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Rabbi Shmuel's Newsletter for weeks of 12 & 19 May 2024

Calendar

This is an overview of upcoming events for the next two weeks. Details of each event are below

Sunday, 12 May 2024-Hebrew School preempted for Mother's Day

Sunday, 12 May 2024-Mother's Day

Tuesday, 14 May 2024-Miller Course (Day has changed)

Wednesday, 15 May 2024-No Torah Study this week. Please join us on Sunday, June 19 for an adult discussion while the children are participating in In-Person Religious School

Thursday, 16 May 2024-Judaic Studies

Friday & Saturday, 17 & 18 May 2024-Shabbat Services

Sunday, 19 May 2024-In-Person Religious School

Sunday, 19 May 2024-Biannual Congregational Meeting

Tuesday, 21 May 2024-Miller Course (Day has changed)

Wednesday, 22 May 2024-Torah Study (Day has changed)

Thursday, 23 May 2024-Judaic Studies

Friday & Saturday, 24 & 25 May 2024-Shabbat Services

Monday, 27 May 2024-Memorial Day

Tuesday, 28 May 2024-Miller Course (Day has changed)

Wednesday, 29 May 2024-Torah Study (Day has changed)

Thursday, 30 May 2024-Judaic Studies

Friday & Saturday, 31 May & 1 June 2024-Shabbat Services

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

"The Light of The Creator is endless, every present, and it never changes. Darkness only exists when our Lower World disconnects from the Upper World. Disconnection occurs each time we succumb to the will of our ego and treat others with anything less than human dignity. Connection to the Upper World takes place when a person master the drives of their ego and yields to the longings of their souls."

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, May 12, 2024 9:00am - 2:00pm (Hebrew School 10:00am - 11:30am)

(May preempt for Mother's Day)

Friday, May 17, 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)

Sunday, May 19, 2024 9:00am - 2:00pm (In Person Hebrew School 10:00am - 12:00am & Semi-annual Cong Meeting 1:00 pm - 1:45pm)

Friday, May 24, 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)

Sunday, May 26, 2024 Holiday-Memorial Day

Friday, May 31, 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)

(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)

This week's D'var Torah: פָּרָשַׁת אֱמוֹר Parashat Emor 5784 18 May 2024 / 10 Iyyar 5784

D'var Torah on YouTube

D'var Torah for: פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַר Parashat Behar 5784 25 May 2024 / 17 Iyyar 5784

10-Minute Torah on YouTube

Yom HaZikaron 2024 / יוֹם הַזִּכָּרוֹן 5784

Israeli Memorial Day 🇮🇱

Yom HaZikaron for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on Sunday, 12 May 2024 and ends at nightfall on Monday, 13 May 2024.

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 2024 / יוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּת 5784

Israeli Independence Day 🇮🇱

Yom HaAtzma’ut for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on Monday, 13 May 2024 and ends at nightfall on Tuesday, 14 May 2024.

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.

Next Miller Course

Day has changed

Tuesday, May 14 @ 5pm

Module 16: Antisemitism

Adult Torah Study Class

Next Session: Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30 pm PT

No Torah Study this week. Please join us on Sunday, June 19 for an adult discussion while the children are participating in In-Person Religious School

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

פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַר Parashat Behar 5784

25 May 2024 / 17 Iyyar 5784

D’var Torah on YouTube

Parashat Behar is the 32nd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Leviticus 25:29-26:2

Behar (“On The Mountain”) details the laws of the sabbatical year (Shemita), when working the land is prohibited and debts are forgiven. It also sets out laws of indentured servitude and of the Jubilee year (Yovel), when property reverts to its original ownership. [1]