PARASHAT EMOR

Candle lighting for Shabbat: Friday, 7:34 pm

Shabbat ends: Saturday, 8:35 pm

Table of Contents

1) -Weekly Service Schedule 

2) - Rabbi's message

3) - Rabbi's Bible Study

4) -Activities & Donations

5) - Birthdays & Anniversaries

6) - Refuah shlema

1) - Weekly Service Schedule 

Please join us for any or all of these

services in our synagogue, you many also join us on Zoom for these services.

Click this link

Zoom Meeting ID: 897-8879-2248

• Candle Lighting: 7:34 pm

Sunset - by which time preparations for Shabbat are concluded, and Shabbat candles have been lit -

is at 7:52 pm

For those who join us for our Kabbalat Shabbat service on Friday, please light your Shabbat candles before the service. Shabbat will begin for those who participate in our service when we recite the Psalm for Shabbat

(on p.23), before which the candles should be lit.

We welcome Shabbat each week with our Kabbalat Shabbat service in the

Moseson Chapel:

• Friday - 5/1 - 5:30 pm

Kabbalat Shabbat - Services for Shabbat Eve

In the Moseson & on Zoom

• Shabbat Morning Service - 5/2 - 9:30 am

In the Sanctuary & on Zoom

To keep our building secure on Shabbat the side doors will be locked after 10:00 a.m. On Saturday morning the doors will be monitored, and they will be opened as quickly as possible, Thank you.

Shabbat ends: 8:35 pm

We ask men on Zoom, to please have your heads covered for all services. 

We also strongly encourage you to don a Tallit for all morning services - on Shabbat and Weekdays - which is a Mitzvah.



People are also encouraged to wear Tefillin for weekday morning services; Rabbi Yechiel will be happy to help anyone who wishes to put on Tefillin.

To be counted in a minyan on Zoom your face must be visible.

Please join us for these

Weekday Services.

These services also support people who are saying Kaddish for loved ones who have passed away.

• Sunday - 5/3 - 8:00 pm

In the Moseson Chapel & on Zoom

• Monday- 5/4 - 8:00 am

In the Moseson Chapel & on Zoom

• Thursday - 5/7 - 8:00 am

In the Moseson Chapel & on Zoom

Please scroll down to see upcoming events.

Please visit our website at: shaarayshalom.org

for additional information.

2) - Rabbi's Message

Parshat HaShavu'a - This week's Torah portion is Parshaht Ehmor - פרשת אמור. This portion includes two beautiful features of the Meeshkan and the Holy Temple- the Menorah and the twelve Chalot laid out anew each Shabbat. There are also laws governing the ancient priesthood of Aaron and his descendants, the Kohahneem. Then (in Leviticus, ch. 23) we have a detailed set of teachings about the festivals of the year, beginning with Shabbat, and running from Pass-over to Shavu'ot to Sukkot, following the growing season from early spring through the harvest in the fall.

It is in Parshat Ehmor that we learn about counting the days from Pesach to Shavu'ot, as the grain crop ripened and the nation's suste- nance was assured and celebrated at the end of the seven weeks of "Counting the Omer" - ספירת העומר - S'feeraht Ha-Ohmehr. This mitzvah - which connects us with the Land of Israel and the agricultural cycle, and helps us prepare to receive the gift of Torah, on Shavu'ot - has been observed and cherished by our people in every generation. This week (Thurs. night and Friday, May 1) we are starting the 5th week of counting; that is the 29th day of the Omer. This coming Mon- day night and Tuesday are the 33rd day of counting the Omer, which is the holiday known as "Lahg ba-Ohmer" (Lahg-ל"ג means Thirty-Three).

Parshat Ehmor may be found in any Bible, in Leviticus, chapters 21-24, or in the Hertz Chumash on pp. 513-528. You may also find it on line, in the Conservative chumash, Etz Hayim, pp. 717-733, along with modern translation and commentaries, as well as the Haftarah, at this link:

https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/Emor ETZ HAYIM.pdf

The Haftarah from the prophet Ezekiel 44:15-31 (pp. 528-30 in the Hertz Chumash, and pp. 735-7 in Etz Hayim) clearly connects to the Torah portion's teachings about the priesthood and the Temple; Ezekiel shares his vision of a new, revitalized "Second" Temple to be built and to inspire the nation, after the forced Exile in Babylonia and our return to the Land of Israel. Addressing all the people, the Holy One's messen-ger says (44:24) "They shall preserve and observe My teachings and my laws regarding all My holy days, and they shall make my Sabbaths holy".



I look forward to enjoying Shabbat together with you and our synagogue family.                              

Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi Yechiel

3) - Bible Study with Rabbi Yechiel

NEW STORY - BIRTH OF THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL -

THE CRISIS AND THE SEARCH FOR ISRAEL'S 1ST MONARCH

Our weekly study of the Hebrew Bible will continue on Monday evening, May 4th, 7:00-8:00 PM. We study and discuss different parts of the Bible in depth, trying to understand these stories as human dramas which reflect the real-world experiences, ideas and the literary art of ancient Israel. No prior knowledge of Hebrew or Torah is needed to participate.

Date: May 4, 2026

Time: 7:00 - 8:00 PM 

You are welcome to join us here in the Moseson Chapel,

or on Zoom -

Meeting ID: 8040 631 892

Please Click this link

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Please Note:

We are planning a weekly Conversational Hebrew class for beginners who can read Hebrew -

If interested, please contact the office.

4) - Activities & Donations 

Please click the buttons below for

upcoming events.

Please click button below for further information and forms

5) -Birthdays

Judith Gewirtzman,

Kelsey Capilupi,

and

Judy Schwarz



6) - Refuah Shlema

Ines Weinberg,

Ellen Sue Rothfeld,

Judy Schwarz,

Dorothy Dorman,

Bob Dorman,

Bill Osterer,

Norma Bush,

Beth Litkofsky Sheer

and

Helene Fastman

If you need a "Mishaberach" prayer for a person who is ill, please contact Rabbi Yechiel: 

ShaarayShalomRav@gmail.com

or contact the office.



office call (516) 481-7448

711 Dogwood Ave, West Hempstead, NY 11552

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Organizations for contributions

at this time of crisis in Israel:

 Swords of Iron helping the IDF https://swordsofiron.org.il/

 Magen David Adom https://afmda.org/bloomberg-match

 Jewish National Fund https://www.jnf.org/ways-to-help/support-israel

 Friends of the Israel Defense Forces https://www.fidf.org/