NO MINYAN THIS WEEK at Saranac: Shabbos Chukas (July 4-5, 2025 / 8-9 Tammuz, 5785)
David K
Shalom Aleichem!
Unfortunately, we did not get enough people to ensure a minyan. Please attend services at the synagogue of your choice.
Friday: candle lighting 8:39. Shabbos begins: 8:57 PM. ALERT: Shabbos is now coming in EARLIER.
Saturday: Shabbos davening at Starin starts at 10 AM.
Zeman Shema: before 9:31 AM; Zeman Tefilah: before 10:47 AM. (To avoid fasting on Shabbos, some choose to have a cup of coffee and/or a small snack before davening.)
Chatzos is 1:20 PM. Mincha Gedolah is 1:58 PM. Pirkei Avos chapter 5.
Announcements:
• Happy Independence Day, everyone!
• Kiddush Levana through Wednesday night.
• We will try for minyan again next week.
Chukas
Numbers 19:1–22:1
After forty years of journeying through the desert, the people of Israel arrive in the wilderness of Zin. Miriam dies, and the people thirst for water. G‑d tells Moses to speak to a rock and command it to give water. Moses gets angry at the rebellious Israelites and strikes the stone. Water issues forth, but Moses is told by G‑d that neither he nor Aaron will enter the Promised Land.
Aaron dies at Hor Hahar, and is succeeded in the high priesthood by his son Elazar. Venomous snakes attack the Israelite camp after yet another eruption of discontent, in which the people “speak against G‑d and Moses”; G‑d tells Moses to place a brass serpent upon a high pole, and all who will gaze heavenward will be healed. The people sing a song in honor of the miraculous well that provided them with water in the desert.
Moses leads the people in battles against the Emorite kings Sichon and Og (who seek to prevent Israel’s passage through their territory) and conquers their lands, which lie east of the Jordan.
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