This week's minyan at Saranac: Shabbos Mattos-Massei, Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av (July 25-26, 2025 / 29 Tammuz-1 Av, 5785)
David K
Shalom Aleichem!
We expect to have a minyan this Shabbos. It’s a long davening, so we will begin promptly at 10 AM.
We will have a nice kiddush luncheon after services.
Friday: Candle lighting: 8:25 PM, Shabbos begins: 8:43 PM.
Saturday: We expect a minyan this Shabbos. Davening starts at 10 AM. PLEASE BE ON TIME.
Zeman Shema: 9:41 AM - Say Shema on time before davening. Zeman Tefilah: 10:54 AM.
Chatzos: 1:21 PM. (To avoid fasting past Chatzos on Shabbos, some have coffee or a small snack before davening.)
· This is Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av. We do NOT say “Av Harachamim.”
Sunset is 8:42 PM. Shabbos ends: Shul tradition, 60 min.: 9:43 PM. 42 min.: 9:25 PM; 72 min.: 9:55 PM.
Announcements:
• Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av is observed Friday night through Shabbos afternoon. Me’utim l’simcha.
• We have a lot of davening to do. We will say Ya’aleh v’yavoh, Half-Hallel, Maftir portion and Haftorah for Rosh Chodesh, and Musaf for Rosh Chodesh. So psukei d’zimrah will start PROMPTLY on time.
• At the end of Shabbos, certain restrictions come into practice. After the wine of Havdalah is drunk (by a child or by the person making the blessing), we no longer wear freshly laundered clothing (except underwear, and baby needs), and bathe/shower only as necessary to remove soil, using tepid water if possible. We refrain from drinking wine. While fish is permissible, only those with special health needs may eat meat or chicken. For more information, consult your local orthodox Rabbi.
Matot-Masei
Numbers 30:2–36:13
Moses conveys the laws governing the annulment of vows to the heads of the tribes of Israel. War is waged against Midian for their role in plotting the moral destruction of Israel, and the Torah gives a detailed account of the war spoils and how they were allocated amongst the people, the warriors, the Levites and the high priest.
The tribes of Reuben and Gad (later joined by half of the tribe of Manasseh) ask for the lands east of the Jordan as their portion in the Promised Land, these being prime pastureland for their cattle. Moses is initially angered by the request, but subsequently agrees on the condition that they first join, and lead, in Israel’s conquest of the lands west of the Jordan.
The forty-two journeys and encampments of Israel are listed, from the Exodus to their encampment on the plains of Moab across the river from the land of Canaan. The boundaries of the Promised Land are given, and cities of refuge are designated as havens and places of exile for inadvertent murderers. The daughters of Tzelafchad marry within their own tribe of Manasseh, so that the estate which they inherit from their father should not pass to the province of another tribe.
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