Emet ma nehedar hayu OCP Announcements - YK Edition

Yom Kippur Schedule

Erev Yom Kippur
8:20 :: Seliḥot, Shaḥarit, Kaparot, Hatarat Nedarim (see below for further details)
3:30 & 4:45 :: Minḥa  
3:45 - 5:30 :: Falk Commons are open for business. Special thank you to the Dining Staff and the mashgiḥim!
If you are available in the morning at Hillel or in the afternoon at Bodek (this might require some walking effort), and can lend a hand to set up for davening, please email the Gabbaim so they can tell you exact time - or just show up!
All Day :: Last chance to give a hug to tzedak - excuse me, tzedakah to HUG (Hospice of the Upper Galilee) - You can leave your donations in the tzedakah box in the third floor Beit Midrash, or you can give them to Pamela Kaplan or Jessie Wolfe directly.

Kaparot :: A tzedakah box will be available in the Beit Midrash for those too wimpy to use a chicken [sheḥita will be held immediately afterward at the biopond]
 
Hatarat Nedarim :: Feel free to try this at home :: speak to the Gabbaim if you have any questions or need any help.

Yom Kippur Evening 
6:15 :: OCP Tefillat Zakkah & Kol Nidrei - Bodek Lounge in Houston Hall  
6:15 :: Heart to Heart Explanatory Services - 3rd Floor of Hillel ("...for people who aren't so High on the High Holidays")  
~9:00 :: Yom Kippur Across Penn - See attached flyer for more details  

Bathroom options: The bathrooms in Bodek are automatic - listen to announcements for the closest analog toilet Yom Kippur - (All services will be held in Bodek Lounge)

8:30 :: Shaḥarit and Mussaf
4:35 :: Minḥa & Neilah  
7:28 :: Arvit
7:35 :: Water and Entenmann's will be available immediately following the conclusion of Yom Kippur services
7:45 :: Falk Commons opens for dinner  

Lulav me, lulav me not :: but lu'll lav lur lulav a bit less if you wait until after Yom Kippur to order it, because it will cost you an extra $5. So go to pennocp.org/lulav.

And special offer: if you're a woman still deciding if you would like to order your own set, you can do so at the current price level through 11:59pm on Tuesday night, so that your decision can become more informed at Rav Mordy's Shiur :: Can you shake it? Women and Lulav :: 5:45-6:15  

If you would like to be added to the succah-building listserv, please click here or email Michael Rutenberg-Schoenberg or Nisan Lerea.

For those who didn't have a chance to read DBH on Friday night, please find a copy attached. 

Finally, for those looking for some last-minute preparation for Yom Kippur, please enjoy the attached cartoon (couldn't resist).  


G'mar ḥatima tova! -M&m

OCP Announcements are here!

Hello all-

please read these announcements carefully as they contain important information about the shabbat shuva drasha, the yom kippur schedule, lulav sales, sukkah building, and more.

Also, to all who are hosting prefrosh in their homes or are eating with them at a meal, we cannot thank you enough.  Our ability to absorb 62 prefrosh in one weekend on short notice is a wonderful testament to the culture of hachnasat orchim (welcoming of guests) that exists in our community.
Attached is the prefrosh shabbaton schedule.  Feel free to join the prefrosh in any of the shabbat activities.

Shabbat Schedule:   Friday: 6:36pm - Candlelighting 6:40pm- Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat (2nd floor Hillel) 10pm - Oneg with the Prefrosh at the Friedmans (open to all!) Shabbat: 9:00am - Shacharit followed by Kiddush at around 11 4:00pm - Torah Hora 5:15pm - Rav Mordy's Shabbos Shuva Drasha 6:20pm - Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit 7:30pm - Maariv followed by Havdallah

Oneg at the Friedmans': All are welcome to enjoy a rockin' oneg with the prefrosh at the Friedmans, 4008 Chestnut St.  A student panel will also host a Q&A session there. Torah Hora: your weekly dose of shabbat afternoon learning in the beit midrash.  come learn with your friends, and grab some refreshments as well. Rav Mordy's Shabbos Shuva Drasha: Traditionally, on the Shabbat before Yom Kippur, the Rabbi gives a very important speech. this year's topic is- "Sorry": It's More than just a Game: Finding a Way to Ask for Forgiveness: the Difficulty, Importance, and Obligation. With that many colons in one title, it's gotta be good.

General Announcements: 1 - Sunday Pre-fast Dining hours (CORRECTION!) The dining hall will be open this Sunday from 3:45-5:30.  please remember to thank the dining staff, as they are coming in on the weekend just for us! more Yom Kippur information will be sent out after shabbat. 2 - Get those hands dirty, it's sukkah time! Sukkot is coming up in a week, and there's no better way to prepare than to Help build the Sukkah!!  Click here to join the Sukkah building listserv.  Or, talk to Michael Rutenberg Schoenberg or Nisan Lerea for more information.  Speaking of sukkot. . . 3 - I'll buy you a Lulav Need the 4 species for sukkot?  Just order 'em online at pennocp.org/lulav.  that's easy.  Now, if you're a female you're probably thinking. . . 4 - Can you shake it? - Women and Lulav Find out at Rav Mordy's special-edition shiur, Tuesday night from 5:45-6:15pm.  Then after that, it's time for another. . . 5 - Tuesday Night Learning - more meat for the masses! Last week TNL broke an all-time record with over 110 attendees.  Can we break it again?  Schedule is like last week: 6:30-7pm - meat dinner 7pm-8pm - learning

6 - Tzedek's Bikur Cholim program Want to visit sick children at CHOP? Join bikkur cholim for a low-commitment but high impact chessed! All you have to do is sign up on our listserv, and if there's a patient to visit, we'll let you know. If you're able to make it-- great! If not-- hopefully next time! For questions or to sign up for the listserv, contact Jessie Wolfe or Rachel Meisel 7 - "T, T, and T remove the evil of the decree" Yom Kippur is almost here, and it’s a great time to give tzedakah! The money OCP collects will be donated to the Hospice of the Upper Galilee, whose mission is to care for patients in the Galilee panhandle and northern Golan Heights who suffer from advanced cancer, and provide support to their families and caregivers. This organization is the first to provide palliative care to patients in the Upper Galilee, who previously didn’t have access to these public services in Israel’s metropolitan areas. You can leave your donations in the tzedakah box in the third floor beit midrash, or you can give them to Pamela Kaplan or Jessie Wolfe directly. 8 - OCP suggestionbox Have an opinion about the OCP?  Have a suggestion for the next big social event?  Just wanna say hi?  OCP suggestionbox is at your service. 9 - more announcements! more announcements can be found on the ocp's classifieds page, pennocp.org/classifieds.  (This page will be back up in a few hours.)

Shabbat Shalom!
-m&m

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email your favorite cochair OR check out the OCP suggestion box!
Mordechai Treiger treiger@sas.upenn.edu
Miki Friedmann friedmj@seas.upenn.edu

Lulav me, Lulav me not

Can I interest you in a frond? Visit pennocp.org/lulav to purchase your own set of arba minim today

OCP Announcements - Chana tova u'metushka Edition

Your past and present cochairs ask the pardon! ("...Jenny") of anyone who has been disappointed by, or has otherwise felt slighted, snubbed, misrepresented or misinformed by anything that has appeared or failed to appear in, any and all OCP weekly announcements or any other OCP mailing that has been generated within the past year.

Minyan times over Rosh Hashana can be found on the OCP website: pennocp.org/minyan. For those interested in tashlich, it will take place sometime before mincha on the second day at the biopond. Stay tuned.

The prefrosh Shabbaton is just one week away (9/25-27)!! Please encourage high school seniors interested in visiting Penn or Drexel to attend: Website/registration form. Facebook event.

Sunday Night Learning is now - and four the next for weeks - Tuesday night learning! Come at 6:30 for the Chinese and stay until 8 for the Hebrew. To see a schedule of all SNL, shiurim, social and more! dates, please visit pennocp.org/calendar.

If you are interested in getting involved with Penn-Drexel community-building, please contact Jordan Sved (jordansved@gmail.com)

If you are interested in getting involved with Penn Hillel succah-building, or in buying a lulav and etrog through the OCP, stay tuned for next week's announcements.

If you feel the need to atone for any of your actions within the past year, feel free to call the atonement hotline, at 1-800-OOPS-JEW. In the future, non-OCP advertisements such as this will be found in a special classified section on the OCP website.

Attached, please find a copy of this week's Divrei Beit Hillel, Penn's Policy on Secular and Religious Holidays and the return of the New Yorker - this week, holiday-appropriate.

And finally, for those wondering about the subject: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6azpt5hAq4

Shana tova 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 for the first time in 5770, get in touch with the OCP Advisory Board!!!:

Danny Berger
Ariel Fisher
Rachel Grosser
David Klatt
Miriam Krawitz
Pamela Kaplan
Lauren Springer

OCP weekly Announcements!

Welcome back everyone~

Here are this week's announcements--  note that slichot start tomorrow night at 12:30 am!

Shabbat Schedule:                                       Friday: 6:59pm - Candlelighting 7:00pm- Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat (2nd floor Hillel) Freshmen Dinner at the Friedmans' after davening. 10:30pm - Oneg Luau @ 202 41st Street Shabbat: 9:00am - Shacharit followed by Kiddush at around 11 4:30pm - Torah Hora 5:40pm - Chaburahs! 6:45pm - Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit 7:55pm - Maariv, end of shabbat 12:30pm - Rav Mordy is speaking, followed by Slichot on 3rd floor of Hillel

Freshmen Dinner All freshmen are welcome to come to dinner tonight at the Friedmans, 4008 Chestnut St.  There will be an informal walking group leaving after davening.Torah Hora your weekly dose of shabbat afternoon learning in the beit midrash is back!  come learn with your friends, and grab some refreshments as well. Chabburahs! This week, choose from two stellar student-led chaburot: Zvi Rosen -  "Praying for Miracles: Tefillah and 'Ein Somchin al HaNes' Malka Fleischmann - "Jewish Identity and Homeland - Intrinsically Connected or Not?" Kiddush this week is sponsored by Hillel Mashgiach, Barry Weiss in honor of the hard work the student mashgichim put in to make NSO run smoothly. Seudah Shlishit this week is sponsored by the Kener family in honor of our very own Andrew Kener's birthday, which was September 8th.

General Announcements: 1 - Tzedek chessed opportunities Come learn about all the exciting Tzedek opportunities offered this year at the ice cream social on Tuesday night at 8:00 PM in the Berkowitz Living Room! Projects include Soup Kitchen, Focus First, Bikur Cholim, Alternate Spring Break, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and more 2- Yom Kippur Food Drive Help feed hungry families in Philadelphia! Hillel's Tzedek will be sponsoring a Yom Kippur Food Drive to help feed needy Jewish families in Philadelphia. Donation boxes will be outside of Hillel in the coming weeks - but start collecting cans of kosher food now! Try to pick up an extra can next time you're in the supermarket... it's a small contribution that can go a long way. More information coming soon. Any questions? E-mail Elise Miller at elisekm@sas.upenn.edu 3 - Mash/Eruv Training The community is always in need of students to check the eruv and keep the kitchen kosher.  This week we are offering 1 hour commitment-free training sessions for each.  Try it out- what do you have to lose? For mash (mashgiach) training, contact Zvi Rosen For eruv-checking training, contact Hart Levine 4 - Rosh Hashanah Reflections Wed 9/16/09, 7:30-8:30pm @ Hillel! Please join us for Guided Visualization led by Sandi Herman M.S., Desserts & Words of Torah/Inspiration for the New Year – for Mind, Body, and Soul!! Women only. If you would like more info, please click here, or email Rebbecca Leeser or Limor.

5 - Just moved in?  Here are some things you should know Rav Mordy has compiled a few how-to's for halachic issues that arise when moving into a new apartment.  For information about amirah l'akum, mezuzah, and kashering your kitchen, check out pennocp.org/guides 6 - OCP suggestionbox Have an opinion about the OCP?  Have a suggestion for the next big social event?  Just wanna say hi?  OCP suggestionbox is at your service.  check it out! 7 - Modern Jewish Intellectual and Cultural History Professor David Ruderman teaches in this fall a survey course on Modern Jewish Intellectual and Cultural History (HIST 380). The course considers the Jewish enlightenment, Reform, Conservative and Neo-Orthodox Judaism, Zionist and Jewish Socialist thought, as well as Jewish thought in the 20th century, particularly in the context of the Holocaust. No previous background is required. Professor Ruderman is an amazing teacher and this course is highly recommended for anyone who is interested in learning about the contours of Modern Jewish History from a world-class expert. For more information about the course, email Yechiel Y. Schur. 8- SPIEL Videos! in case you missed the NSO Ice Cream Spiel this past week, this is what you missed. . . 'Meat' the Dining Staff The Legend of Minyan Master I'm on a Goat Finding a Goat *Bonus Features* Clean version of the original, "I'm on a Boat" OUTTAKES!

Shabbat Shalom!
-m&m

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email your favorite cochair OR check out the OCP suggestion box!
Mordechai Treiger treiger@sas.upenn.edu
Miki Friedmann friedmj@seas.upenn.edu

NSO Shabbat Announcements

Quick last-minute Shabbat info-

0- Welcome Back! to those of you who are back in philly for Shabbat.  and for the rest of you, i hope you're getting psyched!
1- Oneg at the Friedmans tonight at 10:30.  The Friedmans live at 4008 Chestnut St.

2- Look at the NSO Info Attached! - attached is a schedule with all the events we are planning this week (that's why this email is so short).  we'd love for you to come to as many as you can.

3- Shabbat Times -

Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat 7:10 PM

Shaharit 9:00 AM

Shabbat Mincha 6:55 PM

Shabbat ends 8:07 PM

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email your favorite cochair OR check out the OCP suggestion box!

!שבת שלום

-m&m

treiger@sas.upenn.edu
friedmj@seas.upenn.edu