Minyan this week at Saranac Synagogue: Shabbos Nitzavim (Sept 19-20, 2025 /26-27 Elul, 5785)
David K
Shalom Aleichem!
We expect to have a minyan this Shabbos. THANK YOU for your quick
responses!
Please join us promptly at 10
AM.
Friday: Candle lighting: 6:59 PM, Shabbos begins: 7:17 PM.
Saturday: We expect a minyan this Shabbos. Davening starts at 10 AM. PLEASE BE ON TIME.
Zeman Shema: 10:03 AM - Say Shema on time before davening. Zeman Tefilah: 11:05 AM.
Chatzos: 1:08 PM. (To avoid fasting past Chatzos on Shabbos, some
have coffee or a small snack before davening.)
Pirkei Avos chapters
5 & 6. Sunset
is 7:16 PM.
Shabbos ends: Shul tradition, 60 min.: 8:16 PM. 42 min.: 7:58 PM; 72 min.: 8:28 PM.
Announcements:
· This week’s drash: “The Key to a Great Year.”
·
Everyone is invited to join us for kiddush, and we thank our sponsors!
· It looks like we WILL HAVE Rosh Hashanah services for Tuesday and Wednesday morning services.
· Mincha/Ma’ariv services Monday night and Tuesday night are still TBD. RSVP!
·
We are planning a Shul communal meal
on Wednesday, after morning services. Please let us know if you’d like to come
so we can make proper arrangements.
·
Dues reminder: $125/person, $250/family, or give what you can, everyone
should give something.
NOTE: This membership fee does not come close to meeting our expenses, please
consider additional support if you are able to contribute more, and help ensure
our continued operations. Sponsorships/dedications available.
The Little Shul gives you a great big “ya'asher koach!” Mail it in, donate online, drop it in the pushke, or hand it to an officer.
Nitzavim
Deuteronomy 29:9–30:20
The Parshah of Nitzavim includes some of the most fundamental principles of the Jewish faith:
The unity of Israel: “You stand today, all of you, before the L‑rd your G‑d: your heads, your tribes, your elders, your officers, and every Israelite man; your young ones, your wives, the stranger in your gate; from your wood-hewer to your water-drawer.”
The future redemption: Moses warns of the exile and desolation of the Land that will result if Israel abandons G‑d’s laws, but then he prophesies that in the end, “You will return to the L‑rd your G‑d . . . If your outcasts shall be at the ends of the heavens, from there will the L‑rd your G‑d gather you . . . and bring you into the Land which your fathers have possessed.”
The practicality of Torah: “For the mitzvah which I command you this day, it is not beyond you, nor is it remote from you. It is not in heaven . . . It is not across the sea . . . Rather, it is very close to you, in your mouth, in your heart, that you may do it.”
Freedom of choice: “I have set before you life and goodness, and death and evil: in that I command you this day to love G‑d, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments . . . Life and death I have set before you, blessing and curse. And you shall choose life.”
Parshah in a Nutshell is copyrighted by its author, publisher and/or Chabad.org, and is produced by Chabad.org. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further, provided that you do not revise any part of it, and you include this note, credit the author, and link to www.chabad.org. If you wish to republish this article in a periodical, book, or website, please email permi...@chabad.org.
Regards,
David
Kunkel, Media Coordinator / Webmaster / Gabbai, for
Shmuel Rashkin, President • Bob Alt, Vice President
Mendel Gurary, Rabbinical Advisor
The Saranac Synagogue
Congregation Achei Tmimim • 85 Saranac Ave • Buffalo, NY 14216
www.saranacsynagogue.org • www.facebook.com/saranacsynagogue
Donate to the Shul (NOT ON SHABBOS OR HOLIDAYS PLEASE!) • http://tinyurl.com/donate2saranac