ANNOUNCEMENTS KIDDUSH SPONSORS The unveiling for the late Mrs. Magda Robicsek A”H, Kiddush this Shabbat is sponsored by Mother of Leslie Robicsek, will take place on Sunday Madelaine & Gerald Greenberg to November 10, 2019 at 11am at Bathurst Lawn commemorate the 18th yahrzeit of Memorial Park, Torah Emeth, Section 46A (in north Gerald’s father, Chaim ben Yisroel Tzvi WHAT’S HAPPENING AT OCM part of cemetery). which took place yesterday, 10th day of Mazel Tov to Rahma & Arieh Bloom on the Brit, this Cheshvan, and in honour of Gerald being SHABBAT LECH LECHA past Tuesday, of their son, Levi Yeshaya. Mazel Tov Chatan Beresheit this past Simchat Torah. 11 CHESHVAN 5780 | NOVEMBER 9, 2019 the grandparents, Madelaine & Gerry Greenberg and Laura & Howard Bloom of Florida and to Great Grand-Mother, Mozelle Kanner. May he grow to Main Minyan SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE Torah, Chupah and Maasim Tovin and bring much Candle Lighting 4:42 pm Torah in Motion and the Or Chaim naches to his family & all of Klal Yisroel. Mincha/Maariv: 4:40 pm Minyan are pleased to welcome Yair Shacharit: 8:45am Mazal Tov to Marcia & Jeff Shumacher on the Rosenberg. Thank you to Jeff Weiss for engagement of their daughter Aleeza to Avishai Mincha: 4:30 pm his generous support in memory of his Kharilkar of Yavne, Israel. Mazal Tov to the proud יקותיאל יהודה חיים בן בנימין Maariv: 5:37pm brother Shabbat Ends: 5:44 pm grandparents, Dr Harry & Helen Cohen & to Avishai’s parent Jerry & Adeline & to the Shumacher & Cohen Children & Youth family. May this young couple be blessed with Mazel Yair will give the shiur after kiddush and joy and build a bayit neeman beyisrael. and will speak at Seudah Shlesheet. 9:15am Youth Minyan: 9:15 am Rabbi Sonenberg’s Gemara shiur resumes Kids Program November 19th. Yair Rosenberg is a senior writer at Tablet 0-6 years: 9:15 am The Or Chaim Minyan AGM will be held at on M a g a z i n e , w h e re h e c o v e r s t h e 6-9 years: 9:30 am Tuesday December 3, 2019 at 8:00pm. intersection of politics, culture, and Bnei Akiva SNIF: 5:00 pm We are excited to announce that Or Chaim Minyan is religion. His work has also appeared in hosting a Yachad Shabbaton on November 29/30. If , Washington Post, you are interested in being part of this and hosting a Wall Street Journal, , and The Devar Torah and Shiurim Yachad member with their advisor (a university aged Guardian, and his writings have received 8:00 am Shiur: R. Eitan Aviner student) please email our Program Coordinator, awards from the Religion Newswriters Devar Torah: R. Wayne Allen Sarah Levy at: [email protected]. Association and the Harvard Center for Shiur after Kiddush: Yair Rosenberg Want to bring back to life the monthly Carlebach “Einstein and the Rabbi: The Untold Story of the Kabbalat Shabbat? If you are interested to join, Jewish Studies. He has covered Physicist's 20-Year Friendship with Rabbi Chaim please email Chaim at [email protected] everything from misrepresentations of Tchernowitz, and Their Conversations About the , Zionism, and God The next selection of the O Book club will be “Where Orthodox Jews in the media, to Muslims Shalosh Seuda Shiur: Yair Rosenberg the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens. Time and place and Jews in comic books, to political anti- “The Seven Biggest Myths About Anti-Semitism: TBA. The “Prisoner of Tehran” will be postponed till Mormonism, and in his spare time, he Why Anti-Semitism is So Hard To Fight and What sometime in January/February when author is back creates bots that troll anti-Semites on to Do About It” from her travels. . YAHRZEITS SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE Yahrzeits Observed Last Week

Jeff Weiss (Brother) 8 Cheshvan - Chaim Weiss יקותאל יהודה חיים בן בנימן Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Gerald Greenberg (Father) 10 Cheshvan - Chaim Greenberg Shiur 8:15 AM 5:45 AM 5:45 AM Sammy Bergman R. Engel R. Engel חיים בן ישראל צבי

Yahrzeits Observed This Week Shacharit 7:45 AM 6:20 AM 6:20 AM 6:20 AM 6:20 AM 6:30 AM Freda Farkas (Father) Mincha 4:50 PM 9:30 PM 9:30 PM 9:30 PM 9:30 PM 4:36 PM 12 Cheshvan - Nachman ben Yehuda Arye Leib Candlelighting 4:34 PM

Arthur Little (Father) 13 Cheshvan - Leonard Little - Aryeh ben Avraham Yitzchak Candle Friday Shabbat Motzei Mincha/ Lighting Mincha Mincha Shabbat Maariv Caroll Lesser (Father) Week 15 Cheshvan - Larry Levenstein - Eliezer ben Following Yechiel Yitzchak Nov 9 - Lech Lecha 4:42 pm 4:40 pm 4:30 PM 5:44 PM 9:30 PM

Nov 16 - Vayera 4:34 PM 4:35 PM 4:20 PM 5:37 PM 9:30 PM

Nov 23 - Chayei Sara 4:29 PM 4:30 PM 4:15 PM 5:31 PM 9:30 PM Upcoming Kiddush Toranut Nov 9: Kanner & Katzman Nov 30 - Toldot 4:25 PM 4:25 PM 4:10 PM 5:28 PM 9:30 PM Nov 16: Kurtz & Lax Dec 7 - Vayetzei 4:23 PM 4:25 PM 4:10 PM 5:26 PM 9:30 PM Nov 23: Blumenfeld & Glassman Nov 30: Nemetz & Niederhoffer Dec 14 - Vayishlach 4:23 PM 4:25 PM 4:10 PM 5:26 PM 9:30 PM Greeter Toranut Rotation this Shabbat: Dec 21 - Vayeshev 4:25 PM 4:25 PM 4:15 PM 5:29 PM 9:30 PM 8:45-9:15 Marty Goldberg Dec 28 - Miketz 4:29 PM 4:30 PM 4:15 PM 5:33 PM 9:30 PM 9:15-9:45 Steve Frenkiel 9:45-10:15 Rayfel/Rochelle Schneider 10:15-10:45 Daniel Weitzner LAINING AND SHIUR AVAILABILITY

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7 min Devar Torah R. Elan Mazer R. Wayne Allen R. Seth Grauer Available Yedidya Meir

Shiur after Davening R. Elan Mazer Yair Rosenberg R. Seth Grauer Available Sivan Rachav Meir

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Sivan Rahav Meir Weekly Shiur

Avraham Avinu, our father Abraham, was the first oleh chadash (new immigrant) to Eretz Yisrael. In this week’s Torah portion, the eternal connection between us and our geographical place in the world begins to take hold. This is not something rational. It is impossible to explain how we remained loyal to a certain place for thousands of years, despite so many exiles, hardships, and many different, if often assimilating, cultures that surrounded us.

The Or Hachaim Hakadosh, an 18th century Moroccan Torah commentator who spent his last years in Eretz Yisrael, writes about the message that G-d is transmitting to Avraham avinu. ”The Land of Israel is meant for you – and you are meant for it. I will show it to you – and I will show you to it. Because without each other, the divine presence has nowhere to rest — neither on the land nor on you.” It’s a kind of shidduch. The nation and the land, promised to each other in the Torah, cannot live apart.

I don’t think that Jessica Meir, the American astronaut, was thinking of this week’s Torah portion when she took a picture of Israel from the space station where she is currently a resident. Next to the picture, Meir wrote about her father’s inspiring journey from Iraq to Israel when he made aliyah. Thousands of years after Avraham, our journey to the Land of Israel – and our connection to the land even when living in a space station – continues.