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Weekdays
8:30 AM
Sunday Shachris:
9:15 AM
Sunday Breakfast:
7:30 AM
Shachris Mon - Fri:
7:30 PM
Mincha:
8:00 PM
Maariv:
Sabbath
7:30 PM
Friday Evening:
10:00 AM
Shachris:
Kiddush and
12 Noon
Shabbos Lunch:
1:45 PM
Mincha:
9:00 PM
Maariv:
Weekday Study Periods
8:30 AM
Mishnah:
7:45 PM
Shulhan Aruh:
7:00 PM
Daf Yomi:
Sabbath
9:30 AM
Daf Yomi:
Adar, March 5772
Rabbi & Mrs. Weberman upon the birth of their great grandson, grandson of their children, Mendel and Shoshana Dubinsky, son of their children, Baruch Zvi and Dinah Friedman.
Mr. and Mrs. Hillel Nieman upon the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Chaim Baruch son of their children, Yosef and Elisheva Lefkowitz
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Elul, September 5771
Rabbi & Mrs. P. A. Weberman upon the birth of their great grandson, grandson of their children, Rabbi Raphael and Brendy Aron, sone of their children, Naftali and Yitti Novice
Upon The Upsheren of their great grandson Yisrael Yitzchok grandson of their children Shaya and Chana Sarah Weberman , son of their children, Casey and Shoshana Weberman
Upon The Upsheren of their great grandson Aryeh, grandson of their children David and Esther Weberman, son of their children, Tivon and Devorah Feely.
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Tammuz, July 5771
Rabbi & Mrs. Weberman and
Rabbi & Mrs. Abraham Portal upon the birth of great granddaughter Avigail to their grandchildren Yossi and Elana Bendel, children of Eli and Gracy Weberman
Shevat, January 5771
Rabbi & Mrs. Weberman upon the birth of great grandchildren:
A Girl - Channa Devorah to Lev and Hadassah Miriam Cotlar in Raleigh North Carolina
A Boy - Yaakov Moshe to David and Henya Friedman in Brooklyn, New York
Yair and Chaya Devorah Maya
Upon the Upsherin of their son Michayil Yehuda
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Ohev Shalom Voice
Iyar-May, 5769
Rabbi’s Message
You shall count fifty days and you shall offer a new offering to Hashem.
(Leviticus 23:16)
In anticipation of a new divine offering, we are required to count our days. The process of counting requires holding the lesser numbers while assuming the new ones. Even the minimal numbers need to be held on to in order to achieve the maximum.
People of Torah look at the passing of days as a process of accumulation not as an exercise of disposal. The new components of life are bound to the previous. This binds us to a divine eternity— a never ending bond of life.
Those who do not live by the precious heritage of Torah acquire a defeatist attitude that allows them to live with no sense of responsibility and no sense of self value. They imagine that: “The past is gone; the future is not yet here; the present lasts no longer than the wink of an eye - so why worry? “ That philosophy lets them slip into a life of unbridled greed, lust and vanity. This is a slimy morass into which each additional step makes it more difficult to pull out of the sinking pit.. It leads to a succession of self-destruction. Someone with this stained personality seriously harms himself along with all those who come in contact with him.
He shall wave the Omer before Hashem to gain favor for you on the morrow of the rest day. You shall not eat bread or roasted kernels or plump kernels until this very day. You shall count for yourselves from the morrow of the rest day from the day when you bring the Omer seven weeks. (Leviitcus 23)
We are not to partake of the new crops before the Omer is offered and the counting of the days has begun. Indulgence in material pleasure must be preceded by a mind and heart adjusted to the real values of life. The counting of the Omer is in anticipation of the Festival of Shavuos - the Festival of the giving of the Torah at Sinai. Looking forward to a renewed commitment to the Torah makes our ambition, appetite and self dignity all worthwhile as they are adjusted to consistent, true eternal values.
Your ennobling testimonies are righteous forever, grant me understanding so that I may live
(Psalm 119:144)
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