Shahrit Hallel Torah Musaf Sermon 9:00-11:50am
Monday EveningReading Second Part of Azharot 730pm
Minhah & Arbit 8:00pm
Sunset 8:26pm
Evening Festival Habdalah 8:53pm
Shabuot, The Feast of Weeks or Pentecost comes on the fiftieth day, just after the 7-week Omer period between the beginnings of the barley and wheat harvests, and traditionally commemorates the Revelation at Sinai seven weeks after the Israelites left Egypt.
The Book of Ruth is traditionally read on Shabuot, since it deals with both the Israeli grain harvest at this time of year, which this festival marks, as well as acceptance of the Torah, in this case by Ruth as a faithful convert. The younger girls of the congregation who take part are pre-assigned a few verses each, which they carefully rehearse, learning to chant them according to the congregation’s unique traditional cantillation system for the Book of Ruth. Girls wishing to take part, or their parents, should please contact Mrs. Lisa Rohde (
lirohde-csi@yahoo.com) well in advance of the festival. The girls will read their portions at the end of Sunday Morning Services at 11:30 am.
Azharot (“Admonitions”) is the name given to the poem by Shelomo Ibn Gabirol with introduction by David Ibn Eleazar Pekudah. It enumerates all 613 Commandments of the Torah in rhymed verse. The introduction and the first part, which lists the 248 positive Commandments, is read on Sunday evening at 7:15, before Minhah. The second part, which enumerates the 365 negative Commandments, is read on Monday evening at 7:15, again before Minhah. The poem is chanted by the men and boys of the congregation to the Spanish & Portuguese traditional Shabuot melody in round-robin style, with each participant leading two lines at a time.
