Minyan this week at Saranac Synagogue: Shabbos Acharei Mos-Kedoshim (May 9-10, 2025 / 11-12 Iyar, 5785)
David K
We expect to have a minyan this Shabbos.
Join us at 10 AM.
We will have a nice kiddush luncheon after services. See announcements.
Friday: Candle lighting: 8:07 PM, Shabbos begins: 8:25 PM. Count Omer 27.
Saturday: We expect a minyan this Shabbos. Davening starts at 10 AM. PLEASE BE ON TIME.
Zeman Shema: 9:33 AM - Say Shema on time before davening. Zeman Tefilah: 10:46 AM.
Chatzos: 1:11 PM. (To avoid fasting past Chatzos on Shabbos, some
have coffee or a small snack before davening.)
Pirkei Avos
chapter 3.
Sunset is 8:26 PM. Shabbos ends: Shul tradition, 60 min.: 9:27 PM. 42 min.: 9:09 PM; 72 min.: 9:39 PM. Count Omer 28.
Announcements:
• Missed our Ein Yaakov class? Want to hear “What Happened at Twilight?”: Click here, or see our website for a link to the podcast page.
• B”H, Beth continues her rapid recovery. We look forward to more good news!
• Kiddush is co-sponsored by R’ Gurary, in honor of the yartzeit of his grandmother. Everyone is invited to join us, and we thank our sustaining sponsors!
• Thursday, 7: 15 PM, at Young Israel – Lag b’Omer panel discussion, followed by refreshments. R’ Gurary is a featured speaker. Please join us!
Acharei Mos - Kedoshim
Leviticus 16:1–20:27
Following the deaths of Nadav and Avihu, G‑d warns against unauthorized entry “into the holy.” Once a year on Yom Kippur the Kohen Gadol (“high priest”) alone may enter the innermost chamber in the Sanctuary to offer the sacred ketoret to G‑d.
Another feature of the Day of Atonement service is the casting of lots over two goats, to determine which should be offered to G‑d and which should be dispatched to carry off the sins of Israel to the wilderness.
The Parshah of Acharei also warns against bringing korbanot (animal or meal offerings) anywhere but in the Holy Temple, forbids the consumption of blood, and details the laws prohibiting incest and other deviant sexual relations.
The Parshah of Kedoshim begins with the statement: “You shall be holy, for I, the L‑rd your G‑d, am holy.” This is followed by dozens of mitzvot (divine commandments) through which the Jew sanctifies him- or herself and relates to the holiness of G‑d.
These include: the prohibition against idolatry, the mitzvah of charity, the principle of equality before the law, Shabbat, sexual morality, honesty in business, honor and awe of one’s parents, and the sacredness of life.
Also in Kedoshim is the dictum which the great sage Rabbi Akiva called a cardinal principle of Torah, and of which Hillel said, “This is the entire Torah, the rest is commentary”—“Love your fellow as yourself.”
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