**All services & activities are in-person unless noted otherwise. Masks and social distancing are required for those who are unvaccinated**
Erev Shabbat, August 13 (Elul 5) 7:00aDaf Yomi 8:00a Shacharit Services 6:25p Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat (in person or via Zoom, join here) 7:47p Candlelighting Shabbat, August 14 (Elul 6), Parashat Shoftim, 8:45a Shabbat Morning Services followed by dessert kiddush 10:15a Tot Shabbat 7:00p Daf Yomi 7:45pMincha/Maariv 8:47p Havdalah (via Zoom at 8:49p join here)
For more information on our Covid safety protocols and procedures, please visit ostns.org/reopening.
Dessert kiddush, provided by the congregation, will follow davening this Shabbat (individually packaged items).
Tot Shabbat: Join Andrea Wolf this Shabbat
at 10:15 AM. Masks and social distancing required.
High Holiday Registration Opening Next Week: A separate email will be sent early next week with details on services, babysitting, wine sale, and more.
Board Meeting Next Week: Monday, August 16, at 8 PM, open to all members. Click here to join via Zoom.
Next Communal Seudah Shlishit: Our first communal Seudah Shlishit was a huge success, with all spots filled! The next one will take place Aug 28; registration will be open until 8 PM on Aug 23. See flyer below for more info. 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.... Selichot at Ohev!
Communal Seudah Shlishit August 28
Community Resources
Shalhavet Learning Community of the Steinsaltz Yeshiva The former students of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, z'l, have created an amazing new program which are described in the links below involving one-on-one learning (via Zoom). No charges or enrollment fees are required. There are now over 140 participants, where - once a week on average, at times convenient for them, the partners study texts in the following categories, as determined by them: Prayer, the Parsha, Talmud, Tanya, and Perkei Avot. All levels of learning are welcomed, and the administrator of the program carefully matches these pairs.
Please find a brochure and links that outline the program, and directions on how to participate. Jeff Burt (jburtconsulting@gmail.com) and Nancy Switkes (tqquintent@gmail.com) have been part of the program, and encourage you to explore this great opportunity. All levels of learning are welcomed.
Yad Yehuda School Supplies Drive Yad Yehuda is requesting school supply donations. Our fellow community members benefit so much from your donations. All supplies needed but we especially would like donations of new, high quality backpacks! Please donate funds here: yadyehuda.org/donate or drop off items you purchase at the locations mentioned on our flyers below.
Recording
On Wednesday, 8/11 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. For Zoom links please visit ostns.org/zoom.
Sunday, August 15 (Elul 7) 8:00am Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 9:00am Daf Yomi with Rabbi Herzfeld 6:20pm Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) 7:20pm Daf Yomi 7:30pm Book Club
Monday, August 16 (Elul 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 6:20pm Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) 7:20pm Daf Yomi 8:00pm Board Meeting - open to all members
Tuesday, August 17 (Elul 9) 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) 7:20pm Daf Yomi 8:00pm An in-depth Study of the Laws of Sukkah
Wednesday, August 18 (Elul 10) 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) 7:20pm Daf Yomi 8:00pm The Role of Teshuva in Messianic Redemption with Maharat Friedman
Thursday, August 19 (Elul 11) 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) 7:20pm Daf Yomi
Erev Shabbat, August 20 (Elul 12) 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) 7:38pm Candle Lighting
Shabbat, August 21: Ki Teitzei (Elul 13) 8:45am Shacharit (in person) 10:15am Tot Shabbat 6:55pm Daf Yomi 7:40pm Mincha/Maariv 8:38pm Havdalah
Lifecycles
Support our community and its members by making a donation dedicated in honor of (IHO) or in memory of (IMO) a loved one.
Judah Trauben Avital Rubin Henry Brem Ami Milner-Gillers Dalia Epstein Farrah Segal-Geetter Tony Reynolds Rafael Shurkin Aaron Hollander Reuven Zakheim
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Members Observing Yahrzeits
Thursday Micah Salb for grandmother Leona Salb
Friday Joshua Resnick for mother Valerie Resnick Leon Kass for wife Amy Kass Ralph Block for brother Harry Block Rena Fruchter for father Robert Troy
Shabbat Robert Weissler for Mother Pearl Weissler
Monday Malvy Solomon for father Jacob Aizic Ralph Block for uncle Sidney Block
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July 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 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
Roslynn Averbook Jonathan Kopp & Charlotte Rest Elena Tscherny Sheldon Kimmel Leigh Obler
Day of Virtual Learning (Zoom) Naomi Brodsky Hanna Klapper Jonathan Kopp & Charlotte Rest Janet Lipman Samuel & Thera Swersky
Chesed Fund Michael & Deborah Kopp Rachel Maisler
"In Honor of" Donations by: Carol Newman Pesha Rubinstein
"In Memory of" Donations made by: Jack & Diana Binder in memory of Rose Love Binder Ralph & Sylvia Block in memory of Joseph and Arthur Block Richard & Barbara Daumit in memory of Katie Kay Jeffrey & Yvonne Distenfeld in memory of Wilbert and Gertrude Levine Kira Epstein Begal & Billy Begal Michael & Barbara Ledeen in memory of Julian Louis Ledeen and Martha Ledeen Julie (Julius) Levine in memory of beloved grandmother, Eva Levine, and Aunt, Rose Freed Dash. Debra Mann in memory of Albert Rathner David & Tracey Pazornick in memory of my father, Isaac Pazornick Toba Penny in memory of my mother-in-law of, Helene Penny Virginia Perkins in memory of my father, Theodore Popowsky Stanley and Nancy Pillemer in memory of my parents, Louis Pillemer and Sheila Franklin Lowenstein Leslie Silverstone in memory of of Sadie Silverstone Jeffrey Sugarman Mariam Yablon Shmuel Zelasko for Aunt Nadine
Sponsorship - Kiddush Gregory Billing & Carrie Ross
