Saranac Synagogue News: Shabbos Bamidbar (May 15-16, 2026 /28-29 Iyar, 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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FRIDAY:
Candle lighting: 8:14 PM Sunset: 8:32 PM.
Count Omer 44.
SATURDAY:
Services begin: 10 AM. Please be on time! Let’s have a minyan through all the tefillos .
Zeman Shema: 9:31 AM Say Shema on time before services.
Zeman Tefilah: 10:45 AM.
This is Shabbos mevorchim Sivan. “The Molad of Sivan is Shabbos, May 16, 6:02 PM. and 15 chalokim.” “Rosh Chodesh Sivan yihyeh b’yom Rishon b’Shabbos.”
Mincha: Pirkei Avos - Chapter 6.
Chatzos: 1:12 PM. (To avoid fasting past Chatzos on Shabbos, We recommend coffee or a snack before davening.)
Sunset: 8:33 PM.
Shabbos ends: Shul tradition: 9:33 PM. 42 min.: 9:15 PM. 72 min.: 9:45 PM.
Count Omer 45.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
This week’s drash: “Many Paths, One Heart”
Shavuos begins Thursday night, with overnight learning a universal tradition. We are trying to arrange all minyans. Please let us know your availability ASAP.
Everyone is invited to join us for kiddush, and we are grateful for our sponsors!
The Parshah in a Nutshell
Bamidbar
Bamidbar 1:1–4:20
In the Sinai Desert, G‑d says to conduct a census of the twelve tribes of Israel. Moses counts 603,550 men of draftable age (20 to 60 years); the tribe of Levi, numbering 22,300 males age one month and older, is counted separately. The Levites are to serve in the Sanctuary. They replace the firstborn, whose number they approximated, since they were disqualified when they participated in the worshipping of the Golden Calf. The 273 firstborn who lacked a Levite to replace them had to pay a five-shekel “ransom” to redeem themselves.
When the people broke camp, the three Levite clans dismantled and transported the Sanctuary, and reassembled it at the center of the next encampment. They then erected their own tents around it: the Kohathites, who carried the Sanctuary’s vessels (the Ark, menorah, etc.) in their specially designed coverings on their shoulders, camped to its south; the Gershonites, in charge of its tapestries and roof coverings, to its west; and the families of Merari, who transported its wall panels and pillars, to its north. Before the Sanctuary’s entranceway, to its east, were the tents of Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons.
Beyond the Levite circle, the twelve tribes camped in four groups of three tribes each. To the east were Judah (pop. 74,600), Issachar (54,400) and Zebulun (57,400); to the south, Reuben (46,500), Simeon (59,300) and Gad (45,650); to the west, Ephraim (40,500), Manasseh (32,200) and Benjamin (35,400); and to the north, Dan (62,700), Asher (41,500) and Naphtali (53,400). This formation was kept also while traveling. Each tribe had its own nassi (prince or leader), and its own flag with its tribal color and emblem..
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