Shabbat Shalom שבת שלום (April 25, 2022)
- Rabbi Stephen Epstein
- Apr 22, 2022
- 6 min read
Updated: Apr 25, 2022
-Candle Lighting Times for Shabbat (Ontario, CA)
-Office Hours
-This week's 10-Minute Torah
-Adult Torah Study
-This week's Shabbat services & replay of last week's services
-Hebrew School
-Miller Course
-Rosh Hodesh Iyyar
-Semiannual Congregation Meeting
-Yom Hashoah
-Holocaust March of Remembrance
-Continuing Hebrew Reading Course: Prayers
**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
Yom HaShoah occurs on Thursday, Apr 28
Candle lighting: 7:15pm on Friday, Apr 29
Shabbat Mevarchim Chodesh Iyyar occurs on Saturday, Apr 30
This week's Torah portion is Parashat Achrei Mot
Havdalah (50 min): 8:24pm on Saturday, Apr 30
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שבת פרשת אחרי מות
April 29 - כ״ח ניסן
Candle lighting 7:15
Shabbat ends 8:14
72 minutes 8:46
Office Hours this week:
Monday April 25, 2022 9:15 am - 1:15 pm
Thursday April 28, 2022 9:15am - 1:15pm
Friday April 29, 2022 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Ma'ariv Shabbat Service @ 8:00pm)
Monday May 2, 2022 1:15 pm - 7:30pm (Semiannual Congregation Meeting)
Tuesday May 3, 2022 10:00am - 2:00pm
(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)
Adult Torah Study Class
Next Session: Monday, April 25 at 7:30 pm PT (Same time!)
Parashat Achrei Mot 5782 / פָּרָשַׁת אַחֲרֵי מוֹת
30 April 2022 / 29 Nisan 5782 (Diaspora)
Parashat Achrei Mot is the 29th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-18:30 https://tikkun.io/#/r/3-16-1
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.
Triennial year 3
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*: I Samuel 20:18-42 · 25 p’sukim *Shabbat Machar Chodesh
Soncino Chumash: pp. 485 - 493 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 480 - 493)
Artscroll Chumash: pp. 645 - 655 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 636 - 655)
Etz Chaim Chumash: pp. Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp.)
Judaic Studies
Next session: Thursday, May 5
Come join us for a lively discussion of various topics on Judaica. Topic to be Discussed and announced.
Upcoming Services
Join us the weekend as Santi is called up to the Torah for his Bar Mitzvah
Shabbat Ma'ariv Service Friday, April 22, 2022 @ 8:00 pm
Shabbat Shachrit Service Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 9:30 am (Note earlier time due to lengthier service)
*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
22 April 22 Pesach 7 Shacharit services
D'var Torah @
22 April 22 Pesach 8/Shabbat Ma'ariv Services
Sermon @
23 April 22 Pesach 8/Shabbat Shacharit services
D'var Torah @ 1:
Check back for links for this past Shabbat services.
Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario
Children's Reading Class Sunday, April 24, 2022 9:20 - 9:50 am PT
First Session Sunday, April 24, 2022 10:00 - 10:40 am PT
Second Session Sunday, April 24, 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:
Miller Course is preempted on Sunday, April 17, 2022 due to Passover observance. See you in services.
Next session: Sunday, April 24, 2022 @ 11:45am PT
Eleventh Module: Chapter 12 – Middle Ages
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
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar 2022 / רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ אִיָיר 5782
Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar 🌒
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar for Hebrew Year 5782 begins at sundown on Saturday, 30 April 2022 and ends at nightfall on Monday, 2 May 2022.
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.
Yom HaShoah 2022 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 5782
Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️
Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 5782 begins at sundown on Wednesday, 27 April 2022 and ends at nightfall on Thursday, 28 April 2022.
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.
Link to presentation for Yom HaShoa event this past Sunday, April 24 at Temple Beth Israel of Pomona: https://youtu.be/PRnd4LHeDg0
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar 2022 / רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ אִיָיר 5782
Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar 🌒
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar for Hebrew Year 5782 begins at sundown on Saturday, 30 April 2022 and ends at nightfall on Monday, 2 May 2022.
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.
Holocaust Memorial Day/March of Remembrance to commemorate those lost during the Holocaust. Open to the public and an amazing educational opportunity for those that wish to learn more about the Holocaust. The program concludes at 5:00 pm.
Temple Sholom of Ontario Congregation Meeting
Monday, May 2, 2022 @ 7:30pm PT
Join us for our next bi-annual Congregational Meeting will be held on Monday, May 2nd at 7:30 PM in the sanctuary.
Continuing Adult Hebrew Reading Course
TBA - Probably End of June or July
People have been asking for more practice in Hebrew Reading. We are planning a Hebrew reading course that will help you understand the prayers as well
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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