Saranac Synagogue News: Shabbos Tzav (March 27-28, 2026 / 9-10 Nissan, 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: 7:18 PM Sunset: 7:36 PM.
SATURDAY:
Services begin: 10 AM. Please be on time, we have a small minyan this Shabbos.
Zeman Shema: 10:12 AM Say Shema on time before services.
Zeman Tefilah: 11:15 AM.
Chatzos: 1:20 PM. (To avoid fasting past Chatzos on Shabbos, We recommend coffee or a snack before davening.)
Sunset: 7:37 PM. Shabbos ends: Shul tradition: 8:37 PM. 42 min.: 8:19 PM. 72 min.: 8:49 PM.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
This week’s drash: “Pesach - Wipe Clean, Rise Anew”
Handmade Shmurah Matzah for Seder night is still available, please contact R’ Mendel Gurary for more details.
SELL YOUR CHAMETZ BEFORE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 12:15 PM.
After Shabbos, Pick up a form at a local Orthodox Shul, e.g. Saranac, Young Israel, Ohr Zion, etc., OR sell online: https://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/sell_chometz_cdo/jewish/Sell-Your-Chametz-Online.htmPlease join us for kiddush, and we thank our sponsors! After which, the kitchen will be closed and sold for Passover.
Tuesday night
After Ma’ariv: Search for chametz
Wednesday Erev Pesach deadlines:
Fast of the firstborn: Firstborn males have the custom to fast until the Seder; they may redeem themselves from fasting through hearing or making a Siyyum (or if necessary, by giving tzedaka).
Finish eating chametz: 11:12 AM
Burn chametz by: 12:15 AM
Candle Lighting : 7:23 PM Earliest time to eat matzah, both nights: 8:15 PM
Thursday night
Candle Lighting: AFTER 8:25 PM - light from an existing source. Count Omer 1 after Ma’ariv (Some count at kiddush)
The Parshah in a Nutshell
Tzav
Leviticus 6:1–8:36
G‑d instructs Moses to command Aaron and his sons regarding their duties and rights as kohanim (“priests”) who offer the korbanot (animal and meal offerings) in the Sanctuary.
The fire on the altar must be kept burning at all times. In it are burned the wholly consumed ascending offering; veins of fat from the peace, sin and guilt offerings; and the “handful” separated from the meal offering.
The kohanim eat the meat of the sin and guilt offerings, and the remainder of the meal offering. The peace offering is eaten by the one who brought it, except for specified portions given to the kohen. The holy meat of the offerings must be eaten by ritually pure persons, in their designated holy place and within their specified time.
Aaron and his sons remain within the Sanctuary compound for seven days, during which Moses initiates them into the priesthood..
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