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Friday, July 03 2009 -
Downloadable Brochures
Study All the Prophets in Just One Year - Join our Bekiut Nach project (pdf, doc)
2008-2009 Fall/Winter Brochure(pdf, 7.6MB)
July Calendar (pdf) (doc)
June Calendar (pdf) (doc)
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July 2009 - Schedule
(Tamuz
- Av 5769)
6:30
am Daily Minyan. Followed by Talmud Study with Rabbi
Herzfeld.
8:30 am Sundays & Legal Holidays
Minchah/Maariv – 15 minutes before sunset
Kiddush Lunch every Shabbat. The Shabbat lunch is FREE and OPEN to the entire community.
But we do seek sponsors....
Wednesday,
July 1
8:10 pm Class on the laws of prayer with Rabbi Herzfeld
8:25 pm Minchah and Maariv
8:45 pm Meeting
to discuss increasing shul volunteerism. Are you interested
in
becoming more involved in your shul? Do you have ideas of
volunteer
programs for your shul? If so, please join us on
Wednesday, July 1st at
approx. 8:45 pm (after minyan) as we
discuss ways to increase volunteerism
within our community.
Please contact Scott Reiter at scottreiter@gmail.com
with
any questions.
Thursday, July 2
7:30 pm Class on the Torah Portion of the week with Rabbi Herzfeld
8:25 pm Minchah and Maariv
Friday, July 3
8:30
am Shacharit
8:19 pm Candle
lighting
7:00 pm Minchah &
Kabbalat Shabbat
Saturday, July 4 –
Chukat-Balak
8:45
am Communal Torah Study
9:15 am Shacharit with a
Dvar Torah by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld
7:30 pm Communal Study
of Pirkei Avot led by Bradley Fields
8:00 pm
Mincha followed by Seudah Shelishit and a Dvar Torah
9:22
pm Shabbat ends
Minchah and Maariv for
week of July 5 will be at 8:20 pm
Thursday, 9 - Fast of 17th of Tamuz, Shiva Asar
Be-Tamuz
4:39
am Fast begins
6:30 am Shacharit
7:15 pm Class on the Torah
Portion of the Week with Rabbi Herzfeld
8:00 pm Minchah and
Maariv
9:20 pm Fast ends
Friday, July 10
This Shabbat we
host the professional boxer, the undefeated, Dmitri Salita.
Dmitri
has 30 wins as a professional boxer and is an observant Jew who
will
discuss with us how he came to reconnect with his Jewish
roots. Here is a
link to his website:
http://www.dsalita.com/
Dmitri's next fight will be a
championship bout for the THE
TITLE.
8:17
pm Candle lighting
7:00 pm
Minchah & Kabbalat Shabbat
Followed by a
communal Shabbat dinner with Dmitri Salita. To reserve your
seat at the meal, email cvaloris@gmail.com
Reserve by noon on Wednesday July, 8 and pay $15 for an adult, and
kids under 12 eat free. After July 8, it is $22 for an adult
and $12 for each kid.
Saturday, July 11 - Pinchas
8:45
am Communal Torah Study.
9:15 am Shacharit with a Dvar Torah by
Dmitri Salita.
7:30 pm Communal Study of Pirkei Avot in Memory of
Ernie Shalowitz.
8:00 pm Mincha
followed by Seudah Shelishit and a Q & A with Dmitri:
"Keeping Kosher in Vegas."
9:20 pm
Shabbat ends
Mincha and Maariv for the week of June 12 will be at
8:20 pm
Sunday,
July 12
9:30 am Class on the book of Tehilim (Psalms) meets
with Rabbi Ben Mintz as
part of our Bekiut Nach program.
7:30 pm The Book Club will meet.
Friday, 17
8:13 pm Candlelighting
7:00 pm Minchah & Kabbalat Shabbat
Saturday, 18 - Matot-Masei
8:45 am Communal Torah Study.
9:15 am Shacharit with a Dvar Torah by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld
7:25 pm Communal study of Pirkei Avot in memory of Ernie Shalowitz.
7:55 pm Minchah followed by Seudah Shelishit with a
Dvar Torah by Rabbi Ben
Mintz.
9:16pm Shabbat ends
Mincha and Maariv for the week of July 19 will be at 8:15 pm.
Sunday, July 19
9:30 am Class on the Book of Tehilim (Psalms) meets
with Rabbi Ben Mintz as
part of our Bekiut Nach program.
Monday, July 20
7:30 pm Rabbi Herzfeld teaches at DC Beit Midrash (located at DCJCC, 16th and Q).
Wednesday, July 22 - Rosh Chodesh Av
6:30 am Ethan Steinberg Reads from the Torah in Honor of his Bar Mitzvah
Friday, July 24
12:00 pm Rabbi Herzfeld's Parshah Class meets on Capitol Hill.
8:08 pm Candlelighting
7:00 pm Minchah & Kabbalat Shabbat
Saturday, July 25 - Devarim: Shabbat Chazon
8:45 am Communal Torah Study
9:15 am Shacharit with a Dvar Torah by Nathan Weissler.
Nathan Weissler is
a sixteen-year-old rising sophomore at
the Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy
in Rockville. He has published
over twenty Letters to the Editor and various
articles in
magazines and newspapers including the Washington Jewish
Week,
Philadelphia Jewish Exponent, Forward, Where, What, When,
etc. He has written
extensively about his life experiences with
Asperger Syndrome (AS), as wells
as about Judaica, specifically
American Jewish History. To get in touch with
Nathan, email him at
nathan.weissler@hotmail.com.
7:50 pm Minchah followed by Seudat Shelishit with Rabbi
Herzfeld to discuss
the Laws of the Nine Days and Tisha Be-Av.
9:11 pm Shabbat ends
Mincha and Maariv for the week of July 26 will be at 8:05 pm
Wednesday, July 29 - Eve of Tisha Be-Av
8:05 pm Minchah followed by a review of the Laws of Tisha Be-Av with Rabbi Herzfeld.
8:22 pm Fast of Tisha Be-Av Begins
8:30 pm Maariv with a Reading of the Book of Eichah from Parchment.
Thursday, July 30 - Tisha Be-Av
8:30 am
Shacharit with Explanatory Kinnot followed by a Class with Rabbi
Herzfeld
on the Talmud's Discussion of Tisha Abe-Av.
7:00 pm Torah Study
7:50 pm Mincha followed by a Class with Rabbi Herzfeld about Jeremiah
8:50 pm Maariv
9:06 pm Fast ends
Friday, July 31
8:02 pm Candle lighting
7:00 pm Minchah & Kabbalat Shabbat
Ongoing Class Schedule
Mondays, 12:30-1:30 pm Rabbi Herzfeld's Parshah Class for Women
Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30 pm Rabbi
Herzfeld's Downtown Class:
Hudson Institute (1015 15th Street, NW, 6th
Floor)
Thursdays, 7:30 pm Parshah of the Week with Rabbi Herzfeld.
Shabbat Mornings, 8:45 am Group Torah Study of the Parshah
Shabbat Afternoons, 2:00 pm Rabbi Herzfeld's Class on Proverbs
Sunday Mornings, 9:30 am Shmoozin' with Shmuel - WMET 1160 AM
The cost of Friday Night Sabbath Communal Meals is $15 a person; kids under 12 eat free. The Shabbat Lunch is FREE and OPEN to the entire community. To sponsor a lunch or a dinner, please contact the office. Please reserve for Friday night meals in advance by emailing
info at ostns.org
or calling 202-882-7225. Payment can be made online using the Secure Payments link at the left, or by mailing a check to our office.
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