Calendar
This is an overview of upcoming events. Details of each event are below
Sunday, 12 January 2025-Religious School
Monday, 13 January 2024-Torah Study New Day!
Thursday, 16 January 2025-Judaic Studies(?)
Friday & Saturday, 17 & 18 January 2025-Shabbat Services
Sunday, 19 January 2025-Religious School
Monday, 20 January 2024-Torah Study New Day!
Thursday, 23 January 2025-Judaic Studies
Friday & Saturday, 24 & 25 January 2025-Shabbat Services
Sunday, 26 January 2025-Religious School
Monday, 27 January 2024-Torah Study New Day!
Thursday, 30 January 2025-Judaic Studies(?)
Friday & Saturday, 31 January & 1 February 2025-Shabbat Services
Sunday, 2 February 2025-In-Person Religious School
For your convenience, we offer Zelle for payments and donations! Use this email: treasurer@templesholomofontario.org
Please note what the payment is for. Thank you.
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
Going forward, I am planning on conducting Hebrew School from my office and making Sunday an office day when applicable to be more available.
Thursday, 9 January 2025 1:00pm - 7:00pm (Board Meeting @ 7:00pm)
Friday, 10 January 2025 10:00am - 7:30pm (Shabbat Services @ 7:30pm)
Sunday, 12 January 2025 9:00am - 1:30pm (Religious School 10:00am - 11:30pm)
Friday, 17 January 2025 10:00am - 7:30pm (Shabbat Services @ 7:30pm)
Sunday, 19 January 2025 9:00am - 1:30pm (Religious School 10:00am - 11:30pm)
Friday, 24 January 2025 10:00am - 7:30pm (Shabbat Services @ 7:30pm)
Sunday, 26 January 2025 9:00am - 1:30pm (Religious School 10:00am - 11:30pm)
Friday, 30 January 2025 10:00am - 7:30pm (Shabbat Services @ 7:30pm)
Sunday, 2 February 2025 9:00am - 1:30pm (In-Person Religious School 10:00am - 12:00pm)
(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)
18 January 2025 / 18 Tevet 5785
(10 January 2025)
Adult Torah Study Class
Next Session: Monday, January 13 at 7:30 pm PT
New Day!
Zoom Links sent in separate email Monday early afternoon. Please reply if you do not receive them.
Parashat Shemot 5785 / פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמוֹת
18 January 2025 / 18 Tevet 5785
Parashat Shemot is the 13th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Exodus 1:1-6:1
Shemot (“Names”) is the first Torah reading in the Book of Exodus. It opens describing the enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt. Moses is born, placed in a basket on the Nile, and adopted into Pharaoh’s household. He later encounters God at a burning bush and begins his mission of demanding that Pharoah let the Israelites go. [1]
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Hertz Chumash: pp. 220 – 224 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 206 – 224)
Artscroll Chumash: pp. 310 – 317 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 292 – 317)
Etz Chaim Chumash: pp. 335 – 341 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 317 – 341)
Thursday, 16 January 2025 @ 7:30pm
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ Argument for the Sake of Heaven. If you want to get a head start for next week, I attach this chapter as a 12-page PDF file. I think we’ll have a better discussion if we all read it ahead of time.
Shabbat Times for Ontario, California, USA
🕯️ Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות Friday, January 17⋅4:51pm
✨ Havdalah (50 min) / הבדלה - 50 דקות Saturday, January 11⋅5:48pm
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Upcoming Services
Erev Shabbat Ma'ariv Service Friday, January 17, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
Shabbat Shacharit / שַׁבָּת Saturday, January 18, 2025 @ 9:30 am
Shabbat Zoom Links sent in a 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 Shemot 5785 / פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמוֹת
18 January 2025 / 18 Tevet 5785
Parashat Shemot is the 13th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion Triennial year 3: Exodus 4:18-6:1
Shemot (“Names”) is the first Torah reading in the Book of Exodus. It opens describing the enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt. Moses is born, placed in a basket on the Nile, and adopted into Pharaoh’s household. He later encounters God at a burning bush and begins his mission of demanding that Pharoah let the Israelites go. [1]
1: 4:18-20 · 3 p’sukim
2: 4:21-26 · 6 p’sukim
3: 4:27-31 · 5 p’sukim
4: 5:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
5: 5:6-9 · 4 p’sukim
6: 5:10-14 · 5 p’sukim
7: 5:15-6:1 · 10 p’sukim
maf: 5:22-6:1 · 3 p’sukim
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23 · 23 p’sukimm
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Hertz Chumash: pp. 220 – 224 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 206 – 224)
Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario
Zoom Religious School:
Sunday, January 12 @ 10:00am - 11:30am
We are going to be starting up our religious school.
First session: 10:00am - 10:40am Hebrew and Prayers
Second session: 10:50am - 11:30am Torah, Prophets, Holidays
We are planning on a more consistent schedule. We will have our in-person learning on the first weekend of the month. The other 3 or 4 weeks will be on Zoom and consist of Hebrew instruction and Torah learning. We will also discuss the holidays as they come up and other topics, like prophets.
Shabbat Across America
and Canada
Friday night, March 7, 2025
Since the terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7th, 2023, the world’s Jewry has gone through some really difficult and dark times. There has been a dramatic increase in antisemitism. Jews have been attacked and made to feel unwelcome. Synagogues have been burned down and covered in graffiti.
What the world needs to see are more displays of Jewish pride and unity. Now is our chance to counter these dark times with Jewish light.
On March 7th, exactly 17 months after those horrific attacks on the Jewish homeland, we are asking your community to join us for NJOP’s 29th Annual Shabbat Across America and Canada, the original Shabbat unity event. This special night is an opportunity to come together as one family and one community, to celebrate Shabbat and spread the light of Jewish unity into the world.
Let’s bring people into our synagogues and Jewish centers like never before. Participating in NJOP’s continent-wide event will enable those in your community to share this special unity experience with thousands of North American Jews. To positively impact upon participants, we invite you to offer an uplifting program including an explanatory service, traditional rituals, a delicious Shabbat meal and lively discussions to ensure a wonderfully inspiring and impactful Shabbat experience.
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