Saranac Synagogue News: Shabbos Shemini (April 10-11, 2026 / 23-24 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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Last days of Passover:
TUESDAY, 4/11: Candlelighting 7:30 PM. Sunset 7:48. Count Omer 6.
WEDNESDAY: Sunset 7:49. Candlelighting 8:31 (from existing flame). Count Omer 7.
THURSDAY: Sunset: 7:51 PM. Holiday ends: Shul tradition: 8:51 PM. 42 min.: 8:33 PM. 72 min.: 9:03 PM.
Count Omer 8. Make yomtov Havdalah with wine, etc. only—no spices or candle.
FRIDAY:
Candle lighting: 7:34 PM Sunset: 7:52 PM. Count Omer 9.
SATURDAY:
Services begin: 10 AM. Please be on time, we have a small minyan this Shabbos.
Zeman Shema: 9:58 AM Say Shema on time before services.
Zeman Tefilah: 11:04 AM. This is Shabbos mevorchim Iyar.
“The Molad of Iyar is Friday, April 17, 5:18 AM and 14 chalokim.”
“Rosh Chodesh Iyar yihyeh b’yom Shishi u v’Yom Shabbos Kodesh.”
We DO say “Av Harachamim,” due to the tragedies that occurred during the Omer period.
Mincha: Begin reciting Pirkei Avos - chapter 1.
Chatzos: 1:16 PM. (To avoid fasting past Chatzos on Shabbos, We recommend coffee or a snack before davening.)
Sunset: 7:53 PM. Shabbos ends: Shul tradition: 8:54 PM. 42 min.: 8:36 PM. 72 min.: 9:06 PM. Count Omer 10.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Missed a day or two of counting the Omer? Every count is its own mitzvah, pick it up any time.
(if you did miss, count continues without the blessing.)This week’s drash: “The Unity of Yomtov”
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
Shemini
Leviticus 9:1–11:47
On the eighth day, following the seven days of their inauguration, Aaron and his sons begin to officiate as kohanim (priests); a fire issues forth from G‑d to consume the offerings on the altar, and the divine presence comes to dwell in the Sanctuary.
Aaron’s two elder sons, Nadav and Avihu, offer a “strange fire before G‑d, which He commanded them not” and die. Aaron is silent in face of his tragedy. Moses and Aaron subsequently disagree as to a point of law regarding the offerings, but Moses concedes to Aaron that Aaron is correct.
G‑d gives the kosher laws, identifying permissible and forbidden species for consumption. Land animals may be eaten only if they have split hooves and also chew their cud; fish must have fins and scales; a list of non-kosher birds is given, and a list of kosher insects (four types of locusts).
Also in Shemini are some of the laws of ritual purity, including the purifying power of the mikvah (a pool of water meeting specified qualifications) and the wellspring. Thus the people of Israel are enjoined to “differentiate between the impure and the pure.”
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