Rabbi Shmuel's Weekly Newsletter for week of 7 April 2024

Calendar

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

Sunday, 7 April 2024-Hebrew School

Tuesday, 9 April 2024-Miller Course (Day has changed)

Wednesday, 10 April 2024-Torah Study (Day has changed)

Thursday, 11 April 2024-Board Meeting

Friday & Saturday, 12 & 13 April 2024-Shabbat Services

Sunday, 14 April 2024-Hebrew School

Tuesday, 16 April 2024-Miller Course (Day has changed)

Wednesday, 17 April 2024-Torah Study (Day has changed)

Thursday, 18 April 2024-Judaic Studies

Friday & Saturday, 19 & 20 April 2024-Shabbat Services

Monday, 22 April 2024 - nightfall Tuesday, 30 April 2024-Passover

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

"Two paths to redemption and eternal peace are always available to us, a Ligh - fillled path that embodies mercy ad protection, or a darkened path that embodies pain, torment, and suffering. Our egos constanly urge us towards the path of darkness. Through a meditative, intense introspection, we can help ourselves and the world at large, avoid he potential gloom and devastation that attends the path of darkness."

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.

Thursday, April 11, 2024 1:00pm - 7:00pm (Board Meeting 7:00pm - 9:00pm)

Friday, April 12, 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)

Sunday, April 14, 2024 9:00am - 2:00pm (Hebrew School 10:00am - 11:30am)

Friday, April 19, 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)

Sunday, April 21, 2024 9:00am - 2:00pm (Hebrew School 10:00am - 11:30am)

Friday, April 26, 2024 10:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)

(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)

D'var Torah for Parashat Tazria 5784 / פָּרָשַׁת תַזְרִיעַ

13 April 2024

D'var Torah on YouTube

Next Miller Course

Day has changed

Tuesday, April 9, 2024 @ 5:00pm PT

Module 11: Kashrut

Adult Torah Study Class

Next Session: Wednesday, April 10 at 7:30 pm PT

Day has changed

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

Parashat Tazria 5784 / פָּרָשַׁת תַזְרִיעַ

13 April 2024 / 5 Nisan 5784

Parashat Tazria is the 27th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Leviticus 12:1-13:59

Tazria (“She Bears Seed”) opens by describing the purification process for a woman after childbirth. It then describes different forms of tzaraat, a discoloration condition on skin or clothing, and the requirement of an infected person to dwell alone outside the camp and be inspected by a priest. [1]

Commentary and Divrei Torah

Sefaria OU Torah Jewish Theological Seminary American Jewish University

Hertz Chumash: pp. 463– 466 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 459– 466) Artscroll Chumash: pp. 614– 619 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 608– 619) Etz Chaim Chumash: pp. 655– 659 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 649– 659)

Judaic Studies

Next session: Thursday, April 18, 2024 @ 7:30pm

Preempted on April 11 for Board Meeting

We’ll be deciding what to discuss next.

Shabbat Times for Ontario, California, USA

🕯️ Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות Friday, April 12⋅7:02pm

✨ Havdalah (50 min) / הבדלה - 50 דקות Saturday, April 13⋅7:59pm

Upcoming Services

Shabbat Ma'ariv Service Friday, April 12, 2024 @ 7:30 pm

Shabbat Shachrit Service Saturday, April 13, 2024 @ 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 Tazria 5784 / פָּרָשַׁת תַזְרִיעַ

13 April 2024 / 5 Nisan 5784

Parashat Tazria is the 27th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Leviticus 12:1-13:59

Triennial year 2

1: 13:29-34 · 6 p’sukim

2: 13:35-39 · 5 p’sukim

3: 13:40-42 · 3 p’sukim

4: 13:43-46 · 4 p’sukim

5: 13:47-50 · 4 p’sukim

6: 13:51-54 · 4 p’sukim

7: 13:55-59 · 5 p’sukim

maf: 13:57-59 · 3 p’sukim

Haftarah: II Kings 4:42-5:19 · 22 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

Sefaria OU Torah Academy for Jewish Religion Jewish Theological Seminary

Hertz Chumash: pp. 463– 466 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 459– 466)

In-Person Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario

will be on Sunday, April 14, 2024 from 10:00am - 12:00pm

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