For your convenience, here is…
the 5779 Annual Halacha Guide in a printer-friendly PDF format, complete with holiday halachot and schedules.
and the 5779-candles. [UPDATED]
Parshat Devarim/Tisha B’Av 5778 Schedule
Shabbat Chazon Schedule
Friday, July 20
Remember to bring your non-leather footwear to Shul to change into after Shabbat
- 07:00 pm – Early Mincha
- 07:58 pm – Candle lighting
Saturday, July 21 – Shabbat Chazon / Erev Tisha B’Av
- 08:45 am – Shacharit
- 09:08 am – Latest time for shema
- 05:00 pm – Ladies’ Class
- 05:00 pm – Kids’ Group
- 06:15 pm – Men’s Class
- 07:00 pm – Mincha, followed by Seudah Shlishit
- 08:15 pm – Sunset/Fast Begins
- 09:05 pm – Shabbat ends
Tisha B’Av Schedule
Saturday, July 21 – Tisha B’Av Night
- 09:05 pm – Maariv
- 09:20 pm – Megilat Eicha
Sunday, July 22 – Tisha B’Av Day
- 08:00 am – Shacharit and Kinot
- 09:08 am – Latest time for reading Shema
- 11:15 am – Video presentation – The Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation Tisha B’Av event, “Feeling the Pain of Another”, Part 1
- 12:50 pm – Chatzot (Halachik Midday)
- 05:45 pm – Video presentation – The Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation Tisha B’Av event, “Feeling the Pain of Another”, Part 2
- 07:45 pm – Mincha
- 08:45 pm – Maariv
- 09:00 pm – Fast ends
Weekday Schedule July 23 – 27
Shacharit
- 06:40 am – Monday and Thursday
- 06:50 am – Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
Mincha/Ma’ariv – Monday – Thursday
- 07:55 pm/08:25 pm
Parshat Bamidbar and Shavuot 5778 Schedule
Shabbat Schedule
Friday, May 18
- 07:40 pm – Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat, Ma’ariv
- 07:43 pm – Candle lighting
Saturday, May 19
- 08:45 am – Shacharit
- 09:00 am – Latest time for Kriat Shema
- 11:15 am – Kiddush
- Eat Se’udah Shlishit at home by 5:00 pm
- 06:50 pm – Men’s Class
- 07:40 pm – Mincha
Shavuot Schedule
Saturday Night, May 19
- Shiur between Mincha and Ma’ariv
- 08:45 pm – Ma’ariv
- 08:53 pm – Shabbat Ends
Candlelighting and preparations for Shavuot night may not begin before 8:53. Say “vatodi’enu” in the Shemoneh Esrei or say “Baruch Hamavdil bein kodesh lekodesh” before doing so.
- 09:30 pm – Shavuoton Dinner
- 11:00 pm – 03:00 am – Learning Program
- 11:00 pm – 12:00 am – Learning session for teen girls (adult women also welcome)
Sunday, May 20, First Day Shavuot
- 08:45 am – Shacharit
- 08:59 am – Latest time for Kriat Shema
- 11:15 am – Kiddush
- 04:45 pm – Kids program at the Shul age 4 – 11
- 04:45 pm – Ladies’ Class
- 05:45 pm – Teen girls’ Class
- 07:00 pm – Men’s Class
- 07:45 pm – Mincha
- Shiur between Mincha and Ma’ariv
- 08:30 pm – Ma’ariv
- 08:54 pm – Earliest candle lighting and preparations for the second night. Light candles from an existing flame.
Monday, May 21, Second Day Shavuot
- 08:45 am – Shacharit
- 08:59 am – Latest time for Kriat Shema
- 10:45 am – Yizkor
- 11:15 am – Kiddush
- 04:45 pm – Kids program at the Shul age 4 – 12
- 04:45 pm – Ladies’ Class
- 06:40 pm – Men’s Class
- 07:30 pm – Teen Girls Ne’ilat HaChag at the Garland residence
- 07:25 pm – Mincha/Ne’ilat HaChag
- 08:40 pm – Ma’ariv
- 08:54 pm – Yom Tov Ends
Weekday Schedule May 22 – 25
Shacharit
- 06:40 am – Thursday
- 06:50 am – Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
Mincha/Ma’ariv
- 07:50 pm/08:20 pm – Tuesday – Thursday
Passover 2nd Days 5778 Schedule
Pesach Schedule
Thursday April 5 – Chol Hamoed/Erev Yom Tov
- 06:40 am – Shacharit
- Remember to make eruv tavshilin
- 06:55 pm – Mincha followed by Ma’ariv
- 06:56 pm – Candle lighting
Friday, April 6 – 7th Day Passover
- 08:45 am – Shacharit
- 09:32 am – Latest time for Kriat Shema
- 06:10 pm – Men’s class by Rabbi Rabinowitz
- 06:55 pm – Mincha followed by Ma’ariv
- 06:57 pm – Candle lighting
- Light from an existing flame
Saturday, April 7 – 8th Day Passover
- 08:45 am – Shacharit
- 09:31 am – Latest time for Kriat Shema
- 10:45 am – Yizkor
- Eat Seudah Shlishit at home
- 06:10 pm – Men’s class by Rabbi Miller
- 06:55 pm – Mincha
- 07:55 pm – Ma’ariv
- 08:07 pm – Yom Tov Ends
- Sold chametz may be eaten after 9:30 pm
Weekday Schedule April 8 – 13
Shacharit
- 08:00 am – Sunday
- 06:40 am – Monday and Thursday
- 06:50 am – Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
Mincha/Ma’ariv
- 07:00 pm/07:30 pm – Sunday – Thursday
Passover 5778 Schedule
Pesach Schedule
Friday, March 30
- 06:40 am – Shacharit
- Siyum bechorim following Shacharit
- 09:30 – 11:00 am – Chametz burning at Beth Israel
- 10:43 am – Latest time to eat chametz
- 11:46 am – Latest time to burn chametz
- 03:58 pm – Latest time to eat permissible matzah products
- 06:49 pm – Candle lighting
- 06:50 pm – Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat
Friday, March 30 – 1st Seder
- 07:30 pm – Ma’ariv
- 07:58 pm – Earliest time to begin Seder
- 12:49 am – Latest time to eat Afikomen
Saturday, March 31 – 1st Day Passover
- 08:45 am – Shacharit
- 09:38 am – Latest time for shema
- East se’udah shlishit at home
- 03:59 pm – Latest time to finish eating matzah or matzah products
- 06:50 pm – Mincha
- 07:30 pm – Ma’ariv
- 07:59 pm – Earliest candlelighting
- Light from an existing flame. Do not prepare for the second Seder before 7:59 p.m. Remember to insert Havdalah into Kiddush as found in the Passover Haggadah
- 12:48 am – Latest time to eat Afikomen
Sunday, April 1 – 2nd Day Passover
- 08:45 am – Shacharit
- 09:37 am – Latest time for shema
- 07:15 pm – Mincha
- 07:45 pm – Ma’ariv
- 08:00 pm – Yom Tov ends
Monday – Wednesday, April 2 – 4 Chol Hamoed
- 06:40 am – Shacharit
- 07:00 pm – Mincha
- 07:30 pm – Ma’ariv
Thursday April 5 – Chol Hamoed/Erev Yom Tov
- 06:40 am – Shacharit
- Remember to make eruv tavshilin (page 654 in the Artscroll Siddur)
- 06:55 pm – Mincha followed byMa’ariv
- 06:56 pm – Candle lighting