Calendar
This is an overview of upcoming events. Details of each event are below
Sunday, 28 April 2024-Hebrew School
Monday, 29 April 2024-Passover 7 Services
Tuesday, 30 April 2024-Passover 8 Services
Tuesday, 30 April 2024-Miller Course (?)
Wednesday, 1 May 2024-Torah Study (Day has changed)
Thursday, 2 May 2024-Judaic Studies
Friday & Saturday, 3 & 4 May 2024-Shabbat Services
Sunday, 5 May 2024-Hebrew School
Tuesday, 7 May 2024-Miller Course (Day has changed)
Wednesday, 8 May 2024-Torah Study (Day has changed)
Sunday, 19 May 2024-Biannual Congregational Meeting
We are now offering Zelle for payments and donations! Use this email: treasurer@templesholomofontario.org
Please note what the payment is for. Thank you.
Talmud Thought for this week
Bava Metzia 58b:6-7
"If one is a penitent, another may not say to him: Remember your earlier deeds. If one is the child of converts, another may not say to him: Remember the deeds of your ancestors, as it is stated: “And a convert shall you neither mistreat, nor shall you oppress him” (Exodus 22:20). The Sages taught: It is written: “And you shall not mistreat [tonu] one man his colleague; and you shall fear your God, for I am the Lord your God” (Leviticus 25:17). This, verbal mistreatment, affects one’s body."
A very poignant prayer that gives us comfort:
Announcements
-Office Hours
-This week’s 10-Minute
-Events
-Candle Lighting Times for Shabbat (Ontario, CA)
-Shabbat Services
-School
*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.
Office Hours for the next few weeks:
Going forward, I am planning on conducting Hebrew School from my office and making Sunday an office day to be more available.
Sunday, April 28, 2024 9:00am - 2:00pm (Hebrew School 10:00am - 11:30am)
Monday, April 29, 2024 9:00am - 1:00pm (Passover 7 Services 9:30am - 12:00pm)
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 9:00am - 1:00pm (Passover 8 Services/Yizkor 9:30am - 12:00pm)
Friday, May 5, 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)
Sunday, May 7, 2024 9:00am - 2:00pm (Hebrew School 10:00am - 11:30am)
Friday, May 12, 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)
(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)
Pesach 2024 / פֶּסַח 5784
Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread 🫓🍷
Pesach for Hebrew Year 5784 begins in the Diaspora at sundown on Monday, 22 April 2024 and ends at nightfall on Tuesday, 30 April 2024.
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 Chol ha-Moed Day 4 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ד׳ Sunday, 28 April 2024 / 20 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Numbers 9:1-14, 28:19-25
1: Numbers 9:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
2: Numbers 9:6-8 · 3 p’sukim
3: Numbers 9:9-14 · 6 p’sukim
4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Pesach VII / פֶּסַח ז׳ Monday, 29 April 2024 / 21 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Exodus 13:17-15:26; Numbers 28:19-25
1: Exodus 13:17-22 · 6 p’sukim
2: Exodus 14:1-8 · 8 p’sukim
3: Exodus 14:9-14 · 6 p’sukim
4: Exodus 14:15-25 · 11 p’sukim
5: Exodus 14:26-15:26 · 32 p’sukim
maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Haftarah: II Samuel 22:1-51 · 51 p’sukim
Pesach VIII / פֶּסַח ח׳ Tuesday, 30 April 2024 / 22 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17; Numbers 28:19-25
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
Upcoming Passover Services
Pesach VII / פֶּסַח ז׳ Monday, 29 April 2024 / 21 Nisan 5784 @ 9:30 am
Pesach VIII / פֶּסַח ח׳ Tuesday, 30 April 2024 / 22 Nisan 5784 @ 9:30 am
Passover links for all the Passover services will be sent out Sunday & Monday evening, respectively.
Passover 7 Shachrit Service @ 9:30 am
Pesach VII / פֶּסַח ז׳
Monday, 29 April 2024 / 21 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Exodus 13:17-15:26; Numbers 28:19-25
1: Exodus 13:17-22 · 6 p’sukim
2: Exodus 14:1-8 · 8 p’sukim
3: Exodus 14:9-14 · 6 p’sukim
4: Exodus 14:15-25 · 11 p’sukim
5: Exodus 14:26-15:26 · 32 p’sukim
maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Haftarah: II Samuel 22:1-51 · 51 p’sukim
Passover 8 Shachrit Service @ 9:30 am
Pesach VIII / פֶּסַח ח׳
Tuesday, 30 April 2024 / 22 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17; Numbers 28:19-25
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
Next Miller Course
Day has changed
Tuesday, April 30 @ 5pm
Module 14: Kids
Adult Torah Study Class
Next Session: Wednesday, May 1 at 7:30 pm PT
Day has changed
Zoom Links sent in separate email Wednesday morning. Please reply if you do not receive them.
Parashat Achrei Mot 5784 / פָּרָשַׁת אַחֲרֵי מוֹת
4 May 2024 / 26 Nisan 5784
Parashat Achrei Mot is the 29th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-18:30
Achrei Mot (“After The Death”) opens by describing the ritual service of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It then details the prohibitions of offering sacrifices outside of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and of eating animal blood, and ends with a list of forbidden sexual relations. [1]
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Hertz Chumash: pp. 485– 493 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 480– 493)
Artscroll Chumash: pp. 644– 655 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 636– 655)
Etz Chaim Chumash: pp. 685 – 692 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 679 – 692)
Judaic Studies
Next session: Thursday, May 2, 2024 @ 7:30pm
Discussing the Friday Night Ma'ariv Shabbat service.
Shabbat Times for Ontario, California, USA
🕯️ Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות Friday, May 3⋅7:18pm
✨ Havdalah (50 min) / הבדלה - 50 דקות Saturday, May 4⋅8:18pm
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Upcoming Services
Shabbat Ma'ariv Service Friday, May 3, 2024 @ 7:30 pm
Shabbat Shacharit / שַׁבָּת Saturday, May 4 2024 @ 9:30 am
Shabbat Zoom Links sent in 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 Achrei Mot 5784 / פָּרָשַׁת אַחֲרֵי מוֹת
4 May 2024 / 26 Nisan 5784
Parashat Achrei Mot is the 29th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-18:30
Triennial year 2
1: 17:1-7 · 7 p’sukim
2: 17:8-12 · 5 p’sukim
3: 17:13-16 · 4 p’sukim
4: 18:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
5: 18:6-21 · 16 p’sukim
6: 18:22-25 · 4 p’sukim
7: 18:26-30 · 5 p’sukim
maf: 18:26-30 · 5 p’sukim
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Ezekiel 22:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Hertz Chumash: pp. 485– 493 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 480– 493)
Shabbat Mevarchim Chodesh Iyyar
Saturday, May 4
Molad Iyyar: Wed, 41 minutes and 8 chalakim after 11:00
Next Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario
will be on
Sunday, May 5, 2024 from 10:00am - 11:30am
Our Hebrew Class consists of two sessions:
10:00am - 10:40pm Learning Hebrew
10:50am - 11:30am Studying Torah and other related topics
Yom HaShoah 2024 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 5784
Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️
Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on Sunday, 5 May 2024 and ends at nightfall on Monday, 6 May 2024.
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.
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar 2024 / רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ אִיָיר 5784
Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar 🌒
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on Tuesday, 7 May 2024 and ends at nightfall on Thursday, 9 May 2024.
Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar. אִיָיר (transliterated Iyyar or Iyar) is the 2nd month of the Hebrew year, has 29 days, and corresponds to April or May 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.
Biannual Congregational Meeting
Sunday, 19 May 2024 @ 1:00pm
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