Times and Schedule for Shabbat
Friday - Shabbat, May 16 - 17, 2025
Torah Reading: Parshat Emor
, Vayikra 21:1 - 24:23
Haftorah: Ezekiel 44:15 - 31
Pirkei Avot: Chapter 4
For more about the importance of studying Pirkei Avot throughout the summer and many insights into Pirkei Avot, see here
Friday, May 16 - Erev Shabbat
Shabbat candle lighting: 7:50 PM
Note: for those that start Shabbat early, candles should be lit before the family begins Shabbat. Earliest time to light Shabbat candles (plag): 6:41 PM
Early Minchah: 6:30 PM
Dvar Torah: Rabbi Fried
Early Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00 PM
Friday night we count 34 days of the Omer
Shabbat, May 17 - Shabbat Day
Parshah class: 8:45 AM Shacharit: 9:45 AM
Dvar Torah: Rabbi Ossey
Kiddush - This week’s kiddush is sponsored by Lydia and David Schneider in honor of Lydia’s father, Mordechi Ben Leah, for a complete Refuah and in the memory of our two phenomenal matriarchs that passed away last year, Nana Shirley and GG.
Last week's Kiddush was co-sponsred by Eli & Marina Zelmanovitz in honor of the birthday of their son David on 15 Iyar and by Peter and Mariah Himmelmanin honor of the birth of a grandson to their children Daniel and Chaya. Mazel Tov!
To sponsor a Kiddush, in whole or in part, please click here
Rambam class: 6:50 PM
Minchah: 7:56 PM
Shabbat ends: 8:56 PM
Ma'ariv & Havdallah: 8:56 PM
Important dates on the calendar
Lag BaOmer: 18 Iyar
Lag BaOmer—this year, Friday, May 16—is a festive day on the Jewish calendar, celebrating the anniversary of the passing of the great sage and mystic Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar. It also commemorates another event. In the weeks between Passover and Shavuot, a plague raged among the disciples of the great sage Rabbi Akiva. On Lag BaOmer the dying ceased. Read more here
Halachic Times
Earliest Talit & Tefillin (latest of the week): 4:40 AM
Latest Shma (earliest of the week): 9:10 AM
For all halachic times, see www.chabadwestside.org/zmanim
