Saranac Synagogue News: Shabbos Shelach (June 12-13, 2026 /27-28 Sivan, 5786)
David K
Shalom Aleichem!
B"H we made our numbers this week and iy"H we WILL be having services!
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FRIDAY:
Candle lighting: 8:36 PM Sunset: 8:54 PM.
SATURDAY:
Services begin: 10 AM. Please be on time! Let’s have a minyan through all the tefillos .
Zeman Shema: 9:25 AM Say Shema on time before services.
Zeman Tefilah: 10:42 AM. This is Shabbos mevorchim Tamuz.
“The Molad of Tamuz is Monday, June 15, 6:46 AM and 16 chalokim.”
“Rosh Chodesh Sivan yihyeh b’yom Sheini v’yom Shlishi b’Shabbos.”
Mincha: Pirkei Avos - Chapter 3.
Chatzos: 1:15 PM. (To avoid fasting past Chatzos on Shabbos, We recommend coffee or a snack before davening.)
Sunset: 8:55 PM.
Shabbos ends: Shul tradition: 9:56 PM. 42 min.: 9:38 PM. 72 min.: 10:08 PM.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Rosh chodesh Tamuz is observed from nightfall Sunday 6/14 until nightfall Tuesday 6/16.
This week’s drash: “Caleb’s Courage”
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
Shelach
Numbers 13:1–15:41
Moses sends twelve spies to the land of Canaan. Forty days later they return, carrying a huge cluster of grapes, a pomegranate and a fig, to report on a lush and bountiful land. But ten of the spies warn that the inhabitants of the land are giants and warriors “more powerful than we”; only Caleb and Joshua insist that the land can be conquered, as G‑d has commanded.
The people weep that they’d rather return to Egypt. G‑d decrees that Israel’s entry into the land shall be delayed forty years, during which time that entire generation will die out in the desert. A group of remorseful Jews storm the mountain on the border of the land, and are routed by the Amalekites and Canaanites.
The laws of the nesachim (meal, wine and oil offerings) are given, as well as the mitzvah to consecrate a portion of the dough (challah) to G‑d when making bread. A man violates the Shabbat by gathering sticks, and is put to death. G‑d instructs to place fringes (tzitzit) on the four corners of our garments, so that we should remember to fulfill the mitzvot (divine commandments).
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