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Rabbi Shmuel's newsletter for week of 6 October 2024




Calendar

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

Friday & Saturday, 11 - 12 October 2024-Yom Kippur

Wednesday - Wednesday, 16 - 23 October 2024-Sukkot

Friday & Saturday, 18 & 19 October 2024-Shabbat Services

Thursday, 24 October 2024-Shmini Atzeret

Friday, 25 October 2024-Simchat Torah

Friday & Saturday, 25 - 26 October 2024-Shabbat Services

Sunday, 27 October 2024-Religious School

Friday, 1 November 2024🌒 Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan / רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ חֶשְׁוָן

Friday & Saturday, 1 & 2 November 2024-Shabbat Services

Sunday, 3 November 2024-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.

Sunday, October 6, 2024 9:30am - 1:30pm (Hebrew School 10:00am - 11:30am?)

Friday & Saturday, October 11 & 12, 2024 5:30pm - 9:00pm (Yom Kippur Kol Nidre @ 5:45pm & Saturday Morning Yom Kippur/Shabbat Shacharit @ 9:30am)

Sunday, October 13, 2024  9:00am - 2:30pm (Religious School 10:00am - 11:30am)

Friday, 18 October 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Shabbat Services @ 7:30pm)

Thursday, 24 October 2024 9:30am - 7:30pm (Shmini Atzeret & Erev Simchat Torah)

Friday, 25 October 2024  9:00am - 7:30pm (Simchat Torah &  Shabbat Services)

Sunday, 27 October, 2024  9:00am - 2:30pm (Religious School 10:00am - 11:30am) 

(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)







Adult Torah Study Class

Next Session: Wednesday, October 9 at 7:30 pm PT

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

Yom Kippur (on Shabbat) / יוֹם כִּפּוּר (בְּשַׁבָּת)

Saturday, 12 October 2024 / 10 Tishrei 5785


Yom Kippur (Mincha) / יוֹם כִּפּוּר מִנחָה

Saturday, 12 October 2024 / 10 Tishrei 5785

Torah Portion: Leviticus 18:1-30




Because of the re-scheduled Board meeting on the 25th, and the subsequent Jewish holidays which occupy Thursday evenings until November, this coming Thursday will probably be the last class for a while.  (Though we could also hold a class on the Thursday before Yom Kippur, October 10, if enough people thought that was an OK date).  

This Thursday, I doubt that we will finish the selections.  Our plan is nevertheless, near the end of this Thursday’s class, to skip to the last chapter, Chapter 31, so we can at least briefly discuss one of the best-known passages in Proverbs, the so-called “Woman of Valor” (Eshet Chayil).  

We plan to end class this Thursday by deciding whether to go back to study more of Proverbs when we next meet (in November), or whether instead we should devote our next meeting to “What shall we study next?”  Please join us and weigh in on this question!




Shabbat/Yom Kippur Times for Ontario, California, USA

🕯️ Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות Friday, October 116:05pm

✨ Havdalah (50 min) / הבדלה - 50 דקות Saturday, October 126:57pm

Upcoming Services

Yom Kippur/Shabbat Kol Nidre Service Friday, October 11, 2024 @ 5:30 pm

 Yom Kippur/Shabbat Shacharit / יוֹם כִּפּוּר Saturday, October 6, 2024 @ 9:30 am 

 Yom Kippur/Shabbat Mincha / יוֹם כִּפּוּר Saturday, October 6, 2024 @ 4:30 pm

Break fast/Havdallah Saturday, October 6, 2024 @ 7:00 pm

Shabbat Zoom Links sent in a separate email Friday afternoon.  

Please reply if you do not receive them.











Yom Kippur/Shabbat 2024 / יוֹם כִּפּוּר 5785

Day of Atonement ✡️

Special Children's Activities 10am - 12pm!

Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 5785 begins at sundown on Friday, 11 October 2024 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 12 October 2024.

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 (on Shabbat) / יוֹם כִּפּוּר (בְּשַׁבָּת)

Saturday, 12 October 2024 / 10 Tishrei 5785

1: Leviticus 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim

2: Leviticus 16:4-6 · 3 p’sukim

3: Leviticus 16:7-11 · 5 p’sukim

4: Leviticus 16:12-17 · 6 p’sukim

5: Leviticus 16:18-24 · 7 p’sukim

6: Leviticus 16:25-30 · 6 p’sukim

7: 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

Saturday, 12 October 2024 / 10 Tishrei 5785

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

We are now incorporating guitar accompaniment with our Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv

Hertz Chumash: pp. 480 – 485 696 - 697 488 - 493

Artscroll Chumash: pp. 636 – 645  894/895 648 - 655




Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario 

 See you in the fall!

Be back in a few weeks





Yom Kippur  ✡️

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 sunset - Sat, 12 Oct 2024 nightfall 10 Tishrei 5785

Special Children's Activities 10am- 12pm each day!

Day of Atonement. The holiest day of the year in Judaism, traditionally observed with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.

Kol Nidre/Shabbat Ma'ariv: Friday, 11 October 2024 5:45pm - 8:00pm

Shacharit Yom Kippur/Shabbat: Saturday, 12 October 2024 9:30am - 1:45pm

Mincha Yom Kippur/Shabbat: Saturday, 12 October 2024 4:30pm - 7:00pm


Sukkot  🌿🍋

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 sunset - Wed, 23 Oct 2024 nightfall 15-21 Tishrei 5785

Feast of Booths. Also called the Feast of Tabernacles, the seven-day holiday is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, shalosh regalim).

Sukkot Ma'ariv: Wednesday, 16 October 2024 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Shacharit Sukkot 1: Thursday, 17 October 2024 9:30am - 12:15pm

Shacharit Sukkot 2: Friday, 18 October 2024 9:30am - 12:15pm


Wed, 23 Oct 2024 sunset - Fri, 25 Oct 2024 nightfallDates listed are for Diaspora (outside of Israel) 22-23 Tishrei 5785

Eighth Day of Assembly. Immediately following Sukkot, it is observed as a separate holiday in the Diaspora and is combined with Simchat Torah in Israel.

  • Shmini Atzeret: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 sunset - Thu, 24 Oct 2024 nightfall

    Shacharit Shmini Atzeret : Thursday, 24 October 2024 9:30am - 12:15pm

  • Simchat Torah: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 sunset - Fri, 25 Oct 2024 nightfall

    Ma'ariv Simchat Torah: Thursday, 24 October 2024 7:30pm - 9:00pm

    Shacharit Simchat Torah: Friday, 25 Ocober 2024 9:30am - 12:15pm

























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