchak Y Goldman Elaine & Howard Jacobson James & Deborah Karesh Arnold A Shuster Samuel & Thera Swersky Elena Tscherny Michael & Avril Weisman Rivka Yerushalmi
DC Kosher Ellen Werner
"In Honor of" Donations by: Stephen Connaghan Helene Reisler in honor and gratitude to Ellen & David Epstein Yaakov & Arielle Roth Pesha Rubinstein Joy Lynn Zang
"In Memory of" Donations made by: Roy Ackerman - Rabbi Mintz who augmented our community and services forever. He shall be remembered! David Biron in memory of my father, Melvin Biron George Garvey Sharon Gelboin-Katz & Nandor KatzYartzeit of Tsvi (Harry) Gelboin Donald Harris to thank's Rabbi Herzfeld for his support during this past year. And in honor of the Yahrzeit for my brother Robert Harris who passed away last year. Michael and Taube Import - Yahrzeit of Faiga Bas Asher Hacohen James & Deborah Karesh in memory of Arnold Einhorn, he was one of my teachers and a mentor, he will be greatly missed. James & Deborah Karesh in memory of Rabbi Ben Mintz Doreen Kreger in memory of my great aunt, Libby Marks James Levine in memory of Yosef Beryl ben Eliezer Leib v'Zeesa Julie (Julius) Levine in memory of Rabbi Ben Mintz. Evelyn Marcus Wheeler in memory of Charles Wheeler Helene Reisler in memory of Rabbi Ben Mintz Helene Reisler in memory of Philip Rodkin Pesha Rubinstein Michael & Avril Weisman in memory of our beloved son, Philip Rodkin on his 7th yahrzeit Michael & Avril Weisman in memory of Rabbi Ben Mintz Mariam Yablon in memory of Rabbi Ben Mintz Sponsorship - Kiddush Roth, Yaakov & Arielle
