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Energize your week with Ohev Sholom                                      November 15, 2018

Shabbat Times and Announcements

Erev Shabbat, November 16 (Kislev 8)
6:30a Shacharit
4:35p Kabbalat Shabbat
4:35p Candle Lighting

Shabbat, November 17: Vayetzei (Kislev 9)
9:15a Shacharit, with a Dvar Torah from Judy Klitsner
10:30a Shabbat Youth Groups
10:30a Pickle Minyan
11:45a Kiddush Luncheon, followed by a talk from Judy Klitsner
12:00p Light Kiddush for New Faces (located at the Fodor home)
3:15p Daf Yomi
3:45p Chaim Fruchter's Shiur
4:15p Mincha, followed by Seudah Shlishit with a Shiur from Judy Klitsner
5:35p Havdalah

Upcoming Kiddush Schedule
11/24: Kiddush Luncheon sponsored by the Lutzky family in honor of Milo & Luki's bar mitzvah
12/1: Kiddush

• Friday, November 16, 8pm for a Torah class with this Shabbat's Guest Scholar, Judy Klitsner titled, "Can you Murder and Also Inherit? A Biblical Story of Crimes, Misdemeanors and Addictions." 
• Sunday, November 18 10:30am for brunch to hear from Rabbi Susan Silverman about adopting and fostering waiting children. Rabbi Silverman's organization, Second Nurture, encourages families to adopt and foster children with the support of their communities. Learn how we can make our community one in which adoption is encouraged and normative.

Monday, November 19, 7:45pm
Ariel Burger, author of Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel's Classroom, takes us into Wiesel's classroom and crystallizes some of his greatest teachings and shares them in a powerful and meaningful way. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. Parents: feel free to bring older children if you deem it appropriate for them. RSVP at ostns.org/event/witness.

Early Bird Registration Deadline: Tuesday, Nov. 20
$36 per adult | $20 per child (11 & under) | $118 family max
(after 11/20, prices increase to $43/adult and $25/child)

View the menu and register at ostns.org/event/ethicallysourced.

Comments on the Portion, Contributed by Rabbi Ben Mintz

This week’s Parsha, Va'Yetzei, tells of Jacob fleeing his home because of Esau's animosity, and living in Haran with Laban, his mother's brother. In Haran, Jacob marries Leah and Rachel.  Leah, as well as the two "maids" taken by Jacob, give birth to a number of children. Rachel, disappointed because she is childless, says to Jacob, "Give me children or I shall die." Jacob responds with anger, saying, "Can I take the place of God to give you children?"

The Midrash is critical of Jacob's response: "Is this the way one answers a woman who is in distress?" The retribution, according to the Midrash, takes place many years later, when Jacob's children (from his other wives) are forced to pay homage to Joseph, Rachel's son, who has become viceroy in Egypt. The Torah tells, ironically, that when Jacob's children express their fear of Joseph, Joseph reassures them, using the same words his father had used, "Am I in God's place?" (Bereshit 50:19) 

The same idea, that God does not forget improper conduct, was illustrated in last week's Parsha, Toldos. Jacob tricked his father and received the blessing meant for Esau. When Esau learned of the deception, he "cried a loud and bitter cry." (27: 34) The pain inflicted on Esau by Jacob is not forgotten by God who exacts repayment in the Book of Esther. When Mordecai, Jacob's descendant, heard of Haman's decree to destroy the Jews, he "cried a loud and bitter cry." (Book of Esther 4:1). Even though it was God's intention that Jacob's descendants receive the blessing, since that goal was achieved through pain on Esau, they too had to suffer pain. 

This week’s Haftorah is from the prophet Hoshea, 12:13-14:10.  Linking with the Parsha, the first verse refers to Jacob working for Laban and marrying Leah and Rachel. The second verse refers to Moses freeing the Jews from Egypt. These verses are the historical background for Hoshea's chastising the Jews for their sinfulness and unfaithfulness to God. The latter portion of this Haftorah is also the Haftorah for Shabbos Shuvah, the Sabbath of Repentance: "Return, oh Israel...for you have stumbled in your sin." 

For a video by Hal Brodsky, Z”L, about this week’s Haftorah, 
please click here.

Upcoming Events and Weekly Schedule

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October 2018 Donations to Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue®

High Holiday Appeal
​​​​​​​Leora Allen
Aliza Marcus & Andrew Apostolou
Emily & Yoni Appelbaum
Pamela Auerbach
Ziva & Robert BenEzra
Monty Bennett
Batzion & William Berman
Carrie Ross & Gregory Billing
Diana & Jack Binder
Nadine Greenfield-Binstock & Andrew Binstock
Jennifer Sultan Blumenthal & Daniel Blumenthal
Rachel & Henry Brem
Shoshana & Stephen Bryen
Elizabeth Chipkin
Harris Cohen
Robert Conn
Sara & Andrew Dauber
Polly Emery
Lisa Ellern-Feldman & Seth Feldman
Sarah Fertig Trauben & Steven Trauben
Ruth & Yoni Friedman
Elana Glassman
Adele & Leonard Green
Martha & Aron Greenfield
Joshua Guzman
Sheldon Harris
Yocheved & Gary Heiligman
Stephanie Hoffman
Daphna Berman & Moshe Horowitz
Yakira & Jonathan Howarth
Fern Ingber
Sarah Levine & Hylton Joffe
Sindy Udell & Kenneth Josovitz
Sue & Ethan Kanter
Leon Kass
Hannah Gerstein & Binyamin Katz
Alexander Kazam
Adena & Joshua Kirstein
Ken Klein
Susan & Morris Klein
Peter Krucoff
Nahanni Rous & Ned Lazarus
Yelena Lazdun
Barbara & Michael Ledeen
Paulina & Max Lerman
Daniel Levenson
Julie Levine
Susan Wachtel & Richard Levine
Dian Epstein & Eitan Levisohn
Zev Lewis
Elliott Lipper
Arianne Waschler & Eliram Malachi
Yael & Jacob Meisler
Lea & Jeffrey Mendelsohn
Rachel Engelhart & Shaanan Meyerstein
Nick Miller
Tamar Weinstock & Jonathan Mincer
Harriet & Benjamin Mintz
Sarah Moosazadeh
Yaron Mordfin
Dee Mukherjee
Deborah Potvin & Shmuel Nadata
Mona Charen & Robert Parker
Mirna & Douglas Pinsky
Sylvia Potash
Chava Kahn & Raphael Pristoop
Helene Reisler
Mira & Joshua Resnick
Pesha Rubinstein
Michael Sanders
Debra & Ronald Sann
Evelyn & Benjamin Schwartz
Beverly & Mark Schwartz
Alisa & Daniel Schwartz
Michelle & David Schwartz
Jason Schwartz
Suzanne Schwartz
Alexandra Sears
Anissa Sears
Sarah & Ben Shapiro
Ruthanne & Henry Sheller
Stephanie Guiloff & Michael Shurkin
Shana & Baruch Spier
Melissa & Joshua Stein
Maureen & Victor Stone
Leah & Yehuda Sugarman
Ann & Harold Sultan
Deborrah Symonette
Sara & Gilad Tal
Carol Teitelbaum
Elaine & Bernard Troy
Ann & Stephan Werner
Rachel & Ben Wildavsky
Basia Wojcik-Betancourt
Andrea & Ariel Wolf
Tamar & Reuven Zakheim
Murray Zinoman

Annual Giving Plan

Anne & Ronald Abramson
Leone & Tony Abroms
Naomi & David Balto
Kira Epstein Begal & Billy Begal
Naomi Brodsky
Aliza Levine & Eric Brown
Sandra & Jeffrey Burt
Belle Davis
Ellen Epstein
Shaw & Thomas Fodor
Ruth & Yoni Friedman
Danielle & David Frum
Laurie & Carl Gershman
Katie Schenk & Dov Grossman
Rhanni & Shmuel Herzfeld
Daphna Berman & Moshe Horowitz
Francesca & Joshua Kranzberg
Lucy & David Kurtzer-Ellenbogen
Wendy & Desmond Lachman
Chani & Steven Laufer
Chani Bloom & Nathan Lesser
Sharon & Steven Lieberman
Rachel & James Loeffler
Carol & Joseph Low
Lea & Jeffrey Mendelsohn
Miriam Achtenberg & Michael Morse
Leora Klapper & Jerome Netter
Ahuva & Aaron Orlofsky
Mona Charen & Robert Parker
Matt & Becky Price
Arielle & Yaakov Roth
Rachel & Baruch Roth
Jessica & Justin Rubin
Nicole Goldstein & Franklin Rubinstein
Jill & Thomas Sacks
Micah Salb
Jennifer Geetter & Joshua Segal
Sarah Gershman & Daniel Silverberg
Starr & William Stixrud
Thera & Samuel Swersky
Cheryl & Daniel Troy
Avril & Michael Weisman
Andrea & Ariel Wolf
Tamar & Reuven Zakheim
Anonymous (3)

General Donations

Monty Bennett
Ilana & Nathan Benson
Aliza Levine & Eric Brown
Avishai Don
Hannah & Nate Druckman
Jonina Duker
Shari Kleiner & Jacob Einhorn
Kira Epstein Begal & Bill Begal
Adina Loeb & Jeff Ernst
Rhanni & Shmuel Herzfeld
Bela Keselman
Aviva Krauss & Danishai Kornbluth
Nathan Lesnie Trust
Chani Bloom & Nathan Lesser
Aliza Sperling & Joshua Milner
Shoshana & Daniel Moskowitz
Andrea & Noam Price
Jeffrey Rathner
Amy Eisner & Daniel Reich
Rachel Weintraub & Scott Reiter
Jennifer Geetter & Joshua Segal
Sarah Gershman & Daniel Silverberg
Bertram Weintraub
Faith & Edward Wolf
Allon Yomtov
Tamar & Reuven Zakheim

Meal Sponsorship
Nicole Goldstein & Franklin Rubinstein
Sarah Levine & Hylton Joffe

In Honor of
Belle Davis in honor of Eitan Netter’s bar mitzvah, Moses Glassman’s bar mitzvah, and the birth of Michal Wolf
Elaine & Howard Jacobson in honor of Maureen Stone’s tai chi class
Sindy Udell & Kenneth Josovitz in honor of Rabbi Herzfeld
Helene Reisler in honor of Asher Epstein’s birthday
Pesha Rubinstein in honor of the birth of Marjorie Yablon’s grandson
Avril & Michael Weisman in honor of the birth of Michal Wolf

In Memory of/Yahrzeit​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​Monty Bennett in memory of Leah Balinsky, grandmother of Maharat Ruth Friedman
Sylvia & Ralph Block in memory of Sarah G. Mushinsky and Rosie Block
Carolyn & Joseph Bonnett in memory of Wallace Kimball
Belle Davis in memory of Leah Balinsky, grandmother of Maharat Ruth Friedman
Wendy Fanaroff in memory of Helyn Steppa Fanaroff
Larry Garber in memory of Judith Garber
Stephen Garber in memory of the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Elayne & Joel Glickman in memory of Meyer Goldstein
Yocheved & Gary Heiligman in memory of Philip Woolf
Leon Kass in memory of Leah Balinsky, grandmother of Maharat Ruth Friedman
Lewis Kest in memory of Antal Keleti
Barbara Zakheim & Ronnie Kleinfeldt in memory of Leah Balinsky, grandmother of Maharat Ruth Friedman
Wendy & Desmond Lachman in memory of Israel Gould
Chani & Steven Laufer in memory of Leah Balinsky, grandmother of Maharat Ruth Friedman
Doris Margolis in memory of Samuel J. Rosenberg, Eva Mendelsohn Rosenberg, and Joseph Rosenberg
Michel & William Martin in memory of Norman E. McQueen, Sr., and Mary Pearl McQueen
Claire Mosenthal in memory of Henry Beiser
Helene Reisler in memory of Judy Davis and Yael Adam, sister of Rabbi Eliezer Eitan Adam
Jill & Thomas Sacks in memory of Leah Balinsky, grandmother of Maharat Ruth Friedman
Jon Siegel in memory of Jacob Siegel
Edward Tauber in memory of Charles Tauber
Leah Weber in memory of James Weber
Avril & Michael Weisman in memory of Leah Balinsky, grandmother of Maharat Ruth Friedman
Ann & Stephan Werner in memory of J. Michael Werner

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Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld
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