Shabbat Schedule
Friday, October 5 Chol HaMoed
- 06:40 am – Shacharit
- 06:00 pm – Mincha
- 06:0 pm – Candle lighting
Saturday, October 6 Shabbat Chol HaMoed
- 07:45 am – Shacharit at Salem Towers
- 08:45 am – Shacharit
- 09:38 am – Latest time for Kriat Shema
- 10:30 am – Jr. Congregation
- 11:15 am – Kiddush
- 04:00 pm – Sukkah Hop, Weather Permitting, beginning at the Garland Sukkah, 226 Clifton Street, proceeding to the Davidoff Sukkah, 194 Clifton Street.
- 05:00 pm – Men’s Derech Hashem class
- 05:30 pm – Mincha and Se’udah Shlishit
- 06:55 pm – Ma’ariv
- 07:06 pm – Shabbat Ends
Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah Schedule
Sunday, October 7 Hoshana Rabbah
- 06:30 am – Shacharit
- 05:55 pm – Mincha
- 05:56 pm – Candle Lighting
- 06:35 pm – Ma’ariv
Monday, October 8 Shemini Atzeret
- 07:45 am – Shacharit at Salem Towers
- 08:45 am – Shacharit
- 09:40 am – Latest time for Kriat Shema
- 10:45 am – Yizkor
- 05:30 pm – Mincha
- 06:45 pm – Ma’ariv followed by Kiddush and Hakafot
Candle lighting and preparations for Simchat Torah may be done after 7:03 pm. Light candles from an existing flame.
Tuesday, October 9 Simchat Torah
- 08:00 am – Shacharit
- 09:15 am – Kiddush following shacharit
- 09:35 am – Auction of honors followed by Hakafot
- 09:40 am – Latest time for Kriat Shema
Simchat Torah Luncheon following Hakafot and musaf.
- 05:50 pm – Mincha
- 06:50 pm – Ma’ariv
- 07:01 pm – Yom Tov Ends
Weekday Schedule
October 10 – 12
Shacharit
- 06:40 am – Thursday
- 06:50 am – Wednesday and Friday
Mincha
- 05:50 pm – Wednesday and Thursday
- 05:45 pm – Friday
Ma’ariv
- 06:20 pm – Wednesday and Thursday
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Weekly Words of Torah
Clash or Elevate?
Insights into Sukkot by Rav Re’uven Ungar of Yeshivat Sha’alvim.
Is the goal of the Torah to escape the confines of the physical world, to combat it, or rather to improve it and work towards spiritual elevation within the natural framework?
The Meshech Chochma opines that the mitzvot of dwelling in a sukkah and grasping the lulav refer respectively to the above aims. Leaving a permanent dwelling to reside in the temporary domain of a sukkah represents a clash with the physical realm. Spiritual aspirations lie in contrast, and are to be preferred.
However, the grasping of the lulav and the etrog, hadasim and aravot symbolizes serving Hashem within the physical framework. We take the material world and subjugate it- elevate it- in Divine Worship.
These two approaches do not necessarily contradict each other; they complement each other. At times we confront the material world; at other times the Torah instructs us to elevate it. May we merit to serve Hashem in all realms as directed by the Torah.
