Calendar
This is an overview of upcoming events. Details of each event are below
Hanukkah Party, Sunday 29 December 2024 4:00pm
Hanukkah, Thursday, December 26 - Thursday, January 2, 2025
Friday & Saturday, 27 & 28 December 2024-Shabbat Services
Thursday, 2 January 2025-Judaic Studies(?)
Friday & Saturday, 3 & 4 January 2025-Shabbat Services
Sunday, 5 January 2025-In-Person Religious School and Adult Learning
Monday, 6 January 2024-Torah Study New Day!
Thursday, 9 January 2025-Judaic Studies(?)
Friday & Saturday, 10 & 11 January 2025-Shabbat Services
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
We are now offering 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.
Friday, 3 January 2025 10:00am - 7:30pm (Shabbat Services @ 7:30pm)
Sunday, 5 January 2025 9:00am - 1:30pm (In-Person Religious School 10:00am - 12:00pm)
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)
(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)
4 January 2025 / 4 Tevet 5785
(27 December 2024)
HANUKKAH PARTY @ TSO
Done By Our Sisterhood @ Temple Sholom of Ontario
Sunday, December 29th, 2024 @ 4:00 p.m.
Chanukah 2024 / חֲנוּכָּה 5785
Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication 🕎
Chanukah for Hebrew Year 5785 begins at sundown on Wednesday, 25 December 2024 and ends at nightfall on Thursday, 2 January 2025.
Hanukkah (Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה, usually spelled חנוכה pronounced [χanuˈka] in Modern Hebrew, also romanized as Chanukah or Chanuka), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.
Chanukah Day 4 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ד׳
Sunday, 29 December 2024 / 28 Kislev 5785
Torah Portion: Numbers 7:30-41
1: Numbers 7:30-32 · 3 p’sukim
2: Numbers 7:33-35 · 3 p’sukim
3: Numbers 7:36-41 · 6 p’sukim
Chanukah: 5 Candles / חֲנוּכָּה: ה׳ נֵרוֹת
Sunday, December 29⋅5:10 – 5:10pm
Chanukah Day 5 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ה׳
Monday, 30 December 2024 / 29 Kislev 5785
Torah Portion: Numbers 7:36-47
1: Numbers 7:36-38 · 3 p’sukim
2: Numbers 7:39-41 · 3 p’sukim
3: Numbers 7:42-47 · 6 p’sukim
Chanukah: 6 Candles / חֲנוּכָּה: ו׳ נֵרוֹת
Monday, December 30⋅5:11 – 5:11pm
Rosh Chodesh Tevet 2024 / רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ טֵבֵת 5785
Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar 🌒
Rosh Chodesh Tevet for Hebrew Year 5785 begins at sundown on Monday, 30 December 2024 and ends at nightfall on Wednesday, 1 January 2025.
Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar. Tevet (טֵבֵת) is the 10th month of the Hebrew year, has 29 days, and corresponds to December or January on the Gregorian calendar. רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh, is a minor holiday that occurs at the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar. It is marked by the birth of a new moon.
Chanukah Day 6 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ו׳
Tuesday, 31 December 2024 / 30 Kislev 5785
Torah Portion: Numbers 28:1-15, 7:42-47
1: Numbers 28:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
2: Numbers 28:6-10 · 5 p’sukim
3: Numbers 28:11-15 · 5 p’sukim
4: Numbers 7:42-47 · 6 p’sukim
Chanukah: 7 Candles / חֲנוּכָּה: ז׳ נֵרוֹת
Tuesday, December 31⋅5:12 – 5:12pm
New Year's Day
Wed, Jan 1, 2025
Chanukah Day 7 (on Rosh Chodesh) / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ז׳ (רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ)
Wednesday, 1 January 2025 / 1 Tevet 5785
Torah Portion: Numbers 28:1-15, 7:48-53
1: Numbers 28:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
2: Numbers 28:6-10 · 5 p’sukim
3: Numbers 28:11-15 · 5 p’sukim
4: Numbers 7:48-53 · 6 p’sukim
🕎8️⃣ Chanukah: 8 Candles / חֲנוּכָּה: ח׳ נֵרוֹת
Wednesday, January 1, 2025⋅5:13 – 5:13pm
Chanukah Day 8 / חֲנוּכָּה יוֹם ח׳
Thursday, 2 January 2025 / 2 Tevet 5785
Torah Portion: Numbers 7:54-8:4
1: Numbers 7:54-56 · 3 p’sukim
2: Numbers 7:57-59 · 3 p’sukim
3: Numbers 7:60-8:4 · 34 p’sukim
Adult Torah Study Class
Next Session: Monday, January 6 at 7:30 pm PT
New Day!
On Hiatus for the holidays until the New Year. See you then
Zoom Links sent in separate email Monday early afternoon. Please reply if you do not receive them.
Parashat Vayechi 5785 / פָּרָשַׁת וַיְחִי
11 January 2025 / 11 Tevet 5785
Parashat Vayechi is the 12th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Genesis 47:28-50:26
Vayechi (“He Lived”) is the final Torah portion in the Book of Genesis. It opens as Jacob prepares for his death, making his son Joseph swear to bury him in the Cave of Machpelah. Jacob blesses Joseph’s two sons and his own 12 sons and then dies. Jacob’s sons bury him. The portion ends with Joseph’s death. [1]
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Hertz Chumash: pp. 187 – 191 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 180 – 191)
Artscroll Chumash: pp. 282 – 289 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 268 – 289)
Etz Chaim Chumash: pp. 305 – 311 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 293 – 311)
Thursday, 2 January 2025 @ 7:30pm (?)
A new topic for discussion
Shabbat Times for Ontario, California, USA
🕯️ Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות Friday, January 3⋅4:39pm
✨ Havdalah (50 min) / הבדלה - 50 דקות Saturday, January 4⋅5:36pm
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Upcoming Services
Erev Shabbat Ma'ariv Service Friday, January 3, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
Shabbat Shacharit / שַׁבָּת Saturday, January 4, 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
4 January 2025 / 4 Tevet 5785
Parashat Vayigash is the 11th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion Triennial year 3 : Genesis 46:28-47:27
Vayigash (“He Approached”) opens as Judah pleads with Joseph not to keep Benjamin as a prisoner. Joseph reveals his true identity to his brothers, crying and kissing them. The brothers bring Jacob from Canaan to Egypt, and Jacob and his children settle in Goshen. The portion ends as Joseph buys most of Egypt’s land in exchange for food. [1]
Triennial year 3
1: 46:28-30 · 3 p’sukim
2: 46:31-34 · 4 p’sukim
3: 47:1-6 · 6 p’sukim
4: 47:7-10 · 4 p’sukim
5: 47:11-19 · 9 p’sukim
6: 47:20-22 · 3 p’sukim
7: 47:23-27 · 5 p’sukim
maf: 47:25-27 · 3 p’sukim
Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:15-28 · 14 p’sukimim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Hertz Chumash: pp. 174 – 177 Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 169 – 177)
Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario
In-Person Religious School:
Sunday, January 5 @ 10:00am - 12:00pm
Zoom Religious School:
Sunday, January 12 @ 10:00am - 11:30am
On Winter Break
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 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.
We are conveniently located in Tustin, Orange County, across the street from the OC Kosher Market.
The Golden Dreidle has the most extensive collection of Jewish Wedding Gifts, Groom's Mazel Tov Glasses, Tallits, Kiddush Cups, Jewish Wedding Mezuzahs, Chuppah ..
*The titles in blue and underlined are "hyperlinks". If you click on any of those, it will lead to that site/URL. The hyperlink gives a descriptive title with the actual link embedded in that title. Anyone who is concerned about clicking a link or hyperlink can access any of these resources by going to my website, www.modernrabbistephen.com. You can find them in the "Blog" and "Videos" sections, as well as the "Instagram Links" by clicking on the various pictures.
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