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Energize your week with Ohev Sholom                                     September 12, 2019

Shabbat Times and Announcements

Erev Shabbat, September 13 (Elul 13)
6:30a Shacharit
6:45p Kabbalat Shabbat
7:02p Candle Lighting

Shabbat, September 14: Ki Teitzei (Elul 14)
9:15a Shacharit, with a Dvar Torah from Rabbi Herzfeld
10:30a Shabbat Youth Groups
11:45a Kiddush
12:30p Communal Layning Project 
5:40p Daf Yomi
6:10p Chaim Fruchter's Shiur
6:40p Mincha, followed by Seudah Shlishit with a Shiur from Jorian Polis Schutz
8:01p Havdalah

Upcoming Kiddush Schedule
9/14: Kiddush
9/21: Kiddush Luncheon sponsored by the Hochstein/Ringel family
9/28: No food served

Pauline's Ice Cream Bike for this week's Kiddush Dessert is sponsored by Ken & Nicole Cox, with gratitude to the Ohev community.

Ohev needs volunteers to be Greeters during Shabbat and the High Holidays. The Greeters are a vital arm of our security. They help to ensure the safety and security of our synagogue, while maintaining a friendly and open community. The role of the Greeter is simple: be a welcoming face standing at entries and an extra set of eyes and ears to report anything suspicious. The time commitment is one hour every few weeks. You can be a Greeter at the Jonquil Street or stroller entrances, or inside the sanctuary and social hall. For more information and to volunteer, please email security@ostns.org.

Mazel tov to Julie Ast & Sholom Yaffa, and big brothers Elijah & Immanuel, on the birth of a baby girl!

Mazel tov to Mira & Josh Resnick, and big sisters Vered and Arava, on the birth of a baby girl! Eden Rimon was born on Sunday, September 8.

Order baked goods from Sunflower Bakery and Pastries by Randolph for pickup at Ohev!

• Sunflower Bakery orders can be placed through Monday, September 23, for pickup at Ohev on Thursday, September 26, 12:00pm-5:30pm. Order at sunflowerbakery.org and select "Northwest DC Ohev Sholom" as your pickup location.
• Pastries by Randolph orders can be placed through Wednesday, September 25, for pickup at Ohev on Friday, September 27, 12:00pm-2:00pm. Visit pastriesbyrandolph.com and call 703-243-0070.

Next Shabbat, we will celebrate the bat mitzvah of Meital Hochstein. Please note the different service times in the schedule below. For more information, click here.

Sunday, September 15, 4:30pm
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Be a part of our parade, beginning at the Herzfeld residence and up 16th Street to Ohev Sholom, followed by a BBQ, dancing, moonbounce, and more!

The communal layning of our new Torah scroll will continue this Shabbat, following Kiddush.
The schedule of readings is as follows:
Shabbat, September 14 after kiddush (Sefer Bamidbar)
Sunday, September 15 after shacharit (Sefer Devarim)

DEADLINE: THIS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
for Yizkor messages, babysitting, and free communal meals!

Comments on the Portion & Haftorah, Contributed by Rabbi Ben Mintz

The Parsha, Ki Teitzei, continues with a statement of the many laws presented by Moses to the Jewish people during their journey to the Promised Land. One of the more noteworthy is probably the world’s first occupational safety law. The Parsha instructs that when an individual is building a house, he or she must make a "parapet" (small fence) on the edge of the roof so that no one will fall from the roof. (A long time ago, I was an occupational safety and health attorney in the U.S. Labor Department. My book on OSHA quotes the Biblical law on the first page.)

The Parsha also contains the challenging law of "shilu'ach ha'kan." If a person comes upon a nest with a mother bird sitting on her fledglings or eggs, you must first send the mother away before taking the fledgling or eggs, so as not to cause pain to the mother. The Talmud relates an incident where a father instructs his son to climb a tree and take the eggs, and the son fulfills his father's request, and in doing so, first sends the mother away. Then, in coming down from the tree, the son falls and dies. Since the Torah articulates the reward of a long life for honoring a parent, and a long and a good life for sending the mother bird away, the Talmud asks: "Where is the long and good life for the son?" The Talmud answers that the reward is a "good life in the world that is all good and long life in the world that is entirely long" (Kiddushin 39b).

In the morning prayers, the Talmud is quoted as placing the honoring of parents in a list of ten acts for which a person  receives the "fruits" of his or her action in this world, while the "principal" remains for them in the world to come (Shabbos 127a).
 
The Haftorah continues the series of Haftorahs of comfort from the Book of Isaiah. "For the mountains may be uprooted / And the hills be shaken / But my loyalty shall never be removed from you / Nor my covenant of friendship be shaken / Thus says the Lord, who will take you back with love" (54:10).
 
PIRKEI AVOT Chapter 1, Mishna 14: Hillel says "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" This is one of the foundational statements in the rabbinical tradition.

Haftorah Video, by Hal Brodsky z"l

A video about the Haftorah can be found here: Isaiah 54:1-10

Upcoming Events and Weekly Schedule

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Lifecycles

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August 2019 Donations to Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue

General Gifts & Donations
Roy Ackerman
Naomi & David Balto
Alan Gordon
William Karlson
Paula & David Levy
Bianca & Arthur Lilenbaum Valadares
Stephanie Mazal
Anna Yuter
 
Cemetery
Martin Auerbach

Meal Sponsorship
Nicole & Ken Cox
Ayah & George Johnson
Barbara Zakehim & Ronnie Kleinfeldt
Barbara & Michael Ledeen
Mona Charen & Robert Parker
Helene Reisler
Arielle & Yaakov Roth
Cheryl & Dan Troy
Rachel & Ben Wildavsky
Wendy & Desmond Lachman
 
High Holidays
Monty Bennett
Janice & David Cordell

Annual Giving Plan
Anne & Ronald Abramson
Leone & Anthony Abroms
Naomi & David Balto 
Kira Epstein Begal & Bill Begal
Naomi Brodsky
Aliza Levine & Eric Brown
Sandra & Jeffrey Burt
Belle Davis
Ellen & David Epstein

Annual Giving Plan continued
Pamela Auerbach & Douglas Feith
Sarah & David Feith
Shaw & Thomas Fodor
Ruth & Yoni Friedman
Laurie & Carl Gershman
Erin & Benjamin Gris
Katie Schenk & Dov Grossman
Rhanni & Shmuel Herzfeld
Rae Ringel & Amos Hochstein
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
Lea & Jeffrey Mendelsohn
Miriam Achtenberg & Michael Morse
Leora Klapper & Jerome Netter
Ahuva & Aaron Orlofsky
Mona Charen & Robert Parker
Rebecca & Matthew Price
Rachel & Baruch Roth
Arielle & Yaakov Roth
Jessica & Justin Rubin
Nicole Goldstein & Franklin Rubinstein
Jill & Thomas Sacks
Claudia & Joseph Saka
Douglas Lachance & Micah Salb
Jennifer Geetter & Joshua Segal
Sarah Gershman & Daniel Silverberg
Starr & William Stixrud
Thera & Samuel Swersky
Cheryl & Dan Troy
Avril & Michael Weisman
Andrea & Ariel Wolf
Tamar & Reuven Zakheim
Anonymous (3)

In Honor Of
Sindy Udell & Ken Josovitz in honor of Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld
Avril & Michael Weisman in honor of the marriage of Chaya, daughter of Pesha Rubinstein, to Matan

In Memory Of & Yahrzeit
Charlotte & Robert Abrams in memory of Bernard & Sarah Abrams
Harriet & Michael Baum in memory of David Mushinsky
Sylvia & Ralph Block in memory of Sidnely Block, Harry Block, and Joseph Block
Robin Bonifant in memory of Miles Berlin
Shoshana & Stephen Bryen in memory of Shirlee Simon Silver and George Bryen
Hilda Cohen in memory of Samuel Simon, George Simon, Sarah Simon, and Rose Simon 
Barbara & Richard Daumit in memory of Goodman Kay
Dolores Diamond in memory of Anna Alpert, Henry Alpert, Marty Diamond, Sidney Alpert, and Lenora Alpert
Harriet & Michael Epstein in memory of Maury Epstein, Sandra Rosenblatt, and Violet Levitt
Peter Just in memory of Jack Fred
Linda & Chester Katz in memory of Sam Katz
Lewis Kest in memory of Harris Mushinsky and Samuel Mushinsky
Barbara & Michael Ledeen in memory of Julian Louis Ledeen and Martha Ledeen
Sonya Levine in memory of Hal Brodsky and Joshua Brodsky 
Susan & Norman Levine in memory of Judy Davis
Debra Mann in memory of Albert Rathner
Josephine & Sidney Mickelson in memory of Rose Mickelson
Ann Sterling in memory of Annie Rosenblatt
Thera & Samuel Swersky in memory of Adele Ehrenthal

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Synagogue Office
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Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld
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Maharat Ruth Balinsky Friedman
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Monica Wolfe, Interim Executive Director
Monica.Wolfe@ostns.org
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Stacey Watson, Director of Engagement
Stacey.Watson@ostns.org
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Lisa Redisch, Director of Youth & Family Programs
youth@ostns.org
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Board of Directors
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Hospitality & Welcome Committee
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