The holiday of Shavuos is the day on which we celebrate the great revelation of the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, more than 3,335 years ago.
You stood at the foot of the mountain. Your grandparents and great-grandparents before them. The souls of all Jews, from all times, came together to hear the Ten Commandments from G-d Himself.
Therefore, all men, women and children, including infants, should hear the Ten Commandments being read in synagogue on this day.
It is customary to eat dairy foods on Shavuos and so we have a dairy Kiddush on Friday and a Mega Ice Cream Party.
Please see the schedule below, we look forward to greeting you!
Rabbi Mendel & Elke Zaltzman
Directors
Holiday and Shabbos Times
Thursday, May 25 Candle Lighting: 7:58pm
Evening service: 8:05pm
All Night Learning: 11:30pm
Friday, May 26 Morning service: 10:00am
Ten Commandments: 11:00am
Dairy Kiddush Brunch: 12:00pm
Dairy Kiddush sponsored by Tamir and Dana Gerber
in honor of the birthday of their dear son,
Daniel
Mazel tov!
Mega Ice Cream Party
and reading of the Ten Commandments: 5:00pm
Candle Lighting: 7:59pm
Evening service: 8:00pm
Saturday, May 27:
Morning service: 10:00am
Yizkor Service: 11:00am
Kiddush Brunch: 12:00pm
Evening Service: 8:00pm
Shabbos and Holiday ends: 9:07pm
Kiddush sponsored by
Yakov and Inna Tuchinsky
in memory of Yakov's grandmother
Mindle bas Mordko
Daily Minyan Times
May 28- June 2
Sunday Morning: 8:00am
Monday- Friday Morning: 7:00am
Sunday- Thursday Evening: 8:10pm
A BISSELE HUMOR
The local Hebrew School decided to observe Chanukah with a special ecumenical celebration, and invited everyone in the neighborhood, of whatever background, to participate in any way they thought appropriate, or to just come and observe, and have some home-baked cookies washed down with grape juice or heavy super-sweet wine.
There were speeches, dramatizations, and miscellaneous musical performances. At one point Mrs. Goldberg, in the third row, wiped away a tear as her little Miriam scratched out a hesitant rendition of "Havanu Sholom Aleichem" on a shiny new violin. Mrs. Goldberg noticed that a man seated next to her also had tears running down his face.
"Isn't it wonderful", she said to him, "to know that our heritage will be carried on by the next generation!"
"I suppose so," he said, "but I'm not Jewish."
“So why the tears?"
"I'm a musician…"
WEEKLY eTORAH
Our sages tell us that when G‑d spoke the Ten Commandments at Sinai, the Divine voice had no echo.
Our mission as a people, entrusted to us at Sinai, is to implement the ethos and ideals of Torah in our world: to teach humanity that no matter what the conditions of a particular time or society might be, there is a transcendent, unequivocal, divinely ordained truth and code of behavior to adhere to.
But often one may feel challenged by a seemingly unresponsive and resisting world. It may appear that one or another of the Torahs precepts does not fit in with the prevalent reality. So the Torah tells us that the voice which sounded G‑d's message to humanity had no echo.
An echo is created when a sound meets with a substance that resists it; instead of absorbing its waves, the substance repels them, bouncing them back to the void. The voice of the Ten Commandments had no echo, because it permeated every object in the universe. So any resistance we might meet in implementing them is superficial and temporary. Ultimately, the essence of every created being is consistent with, and wholly receptive to, the goodness and perfection that its Creator desires of it.
