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Shabbat Schedule & Davening Guide
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Shabbat Schedule for April 17-18
Shabbat Mevorchim Parashat Shemini
All Zoom programs can be accessed either by computer (youngisraelwh.org/zoom) or on the phone at (646) 558-8656 and Meeting ID: 685 094 0946#. |
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Erev Shabbat – Friday, April 17
7:00 am – Virtual Shacharit on Zoom
11:45 am – Virtual Tot Shabbat (Shabbat Morning Groups Ages 5 and under) with Becca Maurer
5:45 pm – Kabbalat Shabbat Sing Along with Rabbi Brander and Hudi Kowalsky
6:15 pm – Virtual Mincha on Zoom
6:11 pm – Earliest Candle Lighting
7:16 pm – Candle Lighting
7:34 pm – Mincha Before and Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv After*
8:04 pm – Count Sefira & Repeat Shema after
Shabbat, April 18
9:00 am – Shacharit, Torah Reading & Musaf* (see below for instructions for davening at home)
9:28 am – Sof Zman Kiryat Shema (Latest Shema)
1:24 pm – Earliest Mincha (and before 7:35 pm)
8:20 pm – Havadalah and Shabbat Ends
8:30 pm – Virtual Communal Havadalah with Sam Leichtberg and Stu Miller
Sunday, April 19 – Friday, May 1
8:15 am – Virtual Shacharit on Zoom (Sunday)
9:00 am – Gemara Class by Yair Litchman on Zoom (Sunday)
7:00 am – Virtual Shacharit on Zoom (Monday-Friday)
7:30 pm – Virtual Mincha & Maariv on Zoom (Sunday-Thursday) |
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*Under conditions in which we are unable to pray together in the same space, our sages felt that praying together at the same time serves as a virtual-bridge between us and binds our prayers into a force beyond compare.
Let us all, to the extent that we can, aim to begin davening Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv in our homes tonight as Shabbat comes in (around 7:16 PM) and on Shabbat morning at 9 am (the latest time for the Shacharit Amidah is 10:35 am; the latest time for the Shema is 9:28 am). The earliest time for Mincha is 1:24 pm-which should ideally be davened before seudah shlishit, which in turn, should begin sometime before 7:35 pm.
Davening Guide
- Certain parts of Tefilah are omitted when davening individually:
- including Barachu, Kaddish, Chazarat ha-Shatz (the repetition of the Amidah), and Kedusha
- Friday night: Omit the blessing of Magen Avos (beracha achat me'ein shevah) after the Shemoneh Esrei of Maariv.
- Shabbat day: Omit Berich Shemeih (yes Matthew). Ashkenazim also omit Yekum Perkan
- We DO say Av Ha-Rachamim (even though it is Shabbat Mevorchim because it is in this period of the year that we mourn the loss of those community Av Ha-Rachamim is referring to).
- Pitum HaKetoret, which follows Ein Kelokeinu, is seen as a particularly potent prayer at a time of need, especially in the context of the spread of disease, as the incense
- At the end of davening, Tehillim (Psalm) 130 can be added as a way of focusing our attention on the dire needs of those suffering from the virus and in the hopes that our actions will limit its spread and severity.
- Birchat HaChodesh (Blessing the New Month) is recited as this week is Shabbat Mevarchim. Rosh Chodesh Iyar yihyeh b'yom HaSheshe V'yom Shabbat Kodesh (Rosh Chodesh Iyar will be on Friday and Shabbat). The Molad will be Wednesday 10:58 pm and 12 Chalakim (Jerusalem S. Time)
Torah Reading
While Torah reading, in its most ideal sense, requires a true Sefer Torah, in lieu of that possibility our best option is to read the Parsha (Shemini) and the Haftarah from a whole Tanakh. If one doesn't have a whole Tanakh at home, reading from a Chumash is the next best option. Artscroll has generously made available this week's Parsha and Haftorah for free; you can download and print a copy here: https://www.artscroll.com/sheminidownload.html
The reading for Mincha need not be read from a Tanakh or Chumash, and reading it in the back the siddur suffices.
Mincha
We omit Tzizkutcha Tzedak since it is still Nisan.
Havdalah:
Please make Havdalah in your homes once Shabbat has departed, after 8:20 pm. At 8:30 pm, everyone is then invited to participate in a community-wide virtual Havdalah, on our Zoom (log on instructions below). Though one cannot fulfill the obligation to say Havdalah through technological media (unless under pressing circumstances), one is welcome to say 'Amen' to any berakhot heard contemporaneously (i.e. live).
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