Friday Services This Weekend

Today is Rosh Chodesh, meaning "head of the month" which marks the beginning of the month of Nisan, during which we celebrate Pesach.

This year we will also be performing a rare blessing that is said only once every 28 years which blesses H-shem for creating the Sun. This blessing will coincide with the morning of the first night of Pesach which is doubly rare as the last time these two occasions happened at the same time was when the story of Purim happened.

This weekend Rabbi Scharnberg will be here to lead us for the Friday evening, maariv service at the synagogue in Crescent City. We usually get started around 7:00pm with the candle lighting and the service is usually followed by a kiddush over the wine and some snacks. This will also be an opportune time to discuss our plans for the pot-luck Pesach seder at the Ship Ashore Resort in Smith River.

Saturday morning we will have morning Torah study at 10:00 am at the Del Norte Ambulance facility in Fort Dick. This week we will be reading and discussing parshah Vayikra, Leviticus 1:1-5:26. You can read the entire portion online, in both Hebrew and English, here http://www.chabad.org/parshah/torahreading_cdo/aid/15574 and you can click on "Show Rashi's Commentary" for a more in-depth look at the text.

B'nei mitzvah studies will be held after Torah study for anyone interested in learning to read Hebrew and prepare for a bar or bat mitzvah.

We hope to see everyone soon. Until then, chodesh tov!