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Friday September 17, 2021
Candlelighting Club – 5:45
| |
Shabbos begins / Candlelighting |
Shabbos ends / Havdalah |
|---|---|---|
| Montreal | 6:43 | 7:44 |
| New York | 6:43 | 7:45 |
| Toronto | 7:06 | 8:07 |
Rosh Hashanah
5783 / 2022
| |
Sunday Sep 25 Light Before |
Monday Sep 26 Light After |
Tuesday Sep 27 Yom Tov Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal | 6:28 | 7:29 | 7:28 |
| New York | 6:30 | 7:32 | 7:30 |
| Toronto | 6:51 | 7:53 | 7:51 |
Rosh Hashana Schedule
Shabbos Sept. 16 Sunday Sept. 17
8:00am – Shacharis – Morning Service – Village Shul Main Sanctuary, for those who would like to participate in a Traditional style service.
All classes will be held at the Petroff Gallery (see above).
9:15am – Welcome toThe Chai Centre
9:30am – “Without the Shofar” – Mrs. Elana Soroka
10:15am – “The Spiritual Power of Listening” – by Rabbi Shmuli Soroka
11:15am – “Experience, Strength and Hope” – Mrs. Mia Onrot
12:00pm – Adrienne Gold
12:45pm -Service Ends
8:00am – Shacharis – Morning Service – Main Sanctuary, for those who would like to participate in a Traditional style service.
All classes are at the Village Shul – Social Hall, downstairs.
9:15am – Welcome to The Chai Centre
9:30am – “Making Rosh Hashana Personal” – Mr. Herb Waters
10:30am – Before the Shofar – Mrs. Ilana Kendal
11:15am – Blowing the Shofar
11:30am – Adreinne Gold
12:15pm – Rabbi Aryeh Pamensky
1:00pm -Service Ends
| Sunday Sep. 24 – Erev Yom Kippur | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Service/ Program/ Class | Venue |
| 6:54pm | Candlelighting / Fast begins | |
| 6:55pm | Traditional Kol Nidrei – led by Rabbi Heshi kuhnreich | Main Sanctuary |
| 7:15pm | Drasha with Rabbi Tzvi Sytner | Main Sanctuary |
| 8:00pm | Option 1 – Traditional Ma’ariv Service – led by Rabbi Heshi Kuhnreich | Main Sanctuary |
| 8:00pm | Option 2 – Class by Adrienne Gold-Davis | Social Hall |
| Monday Sep. 25 – Yom Kippur | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Service/ Program/ Class | Venue |
| 6:15 am | Traditional Shacharis Minyan – led by Rabbi Heshi Kuhnreich | Social Hall |
| 10:15 am | Chai Centre Welcome – Herb Waters | Petroff Gallery |
| 10:30 am | Class led by Dr. Barry Bank | Petroff Gallery |
| 11:15 am | Class led by Dr. Chaim Newman | Petroff Gallery |
| 12:15 pm | Special YIZKOR presentation | Petroff Gallery |
| 12:45 pm | Class led by Nancy Weisbrod (first President of the Village Shul) | Petroff Gallery |
| 1:30 pm | Class led by Rabbi Tzvi Sytner | Petroff Gallery |
| 2:15 pm | BREAK – get some rest | |
| 5:15 pm | Discussion led by Herb Waters | Fireplace Room |
| 6:10 pm | Neilah Drasha by Rabbi Tzvi Sytner | Main Sanctuary |
| 6:30 pm | Traditional Neilah Service led by Rabbi Heshi Kuhnreich | Main Sanctuary |
| 7:52 pm | Shofar/ Fast Ends/ Ma’ariv/ Havdallah | Main Sanctuary |
| 8:00 pm | Breaking the Fast | Main Sanctuary |
Yom Kippur 2021
| |
Wednesday Sep 15 Light Before |
Thursday Sep 16 Yom Kippur Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Montreal | 6:47 | 7:48 |
| New York | 6:47 | 7:48 |
| Toronto | 7:09 | 8:11 |
Kol Nidrei – 7:15
Succos 5782 / 2021
(First Days)
Candlelighting Club – TBA
| |
Monday Sep 20 Light Before |
Tuesday Sep 21 Light After |
Wednesday Sep 22 Succos Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal | 6:36 | 7:39 | 7:37 |
| New York | 6:38 | 7:40 | 7:38 |
| Toronto | 7:00 | 8:02 | 8:00 |
Tuesday Sep 28 is
Yizkor
If you would like for me to say Yizkor on your behalf, please email me the deceased full Hebrew name plus the father’s Hebrew name (if known).
Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah!
Succos 5782 / 2021
(Last Days)
| |
Monday Sep 27 Light Before |
Tuesday Sep 28 Light After |
Wednesday Sep 29 Succos Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal | 6:24 | 7:25 | 7:23 |
| New York | 6:26 | 7:28 | 7:26 |
| Toronto | 6:47 | 7:49 | 7:47 |
We will be lighting the Chanukah Menorah at 4:05 and then the Shabbos candles at 4:15.
Tisha B'Av 5782 / 2022
- Tisha B’Av commemorates the destruction of both the first and second Temples in Jerusalem.
- It is customary not to eat and drink from sunset before Tisha B’Av (8:34 in Toronto) until nightfall on Tisha B’Av (9:19 in Toronto). Please call me if you have any health concerns regarding fasting for this length of time.
- It is customary to (when physically able) sit on a lower than usual chair, from after Shabbos until Sunday at 1:23pm. After this time, you can sit regularly.
- One should also refrain from wearing leather shoes, marital relations, showering, working, and and any other act being done for pleasure.
Wednesday April 5 is
Erev Pesach
You can eat Chometz until : 10:30
Burning of the Chometz: 11:00 at my home
During burning of the Chometz (before noon), everyone should say the following, 3 times:
“Any Chometz or leaven that is in my possession, whether I have recognized it or not, whether I have seen it or not, whether I have removed it or not, should be annulled and become ownerless like the dust of the earth.”
Pesach 5783 / 2023
(First Days)
| |
Wednesday Apr 5 Light BEFORE |
Thursday Apr 6 Light AFTER |
Friday Apr 7 Light BEFORE |
Shabbos Apr 8 Shabbos Ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal | 7:09 | 8:13 | 7:11 | 8:16 |
| New York | 7:07 | 8:11 | 7:08 | 8:13 |
| Toronto | 7:31 | 8:35 | 7:33 | 8:37 |
Monday April 22 is
Erev Pesach
You can eat Chometz until : 10:30
Burning of the Chometz: 10:00 at my home
During burning of the Chometz (before noon), everyone should say the following, 3 times:
“Any Chometz or leaven that is in my possession, whether I have recognized it or not, whether I have seen it or not, whether I have removed it or not, should be annulled and become ownerless like the dust of the earth.”
Pesach 5784 / 2024
(First Days)
| |
Monday Apr 22 Light BEFORE (First Seder) |
Tuesday Apr 23 Light AFTER (Second Seder) |
Wednesday Apr 24 First Days ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal | 7:31 | 8:36 | 8:38 |
| New York | 7:25 | 8:29 | 8:30 |
| Toronto | 7:51 | 8:56 | 8:57 |
Thursday April 13 is
Yizkor
If you would like Yizkor said on your behalf, please email rabbiheshi@chaicentre.ca
with the deceased full Hebrew name plus the father’s Hebrew name (if known).
The last days of PESACH!
Pesach 5783 / 2023
(Last Days)
| |
Tuesday Apr 11 Light BEFORE |
Wednesday Apr 12 Light AFTER |
Thursday Apr 13 Pesach Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal | 7:16 | 8:21 | 8:22 |
| New York | 7:13 | 8:17 | 8:18 |
| Toronto | 7:38 | 8:42 | 8:43 |
You may access the Chometz you sold for Pesach,
on Thursday night after 9:50pm.
Friday April 26, 2024
Chol Hamoed
Candlelighting Club – 5:30
To enter the Zoom class click here
| |
Shabbos begins / Candlelighting |
Shabbos ends / Havdalah |
|---|---|---|
| Montreal | 7:37 | 8:41 |
| New York | 7:29 | 8:33 |
| Toronto | 7:56 | 9:01 |
Tuesday April 30 is
Yizkor
If you would like Yizkor said on your behalf, please email rabbiheshi@chaicentre.ca
with the deceased full Hebrew name plus the father’s Hebrew name (if known).
The last days of PESACH!
Pesach 5784 / 2024
(Last Days)
| |
Sunday Apr 28 Light BEFORE |
Monday Apr 29 Light AFTER |
Tuesday Apr 30 Pesach Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal | 7:39 | 8:44 | 8:45 |
| New York | 7:31 | 8:36 | 8:37 |
| Toronto | 7:58 | 9:03 | 9:04 |
You may access the Chometz you sold for Pesach,
on Tuesday night after 10:00pm.
Pesach 2023 Class Schedule
- Sunday April 2 – 10:15am – Pirkei Ovos – Live at the Village Shul
- Sunday April 2 – 7:30pm – Pre-Pesach Drasha – on Zoom only
- Monday April 3 – 7:30pm – men’s meeting, live / women’s meeting – on Zoom only
- Tuesday April 4 – No Class – searching for the Chometz (בדיקת חמץ)
- Wednesday April 5 – 11am Burning of the Chometz at my home
- Wednesday April 5 – No Class – First Seder Night
- Thursday April 6 – 9:30pm – Second Seder at my home for those who have registered
- Friday April 7 – No Class
- Sunday April 9 – 8:30pm – Avi Silver Memorial Kumzits, at my home
- Monday April 10 – men’s meeting, live / women’s meeting – on Zoom only
- Tuesday April 11 – No Classs – Yom Tov
- Wednesday April 12 – No Class – Yom Tov
- Thursday April 13 – No Class – Yom Tov ends
- Friday April 14 – All regularly scheduled classes resume
Yom Kippur 5784 / 2023
| |
Sunday Sep 24 Light Before |
Mondday Sep 25 Yom Kippur Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Montreal | 6:29 | 7:32 |
| New York | 6:32 | 7:34 |
| Toronto | 6:54 | 7:55 |
Kol Nidrei – 7:00
Shabbos Oct 07 is
Yizkor
If you would like for me to say Yizkor on your behalf, please email me the deceased full Hebrew name plus the father’s Hebrew name (if known).
Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah!
Succos 5784 / 2023
(Last Days)
| |
Friday Oct 06 Light Before |
Shabbos Oct 07 Light After |
Sunday Oct 08 Succos Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal | 6:07 | 7:09 | 7:07 |
| New York | 6:12 | 7:14 | 7:12 |
| Toronto | 6:32 | 7:34 | 7:32 |
High Holidays 2023 Class Schedule
Class Schedule through the Holidays
| Date | Class | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday Sept 10 | Pirkei Avos | NO Breakfast/ NO Class |
| Thursday Sept 14 | Path of the Just | Yes |
| Friday Sept 15 | Positive Word Power | NO Class |
| Shabbos Sept 16 | Rosh Hashana Day 1 | See Schedule / Lunch with the Rabbi |
| Sundayy Sept 17 | Rosh Hashana Day 2 | See Schedule / Blowing of the Shofar |
| Monday Sept 18 | Men/Women Meetings | Yes |
| Tuesday Sept 19 | Ask The Rabbi | Yes |
| Wednesday Sept 20 | A Spiritual Awakening | Yes |
| Thursday Sept 21 | Address: “The Power of Yom Kippur” | Yes |
| Friday Sept 22 | Positive Word Power | Class |
| Sunday Sept 24 | Pirkei Avos | NO Breakfast/ NO Class |
| Monday Sept 25 | Yom Kippur | See Yom Kippur schedule |
| Tuesday Sept 26 | Ask The Rabbi | Yes |
| Wednesday Sept 27 | A Spiritual Awakening | Yes |
| Thursday Sept 28 | Path of the Just | Yes |
| Friday Sept 29 | Positive Word Power | Class – Erev Succos |
| Shabbos Sept 30 | Succos Day 1 | No Lulav |
| Sunday Oct 1 | Succos Day 2 | Lulav |
| Monday Oct 2 | Special afternoon concert | 5pm Chabad Gate, Thornhill |
| Tuesday Oct 3 | Kumzitz at my home | 8pm to 10pm |
| Wednesday Oct 4 | Succah @ my home | 6pm to 7:30pm |
| Thursday Oct 5 | Path of the Just | NO Class |
| Friday Oct 6 | Positive Word Power | UPDATED: NO Class |
| Shabbos Oct 7 | Shmini Atzeres | |
| Sunday Oct 8 | Simchas Torah! | |
| Monday Oct 2 | Back to regular schedule! |
Purim Katan
Friday February 23, 2024
Candlelighting Club – 4:15
To enter the Zoom class click here
| |
Shabbos begins / Candlelighting |
Shabbos ends / Havdalah |
|---|---|---|
| Montreal | 5:13 | 6:18 |
| New York | 5:21 | 6:26 |
| Toronto | 5:39 | 6:44 |