Shabbat Shalom שבת שלום
- Rabbi Stephen Epstein
- Feb 27, 2022
- 6 min read

-Candle Lighting Times for Shabbat (Ontario, CA)
-Office Hours
-This week's 10-Minute Torah
-Adult Torah Study
-Rosh Hodesh Adar II
-This week's Shabbat services & replay of last week's services
-Hebrew School
-Miller Course
-Shabbat Across America
-Purim Carnival
-Tefillin Workshop
-Purim
-Magillah Reading
**We are holding live Shabbat services back in the synagogue, pandemic protocols per state mandates apply. We will still continue to broadcast on Zoom and Facebook for those unable to come to the sanctuary. Please call the office for more information if you'd like to attend.
Shabbat Times for Ontario, California, USA
Rosh Chodesh Adar II occurs on Thursday, Mar 3
Rosh Chodesh Adar II occurs on Friday, Mar 4
Candle lighting: 5:31pm on Friday, Mar 4
This week's Torah portion is Parashat Pekudei
Havdalah (50 min): 6:40pm on Saturday, Mar 5
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שבת פרשת פקודי
March 4 - א׳ אדר-ב
Candle lighting 5:31
Shabbat ends 6:28
72 minutes 7:03
Office Hours this week:
Monday February 28, 2022 9:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Tuesday March 1, 2022 9:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Thursday March 3, 2022 9:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Monday March 7, 2022 9:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Tuesday March 8, 2022 9:15 pm - 1:15 pm
(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)

Adult Torah Study Class
Next Session: Monday, February 28 at 7:30 pm PT

Parashat Pekudei 5782 / פָּרָשַׁת פְקוּדֵי
Read on 5 March 2022 / 2 Adar II 5782.
Parashat Pekudei is the 23rd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Exodus 38:21-40:38 https://tikkun.io/#/r/2-38-21
Pekudei (“Accountings Of”) is the final Torah reading in the Book of Exodus. It describes the making of priestly garments worn in the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and the completion of its construction. At God’s command, Moses erects the Mishkan and puts its vessels in place, and God's presence fills the Mishkan.
Triennial year 3
1: 39:22-26 · 5 p’sukim ·
2: 39:27-32 · 6 p’sukim ·
3: 39:33-43 · 11 p’sukim ·
4: 40:1-8 · 8 p’sukim ·
5: 40:9-16 · 8 p’sukim ·
6: 40:17-27 · 11 p’sukim ·
7: 40:28-38 · 11 p’sukim ·
maf: 40:34-38 · 5 p’sukim ·
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: I Kings 7:51-8:21 · 22 p’sukim
Haftarah for Sephardim: I Kings 7:40-50 · 11 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah:
Rosh Chodesh Adar II 2022 / רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ אַדָר ב׳ 5782
Start of month of Adar II (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar 🌒

Rosh Chodesh Adar II for Hebrew Year 5782 begins at sundown on Wednesday, 2 March 2022 and ends at nightfall on Friday, 4 March 2022.
Start of month of Adar II (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar. Adar II (אַדָר ב׳), sometimes "Adar Bet" or "Adar Sheni", is the 13th month of the Hebrew year, has 29 days, occurs only on leap years, and corresponds to February or March 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, March 4, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
(Services will be on Zoom for Shabbat Across America. See below)
Shabbat Shachrit Service Saturday, March 5, 2022 @ 10:00 am

*Note that we are now doing the Triennial reading for our Shabbat Torah services. 5782 is Triennial Year 3
**We are holding live Shabbat services back in the synagogue, pandemic protocols per state mandates apply. We will still continue to broadcast on Zoom and Facebook for those unable to come to the sanctuary. Please call the office for more information if you'd like to attend.
Schedule of services attached
2-25-22 Erev Shabbat Vayakhel was live
Sermon @ 47:56 - "Dealing with Anger"
26 Feb 22 Facebook was live Shbbat Vayyakhel - Shabbat Shekalim
D'var Torah @ 1:02:00
Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario
Children's Reading Class Sunday, March 6, 2022 9:20 - 9:50 am PT
First Session Sunday, March 6, 2022 10:00 - 10:40 am PT
Second Session Sunday, March 6, 2022 10:50 - 11:30 am PT

Hebrew school is in session at Temple Sholom of Ontario. We will 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.
**This is a work-in-progress based on the status of the pandemic and as currently planned. We will alter the format and schedule based on updated information.
We have added a special Hebrew reading crash course for those students not adept in reading Hebrew. It will be from 9:20am to 9:50 am before the regular sessions.
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. RSVP for Zoom links.
Temple Sholom of Ontario is proud to announce we are once again offering:
Next session: Sunday, February 27, 2022 @ 11:45am PT
Fifth Module: Chapter 5 - Shabbat
Miller Intro to Judaism Program

If you're thinking of converting to Judaism: Completion of the Intro Program fulfills the learning requirements for conversion of the Rabbinical Assembly of America. Once you finish the course requirements and secure a sponsoring rabbi, you are eligible to become officially part of the Jewish People.
If you're already Jewish: Whether you were born Jewish but never quite learned what it’s all about, you’re back after a long hiatus, or you’re just looking for a deeper understanding of your heritage, most of us could use a bit of a refresher. Jews from all walks of life enroll in the program: from people who had a Jewish day school education to those whose strongest connection was the annual box of matza on the kitchen counter.
More details to follow. Please let us know if you're interested. Application is attached below or reply with request for more information
The 26th Annual
Shabbat Across America and Canada
is March 4, 2022!

On one special night, tens of thousands of North American Jews will come together in spiritual unison with Jews across the continent and with thousands of years of tradition. Now is your chance to be counted in this campaign that encourages Jews of all backgrounds to come together and celebrate what unifies us all: The Shabbat.
Due to the continued spread of the COVID-19 and heeding the recommendation of medical professionals to forego large indoor gatherings, NJOP is not planning our usual, in-person Shabbat Across America and Canada celebration in 2022. Instead, we will be inviting people to bring Shabbat Across America and Canada home, focusing on individuals, couples and families, to celebrate in their homes on March 4, 2022.
Stay tuned for further details!
Daylight Saving Time starts

Daylight saving time 2022 in California will begin at 2:00 AM on
Sunday, March 13
and ends at 2:00 AM on
Sunday, November 6
All times are in Pacific Time.
Save the Date!
Purim Carnival
Sunday, March 13, 2022 9:30am – 11:30am

Our Hebrew School project will be to prepare for Purim. We’ll be making groggers, masks, etc.
Also…
Tefillin Clinic for our pre-B’nai Mitzvot
Sunday, March 13, 2022 9:30am – 11:30am


We will learn this important Jewish Mitzvah, wrapping tefillin. Please join us.
Purim 2022 / פּוּרִים 5782
Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther ️
Purim for Hebrew Year 5782 begins at sundown on Wednesday, 16 March 2022 and ends at nightfall on Thursday, 17 March 2022.
Purim (Hebrew: פּוּרִים, Pûrîm "lots", from the word פור pur, also called the Festival of Lots) is a Jewish holiday which commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman in the ancient Persian Empire, a story recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Esther).
Magilla Reading
Wednesday, March 17, 2022 7:00pm
Stay tuned for details….
For this week's Mi Sheberach מי שברך list for those in need of healing, please advise any changes
**If you have any changes to names on the list, please let us know so we can update. Thank you.
(Names will no longer be published to respect people's privacy).
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