As more and more of the community have been able to start coming to shul again, it is wonderful to welcome y'all back. It's like riding a bike, once you know how it's really easy to pick it up again. After all, that is the theme of this coming week when we observe Pesach Sheni. PESACH SHENI: Mon. Aril 26 is Pesach Sheni. A year after the Exodus, Hashem instructed the people of Israel to bring the Korban Pesach (Pesach Offering) on the afternoon of Nissan 14, and to eat it that evening, roasted over the fire, together with matzah and bitter herbs, as they had done on the previous year just before they left Egypt. "There were, however, certain persons who had become ritually impure through contact with a dead body, and could not, therefore, prepare the Passover offering on that day. They approached Mosheand Aaron ... and they said: '...Why should we be deprived, and not be able to present Hashem's offering in its time, amongst the children of Israel?'" (Numbers 9). In response to their plea, Hashem established the 14th of Iyar as a "second Passover" (pesach sheini) for anyone who was unable to bring the offering on its appointed time in the previous month. The day thus represents the "second chance" achieved by teshuvah the power of repentance and "return." In the words of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch, "The Second Passover means that it's never a 'lost case.'" Links: The Second Passover, A Second Chance. Lag Ba'omer is coming and we have two exciting and safe events planned for the YJP and general community! Thurs. April 29, 8 pm - YJP Drum Circle Lag Ba'Omer Grill & Chill - www.yjphouston.org/lagchill Save the Date for Other Upcoming Events: We wish a hearty Mazel tov to Yoni and Irit Busany on the birth of a daughter and an extended mazel tov to the the entire Melnik family! We extend condolences to Shoshi Kaganovsky on the passing of her mother Valentina, of blessed memory, in Israel. SHABBOS PARSHAS ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM Shabbos, 12 Iyar - April 24 Thursday, Lag Ba'Omer Eve, 17 Iyar - April 29 Friday, Lag Ba'Omer, 18 Iyar - April 30
Good Times. Artisan BBQ. Join YJP Houston for an outdoor evening of Lag Ba’Omer and professionally led drum circle around the fire!
Fri. April 30, 6 pm - Community Lag Ba'Omer Shabbos Shots & Hors D'oeuvres - www.chabaduptown.org/lagshabbat
Pre-Shabbat Community Get Together with Eats and Drinks
Friday, 11 Iyar - April 23
Evening Services at 7:30 pm
Light Shabbat candles at 7:36 pm
Omer Count
Chassidus at 9 am
Shacharis at 10:00 am
Mincha at 7:35 pm
Ethics of Our Fathers, Ch. 3
Maariv, Omer Count, Havdalla & Shabbos Ends at 8:32 pm
Kiddush Levana
Living Torah
8 pm YJP Lag Ba'Omer Grill, Chill & Drum Circle - www.yjphouston.org/lagchill
6 pm Community Lag Ba'Omer Shabbos Shots & Hors D'oeuvres - www.chabaduptown.org/lagshabbat
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