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April 7, 2016
28 Adar II 5776 |
Parashat Tazria Shabbat HaChodesh
Candlelighting 7:21 PM
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This Shabbat at Ohr Kodesh
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Tot Shabbat
services at 5:45 PM in the Cohen Chapel followed by Shabbat dinner. Services are family-friendly, and are led by Rabbi Fishman, Cantor Gerber, Rabbi Weinstein, and Joanie Smeltz. Please email Jessica Woolf at jwoolf@ohrkodesh.org with any questions.
Minchah and
Kabbalat Shabbat/Arvit in the Cohen Chapel
6:30 PM -
Kabbalat Shabbat and Arvit will be led by Gary Libbin. CESJDS's 50th Anniversary will be recognized, and there will be a Shabbat dinner for pre-registered participants following services.
Shabbat
Morning - 8:45 AM
Shacharit will be led by
Gary Libbin and
Musaf will be led by
Ed Langer.
Paul Berger will present the
d'var Torah. We celebrate the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School's 50th Anniversary. Contact Alyssa Friedrich at
agfriedrich@gmail.com with any questions.
Shabbat
Groups - 10:30 AM
Jr. Congregation (gr. 5-7) in room 2; K'tongregation (Gr. 2-4) in room 3; Mini-Minyan (K-1st gr.) led by Raviv Brooks in room 4; Pre-Shul (18 mos -Pre-K) in room 7; Babysitting is available starting at 9:30 am in room 7.
Shabbat
Storytime for Families with Young Children
after the Haftarah in Room 7. Babysitting is available starting at 9:30 am in room 7.
The
Kiddush will be green and will be sponsored by JDS families and other supporters in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the CESJDS.
Jews for Exegesis will meet this
Shabbat.
We will study a selection from Midrash Rabba on this week's parashah, about the creation of humans. For more info on the study group, click here.
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The 2nd Annual Chesed Project: Showcasing ECC's Acts of Loving Kindness
Tomorrow, Friday, April 8, 8:00-10:00 AM
Join the children of the ECC and their families as they participate in Sara and Samuel J. Lessans Good Deeds Day. The ECC community will be decorating and filling snack bags for homeless families, and assembling lunches for the working poor, among other service activities. The children's classroom
tz'dakah projects will also be on display.
Ongoing Classes This Coming Week
Tuesday, 10:00 AM, Issues in Jewish Political Tradition with Rabbi Fishman
Tuesday, Talmud class with Richard Friedman will not meet until April 26.
Wednesday, 2:00 PM, Biblical Hebrew with Rabbi Fishman
Thursday, 11:00 AM, Beginning Hebrew Reading Class with Rabbi Weinstein
Please note that Biblical Hebrew will meet on April 13, but will not meet on April 20 or 27.
Pledge 30:
Quotidian Kabbalah: Tefillin
Facilitator David Julian Gray, djg@well.com. Class postponed until early June.
Rosh Chodesh Nisan Program -
Finding/Reestablishing /Keeping One's Jewish Identity After Liberation
Sunday, April 10, 7:30-9:00 PM at the home of Ellen Elow-Mintz
Hazak Program: Can You Hear Me Now?
Wednesday, April 13, at 12:00 PM
In order to minimize conflicts with Passover preparations and travel, HAZAK will meet on the SECOND Wednesday of the month of April - April 13
. Our speaker will be Susan Yaffe-Oziel, a skilled audiologist at the Treatment and Learning Center in Rockville. A non-dairy lunch will be served for $5. Read more
here. Contact Susan Merewitz with any questions at
sumerewitz@gmail.com.
Board Meeting
Wednesday, April 13, 7:30 PM
Board meetings are open to the congregation.
Holocaust Remembrance Project
Do you have relatives who were victims of the Holocaust? Please contact Tom Klein, who is preparing a memorial book. E-mail: tom.judith.klein@mindspring.com. Phone: 301-642-0051. The goal is to assemble names and basic info before Yom HaShoah (May 5th). We would like the list of names to be as complete as possible.
Chametz Riddance/Spring Food Drive
Through April 20; Click
here to see flyer.
Registration for the Ohr Kodesh Early Childhood Center for the 2016-2017 School Year & for the Summer Discovery Program
For more information and to download registration materials please see
http://ohrkodesh.org/early-childhood-center/forms-and-calendars.
OK Diaper Drive through April
The DC Diaper Bank provides free diapers to families in need living in the D.C. metropolitan area. Click here to read more about the DC Diaper Bank. The ECC Classes, Doobim (Room 10), Chatoolim (Room 7), and Peelim (Room 9) are holding a diaper drive to benefit the DC Diaper Bank. Click here to see what else the Diaper Bank accepts. Donation boxes are in front of rooms 10, 9, 7 and in the lobby. Questions? Contact ECC Educator, Marisa Goldberg at mgoldberg20@msn.com.
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Next Shabbat, April 15/16
April Friday Night Lights for 8th-12th Graders
April 15, 6:00 PM; Location TBD
An intimate camp and USY style
Kabbalat Shabbat and
Arvit will be followed by a delicious dinner. We'll conclude with a discussion about Jewish identity, discussing and sharing experiences about how we live a Jewish life in a secular world. Rabbi Risa Weinstein will help guide this teen driven discussion. RSVP by Monday, April 11 at
http://tinyurl.com/AprilFNL. Email Andy at
aweissfeld@ohrkdesh.org with any questions.
The Chaim and Ella Stern Memorial Lecture:
Turning the Heart: Jewish-Christian Relations in the 21st Century presented by
Rabbi David Sandmel, a scholar of Jewish-Christian relations and interfaith activist, director of Interfaith Affairs at the Anti-Defamation League.
Read more here.
Torah Tots (for children ages 18 mo. to 4 yrs and parents)
10:30 AM - Led by Rabbi Weinstein, the program includes interactive prayers, singing, stories, and games. For more info contact Rabbi Weinstein at 240-450-0676 or rweinstein@ohrkodesh.org.
USY & Kadima Kings Dominion Day (Grades 6-12)
Sunday, April 17; Contact Andy Weissfeld,
aweissfeld@ohrkodesh.org for more info.
Adult Learning: 300 Ways to Ask the 4 Questions with Murray Spiegel
Sunday, April 17, 9:30 AM,
right after Minyan
Kids (K-7), 11:00 AM
Join us for a fun, particpatory workshop to learn how to make your seder entertaining and educational.
Read more here.
Machar Bonim Scavenger Hunt at the National Zoo (Grades K-5)
Sunday, April 17, 12:00 PM; Contact Sarit Cioban Spector,
sarit.cioban@gmail.com with any questions.
OK Crafters Club
Monday, April 18, 7:30-9:00 PM at Ohr Kodesh
The OK Crafters club meets once a month to work on artwork or crafts, share ideas and help members start or complete their projects. Please email Lara Fleischer at laraknits@gmail.com or Ruth Alpert at rsalpert@his.com with any questions.
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Pesach Information and Schedule
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Sale of
Chametz Forms are due by Thursday, April 21. Find the form
here, or email Dennis Concepcion,
dconcepcion@ohrkodesh.org.
Click
here for
Pesach information such as
yizkor contributions, donating to
Maot Chittim, resources for your
seder and about
kashrut and complete service and candle lighting schedules.
Friday, April 22 - Erev Pesach
6:45 am - Morning Minyan followed by Siyyum for First-Born
10:50 am - latest time to eat chametz
11:58 am - latest time to burn chametz
5:30 pm - Minchah Only
7:35 pm - Candle Lighting
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Saturday, April 23
9:00 am - Shabbat and Yom Tov Services
9:30 am - Babysitting Only
5:30 pm - Minchah only
8:37 pm - Candle lighting
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Sunday, April 24
9:00 am - Yom Tov Services
9:30 am - Babysitting Only
7:35 pm - Minchah
8:39 pm - Arvit/Havdalah
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Thursday, April 28
6:45 am - Morning
Minyan
7:35 pm -
Minchah/Arvit Services
7:40 pm - Candle Lighting
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Friday, April 29
8:45 am - Shabbat and Yom Tov Services
9:30 am - Babysitting
10:30 am - Family Minyan and Munch Pesach Trivia Challenge
6:30 pm - Minchah and Abridged Kabbalat Shabbat
7:41 pm - Candle lighting
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Saturday, April 30
8:45 am - Shabbat and Yom Tov Morning Services
10:30 am - Yizkor
10:30 am - Torah Tots
10:30 am -
Shabbat Groups
7:40 pm -
Minchah
8:45 pm -
Arvit/Havdalah
8:55 pm -
Pesach Concludes
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Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Chol HaMoed Pesach, Morning
Minyan will be at 6:45 am and evening
minyan will be at 8:00 PM
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Tami Lautman will be out of the office, please email items to Jerry Kiewe
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Tami Lautman will be away from the Ohr Kodesh office from mid-day Tuesday, April 12 through
Pesach. Any items for the weekly news emails, or any other communications please direct to Jerry Kiewe at
jkiewe@ohrkodesh.org. Please appreciate that during this time period, Jerry will have to take care of these additional tasks
and his own usual job responsibilities.
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Elsewhere in the Community
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Are You Going out of Town for Passover? Don't Miss Voting in the Maryland Republican or Democratic Primary
Tuesday, April 26 During the intermediate days of Passover. For info about getting an absentee ballot, click here for info from the JCRC.
Foundation for Jewish Studies
Click
here for upcoming programs.
Young Judaea Bogrim (Teen) Saturday Night Live!
Saturday night, April 9, from 9:00-11:00 PM; Meet up with other local Judaean teens - and have FUN together! We'll get to know each other, have a discussion about Israel current events, snacks, and talk about what kinds of things we want to do together in the future. Teens in 8th-12th grades are welcome!
For more information contact Ellie Klein at Ellie.Klein@youngjudaea.org
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Young Judaea Chocolate Seder
Sunday, April 10, 1:00 - 2:30 PM;
This program
is for 1st - 7th graders and will be held at Congregation Beth El, 8215 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, MD 20814. The cost is $10 per kid. To RSVP contact Barry Elman at barry.elman@verizon.net or 301-254-4422. Upcoming program Sunday, May 1, 4:00 PM.
Community Concert Featuring Rick Recht
Sunday, April 10, 6:00 PM at the Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, N. Bethesda
Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Harold and Shirley Robinson H2YP Youth Philanthropy Program at Charles E. Smith Life Communities. Tickets available at
www.smithlifecommunities.org or 301-770-8329.
Observe Shoresh Hebrew High School Classes at an Open House
Sunday, April 10, 6:00-9:00 PM at the JCCGW, 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville.
For Parents and students (rising 8th through 12th graders that attend secular schools); Shoresh Hebrew High School builds a strong foundation for students to become critical thinkers about Jewish heritage, to find a sense of shared community and destiny among all Jews, and to meet the challenges of American Jewish life. Shoresh also has an arrangement with the Ulpan Program at the JCCGW that an enrolled Shoresh student can take a Hebrew Ulpan class for only $100 a semester. Shoresh also provides a $100 reduction in tuition for students who attend Jewish sleep-away camps. http://www.shoreshhebrewhigh.org/index.html
Once Upon a Prom
Wednesday, April 13, 2:30-6:30 PM at BCC Dance Studio, 4301 East West Hwy
DC Jewish Film Festival Spring Season through June 28
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We are saddened by the recent death of Luayne Schwartz z'l, mother of Steve Schwartz
(Elana Cohen) and grandmother of Adina, Ezra and Lila, on Sunday morning, March 27. The funeral was held in Massachusetts. Shivah was observed in Massachusetts and locally.
May God comfort all who mourn for Luayne Schwartz, and may her memory always be for a blessing.
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Ohr Kodesh extends get well wishes to: Paul Berger, Miriam Bobrow, Willie Bobrow, Debby Brewer, Selma Eisenstadt, Betty Koby, Michael Leener, Katie Loewy, Sadie Plotkin, Marsha Raskin, Roberta Saperstein, and Bruce Volat.
Please do not hesitate to contact these individuals. They would be pleased to receive a call, a card, or a visit. If you need contact information for any of the members listed above, please contact Tami Lautman at 240-450-3489. We would also appreciate it if you would make us aware of others who are in need of well wishes and support. If you are able to help a congregant in need of assistance with a meal or a run to the store contact Elisabeth Boas, ekb7@cornell.edu or Joan Levy, joanglevy@gmail.com.
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Ohr Kodesh maintains a daily
minyan in both the morning and evening.
Next week's
minyan times:
Sunday: 8:45 am
Monday-Friday: 6:45 am
Sunday-Thursday: 8:00 pm
Friday, April 15: 6:30 pm
Evening and morning minyanim are an integral feature of our community. Please make every effort to participate whenever possible, especially on your assigned dates.
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Engage in this year's learning theme: "
Hatzneia lekhet 'im Elohekha, Walk humbly with your God."
Let's explore together how a humble consciousness can help us build a prayerful, celebratory, and inclusive community.
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