Calendar
This is an overview of upcoming events. Details of each event are below
Sunday, 21 April 2024-Hebrew School
Monday, 22 April 2024 - nightfall Tuesday, 30 April 2024-Passover
Tuesday, 23 April 2024-Passover 1 Services
Tuesday, 23 April 2024-Miller Course (?) (Moved to Wednesday)
Wednesday, 24 April 2024-Passover 2 Services
Wednesday, 24 April 2024-Torah Study (Cancelled due to Passover)
Wednesday, 24 April 2024-Miller Course (Moved due to Passover)
Thursday, 25 April 2024-Judaic Studies
Friday & Saturday, 26 & 27 April 2024-Shabbat Services
Sunday, 28 April 2024-Hebrew School
Monday, 29 April 2024-Passover 7 Services
Tuesday, 30 April 2024-Passover 8 Services
Tuesday, 30 April 2024-Miller Course (?)
Wednesday, 1 May 2024-Torah Study (Day has changed)
Thursday, 2 May 2024-Judaic Studies
Friday & Saturday, 3 & 4 May 2024-Shabbat Services
Sunday, 5 May 2024-Hebrew School
Tuesday, 7 May 2024-Miller Course (Day has changed)
Wednesday, 8 May 2024-Torah Study (Day has changed)
Sunday, 19 May 2024-Biannual Congregational Meeting
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
"Kabbalists have revealed that the nation of Amalek is a code term that refers to the doubts and undertainties that dwell within the consciousness of humankind. Specifically, these doubts concern the following: our recogition of the reality of The Creator; our trust in the spirirutal laws of our universe; our willingness to embark on and remain on the correct spiritual path. Whenever we begin to approach these universsal truths and come nearer to the Light, doubts automatically set in. Consciously waging war against uncertainty helps to hasten the arrival of our personal Messiah, as well as the global redemption. Moreover, triumping over our doubt helps to ignite the Light of mercy, which sweetens the Judgments due to us as a result of previous iniquities in this life or past incarnation. Hence, the strength to defeat skepticism is summoned forth herein and Light of mercy shines brighter in our lives, helping to soften decrees of judgement that might be due us."
A very poignant prayer that gives us comfort:
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, April 21, 2024 9:00am - 2:00pm (Hebrew School 10:00am - 11:30am)
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 9:00am - 1:00pm (Passover 1 Services 9:30am - 12:00pm)
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 5:00pm - 9:00pm (2nd Night Seder 6:00am - 8:00pm)
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 9:00am - 1:00pm (Passover 2 Services 9:30am - 12:00pm)
Friday, April 26, 2024 10:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)
Sunday, April 21, 2024 9:00am - 2:00pm (Hebrew School 10:00am - 11:30am)
Monday, April 29, 2024 9:00am - 1:00pm (Passover 7 Services 9:30am - 12:00pm)
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 9:00am - 1:00pm (Passover 8 Services/Yizkor 9:30am - 12:00pm)
Friday, May 5, 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)
Sunday, May 7, 2024 9:00am - 2:00pm (Hebrew School 10:00am - 11:30am)
Friday, May 12, 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)
(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)
Upcoming Passover Services
Pesach I / פֶּסַח א׳ Tuesday, 23 April 2024 / 15 Nisan 5784 @ 9:30 am
Pesach II / פֶּסַח ב׳ Wednesday, 24 April 2024 / 16 Nisan 5784 @ 9:30 am
Next Miller Course
Day has changed
Due to Passover/Pesach, class will be held on Wednesday, April 24 @ 6pm
TBA alternate day
Module 13: Love
Adult Torah Study Class
Next Session: Wednesday, April 30 at 7:30 pm PT (?)
Day has changed
Preempted due to Passover/Pesach
Zoom Links sent in separate email Wednesday morning. Please reply if you do not receive them.
Parashat Achrei Mot 5784 / פָּרָשַׁת אַחֲרֵי מוֹת
4 May 2024 / 26 Nisan 5784
Parashat Achrei Mot is the 29th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-18:30
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. [1]
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Judaic Studies
Next session: Thursday, April 25, 2024 @ 7:30pm
Discussing the Friday Night Ma'ariv Shabbat service.
Shabbat Times for Ontario, California, USA
🕯️ Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות Friday, April 26⋅7:13pm
✨ Havdalah (50 min) / הבדלה - 50 דקות Saturday, April 27⋅8:11pm
Powered by Hebcal Shabbat Times
Upcoming Services
Shabbat/Pesach Ma'ariv Service Friday, April 26, 2024 @ 7:30 pm
Pesach Shabbat Chol ha-Moed / פֶּסַח שַׁבָּת חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד Saturday, 27 April 2024 / 19 Nisan 5784 @ 9:30 am
Pesach VII / פֶּסַח ז׳ Monday, 29 April 2024 / 21 Nisan 5784 @ 9:30 am
Pesach VIII / פֶּסַח ח׳ Tuesday, 30 April 2024 / 22 Nisan 5784 @ 9:30 am
Shabbat Zoom Links sent in separate email Friday afternoon.
Passover links for all the Passover services will be sent out Sunday evening.
Please reply if you do not receive them.
We are now incorporating guitar accompaniment with our Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv
Pesach 2024 / פֶּסַח 5784
Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread 🫓🍷
Pesach for Hebrew Year 5784 begins in the Diaspora at sundown on Monday, 22 April 2024 and ends at nightfall on Tuesday, 30 April 2024.
Passover (Hebrew: פֶּסַח Pesach) commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt. Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nisan in the Jewish calendar, which is in spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and is celebrated for seven or eight days. It is one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays.
Pesach I / פֶּסַח א׳ Tuesday, 23 April 2024 / 15 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Exodus 12:21-51; Numbers 28:16-25
1: Exodus 12:21-24 · 4 p’sukim
2: Exodus 12:25-28 · 4 p’sukim
3: Exodus 12:29-36 · 8 p’sukim
4: Exodus 12:37-42 · 6 p’sukim
5: Exodus 12:43-51 · 9 p’sukim
maf: Numbers 28:16-25 · 10 p’sukim
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Joshua 3:5-7, 5:2-6:1, 6:27 · 19 p’sukim
Haftarah for Sephardim: Joshua 5:2-6:1, 6:27 · 16 p’sukim
Pesach II / פֶּסַח ב׳ Wednesday, 24 April 2024 / 16 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Leviticus 22:26-23:44; Numbers 28:16-25
1: Leviticus 22:26-23:3 · 11 p’sukim
2: Leviticus 23:4-14 · 11 p’sukim
3: Leviticus 23:15-22 · 8 p’sukim
4: Leviticus 23:23-32 · 10 p’sukim
5: Leviticus 23:33-44 · 12 p’sukim
maf: Numbers 28:16-25 · 10 p’sukim
Haftarah: II Kings 23:1-9, 23:21-25 · 14 p’sukim
Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 1 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם א׳ Thursday, 25 April 2024 / 17 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Exodus 13:1-16; Numbers 28:19-25
1: Exodus 13:1-4 · 4 p’sukim
2: Exodus 13:5-10 · 6 p’sukim
3: Exodus 13:11-16 · 6 p’sukim
4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 2 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ב׳Friday, 26 April 2024 / 18 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Exodus 22:24-23:19; Numbers 28:19-25
1: Exodus 22:24-26 · 3 p’sukim
2: Exodus 22:27-23:5 · 9 p’sukim
3: Exodus 23:6-19 · 14 p’sukim
4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Pesach Shabbat Chol ha-Moed / פֶּסַח שַׁבָּת חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד Saturday, 27 April 2024 / 19 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Exodus 33:12-34:26; Numbers 28:19-25
1: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
2: Exodus 33:17-19 · 3 p’sukim
3: Exodus 33:20-23 · 4 p’sukim
4: Exodus 34:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
5: Exodus 34:4-10 · 7 p’sukim
6: Exodus 34:11-17 · 7 p’sukim
7: Exodus 34:18-26 · 9 p’sukim
maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:1-14 · 14 p’sukim
Megillah
1: Song of Songs 1:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
2: Song of Songs 2:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
3: Song of Songs 3:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
4: Song of Songs 4:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
5: Song of Songs 5:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
6: Song of Songs 6:1-12 · 12 p’sukim
7: Song of Songs 7:1-14 · 14 p’sukim
8: Song of Songs 8:1-14 · 14 p’sukim
Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 4 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ד׳ Sunday, 28 April 2024 / 20 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Numbers 9:1-14, 28:19-25
1: Numbers 9:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
2: Numbers 9:6-8 · 3 p’sukim
3: Numbers 9:9-14 · 6 p’sukim
4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Pesach VII / פֶּסַח ז׳ Monday, 29 April 2024 / 21 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Exodus 13:17-15:26; Numbers 28:19-25
1: Exodus 13:17-22 · 6 p’sukim
2: Exodus 14:1-8 · 8 p’sukim
3: Exodus 14:9-14 · 6 p’sukim
4: Exodus 14:15-25 · 11 p’sukim
5: Exodus 14:26-15:26 · 32 p’sukim
maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Haftarah: II Samuel 22:1-51 · 51 p’sukim
Pesach VIII / פֶּסַח ח׳ Tuesday, 30 April 2024 / 22 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17; Numbers 28:19-25
1: Deuteronomy 15:19-23 · 5 p’sukim
2: Deuteronomy 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
3: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 · 5 p’sukim
4: Deuteronomy 16:9-12 · 4 p’sukim
5: Deuteronomy 16:13-17 · 5 p’sukim
maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Haftarah: Isaiah 10:32-12:6 · 25 p’sukim
Next Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario
will be on
Sunday, April 21, 2024 from 10:00am - 11:30am
Our Hebrew Class consists of two sessions:
10:00am - 10:40pm Learning Hebrew
10:50am - 11:30am Studying Torah and other related topics
Pesach 2024 / פֶּסַח 5784
Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread 🫓🍷
Pesach for Hebrew Year 5784 begins in the Diaspora at sundown on Monday, 22 April 2024 and ends at nightfall on Tuesday, 30 April 2024.
Passover (Hebrew: פֶּסַח Pesach) commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt. Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nisan in the Jewish calendar, which is in spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and is celebrated for seven or eight days. It is one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays.
Second Seder
Tanakh
This displays the Diaspora holiday schedule for Passover.
Passover Services and Readings
Passover 1 Shachrit Service @ 9:30 am
Pesach I / פֶּסַח א׳ Tuesday, 23 April 2024 / 15 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Exodus 12:21-51; Numbers 28:16-25
1: Exodus 12:21-24 · 4 p’sukim
2: Exodus 12:25-28 · 4 p’sukim
3: Exodus 12:29-36 · 8 p’sukim
4: Exodus 12:37-42 · 6 p’sukim
5: Exodus 12:43-51 · 9 p’sukim
maf: Numbers 28:16-25 · 10 p’sukim
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Joshua 3:5-7, 5:2-6:1, 6:27 · 19 p’sukim
Haftarah for Sephardim: Joshua 5:2-6:1, 6:27 · 16 p’sukim
Passover 2 Shachrit Service @ 9:30 am
Pesach II / פֶּסַח ב׳ Wednesday, 24 April 2024 / 16 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Leviticus 22:26-23:44; Numbers 28:16-25
1: Leviticus 22:26-23:3 · 11 p’sukim
2: Leviticus 23:4-14 · 11 p’sukim
3: Leviticus 23:15-22 · 8 p’sukim
4: Leviticus 23:23-32 · 10 p’sukim
5: Leviticus 23:33-44 · 12 p’sukim
maf: Numbers 28:16-25 · 10 p’sukim
Haftarah: II Kings 23:1-9, 23:21-25 · 14 p’sukim
Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 1 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם א׳
Thursday, 25 April 2024 / 17 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Exodus 13:1-16; Numbers 28:19-25
1: Exodus 13:1-4 · 4 p’sukim
2: Exodus 13:5-10 · 6 p’sukim
3: Exodus 13:11-16 · 6 p’sukim
4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 2 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ב׳
Friday, 26 April 2024 / 18 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Exodus 22:24-23:19; Numbers 28:19-25
1: Exodus 22:24-26 · 3 p’sukim
2: Exodus 22:27-23:5 · 9 p’sukim
3: Exodus 23:6-19 · 14 p’sukim
4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Pesach Shabbat Chol ha-Moed / פֶּסַח שַׁבָּת חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד
Saturday, 27 April 2024 / 19 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Exodus 33:12-34:26; Numbers 28:19-25
1: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
2: Exodus 33:17-19 · 3 p’sukim
3: Exodus 33:20-23 · 4 p’sukim
4: Exodus 34:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
5: Exodus 34:4-10 · 7 p’sukim
6: Exodus 34:11-17 · 7 p’sukim
7: Exodus 34:18-26 · 9 p’sukim
maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:1-14 · 14 p’sukim
Megillah
1: Song of Songs 1:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
2: Song of Songs 2:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
3: Song of Songs 3:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
4: Song of Songs 4:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
5: Song of Songs 5:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
6: Song of Songs 6:1-12 · 12 p’sukim
7: Song of Songs 7:1-14 · 14 p’sukim
8: Song of Songs 8:1-14 · 14 p’sukim
Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 4 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ד׳
Sunday, 28 April 2024 / 20 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Numbers 9:1-14, 28:19-25
1: Numbers 9:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
2: Numbers 9:6-8 · 3 p’sukim
3: Numbers 9:9-14 · 6 p’sukim
4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Passover 7 Shachrit Service @ 9:30 am
Pesach VII / פֶּסַח ז׳
Monday, 29 April 2024 / 21 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Exodus 13:17-15:26; Numbers 28:19-25
1: Exodus 13:17-22 · 6 p’sukim
2: Exodus 14:1-8 · 8 p’sukim
3: Exodus 14:9-14 · 6 p’sukim
4: Exodus 14:15-25 · 11 p’sukim
5: Exodus 14:26-15:26 · 32 p’sukim
maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Haftarah: II Samuel 22:1-51 · 51 p’sukim
Passover 8 Shachrit Service @ 9:30 am
Pesach VIII / פֶּסַח ח׳
Tuesday, 30 April 2024 / 22 Nisan 5784
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17; Numbers 28:19-25
1: Deuteronomy 15:19-23 · 5 p’sukim
2: Deuteronomy 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
3: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 · 5 p’sukim
4: Deuteronomy 16:9-12 · 4 p’sukim
5: Deuteronomy 16:13-17 · 5 p’sukim
maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim
Haftarah: Isaiah 10:32-12:6 · 25 p’sukim
Biannual Congregational Meeting
Sunday, 19 May 2024 @ 1:00pm
