The Kiddush this week is being sponsored by the shul.
Based on the Bakosha Nafshis from the Rebbe for Yidden to gather after Mincha, will be starting Mincha 30 minutes earlier, at 7:30. We will wash, and learn a portion of the Maamar Heichaltzu with Rabbi Keller. This will be followed by the regular Shiur in Likutei Sichos. All are encouraged to attend in a true spirit of K’Ish Echad B’lev Echad.
Good Shabbos.
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Happening this week.
Tuesday – 5 Sivan – June 3
Shevuos begins in the evening. Light candles at 8:03 PM
Shul will be open for Tikun Leil Shevuos
The Talmud relates that when G-d came to give the Torah to the People of Israel in the early morning of Sivan 6, He found them sleeping. (The Chassidic masters explain that this was an attempt to connect to their subconscious, transcendent self in preparation for their reception of the divine wisdom.) To rectify this lapse, we spend the entire first night of Shavuot studying Torah. The traditional Tikkun Leil Shavout (“Rectification for Shavuot Night”) study program includes the opening and closing verses of each book of the Written Torah (Tanach), as well as of each Parshah; the entire Book of Ruth; the opening and closing sections of each tractate of the Talmud; a list of the 613 mitzvot; and selected readings from the Zohar and other Kabbalistic works.
Wednesday – 6 Sivan – June 4
Passing of Baal Shem Tov (1760)
In 1734, Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (“BeSHT”, 1698-1760), who up until that time had lived as a hidden tzaddik, began to publicly disseminate his teachings. While adding nothing “new” to Judaism, he re-emphasized truths and doctrines that had been buried under the hardships of exile: the immense love that G-d has for every Jew, the cosmic significance of every mitzvah a person performs, the divine meaningfulness that resides in every blade of grass, in every event, and in every thought in the universe. He spoke to the downtrodden masses and to the aloof scholars, giving meaning to their existence, and thus joy, and thus life. Many disciples came to imbibe the “inner soul” of Torah from him, and the new movement came to be known as “Chassidism.”
Rabbi Israel passed away on the 6th of Sivan of 1760, and was succeeded (one year later, on the first anniversary of his passing) by his disciple, Rabbi DovBer of Mezeritch.
Ten Commandments
The Torah reading for the 1st day of Shavuot is from Exodus 19-20, which recounts the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai and includes the “Ten Commandments” proclaimed at Sinai that encapsulate the entire Torah.
Children in Shul
The Lubavitcher Rebbe urged that all children — including infants –should be brought to the synagogue on the 1st day of Shavuot to hear the reading of the Ten Commandments in re-enactment of the Giving of the Torah at Sinai. Our sages relate that when G-d came to give the Torah to the people of Israel, He asked for a guarantee that that they will not forsake it. “The heaven and the earth shall be our guarantors,” said the Jews, but G-d replied that “they will not last forever.” “Our fathers will guarantee it,” said the people, but G-d said that “they are busy.” It was only when we promised that “our children will guarantee it” that G-d agreed, “These are excellent guarantors.”
Thursday – 7 Sivan – June 5
Second Day of Shevuos
Candle Lighting
8:01 PM
Friday Mincha
8:11 PM
Kabolas Shabbos
8:46 PM
Shabbos Mincha
7:30 PM
Shabbos Ends
9:10 PM