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Rabbi Shmuel's newsletter for week of 20 & 27 April 2025

This Newsletter covers the next two weeks as I will be out of town this upcoming weekend.






Calendar

This is an overview of upcoming events. Details of each event are below

Sunday, 20 April 2025-Passover 8 Services

Thursday, 24 April 2025-Judaic Studies

Friday & Saturday, 25 & 26 April 2025-Shabbat Services

Thursday, 1 May 2025-Judaic Studies

Friday & Saturday, 2 & 3 May 2025-Shabbat Services

Sunday, 4 May 2025-In Person Religious School, Semi Annual Cong Meeting

Thursday, 8 May 2025-Board Meeting

Thursday, 8 May 2025-Judaic Studies

Friday & Saturday, 9 & 10 May 2025-Shabbat Services

Sunday, 11 May 2025-In Person Religious School (?) & Adult Hebrew 2

Thursday, 15 May 2025-Judaic Studies

Friday & Saturday, 16 & 17 May 2025-Shabbat Services




For your convenience, we offer Zelle for payments and donations! Use this email: treasurer@templesholomofontario.org

Please note what the payment is for. Thank you.







*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.

 

**For your convenience and information, Zoom links will be provided in separate emails for security purposes.

 

***I continue to update our Mi Sheberach מי שברך list for those in need of healing. For your convenience, I am attaching this revised list to this email that only goes to members of Temple Sholom of Ontario. Thank you








Going forward, I am planning on conducting Hebrew School from my office and making Sunday an office day when applicable to be more available.

Thursday, 24 - Thursday 1 May 2025   1:00pm - 7:30pm (Out of town)

Friday, 2 May 2025   1:00pm - 7:30pm (Shabbat Service @ 7:30pm)

Sunday, 4 May 2025   9:00am - 1:30pm (In Person Religious School 9:30am - 12:00pm & Semi Annual Congregation Meeting 1:00pm - 2:00pm)

Friday, 9 May 2025   1:00pm - 7:30pm (Shabbat Service @ 7:30pm)

Sunday, 11 May 2025   9:00am - 1:30pm (In Person Religious School 9:30am - 12:00pm & Adult Hebrew 2 12:00pm - 1:00pm)

(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)




26 April 2025 / 28 Nisan 5785



3 May 2025 / 5 Iyyar 5785













(18 April 2025)




Passover Times for Ontario, California, USA

✨ Havdalah (50 min) / הבדלה - 50 דקות Sunday, April 20⋅8:05pm

Upcoming Services

🫓 Pesach VIII / פֶּסַח ח׳, Sunday, 20 April 2025 @ 9:30 am


Pesach 2025 / פֶּסַח 5785

Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread 🫓🍷

Pesach for Hebrew Year 5785 begins in the Diaspora at sundown on Saturday, 12 April 2025 and ends at nightfall on Sunday, 20 April 2025.

Passover (Hebrew: פֶּסַח Pesach) commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt. Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nisan in the Jewish calendar, which is in spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and is celebrated for seven or eight days. It is one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays.


Pesach VIII / פֶּסַח ח׳

Sunday, 20 April 2025 / 22 Nisan 5785

Forgiving loans -> Shmittah year; Pesach offering & Eating un-leavened; Three Pilmage Festivals

1: Deuteronomy 15:19-23 · 5 p’sukim 

2: Deuteronomy 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim 

3: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 · 5 p’sukim 

4: Deuteronomy 16:9-12 · 4 p’sukim 

5: Deuteronomy 16:13-17 · 5 p’sukim 

maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim 

Haftarah: Isaiah 10:32-12:6 · 25 p’sukim



Yom HaShoah 2025 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 5785

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 5785 begins at sundown on Wednesday, 23 April 2025 and ends at nightfall on Thursday, 24 April 2025.

Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah (יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה; “Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day”), known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah (יום השואה) and in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Holocaust Day, is observed as Israel’s day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews and five million others who perished in the Holocaust as a result of the actions carried out by Nazi Germany and its accessories, and for the Jewish resistance in that period. In Israel, it is a national memorial day and public holiday. It was inaugurated on 1953, anchored by a law signed by the Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion and the President of Israel Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. It is held on the 27th of Nisan (April/May), unless the 27th would be adjacent to Shabbat, in which case the date is shifted by a day.



Yom HaZikaron 2025 / יוֹם הַזִּכָּרוֹן 5785

Israeli Memorial Day 🇮🇱

Yom HaZikaron for Hebrew Year 5785 begins at sundown on Tuesday, 29 April 2025 and ends at nightfall on Wednesday, 30 April 2025.

Israeli Memorial Day. Remembers those who died in the War of Independence and other wars in Israel. The full name of the holiday is Yom HaZikaron LeHalalei Ma’arakhot Yisrael ul’Nifge’ei Pe’ulot HaEivah (Hebrew: יוֹם הזִּכָּרוֹן לְחַלְלֵי מַעֲרָכוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וּלְנִפְגְעֵי פְּעֻלּוֹת הָאֵיבָה), Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of the Wars of Israel and Victims of Actions of Terrorism. Although Yom Hazikaron is normally observed on the 4th of Iyyar, it may be moved earlier or postponed if observance of the holiday (or Yom HaAtzma’ut, which always follows it) would conflict with Shabbat.



Yom HaAtzma’ut 2025 / יוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּת 5785

Israeli Independence Day 🇮🇱

Yom HaAtzma’ut for Hebrew Year 5785 begins at sundown on Wednesday, 30 April 2025 and ends at nightfall on Thursday, 1 May 2025.

Israeli Independence Day. Commemorates the declaration of independence of Israel in 1948. Although Yom HaAtzma’ut is normally observed on the 5th of Iyyar, it may be moved earlier or postponed if observance of the holiday (or Yom HaZikaron, which always precedes it) would conflict with Shabbat.




Thursday, 24 April & May 1 2025 @ 7:30pm




Shabbat Times for Ontario, California, USA

🕯️ Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות Friday, April 25⋅7:15pm

✨ Havdalah (50 min) / הבדלה - 50 דקות Saturday, April 26⋅8:10pm

🕯️ Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות Friday, May 2⋅7:20pm

✨ Havdalah (50 min) / הבדלה - 50 דקות Saturday, May 3⋅8:17pm

Upcoming Services

Shabbat Ma'ariv Service Friday, April 25, 2025 @ 7:30 pm

Shabbat Shacharit / שַׁבָּת Saturday, April 26, 2025 @ 9:30 am 

Shabbat Ma'ariv Service Friday, May 2, 2025 @ 7:30 pm

Shabbat Shacharit / שַׁבָּת Saturday, May 3, 2025 @ 9:30 am 

Shabbat Zoom Links sent in a separate email Friday afternoon.  

Please reply if you do not receive them.

We are now incorporating guitar accompaniment with our Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv

Parashat Shmini 5785 / פָּרָשַׁת שְּׁמִינִי

26 April 2025 / 28 Nisan 5785

Parashat Shmini is the 26th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion Triennial year 3: Leviticus 11:1-11:47

1: 11:1-8 · 8 p’sukim

2: 11:9-12 · 4 p’sukim

3: 11:13-19 · 7 p’sukim

4: 11:20-28 · 9 p’sukim

5: 11:29-32 · 4 p’sukim

6: 11:33-38 · 6 p’sukim

7: 11:39-47 · 9 p’sukim

maf: 11:45-47 · 3 p’sukim

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: II Samuel 6:1-7:17 · 40 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

Hertz Chumash: pp. 449 – 454 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 443 – 454)

Artscroll Chumash: pp. 596 – 607 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 588 – 607)

Etz Chaim Chumash: pp. 636 – 642 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 630 – 642)


Parashat Tazria-Metzora 5785 / פָּרָשַׁת תַזְרִיעַ־מְּצֹרָע

3 May 2025 / 5 Iyyar 5785

Parashat Tazria-Metzora is the 27th and 28th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion Triennial year 3: Leviticus 14:33-15:33

1: 14:33-38 · 6 p’sukim

2: 14:39-47 · 9 p’sukim

3: 14:48-53 · 6 p’sukim

4: 14:54-15:7 · 11 p’sukim

5: 15:8-15 · 8 p’sukim

6: 15:16-28 · 13 p’sukim

7: 15:29-33 · 5 p’sukim

maf: 15:31-33 · 3 p’sukim

Haftarah: II Kings 7:3-20 · 18 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah  

Hertz Chumash: pp. 473 – 477 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 459 – 477)

Artscroll Chumash: pp. 624 – 635 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 608 – 635)

Etz Chaim Chumash: pp. 663 – 670 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 649 – 670)




Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario 

Next In-Person Religious School:

Sunday, May 4 @ 10:00am - 12:00pm



Zoom Religious School:

Next session will be Sunday, May 11 @ 10:00am - 11:30am

(May be in person)

First session: 10:00am - 10:40am Hebrew and Prayers

Second session: 10:50am - 11:30am Torah, Prophets, Holidays

 We are planning on a more consistent schedule.  We will have our in-person learning on the first weekend of the month.  The other 3 or 4 weeks will be on Zoom and consist of Hebrew instruction and Torah learning.  We will also discuss the holidays as they come up and other topics, like prophets.



Sunday, May 4 @ 12:00pm




Adult Hebrew Course

Next phase coming soon. Stay tuned!

Preparing for monitoring the weekly Torah Reading

with the NJOP Hebrew Crash Course




We are conveniently located in Tustin, Orange County, across the street from the OC Kosher Market.

The Golden Dreidle has the most extensive collection of Jewish Wedding Gifts, Groom's Mazel Tov Glasses, Tallits, Kiddush Cups, Jewish Wedding Mezuzahs, Chuppah ..



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