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Rabbi Shmuel's newsletter for week of 13 April 2025




Calendar

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

Sunday, 13 April 2025-Passover 1 Services

Sunday, 13 April 2025-Second Night Seder

Monday, 14 April 2025-Passover 2 Services

Thursday, 17 April 2025-Judaic Studies

Friday & Saturday, 18 & 19 April 2025-Passover 7/Shabbat Services

Sunday, 20 April 2025-Passover 8 Services

Thursday, 24 April 2025-Judaic Studies

Friday & Saturday, 25 & 26 April 2025-Shabbat Services






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.







*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

The Mi Shebarach list has been edited this week deleting names that have been on for many months without verification. Please advise which names you would like to remain on that list or they will be purged. Thank you for your consideration.







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, 13 April 2025   9:00am - 1:30pm (Passover 1 Service 9:30am - 12:00pm)

Monday, 14 April 2025   9:00am - 1:30pm (Passover 2 Service 9:30am - 12:00pm)

Friday, 18 April 2025   1:00pm - 7:30pm (Passover 7/Shabbat Services @ 7:30pm)

Sunday, 20 April 2025   9:00am - 1:30pm (Passover 8 Service 9:30am - 12:00pm)

Thursday, 24 - Thursday 1 May 2025   1:00pm - 7:30pm (Out of town)

Friday, 2 May 2025   1:00pm - 7:30pm (Shabbat Service @ 7:30pm)

Sunday, 4 May 2025   9:00am - 1:30pm (In Person Religious School 9:30am - 12:00pm)

(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)




Pesach for Hebrew Year 5785 begins in the Diaspora at sundown on Saturday, 12 April 2025 and ends at nightfall on Sunday, 20 April 2025.



(11 April 2025)



Passover Times for Ontario, California, USA

🕯️ Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות Saturday, April 12⋅7:58pm

🕯️ Candle lighting / הַדְלָקַת נֵרוֹת Sunday, April 13⋅7:59pm

✨ Havdalah (50 min) / הבדלה - 50 דקות Monday, April 14⋅8:00pm

Upcoming Services

Pesach I / פֶּסַח א׳, Sunday, 13 April 2025 @ 9:30 am

Pesach II / פֶּסַח ב׳ Monday, 14 April 2025 @ 9:30 am



Pesach 2025 / פֶּסַח 5785

Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread 🫓🍷

Pesach for Hebrew Year 5785 begins in the Diaspora at sundown on Saturday, 12 April 2025 and ends at nightfall on Sunday, 20 April 2025.

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.


Pesach I / פֶּסַח א׳

Sunday, 13 April 2025 / 15 Nisan 5785

Preparing Pesach and leaving Egypt

1: Exodus 12:21-24 · 4 p’sukim 

2: Exodus 12:25-28 · 4 p’sukim 

3: Exodus 12:29-36 · 8 p’sukim 

4: Exodus 12:37-42 · 6 p’sukim 

5: Exodus 12:43-51 · 9 p’sukim 

maf: Numbers 28:16-25 · 10 p’sukim 

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Joshua 3:5-7, 5:2-6:1, 6:27 · 19 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: Joshua 5:2-6:1, 6:27 · 16 p’sukim


Pesach II / פֶּסַח ב׳

Monday, 14 April 2025 / 16 Nisan 5785

Pesach offereing, Counting the Omer, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur & Sukkot

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 28:16-25 · 10 p’sukim 

Haftarah: II Kings 23:1-9, 23:21-25 · 14 p’sukim

 

Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 1 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם א׳

Tuesday, 15 April 2025 / 17 Nisan 5785

Sanctifying first born (2 parchments in tefillin)

1: Exodus 13:1-4 · 4 p’sukim 

2: Exodus 13:5-10 · 6 p’sukim 

3: Exodus 13:11-16 · 6 p’sukim 

4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim 

 

Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 2 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ב׳

Wednesday, 16 April 2025 / 18 Nisan 5785

No interest loans; not cursing Hashem or leaders; No Tailbearing; Shmittah Year

1: Exodus 22:24-26 · 3 p’sukim 

2: Exodus 22:27-23:5 · 9 p’sukim 

3: Exodus 23:6-19 · 14 p’sukim 

4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim 

 

Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 3 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ג׳

Thursday, 17 April 2025 / 19 Nisan 5785

2nd set of Ten Commandments; 13 Attributes; Settling Promised Land; Passover; Sanctifying First Born

1: Exodus 34:1-10 · 10 p’sukim 

2: Exodus 34:11-17 · 7 p’sukim 

3: Exodus 34:18-26 · 9 p’sukim 

4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim 

 

Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 4 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ד׳

Friday, 18 April 2025 / 20 Nisan 5785

Pesach Sheni

Torah Portion: Numbers 9:1-14, 28:19-25

1: Numbers 9:1-5 · 5 p’sukim 

2: Numbers 9:6-8 · 3 p’sukim 

3: Numbers 9:9-14 · 6 p’sukim 

4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim 

 

 

Pesach VII (on Shabbat) / פֶּסַח ז׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת)

Saturday, 19 April 2025 / 21 Nisan 5785

Megillah

Story of  Israel after the Exodus

1: Song of Songs 1:1-17 · 17 p’sukim

2: Song of Songs 2:1-17 · 17 p’sukim

3: Song of Songs 3:1-11 · 11 p’sukim

4: Song of Songs 4:1-16 · 16 p’sukim

5: Song of Songs 5:1-16 · 16 p’sukim

6: Song of Songs 6:1-12 · 12 p’sukim

7: Song of Songs 7:1-14 · 14 p’sukim

8: Song of Songs 8:1-14 · 14 p’sukim

Song at the Sea

1: Exodus 13:17-19 · 3 p’sukim 

2: Exodus 13:20-22 · 3 p’sukim 

3: Exodus 14:1-4 · 4 p’sukim 

4: Exodus 14:5-8 · 4 p’sukim 

5: Exodus 14:9-14 · 6 p’sukim 

6: Exodus 14:15-25 · 11 p’sukim 

7: Exodus 14:26-15:26 · 32 p’sukim 

maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim 

Haftarah: II Samuel 22:1-51 · 51 p’sukim

 

Pesach VIII / פֶּסַח ח׳

Sunday, 20 April 2025 / 22 Nisan 5785

Forgiving loans -> Shmittah year; Pesach offering & Eating un-leavened; Three Pilmage Festivals

1: Deuteronomy 15:19-23 · 5 p’sukim 

2: Deuteronomy 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim 

3: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 · 5 p’sukim 

4: Deuteronomy 16:9-12 · 4 p’sukim 

5: Deuteronomy 16:13-17 · 5 p’sukim 

maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim 

Haftarah: Isaiah 10:32-12:6 · 25 p’sukim



Thursday, 17 April 2025 @ 7:30pm




Shabbat Times for Ontario, California, USA

🕯️ Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות Friday, April 18⋅7:09pm

🕯️ Candle lighting / הַדְלָקַת נֵרוֹת Saturday, April 19⋅8:04pm

✨ Havdalah (50 min) / הבדלה - 50 דקות Sunday, April 20⋅8:05pm

Upcoming Services

 Erev Shabbat/Passover Ma'ariv Service Friday, April 18, 2025 @ 7:30 pm

Shabbat/Passover Shacharit / שַׁבָּת Saturday, April 19, 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

Pesach VII (on Shabbat) / פֶּסַח ז׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת)

Saturday, 19 April 2025 / 21 Nisan 5785

Megillah

Story of  Israel after the Exodus

1: Song of Songs 1:1-17 · 17 p’sukim

2: Song of Songs 2:1-17 · 17 p’sukim

3: Song of Songs 3:1-11 · 11 p’sukim

4: Song of Songs 4:1-16 · 16 p’sukim

5: Song of Songs 5:1-16 · 16 p’sukim

6: Song of Songs 6:1-12 · 12 p’sukim

7: Song of Songs 7:1-14 · 14 p’sukim

8: Song of Songs 8:1-14 · 14 p’sukim

Song at the Sea

1: Exodus 13:17-19 · 3 p’sukim 

2: Exodus 13:20-22 · 3 p’sukim 

3: Exodus 14:1-4 · 4 p’sukim 

4: Exodus 14:5-8 · 4 p’sukim 

5: Exodus 14:9-14 · 6 p’sukim 

6: Exodus 14:15-25 · 11 p’sukim 

7: Exodus 14:26-15:26 · 32 p’sukim 

maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim 

Haftarah: II Samuel 22:1-51 · 51 p’sukim

 

Pesach VIII / פֶּסַח ח׳

Sunday, 20 April 2025 / 22 Nisan 5785

Forgiving loans -> Shmittah year; Pesach offering & Eating un-leavened; Three Pilmage Festivals

1: Deuteronomy 15:19-23 · 5 p’sukim 

2: Deuteronomy 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim 

3: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 · 5 p’sukim 

4: Deuteronomy 16:9-12 · 4 p’sukim 

5: Deuteronomy 16:13-17 · 5 p’sukim 

maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim 

Haftarah: Isaiah 10:32-12:6 · 25 p’sukim




Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario 

Next In-Person Religious School:

Sunday, May 4 @ 10:00am - 12:00pm




Zoom Religious School:

Preempted for Passover Services on April 13 & 20 (Passover 1 & 8):

Please attend at least part of those services: Part of religious education!

Out of town April 27

Next session will be Sunday, May 11 @ 10:00am - 11:30am

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.




Adult Hebrew Course

Next phase coming soon. Stay tuned!

Preparing for monitoring the weekly Torah Reading

with the NJOP Hebrew Crash Course




Pesach 2025 / פֶּסַח 5785

Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread 

Pesach for Hebrew Year 5785 begins in the Diaspora at sundown on Saturday, 12 April 2025 and ends at nightfall on Sunday, 20 April 2025.

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.


Pesach I / פֶּסַח א׳

Sunday, 13 April 2025 / 15 Nisan 5785

1: Exodus 12:21-24 · 4 p’sukim

2: Exodus 12:25-28 · 4 p’sukim

3: Exodus 12:29-36 · 8 p’sukim

4: Exodus 12:37-42 · 6 p’sukim

5: Exodus 12:43-51 · 9 p’sukim

maf: Numbers 28:16-25 · 10 p’sukim

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Joshua 3:5-7, 5:2-6:1, 6:27 · 19 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: Joshua 5:2-6:1, 6:27 · 16 p’sukim

Pesach II / פֶּסַח ב׳

Monday, 14 April 2025 / 16 Nisan 5785

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 28:16-25 · 10 p’sukim

Haftarah: II Kings 23:1-9, 23:21-25 · 14 p’sukim

Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 1 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם א׳

Tuesday, 15 April 2025 / 17 Nisan 5785

1: Exodus 13:1-4 · 4 p’sukim

2: Exodus 13:5-10 · 6 p’sukim

3: Exodus 13:11-16 · 6 p’sukim

4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim

Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 2 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ב׳

Wednesday, 16 April 2025 / 18 Nisan 5785

1: Exodus 22:24-26 · 3 p’sukim

2: Exodus 22:27-23:5 · 9 p’sukim

3: Exodus 23:6-19 · 14 p’sukim

4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim

Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 3 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ג׳

Thursday, 17 April 2025 / 19 Nisan 5785

1: Exodus 34:1-10 · 10 p’sukim

2: Exodus 34:11-17 · 7 p’sukim

3: Exodus 34:18-26 · 9 p’sukim

4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim

Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 4 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ד׳

Friday, 18 April 2025 / 20 Nisan 5785

Torah Portion: Numbers 9:1-14, 28:19-25

1: Numbers 9:1-5 · 5 p’sukim

2: Numbers 9:6-8 · 3 p’sukim

3: Numbers 9:9-14 · 6 p’sukim

4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim

Pesach VII (on Shabbat) / פֶּסַח ז׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת)

Saturday, 19 April 2025 / 21 Nisan 5785

1: Exodus 13:17-19 · 3 p’sukim

2: Exodus 13:20-22 · 3 p’sukim

3: Exodus 14:1-4 · 4 p’sukim

4: Exodus 14:5-8 · 4 p’sukim

5: Exodus 14:9-14 · 6 p’sukim

6: Exodus 14:15-25 · 11 p’sukim

7: Exodus 14:26-15:26 · 32 p’sukim

maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim

Haftarah: II Samuel 22:1-51 · 51 p’sukim

Megillah

1: Song of Songs 1:1-17 · 17 p’sukim

2: Song of Songs 2:1-17 · 17 p’sukim

3: Song of Songs 3:1-11 · 11 p’sukim

4: Song of Songs 4:1-16 · 16 p’sukim

5: Song of Songs 5:1-16 · 16 p’sukim

6: Song of Songs 6:1-12 · 12 p’sukim

7: Song of Songs 7:1-14 · 14 p’sukim

8: Song of Songs 8:1-14 · 14 p’sukim

Pesach VIII / פֶּסַח ח׳

Sunday, 20 April 2025 / 22 Nisan 5785

1: Deuteronomy 15:19-23 · 5 p’sukim

2: Deuteronomy 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim

3: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 · 5 p’sukim

4: Deuteronomy 16:9-12 · 4 p’sukim

5: Deuteronomy 16:13-17 · 5 p’sukim

maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim

Haftarah: Isaiah 10:32-12:6 · 25 p’sukim




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