Matzoh Baking: Join us as we bake matzoh together before Pesach! This is an activity that is open to the entire Jewish community and fun for both adults and children of all ages. - Sunday, March 25 7:45pm-9:15pm, Tuesday, March 27 7:45pm-9:15pm, Friday, March 30 11:00am-1:00pm
Free Communal Pesach Seder: At the Passover Seder, we say Kol Dichfim Yeisi Ve-Khol, let all who are hungry come and eat. Well, we REALLY mean it. Everyone is welcome at our FREE Communal Seder. With delicious catered food, great singing, and wonderful insights into the Hagaddah, why would you want to go anywhere else? Space is limited. First come, first served. - Friday, March 30 7:45pm
Anafim: A Learning Program: Anafim is a Jewish learning program for 3rd grade non-day school students. Goals also include building and creating community among these students, and engaging them in serious Jewish learning. - Begins Tuesday, April 10 4:30pm-6:00pm
Ohev Speaker Series: Yom HaShoah: Aron Greenfield and Gerald Steinkeller were children when the Nazis marched into Poland. They survived their teenage years in ghettos, concentration camps, and displaced persons camps. Please join us as they share reflections on their "coming of age," survival, and friendship. Moderated by Aron's daughter, Nadine Greenfield-Binstock. (Parents: please feel free to bring your older children if you deem it appropriate for them. Disturbing details may be shared. It is recommended that children under 8 do not attend.) - Wednesday, April 11, 8pm
Shorashim Torah Enrichment Program: Join us for our after-school enrichment program for children in grades Pre-K & up. It's like Camp Kibbutz all year long! Join us for 10 Thursday afternoons this Fall. Activities include: Torah study, parsha exploration, activities, and more with our great clergy and staff. - Begins Thursday, April 12 4:00pm-5:30pm
Guest Scholar Rabbi Sharon Shalom: Please join us as we welcome Rabbi Sharon Shalom to Ohev Sholom in honor of Yom Haatzmaut. Rabbi Shalom is a distinguished rabbi, an accomplished scholar, and lecturer in both academic institutions and popular settings. He serves as a leader in the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel, and recently authored "From Sinai to Ethiopia: The Halakhic and Conceptual World of Ethiopian Jewry." Rabbi Shalom is currently a visiting scholar in the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University. - Friday, April 13-Saturday, April 14
Pickle Minyan: A monthly, youth-led minyan...with pickles. For grades 2-6. - Saturday, April 14 10:30am-12:00pm
Ohev Book Club: Join Ohev Sholom's monthly book club for lively discussion of a variety of novels, short stories, memoirs, and more. This month,
Nina Tarley will lead a discussion of
Where the Jews Aren't by Masha Gessen. All are welcome. - Sunday, April 15 7:30pm-9:00pm
Developmentally Different Adults Program: Residents of local group homes join with our congregation for dinner and music. We hope you can join us. No RSVP is required. - Tuesday, April 17 7:00pm-8:00pm
Ohev Family Meetup: Family social program at kid- and family-friendly locations in the area to provide a low-barrier opportunity for families with young children (4 and under) to build relationships with staff, clergy, and each other. - Sunday, April 22 10:00am-12:00pm
Synagogue Board Meeting: Open to all members. - Wednesday, April 25 8:00pm-9:00pm
Sunday, March 25 (Nisan 9)8:30a Shacharit
10:00a Class with Rabbi Ben Mintz (at his home)
7:10p Mincha/Maariv
7:45p Matzoh Baking
Monday, March 26 (Nisan 10)6:30a Shacharit
7:10p Mincha/Maariv
Tuesday, March 27 (Nisan 11)6:30a Shacharit
7:10p Mincha/Maariv
7:45p Matzoh Baking
Wednesday, March 28 (Nisan 12)6:30a Shacharit
12:30p Downtown Torah Study with Rabbi Herzfeld
7:10p Mincha/Maariv
Thursday, March 29 (Nisan 13)6:30a Shacharit
7:10p Mincha/Maariv
8:11p Bedikat Chametz
Erev Shabbat, March 30: Erev Pesach, Taanit Bechorot (Nisan 14)5:36a Fast of the First Born Begins
5:45a Daf Yomi
6:30a Shacharit with a siyum with Rabbi Herzfeld
10:30a Communal Chametz Burning at Ohev Sholom
11:07a Last time to eat chametz
12:09p Last time to burn chametz
11:00a Matzoh Baking
7:00p Kabbalat Shabbat & Marriv for Pesach
7:11p Candle Lighting
7:45p Free Communal Pesach Seder
(Kiddush at or after 8:12p)
Shabbat, March 31: Pesach, (Nisan 15)9:15a Shacharit, with a Dvar Torah from Caroline Mendelsohn
10:30a Shabbat Youth Groups
6:00p Daf Yomi
7:10p Mincha
8:13p Candle Lighting
(Kiddush at or after 8:13p)
Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום יום אחד לעמרSunday, April 1: Pesach, 1st Day Omer (Nisan 16)9:15a Shacharit with a Dvar Torah from Rabbi Adam Mintz
6:15p Daf Yomi
7:15p Mincha, followed by a talk from Ariel Mintz
8:14p Havdalah
Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שני ימים לעמר