Rabbi Shmuel's Newsletter for week of 16 June 2024

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Jun 16, 20244 min read

Calendar

This is an overview of upcoming events. Details of each event are below

Sunday, 16 June 2024-No Religious School (Happy Father's Day)

Wednesday, 19 June 2024-Torah Study (?)

Thursday, 20 June 2024-Board Meeting

Friday & Saturday, 21 & 22 June 2024-Shabbat Services

Sunday, 9 June 2024-No Religious School (Jewish Federation Event)

Wednesday, 26 June 2024-Torah Study

Thursday, 27 June 2024-Judaic Studies

Friday & Saturday, 28 & 29 June 2024-Shabbat Services

Sunday, 30 June 2024-In-Person Religious School & Special Adult Program

We are now offering Zelle for payments and donations! Use this email: treasurer@templesholomofontario.org

Please note what the payment is for. Thank you.

Kabbalah Thought for this week

"A delicate balance of judgement and mercy is attained within our souls, giving us the ability to share and love others in a pure and spiritual manner. Judgement, sweetened with the appropriate measure of mercy, is akin to a devoted parent reprimanding their child out of love and concern for the child's welfare. Because the universe reflects all of our behavioral actions towards others back at us, it is vital that we extend mercy and judgement in proper measure so that life treats us kindly in return."

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, June 16, 2024 (No Hebrew School for Father's Day)

Friday, June 21, 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)

Sunday, June 23, 2024 (No Hebrew School, 30th Anniversary Jewish Federation Event)

Friday, June 28, 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)

Sunday, June 30, 2024 9:00am - 2:00pm (In Person Religious School)

Friday, July 5, 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)

(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)

D'var Torah for Parashat Beha’alotcha 5784 פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ

22 June 2024 / 16 Sivan 5784 (Diaspora)

D'var Torah on YouTube

Adult Torah Study Class

Next Session: Wednesday, June 19 at 7:30 pm PT

Tentative

Zoom Links sent in separate email Wednesday morning. Please reply if you do not receive them.

Parashat Beha’alotcha 5784 / פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ

22 June 2024 / 16 Sivan 5784 (Diaspora)

Parashat Beha’alotcha is the 36th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Numbers 8:1-12:16

Beha’alotekha (“When You Raise”) opens with God instructing Moses to inaugurate the Levites for service in the Mishkan (Tabernacle). It also recounts the stories of people who request a second chance to offer the Passover sacrifice, complaints of the Israelites and their punishments, and a disease that affects Miriam. [1]

Triennial year 2

1: 9:15-18 · 4 p’sukim

2: 9:19-23 · 5 p’sukim

3: 10:1-7 · 7 p’sukim

4: 10:8-10 · 3 p’sukim

5: 10:11-20 · 10 p’sukim

6: 10:21-28 · 8 p’sukim

7: 10:29-34 · 6 p’sukim

maf: 10:32-34 · 3 p’sukim

Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 · 21 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

Sefaria OU Torah Jewish Theological Seminary American Jewish University