Calendar
This is an overview of upcoming events. Details of each event are below
Sunday, 8 December 2024-Religious School
Monday, 9 December 2024-Torah Study New Day!
Thursday, 12 December 2024-Board Meeting(?)
Friday & Saturday, 13 & 14 December 2024-Shabbat Services
Sunday, 15 December 2024-Religious School
Monday, 17 December 2024-Torah Study New Day!
Thursday, 19 December 2024-Judaic Studies
Friday & Saturday, 20 & 21 December 2024-Shabbat Services
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, 6 January 2025-In-Person Religious School and Adult Learning
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.
Monday, 9 December 2024 1:00pm - 6:00pm (Giving Invocation for Upland City Council @ 6:00pm)
Friday, 6 December 2024 10:00am - 7:30pm (Shabbat Services @ 7:30pm)
Sunday, 8 December 2024 9:00am - 1:30pm (Religious School 10:00am - 11:30pm)
Friday, 13 December 2024 10:00am - 7:30pm (Shabbat Services @ 7:30pm)
Sunday, 15 December 2024 9:00am - 1:30pm (Religious School 10:00am - 11:30pm)
Friday, 20 December 2024 10:00am - 7:30pm (Shabbat Services @ 7:30pm)
Friday, 27 December 2024 10:00am - 7:30pm (Shabbat Services @ 7:30pm)
(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)
14 December 2024 / 13 Kislev 5785
(6 December 2024)
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, 12 December 2024 @ 7:30pm
We will continue with Martin Buber’s The Way of Man: According to the Teaching of Hasidism. We had a stimulating discussion of Chapter I last time. This time we’ll do Chapter II, and, if time permits, start Chapter III (there are six total).
Shabbat Times for Ontario, California, USA
🕯️ Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות Friday, December 13⋅4:27pm
✨ Havdalah (50 min) / הבדלה - 50 דקות Saturday, December 14⋅5:24pm
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Upcoming Services
Erev Shabbat Ma'ariv Service Friday, December 13, 2024 @ 7:30 pm
Shabbat Shacharit / שַׁבָּת Saturday, December 14, 2024 @ 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 Vayishlach 5785 / פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּשְׁלַח
14 December 2024 / 13 Kislev 5785
Parashat Vayishlach is the 8th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Triennial year 3 Torah Portion: Genesis 35:16-36:43
Vayishlach (“He Sent”) follows Jacob and his family as Jacob wrestles with a man (commonly understood as an angel), is renamed Israel, and reconciles with his brother, Esau. Jacob’s daughter, Dina, is raped by a Hivite prince, and her brothers sack a city in response. Rachel dies as she gives birth to Jacob's youngest child, Benjamin. [1]
Triennial year 3
1: 35:16-26 · 11 p’sukim
2: 35:27-29 · 3 p’sukim
3: 36:1-8 · 8 p’sukim
4: 36:9-19 · 11 p’sukim
5: 36:20-30 · 11 p’sukim
6: 36:31-39 · 9 p’sukim
7: 36:40-43 · 4 p’sukim
maf: 36:40-43 · 4 p’sukim
Haftarah: Obadiah 1:1-21 · 21 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Hertz Chumash: pp. 130 - 134 Triennial Year 1 (Full Kriyah pp. 134 - 117)
Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario
Zoom Religious School:
Sunday, December 15 @ 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 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.
Chanukah 2024 / חֲנוּכָּה 5785
Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication 🕎
🕎 חֲנוּכָּה שָׂמֵחַ 🕎
Happy Chanukah!
Light the first Chanukah candle at sundown on Wednesday, December 25.
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.
HANUKKAH PARTY @ TSO
Done By Our Sisterhood @ Temple Sholom of Ontario
Sunday, December 29th, 2024 @ 4:00 p.m.
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.
New Year's Day
Wed, Jan 1, 2025
New Year's Day/Date (2025)
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