Kabbalah Thought for this week
"Man requires a metaphysical filament - the firmament - to create resistance against the...Evil Inclination. This firmament or filament is our free will to resist the negative urges and desires of the ego. When we apply this resistance, we create a metaphysical circuit that generates spiritual Light."
Announcements
-Office Hours
-This week’s 10-Minute
-Events
-Candle Lighting Times for Shabbat (Ontario, CA)
-Shabbat Services
-School
Calendar
This is an overview of upcoming events. Details of each event are below
Sunday, 24 September 2023-Erev Yom Kippur
Monday, 25 September 2023-Yom Kippur
Thursday, 28 September 2023-Judaic Studies
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 29 and 30 September & 1 October 2023-This week's Shabbat & Sukkot services
Monday, 2 October 2023-Torah Study
Thursday, 5 October 2023-Judaic Studies
Friday & Saturday, 6 & 7 October 2023-This week's Shabbat & Shemini Atzeret Services
Saturday Evening & Sunday, 7 & 8 October 2023-Simchat Torah Services
Monday, 9 October 2023-Torah Study
Thursday, 12 October 2023-Judaic Studies
Friday & Saturday, 13 & 14 October 2023-Shabbat Services
*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 this week:
Going forward, I am planning on conducting Hebrew School and Miller Course from my office and making Sunday an office day to be more available.
Sunday, September 24, 2023 Erev Yom Kippur
Monday, September 25, 2023 - Yom Kippur
Thursday, September 28, 2023 2:00pm - 7:00pm (?)
Friday, September 29, 2023 2:00pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat/Sukkot Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)
Sunday, October 1, 2023 9:00am - 2:00pm Sukkot II Services
Monday, October 2, 2023 9:00am - 2:00pm
Friday, October 6, 2023 2:00pm - 7:00pm (Friday Night Shabbat/Shemini Atzeret Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)
Sunday, October 8, 2023 9:00am - 2:00pm Simchat Torah Services
Monday, October 9, 2023 9:00am - 2:00pm
Friday, October 13, 2023 2:00pm - 7:00pm (Friday Night Shabbat/Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)
(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)
Day of Atonement ✡️
Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on Sunday, 24 September 2023 and ends at nightfall on Monday, 25 September 2023.
Yom Kippur (Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר or יום הכיפורים), Also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year for the Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services. Yom Kippur completes the annual period known in Judaism as the High Holy Days (or sometimes “the Days of Awe”).
Yom Kippur / יוֹם כִּפּוּר Monday, 25 September 2023 / 10 Tishrei 5784
Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-34; Numbers 29:7-11
1: Leviticus 16:1-6 · 6 p’sukim ·
2: Leviticus 16:7-11 · 5 p’sukim ·
3: Leviticus 16:12-17 · 6 p’sukim ·
4: Leviticus 16:18-24 · 7 p’sukim ·
5: Leviticus 16:25-30 · 6 p’sukim ·
6: Leviticus 16:31-34 · 4 p’sukim ·
maf: Numbers 29:7-11 · 5 p’sukim ·
Haftarah: Isaiah 57:14-58:14 · 22 p’sukim
Yom Kippur (Mincha) / יוֹם כִּפּוּר מִנחָה Monday, 25 September 2023 / 10 Tishrei 5784
Torah Portion: Leviticus 18:1-30
1: Leviticus 18:1-5 · 5 p’sukim ·
2: Leviticus 18:6-21 · 16 p’sukim ·
maf: Leviticus 18:22-30 · 9 p’sukim ·
Haftarah: Jonah 1:1-4:11; Micah 7:18-20 · 51 p’sukim
Adult Torah Study Class
Next Session: Monday, October 2 at 7:30 pm PT
Torah Study for September 25 is preempted for Yom Kippur
Zoom Links sent in separate email Monday morning. Please reply if you do not receive them.
Parashat Sukkot 2023 / סוּכּוֹת 5784
Feast of Booths 🌿🍋
Sukkot for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on Friday, 29 September 2023 and ends at nightfall on Friday, 6 October 2023.
Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt, or sukkos, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles) is a Biblical holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (late September to late October). It is one of the three biblically mandated festivals Shalosh regalim on which Jews were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem.
Sukkot I (on Shabbat) / סוּכּוֹת יוֹם א׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת) Saturday, 30 September 2023 / 15 Tishrei 5784
Torah Portion: Leviticus 22:26-23:44; Numbers 29:12-16
1: Leviticus 22:26-33 · 8 p’sukim ·
2: Leviticus 23:1-3 · 3 p’sukim ·
3: Leviticus 23:4-8 · 5 p’sukim ·
4: Leviticus 23:9-14 · 6 p’sukim ·
5: Leviticus 23:15-22 · 8 p’sukim ·
6: Leviticus 23:23-32 · 10 p’sukim ·
7: Leviticus 23:33-44 · 12 p’sukim ·
maf: Numbers 29:12-16 · 5 p’sukim ·
Haftarah: Zechariah 14:1-21 · 21 p’sukim
Judaic Studies
Next session: Thursday, September 28, 2023 @ 7:30pm
Sukkot 2023 / סוּכּוֹת 5784
Feast of Booths 🌿🍋
Sukkot for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on Friday, 29 September 2023 and ends at nightfall on Friday, 6 October 2023.
Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt, or sukkos, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles) is a Biblical holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (late September to late October). It is one of the three biblically mandated festivals Shalosh regalim on which Jews were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem.
Shabbat/Sukkot Times for Ontario, California, USA
Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות Friday, September 29⋅6:19 – 6:19pm
Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות Saturday, September 30⋅7:13 – 7:13pm
Havdalah (50 min) / הבדלה - 50 דקות Saturday, October 1⋅7:12 – 7:12pm
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Upcoming Services
Shabbat/Sukkot Ma'ariv Service Friday, September 29, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
Shabbat/Sukkot I Shachrit Service Saturday, September 30, 2023 @ 9:30 am
Sukkot II Shachrit Service Sunday, October 1, 2023 @ 9:30 am
Zoom Links sent in 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 Sukkot 2023 / סוּכּוֹת 5784
Feast of Booths 🌿🍋
Sukkot for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on Friday, 29 September 2023 and ends at nightfall on Friday, 6 October 2023.
Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt, or sukkos, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles) is a Biblical holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (late September to late October). It is one of the three biblically mandated festivals Shalosh regalim on which Jews were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem.
Sukkot I (on Shabbat) / סוּכּוֹת יוֹם א׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת) Saturday, 30 September 2023 / 15 Tishrei 5784
Torah Portion: Leviticus 22:26-23:44; Numbers 29:12-16
1: Leviticus 22:26-33 · 8 p’sukim ·
2: Leviticus 23:1-3 · 3 p’sukim ·
3: Leviticus 23:4-8 · 5 p’sukim ·
4: Leviticus 23:9-14 · 6 p’sukim ·
5: Leviticus 23:15-22 · 8 p’sukim ·
6: Leviticus 23:23-32 · 10 p’sukim ·
7: Leviticus 23:33-44 · 12 p’sukim ·
maf: Numbers 29:12-16 · 5 p’sukim ·
Haftarah: Zechariah 14:1-21 · 21 p’sukim
Sukkot II / סוּכּוֹת ב׳ Sunday, 1 October 2023 / 16 Tishrei 5784
Torah Portion: Leviticus 22:26-23:44; Numbers 29:12-16
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 29:12-16 · 5 p’sukim ·
Haftarah: I Kings 8:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
*Note that we are now doing the Triennial reading for our Shabbat Torah services. 5784 is Triennial Year 2
From the Talmud
Kiddushin 41a
Similarly, bar Kappara taught: An angry person
לֹא עָלְתָה בְּיָדוֹ אֶלָּא רַגְזָנוּתָא. וּלְאָדָם טוֹב מַטְעִימִים אוֹתוֹ מִפְּרִי מַעֲשָׂיו. וְכֹל שֶׁאֵינוֹ לֹא בַּמִּקְרָא וְלֹא בַּמִּשְׁנָה וְלֹא בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶרֶץ – דּוֹר הֲנָאָה מִמֶּנּוּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וּבְמוֹשַׁב לֵצִים לֹא יָשָׁב״ – מוֹשָׁבוֹ מוֹשַׁב לֵצִים.
has managed to acquire only anger [ragzanuta], i.e., nothing beneficial comes through anger; in the end he is left with nothing but the anger itself. And a good person is given the fruit of his actions to taste. And with regard to any person who does not engage in the study of Bible, nor the study of Mishna, nor the desired mode of behavior, one should vow to not derive benefit from him, and one should have no contact with him, as it is stated: “Nor sat in the seat of the scornful” (Psalms 1:1). The seat of this person is certainly the seat of the scornful, as he is engaged in nothing but idle matters.
Shmini Atzeret 2023 / שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת 5784
Eighth Day of Assembly ✡️
Shmini Atzeret for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on Friday, 6 October 2023 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 7 October 2023.
Shemini Atzeret (שמיני עצרת - “the Eighth [day] of Assembly”) is a Jewish holiday. It is celebrated on the 22nd day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei (first month of calendar). In the Diaspora, an additional day is celebrated, the second day being separately referred to as Simchat Torah. In Israel and Reform Judaism, the holidays of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are combined into a single day and the names are used interchangeably.
Simchat Torah 2023 / שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה 5784
Day of Celebrating the Torah ✡️
Simchat Torah for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on Saturday, 7 October 2023 and ends at nightfall on Sunday, 8 October 2023.
Simchat Torah or Simḥath Torah (also Simkhes Toreh, Hebrew: שִׂמְחַת תורָה, lit., “Rejoicing with/of the Torah,”) is a celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle. Simchat Torah is a component of the Biblical Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret (“Eighth Day of Assembly”), which follows immediately after the festival of Sukkot in the month of Tishrei (mid-September to early October on the Gregorian calendar).
Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario
Hebrew School is starting up again on Sundays on October 15!
Watch this space for more information on the dates and times and the new format.
High Holidays: Venue for services
Erev Yom Kippur Sunday, September 24, 2023 6:10pm – 8:10pm
Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות Sunday, September 24⋅6:26 – 6:26pm
Yom Kippur Shaharit Monday, September 25, 2023 9:30am – 1:30pm (?)
Yom Kippur Mincha Monday, September 5, 2023 4:15pm – 7:20pm (Break fast)
Havdalah (50 min)/ הבדלה - 50 דקות Monday, September 25⋅7:20 – 7:20pm
A big thank you to the Pumerantz family for sponsoring our Break-the-Fast!
Erev Sukkot Ma’ariv 1 Friday, September 29, 2023 7:30pm – 8:45pm
Sukkot Shaharit 1 Saturday, September 30, 2023 9:30am – 12:15pm
Erev Sukkot Ma’ariv 2 Saturday, September 30, 2023 7:30pm – 8:45pm (Probably livestream on Zoom from our house)
Sukkot Shaharit 2 Sunday, October 1, 2023 9:30am – 12:15pm
Shaharit Shmini Atzeret/Yizkor Saturday, October 7, 2023 9:30am – 12:15pm
Erev Simhat Torah Saturday, October 7, 2023 7:30pm – 9:00pm
**Shaharit Simhat Torah Sunday, October 8, 2023 9:30pm – 12:15pm
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