We have almost arrived at Pesah, and we hope that you have made your purchases of Matzahs as well as all the purchases required for this Feast and that you are ready to Celebrate the liberation of Egypt that the Jewish People have been celebrating for several thousand Years.
Please find the link below to access the online Chametz Sales Contract, which you can fill in with your data in order to complete the Mitzvah of the sale of the Hametz and send it to us.
PLEASE NOTE THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT IS Thursday APRIL 10th
CHAMETZ WILL BE SOLD Friday MORNING APRIL 11th BEFORE 10AM
it is very important that each member completes this Agreement. One contract is sufficient per household.
This Shabbat is SHABBAT HAGADOL, Shabbat Parashat Tzav.
Exceptionally this Shabbat PRAYERS WILL BE EARLIER THAN USUAL AT 7AM
Immediately following the Tefila (approximately 9AM a light CHAMETZ kidush will be served.
The reason for that is that Chametz must be finished to be eaten by 10:16 AM.
For your convenience, here are key pre-Passover times for Montreal, Quebec Canada :
- Thursday morning April 10 Ta’anit Bechorot Siyum after Tefila
Thursday night April 10 Bedikat Chametz after 8:23 PM
- Friday morning April 11 Burning the Chametz by 11:35
Shabbat Morning April 12 Finish eating chametz by: 10:16 AM
- Shabbat morning April 12 Nullification of chametz by: 11:35 AM “Kal Chamira …”
- 1st Seder Candle lighting time Motzai Shabbat April 12 after 8:23 PM
-2nd Seder Sunday night April 13 Candle lighting after 8:25 and Starting to count the Omer at night
-Monday Night April 14 Motzai Chag Havdalah after 8:26
-Friday night April 18 candle light before 7:26
-Saturday night April 19 Chag candle lighting after 8:34
-Sunday night April 20th Motzai Chag (Mimuna for those who celebrate)Havdalah and consuming Chametz only after 8:35
MAGHEN ABRAHAM CONGREGATION
VENTE DE HAMETZ EN LIGNE
Bonjour [nickname_else_first_name],
On est presque arrivé à Pesah, et nous espérons que vous avez fait vos achats de Matzahs et tous les achats requis pour cette Fête et que vous êtes prêts pour Fêter la libération d’Égypte que Peuple Juif célèbre pendant plusieurs milliers d’Années.
Merçi de trouver ci-bas le lien pour acceder au Contrat de Vente de Chametz, dont vous pouvez remplir vos donnés afin d’accomplir la Mitsvah de la vente du Hametz et nous l’envoyer.
VEUILLEZ NOTER QUE LA DATE LIMITE DE SOUMISSION EST LE JEUDI 10 AVRIL.
LE HAMETS SERA VENDU LE VENDREDI 11 AVRIL MATIN AVANT 10H.
Saturday Evening April 12th to Sunday evening April 20th
UPCOMING THIS WEEK
CELEBRATIONS
MABROOK!!!
Isaac Darwiche & Debbie Darwiche
on their 17th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
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Mark Sayegh
on his hebrew Birthday
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Leah Pisarevsky Garzon
on her Birthday
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Ralph Dana
on his Birthday
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Daniella Sasson-Mosseri
on her Birthday
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Solly Khadoury
on his Birthday
HAZKAROT
Meyer OiknineAlegra Shems MatalonCamille Helwani
HAZKARAH
Jacques Aintabi z'L
Father of Elliott, Saad, David, Sam, Shirley Aintabi
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Mother of Nina Hallak Rabih,
Grandmother of David, Aldo and Joyce Rabih
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Sister of Selim and David Argalgi
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Mother of Selim and David Argalgi
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The COMMUNITY OFFERS IT's CONDOLENCES TO The
ISRAEL/ABOURMAD FAMILY on the passing of
Rivka Henriette ISRAEL Abourmad z'L
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ROMANO FAMILY on the passing of AVI ROMANO z'L
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refua shelema to AHOUVA BAT MAZAL
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Shabbat HaChodesh / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan 🕍
Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5785 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Pekudei.
Shabbat HaChodesh (“Sabbath [of the] month” שבת החודש) precedes the first of the Hebrew month of Nisan during which Passover is celebrated. Exodus 12:1-20 and the laws of Passover. On the first day of Nisan, G-d presented the first commandment of how to “sanctify the new moon” (kiddush hachodesh) for the onset of Rosh Chodesh and thus Nisan becomes the first month of the Jewish year (counting by months.).
Table of contents
1) Perashat Hashavoua - Rabbi Eli Mansour
2) Halakhat Hashavoua (Halakhot related to day to day life) By Hazzan David Azerad -
The Festival of Freedom – the Revelation of Morality -Peninei Halacha
3) Holy Jokes!
4) For KIDS
This Week's Parasha Insight with Rabbi Eli Mansour
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Parashat Pekudeh- Planning and Executing
The two final Parashiyot of the Book of Shemot, Vayakhel and Pekudeh, appear to simply repeat two earlier Parashiyot – Teruma and Tesaveh. In Teruma and Tesaveh, the Torah records God’s instructions for the building of the Mishkan and its furnishings, and the fashioning of the Bigdeh Kehuna (priestly vestments). In Vayakhel and Pekudeh, the Torah simply tells of the execution of these commands. Rather than simply inform us that Beneh Yisrael’s artisans followed God’s commands, the Torah found it necessary to repeat all the details.
We know that there are no superfluous Parashiyot in the Torah, and, for that matter, there are no superfluous chapters, verses, words, letters or even vowels. Even the crowns above certain letters are there for a specific reason. Accordingly, the Hachamim offered different explanations for why the details of Teruma and Tesaveh and repeated, in full, in Vayakhel and Pekudeh. Undoubtedly, this repetition is intended to convey a certain message.
Rav Avraham Pam (1913-2001) explained that the Torah wanted to emphasize the fact that the plans were translated into a final product, that the good intentions were followed up by successful execution. In Teruma and Tesaveh, the operative word is "Ve’asita" – "You shall make"; in Vayakhel and Pekudeh, the word we find repeated is "Va’ya’asu" – "They made…" The command of "Ve’asita" became "Va’ya’asu." The planning did not remain as theoretical, noble ideas in the people’s minds. They were brought to fruition, and executed precisely as planned.
It is easy to have ideas, to make commitments and resolutions, to create images in our minds of the various "Mishkans" that we wish to build. We all have noble plans and intentions. The hard part is executing them. We have all gone through the experience of making commitments over the course of Yom Kippur for the coming year, with all sincerity and seriousness, with the noblest of intentions. Whether it is to improve our relationships with our family and friends, to study more Torah, enhance the quality of our prayers, conduct ourselves more modestly, or refrain from Lashon Ha’ra, we have all had periods of serious reflection and sincere commitments. But when it comes to following through on those commitments, we run into trouble. We become like a rubber band that stretches, but then snaps right back into place. We grow and improve in the weeks after the High Holidays, only to find ourselves by Hanukah back to where we were originally.
The Torah emphasizes for us the greatness of Beneh Yisrael in executing their commitments, in turning "Ve’asita" into "Va’ya’asu."
How can we ensure to follow through on our commitments, and turn all our sincere, noble plans into reality?
One solution is to make commitments that are specific and realistic. A general commitment to learn more Torah will not likely succeed; nor will a commitment to complete the entire Talmud every year. We need to set specific goals that we know are attainable. It is told that a certain great Rabbi, in order to improve the quality of his recitation of Birkat Ha’mazon, took it upon himself to always recite Birkat Ha’mazon from a Siddur for a period of six months. He knew that an indefinite commitment would not likely work, so he decided that for six months he would recite Birkat Ha’mazon from a Siddur, rather than from memory, and he would then reassess after six months.
This is sound advice for those of us seeking to grow and improve. We should set modest, specific goals that we know we can achieve with a bit of effort. With time, we will see success in our attempts to build our own "Mishkan," and that our noble intentions and plans are indeed executed and transformed into reality.
Halachot this week are selected and Translated by Hazzan David Azerad
The Festival of Freedom – the Revelation of Morality -Peninei Halacha
As mentioned a few weeks ago our Sages instituted the public reading of four Torah passages (parshiyot) in addition to the weekly Torah portion: We already read the 3 following parashiyot, Parashat Shekalim, Parashat Zakhor, and Parashat Para. This coming Shabbat is the fourth parsha,Parashat Ha-ĥodesh (Shemot 12:1-20), which mentions the sanctification of the new moon and the mitzvot of Pesaĥ. The reading of this parsha was instituted just before the beginning of Nisan. Nisan is the first month of the year in the Torah’s accounting and alerts us to start preparing for Pesaĥ and all its mitzvot. It is also Shabbat Mevarchim as we bless the new month of Nisan as mentioned above. Also this Shabbat we will be finishing the book of Shemot and begin the book of Vayikra.
Why did the people of Israel, before their appearance as a nation, first have to endure such terrible slavery in Egypt? The simple explanation is that Israel’s mission is to rectify the moral state of the world and to do so, it must experience firsthand the suffering and pain that human beings can cause to one another.
Thus, we find several instances where the Torah invokes our experiences in Egypt when instructing us about interpersonal relationships. For example: “You shall not oppress a stranger – for you know the soul of a stranger since you were strangers in the land of Egypt” (Shemot 23:9) and “If a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not wrong him. The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God” (Vayikra 19:33-34).
Similarly, the Sages said that before God began to smite the Egyptians, He instructed Moshe to command Israel concerning the mitzva of releasing slaves, so that even before they gained their freedom from Egypt they resolved that once they became free and had slaves of their own, they would never torment them. On the contrary, after six years they would send slaves free and grant them generous gifts (y. Rosh Ha-shana 3:5).
Indeed, a fantastic thing happened at the Exodus. All other peoples who overthrew their enslavers became haughty, took power, and enslaved their former masters. Israel, however, did not try to enslave the Egyptians, even after completely defeating them; they only sought their freedom. This was the first time that freedom appeared in the world as a moral value.
This is why Pesaḥ is called the Festival of Freedom, or, as the Sages termed it in the liturgy, “Zeman ḥeirutenu,” “the season of our freedom.” It is no coincidence that Pesaḥ is the first of the pilgrimage festivals: it embodies the foundation of human freedom and consequently of moral responsibility for every individual and societal act. Perhaps this is also why the years of Israelite kings’ reigns were counted from the beginning of the month of Nisan so that the idea of freedom be fundamental to Israelite sovereignty.
Bevirkat Shabbat Shalom Umevorach
David Azerad
3) HOLY JoKeS!!
Selection of funny snippets, loosely related to this weeks parashah or current events, to brighten your day
4) FOR KIDS
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