Saranac Synagogue News: Shabbos Behar-Bechukosai/Chazak (May 9, 2026 /21-22 Iyar, 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: 8:06 PM Sunset: 8:24 PM.
Count Omer 37.
SATURDAY:
Services begin: 10 AM. Please come as early as you c ! Let’s have a minyan through all the tefillos.
Zeman Shema: 9:35 AM Say Shema on time before services.
Zeman Tefilah: 10:47 AM.
Mincha: Pirkei Avos - Chapter 5.
Chatzos: 1:12 PM. (To avoid fasting past Chatzos on Shabbos, We recommend coffee or a snack before davening.)
Sunset: 8:25 PM.
Shabbos ends: Shul tradition: 9:26 PM. 42 min.: 9:08 PM. 72 min.: 9:38 PM.
Count Omer 38.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
This week’s drash: “The Effort that Counts”
Thank you, everyone, who helped make our Lag b’Omer a success. These things get noticed in the community!
Everyone is invited to join us for kiddush, and we are grateful for our sponsors!
The Parshah in a Nutshell
Behar - Bechukosai
Leviticus 25:1–27:34
On the mountain of Sinai, G‑d communicates to Moses the laws of the Sabbatical year: every seventh year, all work on the land should cease, and its produce becomes free for the taking for all, man and beast.
Seven Sabbatical cycles are followed by a fiftieth year—the Jubilee year, on which work on the land ceases, all indentured servants are set free, and all ancestral estates in the Holy Land that have been sold revert to their original owners. Additional laws governing the sale of lands, and the prohibitions against fraud and usury, are also given.
G‑d promises that if the people of Israel will keep His commandments, they will enjoy material prosperity and dwell securely in their homeland. But He also delivers a harsh “rebuke,” warning of the exile, persecution and other evils that will befall them if they abandon their covenant with Him. Nevertheless, “Even when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away; nor will I ever abhor them, to destroy them and to break My covenant with them; for I am the L‑rd their G‑d.”
The Parshah concludes with the rules on how to calculate the values of different types of pledges made to G‑d, and the mitzvah of tithing produce and livestock..
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