Saturday, November 21, 2009

OCP Announcements - Shoutouts!! submissions edition (seriously, scroll down)

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Yo! Buy Challah for Hunger. You know the drill...


Shabbat Schedule


Shabbat Evening

4:23 :: Candle Lighting
4:25 :: Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat
6:00 :: PHriday - see you in Hillel!
8:00/8:30 :: SIR

Scholar in Residence: Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
Didn't Jacob act pretty deviously when he got the birthright and blessings from Isaac, instead of Esau? How can we understand his behavior with regards to seeing him as our forefather and in terms of our own behavior? Come hear Rabbi Waxman talk about "Blessing and Ethics: Interpreting Genesis Chapter 27" to find out more!
After PHriday performance, Hillel Library
9:15/9:30 :: The entire community is invited to a L’Chaim for Yael and David at the Friedmans’!!!


Shabbat Day
9:00 :: Shacharit
12:00 :: Mixemup
3:25 :: SIR

Scholar in Residence: Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
The Journey of Rav Yishmael and the Advice of Yitro: Law and Beyond the Letter of the Law in Baba Metzia 30b
3:25, Hillel Library
4:10 :: Mincha & Seudah Shlishit
Seudah Shlishit Committee wants to know what you want! So let them know by taking this brief survey.
5:24 :: Ma'ariv & Havdalah


Thank you to everyone who made last week's Banquet and Auction such a success! Our community was able to raise $4155 to give to the dining staff for the holidays as a token of our appreciation for their hard work. For those of you who have yet to submit payment for your auction items, please be sure to donate here or to give a check or cash to either Kelly Finkelstein or Laura Chiel. Tizku L'Mitzvot!

OCP announcements will be pretty bare next week due to nobody being around... which means we have an email to fill. Sounds like it's time for OCP Shoutouts!! Use this simple form to submit your’s! Sick of the guys showing up to 8:40 at 9 but don't talk to boys? Here’s your chance to give them a piece of your mind! Always wanted to tell Miki how dreamy his eyes are but too shy to do it in person? Let it all out! Please keep in mind yiras shamayim, kavod ha’brios, dan l'kav zchus, v'ahavta l'rayacha kamocha, ba'al tashchis, etc.


Also due to nobody being around next weekend, the dining hall will be closed for Shabbos. So if you’ll be staying, sign up here and whoever’s around can try to put a minyan/a meal. You wouldn't want to end up like these guys ::


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Well, I guess I wouldn't mind...



As always, check out
pennocp.org/classifieds for information about events going on around campus, etc. - this week, a Bnai Akiva Habitat for Humanity trip over winter break!

Shabbat Shalom!
-M&m

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email your favorite cochair:
Mordechai Treiger :: treiger@sas.upenn.edu
Miki Friedmann :: friedmj@seas.upenn.edu

OR check out the OCP suggestion box! OR get in touch with the OCP Advisory Board ::
Danny Berger, Ariel Fisher, Rachel Grosser, David Klatt, Miriam Krawitz, Pamela Kaplan, or Lauren Springer



Think you could have done a better job with the above email? You're probably right. Fortunately for you, cochair elections are coming up :: if you'd like to run, please speak to either/or M&m

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

OCP Announcements - I'm sitting alone in Rodin 203, come and get me Edition

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When I typed OCP into gmail, the first suggestion was ocpassassins09...


As a few of you may have noticed while escaping assassination, the Beit Midrash Committee has been hard at work and finally finished reorganizing this past week! Special thanks to Ezra and Adina Weinblatt, Ari Lustig, Becky Moses, Malka Fleischmann and Leibel Goodman for doing the Dewey. Also, do you have feedback about the new layout? Let us know by using the official OCP Suggestion Box! Also, do you have any books in your room that shouldn’t be there? Let us know by… no, we don’t want to know, just bring them back!

A quick straw-poll: Do you use the University City Eruv (click 1)? yes / no
Please note: The University City Eruv is entirely student-run. Students check and repair the eruv as necessary every single week. Suggested donation is $20-$30. Thanks!


In chronological order:


Hungry for Challah? Buy some Challah for Hunger!! We will be selling challah on Locust Walk from 11:00AM - 2:00PM and in the Hillel Lobby from 12:00 - 1:30 PM, so don't forget to pick up a delicious, freshly-baked challah for Shabbat! For more information, email upenn@challahforhunger.org.


Shabbat Schedule :

Friday Evening ::

4:36 :: Candle lighting

4:40 :: Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat

Shabbat Day ::

9:00 :: Shacharit

3:30 :: Shiur about Crazy Jews - see below for more details

4:20 :: Mincha

5:34 :: Ma'ariv and Havdalah


3:30 - Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe will give a shiur :: Can Orthodox Judaism be Hijacked by Fanatics? Come to the library and find out!


The return of the Leibtag. Monday, November 9th :: 5:45pm - "A non-Jew is Forbidden to Keep Shabbat - Peshat or Drash?" :: 6:30pm - "Political Assassinations for ‘Religious’ Reasons - Does the Bible Take a Stand?" (Hopefully this will no longer be topical)


Thursday, November 12 - Shani Taragin is coming!!! Stay tuned for more details. PS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Kelly said it needed more exclamation points)

On Saturday night, November 14, the OCP will be hosting a formal evening of dinner, mocktails, live entertainment, and more! There will be an exciting auction following the banquet, and proceeds from the auction will be gifted to the wonderful and talented Hillel dining staff. You can register for the dinner, which costs $10, at pennocp.org/formal. Please let us know if you'd like to donate any goods or services to the auction by clicking here (be creative!). Formal invitation attached.

On November 15th, OCP Chessed will be organizing a trip to the Jewish Relief Agency to help package and distribute food to the needy. We will be leaving campus at 9:30 AM and returning no later than 1:00 PM. Stay tuned for details! If you have a Philly Car Share account or are able to drive to the event (regardless of whether you have a car) please contact Kelly Finkelstein or Laura Chiel.


Please note :: The weekend of Nov. 13-14 is a fun and exciting pHriday - so clear your calendar join the entire Hillel community to commemorate a lovely and delightful sHabbat.


Sick and tired of eating Shabbos meals with the same old people every week? Want to broaden your guest list beyond the usual crowd and mingle with different folks? Mix-em-ups are scheduled (for now) for Shabbos lunch Nov. 21! Sign up to join/host a meal at pennocp.org/mixemup by Monday Nov. 16th

Still need a mezuzah? Rabbi Levy’s got ‘em ($30). Let him know! Other community-wide announcements on pennocp.org/announcements. And as usual, check out upcoming events on pennocp.org/calendar.


This week's assassins update is brought to you by the New Yorker:

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Shabbat Shalom!
-M&m

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email your favorite cochair:
Mordechai Treiger :: treiger@sas.upenn.edu
Miki Friedmann :: friedmj@seas.upenn.edu

OR check out the OCP suggestion box!

OR get in touch with the OCP Advisory Board ::
Danny Berger, Ariel Fisher, Rachel Grosser, David Klatt, Miriam Krawitz, Pamela Kaplan, or Lauren Springer

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

OCP Announcements: the 'Thank-Gd-Its-Shabbos-and-I-Can-Finally-Go-to-the-Bathroom-Alone' Edition

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A quick straw-poll: Do you use the University City Eruv (click 1)? yes / no
note: university eruv is entirely student run. Students check and repair the eruv as necessary every single week. suggested donation is $20-$30, thank you.

Also, PSA: we change the clocks this satudray night ("fall back") ! If you planned to meet someone between 1am and 2am this weekend, that's gonna happen twice...
Shabbat Schedule:

Friday:
5:44pm - Candlelighting
5:45pm- Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat (2nd Floor Hillel)
10pm - Oneg Shabbat hosted by the Jewish girls in Rodin303!
Followed by PH-Fridays in Hillel Dining Hall

Shabbat:
9:00am - Shacharit followed by Kiddush
3:45pm - shiur by James "Leibel" Goodman (
grad lounge)
4:20pm - last Torah Orah of the semester! (3rd Floor Hillel)
5:25pm - Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit
6:41pm - Maariv followed by Havdallah

Kiddush is sponsored by the Meisels in celebration of Ariella's birthday!
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PHRIDAYS (Penn Hillel Fridays)
are a great way to pump up the excitement for Shabbat evenings at Penn Hillel. Once a month, the buzz fills Steinhardt Hall and Shabbat turns into an evening event, even after services and dinner. This Friday, join Penn Hillel for the year's first PHriday! A Hillel wide themed Shabbat extravaganza! Get excited for OktoberPHestivities, featuring apple strudel, (root)beer tasting, pickles, German trivia and more!


Oneg in 303: friends, food, games, shabbos.

Student Led Shiur will be given by Leibel Goodman on the topic of "The mitzvah to drive out the Settlers of Canaan"

General Announcements:

World Series Party in Hillel tomorrow night
this one's pretty simple. big-screen tv, huge room, $2 Pizza, free snacks and drinks, and all your friends. why wouldn't you be there? Be sure to bring all your paraphernalia you own!

OCP Banquet/ Auction
On Saturday night, November 14, the OCP will be hosting a formal evening of dinner, mocktails, live entertainment, and more! There will be an exciting service-based auction following the banquet, and auction proceeds will be gifted to the wonderful and talented Hillel dining staff. Please let us know if you'd like to donate any goods or services to the auction by clicking here (be creative!). More information, and a formal invitation, to follow.

Assassins updates
There are just over 10 people still alive. Let the conspiracies and bribery begin...

Assassins in the media:
assassins video | underthebutton|highlights below

Blood drive in Hillel this Wednesday.
Recycle yourself. click here for details and to sign up.




Rabbi Menachem Leibtag Returns to Penn this Wednesday
7:00pm - Come hear master educator and Tanakh expert explore "Political Assassinations for ‘Religious’ Reasons - Does the Bible Take a Stand?" on the anniversary of Yitzchak Rabin's death.
7:45 - "A non-Jew is Forbidden to Keep Shabbat - Peshat or Drash?"


SNL timechange - 6:30 dinner
6:30 - dinner (2nd floor Hillel)
7-8pm - learning (3rd floor Hillel)

C4H
Thanks to all our volunteers who have helped us get off to a great start!! We will be selling challah on Locust Walk from 11:00AM - 2:00PM and in the Hillel Lobby from 12:00 - 1:30 PM (
there's still time-- hurry!), so don't forget to pick up a delicious, freshly-baked challah for Shabbat! For more information, email upenn@challahforhunger.org.

Battle of the Bands hosted by Shalhevet at NYU
Thursday at 7:30pm See attached flier for details. I think we should send these guys. (come by 403 @11pm saturday night for more!)

But wait, there's more. . . Want to know about other Jewish events on campus? Check out the currently not-so-well named pennocp.org/classifieds.

שבת שלום
-m&m

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email your favorite cochair-
Mordechai Treiger treiger@sas.upenn.edu
Miki Friedmann friedmj@seas.upenn.edu

OR check out the OCP suggestion box, or email the Advisory Board!
Danny Berger ,
Ariel Fisher , Rachel Grosser, David Klatt, Miriam Krawitz, Pamela Kaplan, and Lauren Springer


Assassins Updates
Killing Highlights
1)Last night, at 10:30pm I received a phonecall from an unidentified number. I answered the phone. "Hi Miki, this is Ken Grcich [Rodin House Dean]." the voice said. He told me that he recently received a complaint from a resident about the prayer services we host every night in Rodin. He requested that I come to his office to resolve the issue.

I called the two Gabbaim, notifying them of the situation. Samy was in Rodin at the time, and he offered to come down with me.

On the way down we speculated what the minyan may have done to offend someone. Could it be all the noise we make in the hallways after davening. Perhaps it was the impromptu maariv we had on in the music lounge on the first floor. We would soon find out...

When we got down to the office we were greeted by a number of GA's doing what appeared to be administrative work. We started walking towards Ken's office.

"Wait!" one of the GA's called out.
"Ken said he was expecting one person to come down, not two."

It was me that Ken called, so it made sense that I would go in first. I told Samy that I would go in, make sure it was ok that he come too, and then Samy would join us.

I walked down the narrow hallway to Ken's office, passed through the doorway, turned towards his desk and saw Ariella Rosenberg sitting there with a gun.
"Bang Bang, you're dead." she said quietly. Colonel Mustard was defeated.

2) So my second assignment was to kill Reuven. I found out that he messed up his kill of Sarah earlier so I struck a deal with Sarah that if she helped me setup Reuven I would let her live until the next round. So Sarah texts Reuven to meet her in the 8th floor common room of Rodin and instead of her being there the plan was for me to be there waiting. Reuven was suspicious though and decided he needed an escort. On a side note, my roommate Shimon came with me to Rodin to attempt to kill Levi. Shimon was hanging around in the common room of Reuven's floor and Reuven by luck asked Shimon to be his body guard. Since I have an alliance with Shimon, Shimon smoothly slipped away when they got up to the 8th floor and I was able to kill Reuven.

3) As shiur was about to start, Rav Mordy asked Yosef to go get him sheets from his office. Yosef was a bit reluctant to go alone but the Rabbi was asking him so what could he do? When he got to Rav Mordy's office Chana (his arch nemesis from already 2 disputed killings) was waiting there. You can't even trust the Rabbi.

Funny Emails
Reported Kills
1) Target name: XXXX
Target status: Neutralized

Shots fired: One
Weapon: WEI DA-23 standard semi-automatic

Details of kill: Followed up on previous invitation for target to draw on agent's cast. While following target to room passed through small enclave outside door. Surrounding visibility was obscured. Drew weapon and neutralized target with one head shot.

Awaiting next assignment:
The XXXX

2) It was I, Colonel Mustard
In the dining room,
With a water pistol.
Next victim...

3) I am now dead. If you want a good story- my assassin, XXXX, sat
outside my room for over an hour. I cannot compete against that kind
of outrageous behavior. There should be a "have a life clause," if
assassins takes over your life you are automatically dead.

Psychological Warfare
1) Sent from callmebeepmeifyouwannareachme@gmail.com
Dear Ms. Tarlow,

As a former staff writer for the DP, I was hoping you could start working on an obituary for Ms. XXXX. She is about to die.

Much thanks,
Kim Possible

2) Click on link (notice the email account it was sent from) http://www.hallmark.com/ECardWeb/ECV.jsp?a=EG0280291202466M30708172Y&product_id=

Quotables
1) "Do non-Jews count as eydim?"
2) "Clean up the blood in the nursing school."
3) "I'm thinking of filling up my gun with my own blood...O sweet there's a blood drive coming up."
4)"A fake leining announcement lured him into my lair. Just a short while later it was sof passuk for XXXX."
5) "Just putting it out there, I am currently video chatting with my Assasin. After his 3rd email today I decided it was time to request him as my gchat friends."

Friday, October 23, 2009

OCP Announcements - Family Weekend Edition

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Remember: Sunday night learning is back in its usual slot! See you Sunday evening at 7! Then…

Be Alert. Be Paranoid. Be Ready to Kill. Assassins begins Sunday night at midnight! (OK, 11:59) Sign up (and check out the rules) at pennocp.org/assassins before 7pm on Sunday. You can pick up your gun after havdallah or after SNL in the lobby of Hillel. And in case you missed the video, that is unacceptable: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-MdI7t4gIY

Thanks to all our volunteers who helped make the first Challah for Hunger of the semester a big success!! We can't wait for an amazing semester!! We will be selling the challot on Locust Walk from 11:00AM through 2:00PM and in the Hillel Lobby from 12:00 through 1:30 PM, so don't forget to pick up a delicious, freshly-baked challah for Shabbat! Or, pick one up for your parents! See you next week, same time same place! (Eds. note: Rodin Underground, 6 through 10pm)

The Family Weekend Melave Malka is finally here. It's not (yet) too late to sign up! RSVP on behalf of your folks to sugard@sas.upenn.edu and join us at 8:30 on the second floor of Hillel.

If you plan on bringing your parents into a college house Friday evening or Saturday, please do not forget to sign them up for the Shabbos List, at pennocp.org/security (AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!)

Friday Evening
5:53 :: Candle lighting
5:55 :: Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat
9:30 :: Tisch in Rodin 403

Shabbat Day

9:00 :: Shacharit
Kiddush is sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Shmuel Katz in memory of Sara Bat Yekutiel Yehuda
3:30 :: Torah Hora
4:30 :: R Mordy :: How Apollo 11 forced us to rethink Kiddush Levana :: Hillel Library
5:35 :: Mincha
Seudah shlishit is sponsored by Penn Hillel in honor of our wonderful, visiting parents
6:50 :: Ma’ariv & Havdalah

Special shkoyach to the OCP! Over the chagim we raised $2222 (no joke) on behalf of Hospice of the Upper Galilee.

Get excited for Motzaei Shabbat, November 14 - a formal evening of dinner, mocktails, live entertainment and an auction! Start thinking about any goods or services you can auction off - paper editing? piano lessons? a ride to NYC? Proceeds will be gifted to the wonderful and talented Hillel dining staff over winter break when they are all laid off. So save the date for the biggest social/chessed collaboration of the year!

Check out some other upcoming events at pennocp.org/classifieds and upcoming OCP events at pennocp.org/calendar

And finally: luckily for you, the New Yorker cartoonists’ favorite topic happens to coincide with that of the OCP (Noa), so I happily present to you four (count em!) offerings from the cartoon bank:

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Shabbat Shalom!
-M&m

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email your favorite cochair:
Mordechai Treiger treiger@sas.upenn.edu
Miki Friedmann friedmj@seas.upenn.edu

OR check out the OCP suggestion box!

OR get in touch with the OCP Advisory Board ::
Danny Berger, Ariel Fisher, Rachel Grosser, David Klatt, Miriam Krawitz, Pamela Kaplan, or Lauren Springer

Friday, October 16, 2009

OCP Announcements: the 'Day Off on the Monday After Columbus Day' edition

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(Fall Break Edition)
Shabbat Schedule: (note changes due to fall break)
 
Friday:
6:03pm - Candlelighting
6:05pm- Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat (2nd floor Hillel)

Shabbat:
9:00am - Shacharit followed by Kiddush, still in Hillel
5:45pm - Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit at Chabad
6:59pm - Maariv followed by Havdallah at Chabad
shabbat image here
Kiddush this week is sponsored by Yechiel Schur in celebration of his mother's 70th birthday and his anniversary.

Note: after kiddush, all shul functions will take place at Chabad, 4037 Pine Street.
 
Looking for a meal this shabbat?  email
Avi  Sher.

General Announcements:

Hungry for Challah? Come to Challah for Hunger!
Challah for Hunger will be having its kickoff event this coming Thursday evening, October 22nd, at 6PM in the Rodin Underground. Come bake challah and help feed the hungry in Darfur and in our own Philadelphia community, all at the same time! The challah we bake will be sold on Friday on Locust Walk and in Hillel to raise money for these great causes. Can't wait to see you all there! For more information, e-mail upenn@challahforhunger.org.

It's coming. . . OCP Banquet
On Motzaei Shabbat, November 14, the OCP will be hosting a semi-formal banquet and auction. Please start to think about any goods or services that you can auction off - are you an expert at editing papers? Could you offer piano lessons? A ride to NYC? All proceeds will be donated to charity.  Get excited for the biggest social/ chessed event of the year!




Parent's Weekend is next week
And so is the second annual OCP Melaveh Malkah.  Save the date (9/24) and have your folks rsvpasap to pennocp@gmail.com[save-the-date card is attached]

MASH Ice Cream Party, tuesday@9:30
All student mashgichim are invited to attend the first MASH-appreciation event of the year.  There will be tons of ice cream with crushed candy toppings, whipped cream, cherries, and bananas. It will be amazing and delicious.  location: Hillel Library (2nd floor)


Advisory Board is here
Many of you have been emailed already.  The rest should get an email from the AB by the end of the break.  If you do not get an email from the advisory board by the end of the break, let us know.


But wait, there's more. . .
Want to know about other Jewish events on campus?  Check out the currently not-so-well-named pennocp.org/classifieds.

שבת שלום
-m&m

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email your favorite cochair-
Mordechai Treiger treiger@sas.upenn.edu
Miki Friedmann friedmj@seas.upenn.edu

OR check out the OCP suggestion box, or email the Advisory Board! 
Danny Berger ,
Ariel Fisher , Rachel Grosser, David Klatt, Miriam Krawitz, Pamela Kaplan, and Lauren Springer


Monday, October 12, 2009

OCP Announcements - Chad Gadya Chad Gadya Chad Gadya Chad Gadya... Edition

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Special thanks to everyone who helped build the succot at Hillel last week, and especially to those who helped maintain it Wednesday despite the best efforts of the wind tunnel

All Shabbos List additions -- this week only -- will be due no later than Friday at 11am. In the future, all guests must be added to the temporary list by midnight on Thursday. Please sign up your guests at pennocp.org/security. Contact Lizi Marks with any questions.

Shmini Atzeret Schedule: Candle lighting :: 6:14 | Mincha, 'Kabbalat Shabbat' and Ma'ariv :: 6:15 | All other times can be located, as always at pennocp.org/minyan | Special thanks to the dining hall for staying open at unusual hours to accommodate our dancing with the scrolls.

Speaking of scrolls, what better way to celebrate their yearly revolution than to study them?

Shabbat, between Mincha and Ma'ariv, Rav Mordy will give a shiur :: Can a Woman Touch or Dance with a Sefer Torah?

Sunday, between Mincha and Ma'ariv, we've got a rockin' chabura line-up featuring:

Jonathan Moses :: Simchas Torah: Recapitulation Theory Revisited

Rachel Grosser :: Retroactive Approval or Futuristic Prognostication: What was the Purpose of Birchot Moshe?

Danny Cohen :: Paradise Now? A Textual and Meditative Exploration of Gan Eden and Relationship

On Sunday, the OCP Social Committee proudly presents its first-annual Bananagrams Tournament. Both newbies and experts are welcome to compete in an intense word-building workout! Snacks will be provided. Yummy ones. Possibly banana-themed, but you'll have to come to find out. Can't wait to see you from 4:30-6:15 on the 2nd floor of Hillel! (If you would like to participate in the tournament, please show up on time. If you are just interested in playing casually, extra sets will be available for the duration of the event. Spectators are, of course, also welcome.)

Notice: As of today (Friday) New York Bagels (located on Haverford Ave) will no longer be under the Kashrut Supervision of the Va'ad of Philadelphia, as they have opted to replace their certification with one from a non-Orthodox agency.

Mark your calendars (and be sure to visit pennocp.org/calendar for more events):

At 7PM on Wednesday, October 14, Dr. William Kolbrener will deliver an expert lecture regarding Wittgenstein’s Duck, Quantum Physics and Jewish Pluralism

If you plan on being around for Fall Break (10/17), please let us know by filling out this linked form.

Hungry for Challah? Make Challah for the hungry! Challah for Hunger will kickoff its year on Thursday, October 22nd. Come bake challah and help feed the hungry in Darfur and in our own Philadelphia community, all at the same time! The challah we bake will be sold on Friday on Locust Walk and in Hillel to raise money for these great causes. Stay tuned for more details.

Family weekend is coming! ... and so is the OCP's second-annual Melave Malka! Save the date (10/24) and have your folks RSVP to pennocp@gmail.com. [An official invitation is attached.]

As a brief follow-up to OCP Chessed's wonderful program on Wednesday night Without a Home, we would like to provide additional information regarding Project H.O.M.E.'s Homeless Outreach Hotline, which can be reached at 215 232 1984. Please call the hotline to secure assistance for individuals living on the street. For more information, please see their website.

Speaking of websites, please visit pennocp.org/classifieds to learn more about some fabulous events going on in the Hillel Community or to post one of your own!

For those who are inexplicably away for the holiday but can't go without their weekly dvar torah fix, please see the attached copy of Divrei Beit Hillel.

Finally, for all those concerned about recycling their lulavim and etrogim, I would like to direct your attention to the newest OCP fundraiser ::

Etrogim.bmp

Collection boxes will be available after davening this morning. (Really.)

Chag Sameach and Shabbat Shalom!
-M&m

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email your favorite cochair:
Mordechai Treiger treiger@sas.upenn.edu
Miki Friedmann friedmj@seas.upenn.edu

OR check out the OCP suggestion box!

OR get in touch with the OCP Advisory Board ::
Danny Berger, Ariel Fisher, Rachel Grosser, David Klatt, Miriam Krawitz, Pamela Kaplan, or Lauren Springer

Finally, for anyone a little rusty from last year (pun intended), this should help:
Mechaye meitim ata rav l'hoshea mashiv ha'ruach u'morid hageshem
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Mechaye meitim ata rav l'hoshea mashiv ha'ruach u'morid hageshem
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Friday, October 2, 2009

OCP Announcements: because we're very frond of the outdoors.

Good Afternoon OCP-

A hardy thank you to all those who helped prepare our community for sukkot this week.  Huge thank you to Max Levy for handling OCP lulav sales this year, and to everyone who helped put up the sukkah this week!


sukkot in sukkah
OCP wishes everyone a Chag Sameach!



Sukkot Schedule
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Candle Lighting: 6:25pm
Mincha/Ma'ariv: 6:30pm
The rest of the OCP minyan times can be found, as always, at pennocp.org/minyan


 
There will be kiddush on Shabbat and Sunday, though there will not be seudah shlishit.

General Announcements:

"Without a Home" -- this wednesday, 7-9pm
This Sukkot, while we eat and sleep in outdoor huts, let us try to understand why having a home is such a wonderful blessing. OCP Chessed, in conjunction with the National Coalition for the Homeless, presents "Without a Home," a program including a panel presentation by three formerly homeless speakers who overcame dire circumstances to eventually find shelter from the streets and a discussion of the difficult odds America's street wanderers face.  After the event, learn about how you can assist the needy through exciting Chessed opportunities.

[Women's Only] Siyum Hatorah on Simchat Torah
Ladies-  Looking to make your simchat torah a little more meaningful?  Sign up to learn 1 parsha this week and then get together to make a siyum on simchat torah while the boys are getting aliyot.  Sign up to learn here, but hurry -- we're more than halfway there!

Having guests over for Simchat Torah?
Avoid the rush-  get 'em on the Shabbat List now!  pennocp.org/security

Parent's Weekend is coming. . .
And so is the second annual OCP Melaveh Malkah.  Save the date (9/24) and have your folks rsvpasap to pennocp@gmail.com[save-the-date card is attached]




Sukkah Late Night -- this thursday, 8pm-12am
Come join the entire Jewish community in the Sukkah for live musical and comedic performances by some of the most talented groups on campus.  Also enjoy hot cocoa, smores, pastries, fun games and more. This is one mitzva you won't want to miss out on!

OCP Classifieds
Check out the newly updated OCP classifieds!  Want to market your non-ocp event to the ocp?  Just submit your blurb at pennocp.org/classifieds.  simple!  thanks as usual to our dedicated webguys Ariel Allon and Michael Kopinsky

Divrei Beit Hillel - in your sukkah?
Even during the holiday season, the DBH guys are hard at work.  Print out this week's holiday edition of DBH [attached].  Thanks to Alyse, Daphne, and Michael Rubin for putting it together every week!


Shabbat Shalom & Chag Sameach!
-m&m

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email your favorite cochair-
Mordechai Treiger treiger@sas.upenn.edu
Miki Friedmann friedmj@seas.upenn.edu

OR check out the OCP suggestion box, or email the Advisory Board!
Danny Berger ,
Ariel Fisher , Rachel Grosser, David Klatt, Miriam Krawitz, Pamela Kaplan, and Lauren Springer