Shabbat Chol Hamoed Pesach
(Saturday, 19 April)
Torah: Exodus 33:12 - 34:26
Torah: Exodus 33:12 - 34:26
Maftir:
Numbers 28:19-25
Haftarah:
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Additional
reading: Song of Songs
Seventh
Day of Pesach (Monday, 21 April)
Torah:Exodus
13:17 - 15:26
Maftir:
Numbers 28:19-25
Haftarah:
2 Samuel 22:1-51
Eighth
Day of Pesach (Tuesday, 22 April)
Torah:
Deuteronomy 15:19 - 16:17
Maftir:
Numbers 28:19-25
Haftarah:
Isaiah 10:32 - 12:6
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THE SINGINGEST HOLIDAY
On
the seventh day of Pesach, the Torah portion includes the beautiful Shirat
Hayam - The Song of the Sea - the Israelites' paean of thanksgiving to God for
the destruction of the pursuing Egyptian army. When this section is read
during the year (Parashat Beshallach), the haftarah is Judges 4:4 -
5:31. It comprises Deborah and Barak's song, celebrating their military
victory over the forces of the Canaanite general Sisera. In a similar
vein, the haftarah for the seventh day is a psalm of thanksgiving (a variant is
found at Psalms 18), chanted by David.
There
is a lesson in these choices of public readings. In Shirat Hayam, the
people as a whole thank God for the miracle of the sea. Just when they
feared they were doomed, they were instead saved. In Shirat Devorah, which
in many ways resembles Shirat Hayam, Deborah and Barak thank God for both the
collective victory of the people and their own personal salvation. Shirat
David is strictly personal, completely in the first person singular, reviewing
a lifetime of blessings. In each case, pleas for deliverance were
answered. This is all in addition to reading Song of Songs on Shabbat Chol
Hamoed and the singing of Hallel (Psalms of Praise) every day of Pesach,
including at the Seder.
What
we learn is that we can and should thank God, individually and collectively,
for all the miracles and blessings in our lives, great and small, personal and
national. Only then can we truly appreciate the wonders of our lives.
Shabbat
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Shabbat: 7:08 pm
Sunday Evening (7th day of Pesach): 7:10 pm
Monday (8th day of Pesach): 8:08 pm
Friday: Shabbat
Chol HaMo’edEvening Service – 8:00 pm. Oneg Shabbat follows.
Saturday:
Shabbat Chol HaMo’ed Morning Service – 10:00 am. Kiddush lunch follows.
Sunday: NO Religious School
Monday: Seventh
Day Pesach Morning service – 10:00 am
Tuesday: Eighth
Day Pesach Morning service (Yizkor) – 10:00 am. Pesach ends 8:09 pm.
Wednesday: (Re)Introduction
to Judaism class – 7:30 pm - “Prayer and the Jewish Prayer Book”.
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