Calendar
This is an overview of upcoming events. Details of each event are below
Sunday, 15 December 2024-Religious School
Vacation Time: Wednesday, 18 December - Tuesday, 24 December 2024
Thursday, 19 December 2024-Judaic Studies
Friday & Saturday, 20 & 21 December 2024-Shabbat Services (? TBA)
Hanukkah, Thursday, December 26 - Thursday, January 2, 2025
Friday & Saturday, 27 & 28 December 2024-Shabbat Services
Thursday, 2 January 2025-Judaic Studies(?)
Friday & Saturday, 3 & 4 January 2025-Shabbat Services
Sunday, 6 January 2025-In-Person Religious School and Adult Learning
Monday, 7 January 2024-Torah Study New Day!
We are now offering Zelle for payments and donations! Use this email: treasurer@templesholomofontario.org
Please note what the payment is for. Thank you.
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.
Going forward, I am planning on conducting Hebrew School from my office and making Sunday an office day when applicable to be more available.
Friday, 13 December 2024 10:00am - 7:30pm (Shabbat Services @ 7:30pm)
Sunday, 15 December 2024 9:00am - 1:30pm (Religious School 10:00am - 11:30pm)
Friday, 20 December 2024 10:00am - 7:30pm (Shabbat Services @ 7:30pm)
Friday, 27 December 2024 10:00am - 7:30pm (Shabbat Services @ 7:30pm)
Friday, 3 January 2025 10:00am - 7:30pm (Shabbat Services @ 7:30pm)
Sunday, 5 January 2025 9:00am - 1:30pm (Religious School 10:00am - 11:30pm)
(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)
21 December 2024 / 20 Kislev 5785
(13 December 2024)
Adult Torah Study Class
Next Session: Monday, January 6 at 7:30 pm PT
New Day!
On Hiatus for the holidays until the New Year. See you then
Zoom Links sent in separate email Monday early afternoon. Please reply if you do not receive them.
Parashat Vayechi 5785 / פָּרָשַׁת וַיְחִי
11 January 2025 / 11 Tevet 5785
Parashat Vayechi is the 12th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Genesis 47:28-50:26
Vayechi (“He Lived”) is the final Torah portion in the Book of Genesis. It opens as Jacob prepares for his death, making his son Joseph swear to bury him in the Cave of Machpelah. Jacob blesses Joseph’s two sons and his own 12 sons and then dies. Jacob’s sons bury him. The portion ends with Joseph’s death. [1]
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Hertz Chumash: pp. 187 – 191 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 180 – 191)
Artscroll Chumash: pp. 282 – 289 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 268 – 289)
Etz Chaim Chumash: pp. 305 – 311 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 293 – 311)
Thursday, 19 December 2024 @ 7:30pm
We will continue with Martin Buber’s The Way of Man: According to the Teaching of Hasidism. We had a stimulating discussion of Chapter I last time. This time we’ll do Chapter II, and, if time permits, start Chapter III (there are six total).
Shabbat Times for Ontario, California, USA
🕯️ Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות Friday, December 20⋅4:30pm
✨ Havdalah (50 min) / הבדלה - 50 דקות Saturday, December 21⋅5:27pm
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Upcoming Services
Erev Shabbat Ma'ariv Service Friday, December 20, 2024 @ 7:30 pm
Shabbat Shacharit / שַׁבָּת Saturday, December 21, 2024 @ 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 Vayeshev 5785 / פָּרָשַׁת וַיֵּשֶׁב
21 December 2024 / 20 Kislev 5785
Parashat Vayeshev is the 9th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Vayeshev (“He Settled”) begins the story of Joseph, describing his rivalry with his brothers, slavery in Egypt, and imprisonment after his master’s wife frames him in response to Joseph’s refusal of her advances. It also contains the story of Tamar, her husbands, and her father-in-law, Judah. [1]
Triennial year 3
1: 39:1-6 · 6 p’sukim
2: 39:7-10 · 4 p’sukim
3: 39:11-18 · 8 p’sukim
4: 39:19-23 · 5 p’sukim
5: 40:1-8 · 8 p’sukim
6: 40:9-15 · 7 p’sukim
7: 40:16-23 · 8 p’sukim
maf: 40:20-23 · 4 p’sukim
Haftarah: Amos 2:6-3:8 · 19 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Hertz Chumash: pp. 147 – 151 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 141 – 151)
Shabbat Times for Ontario, California, USA
🕯️ Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות 🕎3️⃣ Chanukah: 3 Candles / חֲנוּכָּה: ג׳ נֵרוֹת Friday, December 27⋅4:34pm
✨ Havdalah (50 min) / הבדלה - 50 דקות & 🕎4️⃣ Chanukah: 4 Candles / חֲנוּכָּה: ד׳ נֵרוֹת Saturday, December 28⋅5:31pm
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Upcoming Services
Erev Shabbat Ma'ariv Service Friday, December 27, 2024 @ 7:30 pm
Shabbat Shacharit / שַׁבָּת Saturday, December 28, 2024 @ 9:30 am
Parashat Miketz 5785 / פָּרָשַׁת מִקֵּץ
28 December 2024 / 27 Kislev 5785
Parashat Miketz is the 10th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Genesis 41:1-44:17; Numbers 7:24-29
Miketz (“After”) follows Joseph as he interprets Pharaoh's dreams and rises to become second-in-command to Pharaoh. When Joseph’s brothers come to Egypt seeking food during a famine, Joseph accuses them of spying. He insists that they return with their youngest brother, Benjamin, and later plants a goblet in Benjamin’s bag. [1]
Triennial year 3
1: 43:16-18 · 3 p’sukim
2: 43:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
3: 43:26-29 · 4 p’sukim
4: 43:30-34 · 5 p’sukim
5: 44:1-6 · 6 p’sukim
6: 44:7-10 · 4 p’sukim
7: 44:11-17 · 7 p’sukim
maf*: Numbers 7:24-29 · 6 p’sukim *Chanukah Day 3 (on Shabbat)
Haftarah*: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 · 21 p’sukim *Chanukah Day 3 (on Shabbat)
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario
In-Person Religious School:
Sunday, January 5 @ 10:00am - 12:00pm
Zoom Religious School:
Sunday, January 12 @ 10:00am - 11:30am
On Winter Break
We are going to be starting up our religious school.
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 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.
Chanukah 2024 / חֲנוּכָּה 5785
Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication 🕎
🕎 חֲנוּכָּה שָׂמֵחַ 🕎
Happy Chanukah!
Light the first Chanukah candle at sundown on Wednesday, December 25.
Chanukah for Hebrew Year 5785 begins at sundown on Wednesday, 25 December 2024 and ends at nightfall on Thursday, 2 January 2025.
Hanukkah (Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה, usually spelled חנוכה pronounced [χanuˈka] in Modern Hebrew, also romanized as Chanukah or Chanuka), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.
HANUKKAH PARTY @ TSO
Done By Our Sisterhood @ Temple Sholom of Ontario
Sunday, December 29th, 2024 @ 4:00 p.m.
Rosh Chodesh Tevet 2024 / רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ טֵבֵת 5785
Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar 🌒
Rosh Chodesh Tevet for Hebrew Year 5785 begins at sundown on Monday, 30 December 2024 and ends at nightfall on Wednesday, 1 January 2025.
Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar. Tevet (טֵבֵת) is the 10th month of the Hebrew year, has 29 days, and corresponds to December or January 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.
New Year's Day
Wed, Jan 1, 2025
New Year's Day/Date (2025)
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