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This coming Friday is Tevet 10 and is observed as a day of fasting, mourning and repentance, in remembrance of the siege of Jerusalem. We refrain from food and drink from daybreak to nightfall, and add the Selichot and other special supplements to our prayers. (More recently, Tevet 10 was chosen to also serve as a "general kaddish day" for the victims of the Holocaust, many of whose day of martyrdom is unknown.)
Therefore, our Friday night Shabbos schedule will be little different to break our fast as early as possible.
Also, our new neighbor Josh Levy has yartzeit on Friday so we really need to esnure a minyan for Mincha and need to start on time so we finish Torah reading and mincha before Shabbos starts. Please come on time to ensure a smooth service.
Shabbos Parshas Veyechi
Friday, December 17 (Tevet 10 - Fast Day)
5:55 am Fast Begins
The fast begins upon going to sleep. To eat up until 5:55 am you either need to remain awake or you must, before going to sleep, make a verbal condition to yourself to eat and drink before the fast begins. As it is before Shacharit, only snacks are permitted - not a meal.
4:55 pm Mincha with Torah Reading - PLEASE BE ON TIME
5:07 pm Candle Lighting
5:40 pm Kabbolas Shabbos
6:10 pm Shabbat Dinner | Please RSVP!
5:57 pm Tzeit Hakochavim L'chumra (Fast Ends)
Shabbos, December 18
9:00 am Preprayer Kabbala Study
10:00 am Shacharis
With best cholent this side of the Mississippi...
5:15 pm Mincha
6:04 pm Maariv, Havdalla & Shabbos Ends
Screening of Living Torah
See you on Shabbos, and may Moshiach come so we can celebrate with Moshiach on Friday rather than fast!
Rabbi Chaim & Chanie