Thursday, April 23, 2020

Fwd: Sefirah Resources and Upcoming Mental Health Series


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OU Today
Calm Amid Corona - OU Mental Health Series
PRESENTED BY THE KARASICK DEPARTMENT OF SYNAGOGUE & COMMUNITY SERVICES
Presenting Calm Amid Corona: OU Mental Health Series
We are excited to introduce this thoughtful series of conversations and presentations addressing the unique self-care and mental health issues that our community faces during these unique times. This series will take place Mondays and Thursdays through and May, beginning April 27. For more information, visit ou.org/mentalhealth and see below.

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presented by the KARASICK DEPARTMENT OF SYNAGOGUE & COMMUNITY SERVICES
SPIRIT Retiree programs
11:00 am-12:00 pm EDT
Compassion & Consolation: Mourning Alone Together with Reva Judas, Director, Nechama Comfort.

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presented by Yachad
Yachad on Demand
If you can't get to us, we're coming to you! Yachad on Demand offers our community a variety of social and educational programs every day from all across the globe. Yachad's virtual activities foster meaningful connections for individuals with special needs and their families.

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Join Us for a Daily Tehillim and Chizuk Call
1 PM EDT - Sunday-Friday - 773-377-9170 or 480-210-2150
Today's featured speaker: Rabbi Dovid Kaplan of Congregation Ohav Zedek in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
View text of tehillim with English translation
Thank you to the sponsors of today's call - see a list of sponsors below. To sponsor the Daily Tehillim and Chizuk calls, please visit ou.org/call. The deadline to submit sponsorships for the daily call is 5:00 PM EDT of the evening before and for Saturday night's at midnight EDT. To access previous Daily Tehillim and Chizuk Call audio files, please click here.
It is valuable to daven (pray) for specific cholim (people who are sick) by name. There are a number of lists available of those who need our tefillot (prayers). Please click here to access.

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Thursday
 

presented by the OU Women's initiative
Rosh Chodesh Virtual Lunch and Learn

Thursday, April 23 at 12:00 Noon EDT
Join us as Mrs. Leah Silver shares thoughts and ideas about Chodesh Iyar.

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Resources on demand
 
presented by OU women's initiatives
Counting Toward Sinai

Check out the full list of Counting Toward Sinai speakers. 49 women sharing a short perspective on Tefillah each day.

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presented by OU-JLIC
Don't Just Count the Days; Make the Days Count

Join Rabbi Yonatan Hirschhorn, OU-JLIC Torah Educator at University of Maryland, for a daily Sefirat HaOmer WhatsApp. Get a short vort on the sefira of the day plus a daily adovah related to that sefira.

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presented by Jewish Action
The "Survivors' Talmud" and the Obligation to Remember

Special for Yom Hashoah from the Spring edition of Jewish Action: OU Executive Vice President Allen Fagin reflects on the Survivors' Talmud, "a remarkable testament to the enduring emunah of the few who survived Churban Europa."

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presented by Jewish Action
Responsa from the Holocaust

In commemoration of Yom HaShoah, we recall some of the halachic dilemmas faced by Jews in the Kovno Ghetto. Led by Rabbi Ephraim Oshry, these Jews were determined to live by Jewish law despite the inhuman, horrifying conditions.

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presented by teach nyS
NYC to Offer Free Kosher Meals for All Students and Adults

Teach NYS, a project of the Orthodox Union, commended the NYC's Dept. of Education for moving to offer kosher and halal options during all three daily "grab and go" meal pick-ups. Teach NYS – along with UJA Federation of New York and The Jewish Education Project – began their advocacy for kosher and halal food options upon learning in March that meals for people with religious dietary restrictions were not available during the citywide school closure.

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presented by Jewish action
Davening at Home in front of Pictures, Mirrors or Reflective Surfaces

With shul doors still shut, see Ari Zivotofsky's discussion on the ideal davening environment.

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upcoming programs

PRESENTED BY THE KARASICK DEPARTMENT OF SYNAGOGUE & COMMUNITY SERVICES

Grief, the Omer and Corona: Thoughts and Suggestions with Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

Monday, April 27, 2020 at 8:00-9:00 pm EDT
Episode #1 of Calm Amid Corona: OU Mental Health Series. This series of conversations and presentations addresses the unique self-care and mental health issues that our community faces during these unique times. This series will take place Mondays and Thursdays throughout April and May. Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, executive vice president, emeritus, of the Orthodox Union, combines his background and skills as a trained clinical psychologist, accomplished scholar, and pulpit rabbi, to provide extraordinary leadership and insight as we strive toward Calm Amid Corona.

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PRESENTED BY THE KARASICK DEPARTMENT OF SYNAGOGUE & COMMUNITY SERVICES
The Ideal Coronavirus Diet: Eating to Optimize Your Immune System and Maintain Overall Health During Prolonged Isolation and Home Confinement, with Eli Glaser, CNWC, CWMS

Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 8:00-9:00 pm EDT
Episode #2 of Calm Amid Corona: OU Mental Health Series. Eli Glaser, CNWC, CWMS, is the founder and director of Soveya. He is a Nutrition & Wellness Consultant and Weight Management Specialist, an ordained rabbi, and an internationally acclaimed motivational speaker and author, who shares his own compelling story of struggle and success to help thousands of others. His book, "Enough is Enough", was released in 2019 and is widely available.

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Today's Sponsors
 

Thank you to the generous sponsors of today's 1PM Tehillim/chizuk call:

Terry and Zev Goldberg, in honor of the marriage of our granddaughter Aliza Goldsmith to David Kaye.

Ellyse and Tibi Schwartz in memory of Meir ben Reuven Melech, Aaron ben Yaakov Shalom, and Leah bas Yitzhak, and in honor of Ellyse's mother, Mrs. Selma Gordon- for the zechus to live for many years in good health. 

Anonymous, in the merit of a refuah sheleima for all those afflicted by the Coronavirus, and for the refuah sheleima of Chaya Shira bat Chana.

Pnina & Jacob Graff, in honor of the birthday of our son Meir Graff on 10 Nissan, in honor of the birthday of our grandson Chaim Portnoy on 11 Nissan, in honor of the birthday of our grandson Meir Blum on 13 Nissan, and in honor of the birthday of our granddaughter Renee Kushnir on 19 Nissan.

Fran and Paul Gertelman to commemorate our mother, Chaya Ester bat Yehoshua's first yahrzeit, and as a refuah for all those sick with this terrible virus.

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