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Ateret Chaya Simcha Hall

Ohel Shalom’s Ateret Chaya Simcha Hall is available for rent for your simcha. Call the office for more information.

 

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Indian Dinner 2011

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Basic Admission: $180 Per Person

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International Gourmet Kosher Experience Indian Menu


Pre-Function: Live Q&A Demonstration with Chef Radhika 

Butler passed Cocktails:

  • Mango Cardamom Martini
  • Coconut Slush
  • Pre-poured water with cucumber & lemon slices

At Demo station:

  • Hara Bara Kabob with Creamy Tomato Cilantro dip

Tables will be set with:

  • Breads: Naan & Wheat Parathas
  • Condiments: Mint Chutney, Tamarind Chutney, Tomato Garlic Chutney
  • Mango Pickles, Fresh cucumbers & tomatoes

Appetizer

Served Family style to each table.

  • Wild Mushroom Ginger Salad with Tomatoes & Cilantro
  • Chaat Masala (Puffed crispy corn stuffed with warm lentils, chick peas, mint & tamarind)
  • Beef Samosa (Seasoned Ground Beef baked in flaky dough pouch garnished with caraway seeds)
  • Baturas (Pastry pillow filled with chicken, cilantro, potatoes)

Choice of Entrée* (multiples permitted)

  • Tandoori Chicken (chicken breasts marinated in 10 spiced non-dairy yogurt sauce then grilled)
  • Lamb Vindaloo (Tender lamb cooked in a curry of red chilies, tamarind, ginger, cumin & tomatoes)
  • Malai Kofta (vegetarian dumplings with potatoes in non-dairy sauce with pistachios)

Served with:

  • Daal with Fresh Summer vegetables (stewed lentils with zucchini, squash and peppers)
  • Broccoli Rabe
  • Jasmine rice

Dessert

  • Kheer (Rice Pudding with pistachios and saffron cooked in almond milk)
  • Summer Fruit Salad

Dessert Buffet @ the Indian Bazaar

  • Cappuccino, Espresso, Coffee & Herbal tea
  • Jalebis (Deep fried Sweets soaked in Syrup)
  • Display of Mini Sweets including: Mini currant scones, brulee toasted coconut pots de crème, mini tropical trifle, chocolate mint torte

 

 

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Parshat Shelach-Lecha 5771

The International Gourmet Kosher Experience is July 10th, and the next women’s Rosh Chodesh shiur will be Sunday July 3rd and is dedicated in memory of Chaya Mitchell z”l.

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Parshat Naso & Shavuot & Parshat Behaalotcha 5771

This week: A joint Shabbaton with Chicago Yachad, the full schedule of Shavuot Shiurim and tefillot, and (because this is such a short week), we have next shabbat’s schedule as well.

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Parshat Bechukotai 5771

This Week at Ohel Shalom: A shiur about Lag BaOmer on Shabbat Afternoon by Rabbi Raccah, concurrently with Rav Cohen’s shiur on Sephardic melodies. Click “continue reading” to see all of the details.

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Corporate Sponsor Participation Levels

SAFFRON (KESAR): $5,000

Lead sponsorship, twelve tickets, your logo will be advertised at the event.

GARAM MASALA: $3,600

Includes ten tickets, and your logo will be advertised at the event.

TAMARIND (IMLI): $2,600

Includes eight tickets, and your logo will be advertised at the event.

MANGO POWDER (AMCHOUR): $1,800

Includes six tickets, and your logo will be advertised at the event.

CARDAMOM (ELAICHI): $1,000

Includes four tickets, and your logo will be advertised at the event.

GINGER (SAUNTH): $500

Includes two tickets, and your logo will be advertised at the event.

To become a corporate sponsor, please contact the office at 773-465-5274 or by email at office@ohelshalomchicago.org

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Photos of Rabbi Meir Eliyahu’s Visit

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Parshat Behar 5771

Mazal tov to Moshe Pomerantz and Nitzevet Malham on their engagement, and to Rabbi Hertzel Yitzhak on the birth and berit milah of his son Aharon Gavriel.

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