SHUL OPEN - Saranac Synagogue News: Shabbos Ki Sisa (March 10-11, 2023 / 17-18 Adar, 5783)
David Kunkel
Saranac Synagogue News: Shabbos Ki Sisa (March 10-11, 2023 / 17-18 Adar, 5783)
Shalom Aleichem!
We expect to have a minyan this Shabbos. Please join us promptly at 9:30 AM.
Some must leave early. Please help us start on time!
There will be a kiddush in Shul after services.
Friday: Candle lighting: 5:57 PM, Shabbos begins: 6:15 PM.
Saturday: We expect a minyan this Shabbos. Davening starts at 9:30 AM.
Zeman Shema: before 9:30 AM; Zeman Tefilah: before 10:28 AM.
Sunset is 6:17 PM. Shabbos ends: Shul tradition, 60 min.: 7:17 PM. 42 min.: 6:59 PM; 72 min.: 7:29 PM.
Announcements:
• THANK YOU to all who made this minyan possible!!
Ki Sisa
Exodus 30:11–34:35
The people of Israel are told to each contribute exactly half a shekel of silver to the Sanctuary. Instructions are also given regarding the making of the Sanctuary’s water basin, anointing oil and incense. “Wise-hearted” artisans Betzalel and Aholiav are placed in charge of the Sanctuary’s construction, and the people are once again commanded to keep the Shabbat.
When Moses does not return when expected from Mount Sinai, the people make a golden calf and worship it. G‑d proposes to destroy the errant nation, but Moses intercedes on their behalf. Moses descends from the mountain carrying the tablets of the testimony engraved with the Ten Commandments; seeing the people dancing about their idol, he breaks the tablets, destroys the golden calf, and has the primary culprits put to death. He then returns to G‑d to say: “If You do not forgive them, blot me out from the book that You have written.”
G‑d forgives, but says that the effect of their sin will be felt for many generations. At first G‑d proposes to send His angel along with them, but Moses insists that G‑d Himself accompany His people to the promised land.
Moses prepares a new set of tablets and once more ascends the mountain, where G‑d reinscribes the covenant on these second tablets. On the mountain, Moses is also granted a vision of the divine thirteen attributes of mercy. So radiant is Moses’ face upon his return, that he must cover it with a veil, which he removes only to speak with G‑d and to teach His laws to the people.
Parah in a Nutshell
Numbers 19
In preparation for the upcoming festival of Passover, when every Jew had to be in a state of ritual purity, the section of Parah (Numbers 19) is added to the weekly reading this week. Parah relates the laws of the Red Heifer with which a person contaminated by contact with a dead body was purified.
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Regards,
David Kunkel, Media Coordinator / Webmaster / Gabbai,
for
Shmuel Rashkin, President • Bob Alt, Vice President
The Saranac Synagogue
Congregation Achei Tmimim • 85 Saranac Ave • Buffalo, NY 14216
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