Shabbat Shalom שבת שלום (January 16, 2022)
- Rabbi Stephen Epstein
- Jan 15, 2023
- 6 min read
-Announcements
-Candle Lighting Times for Shabbat (Ontario, CA)
-Office Hours
-Martin Luther King Day
-This week’s 10-Minute Torah
-Adult Torah Study
-Judaic Studies
-This week's Upcoming Shabbat services
-Hebrew School
-Adult Hebrew Class
-Family Fun Learning Day=Tu B'Shvat Seder
-Mi Sheberach List
*For your information, I have included below my schedule, including office hours for the next two weeks and specific classes in which I am involved.
** Please note that recent security issues have been resolved and I am now transitioning to using the templesholomofontario.org email platform, but some emails will continue to go out from this address.
***For your convenience and information, Zoom links will be provided in separate emails for security purposes.
****I have updated our Mi Sheberach מי שברך list for those in need of healing by removing the names of those of whom we were uncertain. Please advise if any names were removed in error. For your convenience, I am attaching this revised list to this email that only goes to members of Temple Sholom of Ontario. Thank you.
Shabbat Times for Ontario, California, USA
Candle lighting: 4:51pm on Friday, Jan 20
Shabbat Mevarchim Chodesh Sh'vat occurs on Saturday, Jan 21
This week's Torah portion is Parashat Vaera
Havdalah (50 min): 6:00pm on Saturday, Jan 21
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שבת פרשת וארא
January 20 - כ״ז טבת
Candle lighting 4:51
Shabbat ends 5:50
72 minutes 6:23
Office Hours this week:
Monday, January 16, 2023 Martin Luther King Day Office Closed
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 9:30 am –1:30 pm
Friday, January 20, 2023 2:00pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)
Monday, January 23, 2023 9:30 am –1:30 pm Tuesday, January 24, 2023 9:30 am –1:30 pm Friday, January 27, 2023 3:00pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)
(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)
Parashat Vaera is the 14th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Exodus 6:2-9:35
Martin Luther King Jr. Day – January 16, 2023
Martin Luther King Day is observed every year on the third Monday of January — on January 16 this year. King was an influential civil rights leader — best known for his work on racial equality and ending racial segregation in the United States. His life and achievements are remembered and celebrated on this day.
Adult Torah Study Class
Next Session: Monday January 23 at 7:30 pm PT
Preempted in honor of Martin Luther King Day
Zoom Links sent in separate email Monday morning. Please reply if you do not receive them.
Parashat Bo 5783 / פָּרָשַׁת בֹּא
28 January 2023 / 6 Sh'vat 5783
Parashat Bo is the 15th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Exodus 10:1-13:16
Bo (“Come”) recounts the last three plagues that God inflicts on the Egyptians: locusts, darkness, and death of firstborns. God commands the Israelites to offer a Passover lamb sacrifice. After the last plague, Pharaoh and the Egyptians demand that the Israelites leave. [1]
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Soncino Chumash: pp. 248 - 252 Triennial Year 1 (Full Kriyah pp. 248 - 262)
Judaic Studies
Next session: Thursday, January 19, 2023 @ 7:30pm
Preempted this Thursday, January 12 due to monthly board meeting
Come join us for a lively discussion of various topics on Judaica.
We will continue reading Ecclesiastes (Kohelet), the Biblical book that includes such familiar English quotations as “Vanity, vanity, all is vanity” and “The race is not always to the swift” and “For everything there is a season.” In class we will use the new Jewish Publication Society translation available on Sefaria, but any translation you have will be fine. You can find Ecclesiastes in any Hebrew Bible.
Upcoming Services
Shabbat Ma'ariv Service Friday, January 20, 2023 @ 7:30 pm Note new start time
Shabbat Shachrit Service Saturday, January 21, 2023 @ 9:30 am Note that start time
Zoom Links sent in separate email Friday afternoon. Please reply if you do not receive them.
Parashat Vaera 5783 / פָּרָשַׁת וָאֵרָא
21 January 2023 / 28 Tevet 5783
Parashat Vaera is the 14th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Exodus 6:2-9:35
Vaera (“I Appeared”) opens as God promises to redeem the enslaved Israelites and bring them to the Promised Land. When Pharaoh repeatedly refuses to let the Israelites go, God sends a series of plagues: water turning to blood, frogs, lice, wild animals, death of livestock, boils, and hail. [1]
Triennial year 1
1: 6:2-5 · 4 p’sukim ·
2: 6:6-9 · 4 p’sukim ·
3: 6:10-13 · 4 p’sukim ·
4: 6:14-19 · 6 p’sukim ·
5: 6:20-25 · 6 p’sukim ·
6: 6:26-28 · 3 p’sukim ·
7: 6:29-7:7 · 9 p’sukim ·
maf: 7:5-7 · 3 p’sukim ·
Haftarah: Ezekiel 28:25-29:21 · 23 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah: Sefaria OU Torah Jewish Theological Seminary American Jewish University
Soncino Chumash: pp. 232 - 236 Triennial Year 1 (Full Kriyah pp. 232 - 244)
Artscroll Chumash: pp. 318 - 325 Triennial Year 1 (Full Kriyah pp. 318 - 339)
Etz Chaim Chumash: pp. 351 - 357 Triennial Year 1 (Full Kriyah pp. 351 - 368)
*Note that we are now doing the Triennial reading for our Shabbat Torah services. 5783 will be Triennial Year 1
**We are holding live Shabbat services back in the synagogue. We will still continue to broadcast on Zoom for those unable to come to the sanctuary. Please call the office for more information if you'd like to attend.
Shabbat Mevarchim Chodesh Sh'vat
Saturday, January 21
Molad Sh'vat: Sat, 56 minutes and 10 chalakim after 23:00
Any Shabbat that precedes and begins the week during which there will be a day or days of a new Hebrew month (Rosh Chodesh) is known as Shabbat Mevorchim (mevorchim means "they [the congregation] bless" [the forthcoming new month].
Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario
Next Hebrew School will be Sunday, January 22, 2023
Hebrew School preempted in honor of Martin Luther King Day
First Session Sunday 10:00am - 10:40am
Second Session Sunday 10:50am - 11:30am
Hebrew school is back on at Temple Sholom of Ontario. We will continue in the fall hold classes virtually on Sundays starting at 10:00am PT. There will be two sessions, 40 minutes each, with a 10-minute break in between.
Details will follow soon.
The first session will focus on Hebrew reading and prayers. We will read from the week's Torah portion using a Chumash and an online site. Besides the main prayers used in our services, we will also learn Torah and Haftarah blessings.
The second session will be a general learning session of that weekly sedrah/portion. We will also discuss notable Jewish personalities, from celebrities to prophets and kings. There will also be special topics such as gossip and evolution.
Please let us know if you'd like to join us and of course if you have any questions.
Adult Hebrew Reading Course
Sunday, January 22, 11:45 am – 12:45 am
Adult Hebrew Reading Course preempted in honor of Martin Luther King Day
A new Hebrew Reading course from NJOP.
Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat 2023 / רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ שְׁבָט 5783
Start of month of Sh’vat on the Hebrew calendar 🌒
Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat for Hebrew Year 5783 begins at sundown on Sunday, 22 January 2023 and ends at nightfall on Monday, 23 January 2023.
Start of month of Sh’vat on the Hebrew calendar. שְׁבָט (transliterated Sh’vat or Shevat) is the 11th month of the Hebrew year, has 30 days, and corresponds to January or February on the Gregorian calendar. רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh, is a minor holiday that occurs at the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar. It is marked by the birth of a new moon.
Tu BiShvat 2023 / טוּ בִּשְׁבָט 5783
New Year for Trees
Tu BiShvat for Hebrew Year 5783 begins at sundown on Sunday, 5 February 2023 and ends at nightfall on Monday, 6 February 2023.
Family Learning Sunday!
Sunday, February 5, 2023 @ 10:00am PT
Our next Family Learning will Sunday, February 5 @ 10am for a special Tu BiShvat Seder. Come learn and celebrate the New Year for tree with a special seder developed by Kabbalists to celebrate the Earth and Nature's/Hashem's bounty
***I have updated our Mi Sheberach מי שברך list for those in need of healing by removing the names of those of whom we were uncertain. Please advise if any names were removed in error. For your convenience, I am attaching this revised list to this email that only goes to members of Temple Sholom of Ontario. Thank you.
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