Announcements
-Candle Lighting Times for Shabbat (Ontario, CA)
-Office Hours
-This week’s 10-Minute Torah
Calendar
Monday, 17 April 2023-Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day
Monday, 17 April 2023-Adult Torah Study
Thursday, 20 April 2023-Board Meeting
Friday & Saturday, 21 & 22 April 2023-This week's Shabbat services
Sunday, 23 April 2023-Hebrew School
Sunday, 23 April 2023-Miller Course Introduction to Judaism
Monday, 24 April 2023-Adult Torah Study
Tuesday, 25 April 2023-Yom HaZikaron 2023 / יוֹם הַזִּכָּרוֹן 5783 Israeli Memorial Day 🇮🇱
Wednesday, 26 April 2023-Yom HaAtzma’ut 2023 / יוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּת 5783 Israeli Independence Day 🇮🇱
Friday & Saturday, 28 & 29 April 2023-This week's Shabbat services
Sunday, 30 April 2023-Hebrew School
Sunday, 30 April 2023-Miller Course Introduction to Judaism
-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.
**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
Ontario, California, USA
Yom HaShoah occurs on Tuesday, Apr 18
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar occurs on Friday, Apr 21
Candle lighting: 7:08pm on Friday, Apr 21
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar occurs on Saturday, Apr 22
This week's Torah portion is Parashat Tazria-Metzora
Havdalah (50 min): 8:17pm on Saturday, Apr 22
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שבת פרשת תזריע-מצורע
April 21 - ל׳ ניסן
Candle lighting 7:08
Shabbat ends 8:07
72 minutes 8:40
Office Hours this week:
Monday, April 17, 2023 (@ AJU during the day) 2:45pm - 8:45pm
Thursday, April 20, 2023 1:00pm - 7:00pm (Board Meeting @ 7pm)
Friday, April 21, 2023 2:00pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)
Monday, April 24, 2023 9:30am - 2:00pm
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 9:30am - 2:00pm Friday, April 28, 2023 2:00pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)
(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)
Yom HaShoah 2023 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 5783
Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️
Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 5783 begins at sundown on Monday, 17 April 2023 and ends at nightfall on Tuesday, 18 April 2023.
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.
Adult Torah Study Class
Next Session: Monday, April 17 at 7:30 pm PT
Zoom Links sent in separate email Monday morning. Please reply if you do not receive them.
Parashat Tazria-Metzora 5783 / פָּרָשַׁת תַזְרִיעַ־מְּצֹרָע
22 April 2023 / 1 Iyyar 5783
Parashat Tazria-Metzora is the 27th and 28th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 12:1-15:33; Numbers 28:9-15
Tazria (“She Bears Seed”) opens by describing the purification process for a woman after childbirth. It then describes different forms of tzaraat, a discoloration condition on skin or clothing, and the requirement of an infected person to dwell alone outside the camp and be inspected by a priest. Metzora opens by describing the purification process and accompanying sacrifices for one infected with tzaraat, a discoloration condition on the skin. It then describes the process of treating a house infected with tzaraat and the ritual impurity generated by certain bodily discharges. [1]
Commentary and Divrei Torah American Jewish University
Soncino Chumash: pp. 460 – 464 Triennial Year 1 (Full Kriyah pp. 460 – 477)
Artscroll Chumash: pp. 608 – 616 Triennial Year 1 (Full Kriyah pp. 608 – 635)
Etz Chaim Chumash: pp. 649 - 657 Triennial Year 1 (Full Kriyah pp. 649 - 670)
Judaic Studies
Next session: Thursday, April 27, 2023 @ 7:30pm
We will meet again on April 27. This is both after Pesach and after the next Temple Board meeting.
Our next topic will be Jewish ethics. We will be reading most of a book by Rabbi Louis Jacobs (1920-2006), Jewish Personal and Social Ethics. The book is quite accessible, and reflects a great deal of scholarshp by this distinguished British rabbi and theologian, whose perspective is close to that of American Conservative Judaism. The text will be made available on line, along with a few additional readings on these topics.
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar 2023 / רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ אִיָיר 5783
Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar 🌒
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar for Hebrew Year 5783 begins at sundown on Thursday, 20 April 2023 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 22 April 2023.
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.
Upcoming Services
Shabbat Ma'ariv Service Friday, April 21, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
Shabbat Shachrit Service Saturday, April 22, 2023 @ 9:30 am
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 Tazria-Metzora 5783 / פָּרָשַׁת תַזְרִיעַ־מְּצֹרָע
22 April 2023 / 1 Iyyar 5783
Parashat Tazria-Metzora is the 27th and 28th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 12:1-15:33; Numbers 28:9-15
Triennial year 1
1: 12:1-4 · 4 p’sukim ·
2: 12:5-8 · 4 p’sukim ·
3: 13:1-5 · 5 p’sukim ·
4: 13:6-17 · 12 p’sukim ·
5: 13:18-23 · 6 p’sukim ·
6: 13:24-28 · 5 p’sukim ·
7: 13:29-39 · 11 p’sukim ·
maf*: Numbers 28:9-15 · 7 p’sukim · *Shabbat Rosh Chodesh
Haftarah*: Isaiah 66:1-24 · 24 p’sukim *Shabbat Rosh Chodesh
Commentary and Divrei Torah American Jewish University
Soncino Chumash: pp. 460 – 464 Triennial Year 1 (Full Kriyah pp. 460 – 477)
*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.
Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario
Next Hebrew School will be Sunday, April 23, 2023
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.
Miller Course: Introduction to Judaism
Next Session: Sunday, April 23, 2023
Module 6: Prayer
Your Jewish Journey Starts at Miller Intro to Judaism
Welcome to the Miller Intro to Judaism Program! We invite you to explore Judaism with us. Whether you are in an interfaith relationship, re-discovering your Jewish heritage, or seek to convert to Judaism, we are here to support your journey.
The core of the Miller Introduction to Judaism Program is an 18-week course that surveys Jewish living and practice, including history, ritual, culture, texts, and values. Classes are designed to be highly interactive, with much time for discussion and questions, and include personalized instruction in reading Hebrew.
Yom HaZikaron 2023 / יוֹם הַזִּכָּרוֹן 5783
Israeli Memorial Day 🇮🇱
Yom HaZikaron for Hebrew Year 5783 begins at sundown on Monday, 24 April 2023 and ends at nightfall on Tuesday, 25 April 2023.
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 2023 / יוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּת 5783
Israeli Independence Day 🇮🇱
Yom HaAtzma'ut for Hebrew Year 5783 begins at sundown on Tuesday, 25 April 2023 and ends at nightfall on Wednesday, 26 April 2023.
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.
***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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