Shabboom! Weekly Announcements

Energize your week with Ohev Sholom                                 November 10, 2022

Shabbat Times and Announcements

Erev Shabbat,
November 11
(Cheshvan 17) 
7:15a Shacharit Services
4:35p Kabbalat Shabbat with a dvar Torah by Maharat Ruth Friedman (in person or via Zoom)
4:39p Candlelighting

Shabbat, November 12 (Cheshvan 18) 
Parashat Vayera
9:15a Shabbat Morning Services in the sanctuary
10:30a Youth Groups
4:00p Seudah Shlishit sponsored by the Walder family
4:40p Mincha/Maariv
5:39p 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



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Mazal tov to Rebecca Joffe on her Bat Mitzvah!

Kiddush this week is sponsored by Shoshana & Dani Baronofsky in honor of the birth of their daughter, Yael Chaya, and in gratitude to the community for all of its support. To sponsor future Kiddushes, please email  Alejandra@ostns.org. 

Ohev is excited to welcome back Maharat Friedman from maternity leave beginning with Friday night davening! Over the next few weeks, she will be transitioning back and looks forward to resuming her role. A special thank you to all of our interim clergy over the past few months.

All are welcome to a special Seudah Shlishit this week at 4PM in the atrium sponsored by Reuven & Devorah Walder & family in honor of the Ohev Minyan to thank the community for supporting our family this year as we reach the first yartzeit of Irv Walder Z’L’ (father of Reuven Walder). There will be dairy and parve options available. 

Please click here to read a special announcement about Ohev's new Executive Director, David Paris, who will be starting in the near future. David and his wife Judi will be joining the Ohev community this Shabbat and look forward to meeting everyone!

Please see below for information on an unforgettable musical Shabbat with special guest Dr. Elli Kranzler, Parshat Vayetzei, December 3.

Board of Directors meeting in person - November 29th at 8:00PM more details to follow.
Please note that congregants can also attend via Zoom.

The shul has a YouTube account which has recordings of past classes, shiurim, and events. They can be accessed here:

Upcoming Events and Weekly Schedule

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).

Lifecycles

Support our community and its members by making a donation dedicated in honor of (IHO) or in memory of (IMO) a  loved one.

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October Donations 

Annual Giving Plans
Anthony & Leone Abroms
Yoni & Emily Appelbaum
Joshua Baron & Elizabeth Bodine-Baron
Benjamin Berger & Rachel Weiss-Berger
Andrew Binstock & Nadine Greenfield-Binstock
Eric Brown & Aliza Levine
Belle Davis
Kira Epstein Begal & Billy Begal
Sarah & David Feith
Sarah Fertig Trauben & Steven Trauben
Shaw & Thomas Fodor
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
Daniel & Alisa Schwartz
Joshua Segal & Jennifer Geetter
Daniel Silverberg & Sarah Gershman

General Gifts and Donations
Ralph & Sylvia Block
Shira & Aaron Hollander
Roger Kohn
Steven & Chani Laufer
Eitan Levisohn & Dina Epstein
Joshua Milner & Aliza Sperling
Stuart & Sara Milner
Jerry & Briana Rubin
Mark and Pamela Weinfeld

Cemetery Donation
Michael & Harriet Epstein

Chesed Fund
Marshall Einhorn & Deborah Skolnick
Daniel & Sheila Kurtzer
Shaanan Meyerstein & Rachel Engelhart
Carol Miaskoff & Robert Weissler

High Holidays
Daniel Blumenthal & Jennifer Sultan Blumenthal
Sarah Fertig Trauben & Steven Trauben
Rhona Gordon
Caron Gremont & Kenneth Baer
Sheldon Harris
Rebecca Ross
Michael Sanders
Gary Elovitz
Jonathan & Sharon Gruber
Jerome & Jo-Ann Kirstein
Shaw & Thomas Fodor
Stuart & Sara Milner

"In Honor of" Donations by:
Roy Ackerman

"In Memory of" Donations made by:
Alan Gordon - Yahrzeit: Pessie Gordon
Donald Brady & Janet Epstein Brady in memory of Katie Kay, Goodman Kay and Rose Kay Epstein.
Edward Tauber in memory of Rose Tauber
James & Deborah Karesh in memory of Aron Greenfield
Lewis Kest in memory of my brother, Mike Keleti
Ralph & Sylvia Block in memory of my uncle, Max Block and my aunt, Katie Block
Stanley and Nancy Pillemer in memory of Louis Pillemer and Sheila Franklin Lowenstein
Wendy Fanaroff in memory of my mother, Helyn Steppa Fanaroff

Meal Sponsorship
Briana and Jerry Rubin
Sarah Fertig Trauben & Steven Trauben
Emily Kahan
Asher Epstein

Contact Us

Maharat Ruth Balinsky Friedman
MaharatRuth@ostns.org
(202) 882-7225, ext. 107
Alejandra Benitez, Office Manager
Alejandra@ostns.org
(202) 882-7225
Board of Directors
board@ostns.org
Mikvah Chaim
mikvahchaim.org
attendant@mikvahchaim.org
Cemetery Information
(202) 882-7225