Saranac Synagogue News: Shabbos Va’eira (Jan. 6-17, 2026 / 27-28 Tevet, 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: 4:49 PM Sunset: 5:07 PM.
SATURDAY:
Services begin: 10 AM. NOTE: We will begin at 10 sharp. Please come into the sanctuary on time!
Zeman Shema: 10:04 AM - Say Shema on time before services.
Zeman Tefilah: 10:51 AM.
This is Shabbos mevorchim Shevat.
“The Molad of Shevat is Sunday, January 18, 3:06 PM and 11 chalokim.”
“Rosh Chodesh Shevat yihyeh b’yom Sheini b’Shabbos.”
No “Av Harachamim.”
Chatzos: 12:25 PM. (To avoid fasting past Chatzos on Shabbos, We recommend coffee or a snack before davening.)
Mincha: 4:50 PM, at Starin.
Sunset: 5:08 PM.
Shabbos ends: Shul tradition: 6:09 PM. 42 min.: 5:51 PM; 72 min.: 6:21 PM.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
· This week’s drash: “Let Us Go – Three Days?”
· Everyone is invited to join us for kiddush, and we thank our sponsors!
· Rosh Chodesh Tevet is observed Sunday night, Jan. 18, through Monday afternoon
Shemos
Exodus 6:2–9:35
G‑d reveals Himself to Moses, and employing the “four expressions of redemption,” God promises to take out the Children of Israel from Egypt; deliver them from their enslavement; redeem them; and acquire them as G-d’s own chosen people at Mount Sinai. Then G-d will bring them to the land promised to the Patriarchs as their eternal heritage.
Moses and Aaron repeatedly come before Pharaoh to demand in the name of G‑d, “Let My people go, so that they may serve Me in the wilderness.” Pharaoh repeatedly refuses. Aaron’s staff turns into a snake and swallows the magic sticks of the Egyptian sorcerers. G‑d then sends a series of plagues upon the Egyptians.
The waters of the Nile turn to blood; swarms of frogs overrun the land; lice infest all men and beasts. Hordes of wild animals invade the cities; a pestilence kills the domestic animals; painful boils afflict the Egyptians. For the seventh plague, fire and ice combine to descend from the skies as a devastating hail. Still, “the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he would not let the children of Israel go, as G‑d had said to Moses.”
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