Erev Shabbat, May 6 (Iyyar 5) 8:00a Shacharit Services 6:45p Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat in the Sanctuary (in person or via Zoom, join here) 7:47p Candlelighting
Shabbat, May 7 (Iyyar 6), Parashat Kedoshim 9:15a Shabbat Morning Services in the sanctuary* followed by dessert kiddush outside 10:30a Youth Groups 7:50p Mincha/Maariv 8:49p Havdalah
*Indoor services require vaccine (ages 12 and up). For more complete information on our Covid safety protocols and procedures, please visit ostns.org/reopening.
Mazal tov to Kate & Jeremy Rozansky on the birth of a baby boy!
Mazal tov to Elie Rubin on his bar mitzvah! Dessert kiddush is sponsored by the Rubin family in honor of the occasion. Ohev Online Directory Reminder: Looking to contact a fellow Ohev member? You can easily look up community members by logging in at ostns.org; your email address is your username and password can be easily reset if you don't remember it. Then go to "My Account" and "Directory."
Minyan Corner - Please consider participating in our weekday minyan! More info below.
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Minyan Corner
Please consider participating in our weekday minyan! Based on the results of the recent survey and continued feedback, we are adjusting Minyan times as follows:
Monday-Friday Shacharit: Will stay at 8am till the end of the school year (through mid-June) at which point we will reassess.
Sunday-Thursday Mincha/Ma'ariv: As close to 7:00 pm as possible, +/- 40 minutes (moving to 6:30 pm beginning Sunday, May 8).
Sunday Shacharit: 8:30 am (beginning Sunday, May 8)
Friday Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:45 pm until the clocks switch in the Fall.
Weekday Rosh Chodesh: 7:45 am
Not part of the Minyan WhatsApp group? Consider joining to help support the minyan when needed. here.
Please help us with minyan by signing up for any weekday by clicking here. To find out what time minyan is on any given day, click here.
Community Resources
Sunflower Gala Honoring Maharat Friedman! Please see below for information about the Sunflower gala on Sunday, May 22, honoring Maharat Friedman's support and contributions to the greater DC Jewish community.
OSTNS on YouTube!
The shul has a YouTube account which has 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.
Please note our new Zoom link for all (non-Shabbat) minyanim, https://zoom.us/j/88258058908 (same password).
Sunday, May 8: 22nd Day Omer (Iyyar 7) Mother's Day 8:30am Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 6:30pm Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שלשה ועשרים יום שהם שלשה שבועות ושני ימים לעמר
Monday, May 9: 23rd Day Omer (Iyyar 8) 8:00am Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 4:30pm Book of Isaiah with Maharat Friedman via Zoom 6:30pm Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום ארבעה ועשרים יום שהם שלשה שבועות ושלשה ימים לעמר
Tuesday, May 10: 24th Day Omer (Iyyar 9) 8:00am Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 6:30pm Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום חמשה ועשרים יום שהם שלשה שבועות וארבעה ימים לעמר
Wednesday, May 11: 25th Day Omer (Iyyar 10) 8:00am Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 4:30pm Book of Isaiah with Maharat Friedman via Zoom 6:30pm Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום ששה ועשרים יום שהם שלשה שבועות וחמשה ימים לעמר
Thursday, May 12: 26th Day Omer (Iyyar 11) 8:00am Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 6:30pm Mincha/Maariv (in person or via Zoom) Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שבעה ועשרים יום שהם שלשה שבועות וששה ימים לעמר
Erev Shabbat, May 13: 27th Day Omer (Iyyar 12) 8:00am Shacharit (in person or via Zoom) 6:45pm Kabbalat Shabbat (in person or via Zoom) 7:54pm Candle Lighting Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שמונה ועשרים יום שהם ארבעה שבועות לעמר
Shabbat, May 14: 28th Day Omer, Emor (Iyyar 13) 9:15am Shacharit 10:30am Shabbat Morning Youth Groups 7:55pm Mincha/Maariv 8:55pm Havdalah Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום תשעה ועשרים יום שהם ארבעה שבועות ויום אחד לעמר
Lifecycles
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Members Observing Yahrzeits
Friday Ruth Friedman for mother Deborah Perkal
Shabbat Avril Weisman for son Philip Rodkin Laura Torchinsky for great-grandfather Max Aberbach
Sunday Belle Davis for father Herman Negrin
Tuesday Leon Kass for mother Chana Kass
Wednesday Jonathan Kopp for father Robert Kopp
April Donations
Annual Giving Plans Anthony & Leone Abroms Yoni & Emily Appelbaum Joshua Baron & Elizabeth Bodine-Baron Benjamin Berger & Rachel Weiss-Berger Eric Brown & Aliza Levine Belle Davis Kira Epstein Begal & Billy Begal Sarah & David Feith Sarah Fertig Trauben & Steven Trauben Yoni & Ruth Friedman Caron Gremont & Kenneth Baer Benjamin & Erin Gris Amos Hochstein & Rae Ringel James & Deborah Karesh David & Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen Steven & Chani Laufer Nathan Lesser & Chani Bloom James & Rachel Loeffler Jeffrey & Lea Mendelsohn Shaanan Meyerstein & Rachel Engelhart Michael Morse & Miriam Achtenberg Matthew & Rebecca Price Franklin Rubinstein & Nicole Goldstein Joshua Schenker & Julie Rapoport Schenker Daniel & Alisa Schwartz Joshua Segal & Jennifer Geetter Daniel Silverberg & Sarah Gershman
Pesach - Sale of Chametz Donation Gil Ehrenkranz Eitan Levisohn & Dina Epstein Eliezer Peltz
"In Honor of" Donations by: Daniel & Shoshana Baronofsky
"In Memory of" Donations made by: Rachel Blitz Ralph & Sylvia Block in memory of my mother, Sylvia Block Rita Lehr in memory of Morris Bass James Levine in memory of Yosef Beryl ben Eliezer Leib v'Zeesa, z"l Kenneth & Joan Lorber in memory of my great-grandfather, Nathan Rosenblatt Claire Mosenthal
