SERVICE TIMES: 15-28 March Shabbat, 15/16 March Shabbat begins: 5.50pm Shabbat ends: 6.53pm
Friday, 15 March Candlelighting: 5.50pm Kabbalat Shabbat: 5.50pm
Saturday, 16 March – Pekudei Shabbat Morning Service begins: 9.30am
Shabbat ends: 6.53pm
Sunday, 17 March Shacharit: 8.15am followed by breakfast
Monday, 18 March Shacharit: 7.00am
Thursday, 21 March Fast of Esther Begins: 4.22am
Shacharit: 7.00am
Fast of Esther Ends: 6.56pm
Shabbat, 22/23 March
Shabbat begins: 6.02pm Shabbat ends: 7.06pm
Friday, 22 March Candlelighting: 6.02pm Kabbalat Shabbat: 6.00pm
Saturday, 23 March – Vayikra Shabbat Morning Service begins: 9.30am
Shabbat ends: 6.41pm Reading of the Megillah: 8.00pm followed by refreshments
Sunday, 24 March Shacharit: 8.15am followed by
Reading of the Megillah at 8.45am and breakfast
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Try as she might, it was not under stood
Rivka asked of HaShem, what can this mean
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Comments Off on Balak The main story of the sedra is revealed in its first sentence:
‘And Balak, son of Zippor, saw what the Israelites did to the Amorites’.
In the prev… read more
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Comments Off on Shelach L’cha The parashah describes the tragic story of the spies sent into Canaan by Moses, who come back with a report that shows no confidence in the Israel… read more