Candle Welcome to the DAT Minyan! Lighting (earliest) 6:07p Shabbat HaGadol (Tzav) (latest) 7:09p April 4, 2020 - 10 Nisan 5780 Joseph Friedman, Rabbi | Mark Raphaely, President Havdalah 8:09p
While we are regrettably unable to convene at D’var Torah with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks this time for regular Shabbat and weekday The institution of the Haftarah – reading a passage from the prophetic literature davening, we invite men and women in the alongside the Torah portion – is an ancient one, dating back at least 2000 years. community to join us for our virtual daily Scholars are not sure when, where, and why it was instituted. Some say that it began davening and learning opportunities. when Antiochus IV’s attempt to eliminate Jewish practice in the second century BCE sparked the revolt we celebrate on Chanukah. At that time, so the tradition goes, public To join us, download the ZOOM app to your reading from the Torah was forbidden. So the Sages instituted that we should read a prophetic passage whose theme would remind people of the subject of the weekly computer or phone. The computer log in is: Torah portion. https://sundaysky.zoom.us/j/6373445618 Another view is that it was introduced to protest the views of the Samaritans, and later the Sadducees, who denied the authority of the prophetic books except the book of OR Joshua. call in at 253-215-8782 or 301-715-8592 The existence of haftarot in the early centuries CE is, however, well attested. Early Christian texts, when relating to Jewish practice, speak of “the Law and the Prophets,” and use Meeting ID: 637 344 5618 implying that the Torah (Law) and Haftarah (Prophets) went hand-in-hand and were read together. Many early Midrashim connect verses from the Torah with those from the haftarah. So the pairing is ancient. Our davening times follow the calendar on our Often the connection between the parsha and the haftarah is straightforward and website, and are published below: self-explanatory. Sometimes, though, the choice of prophetic passage is instructive, telling us what the Sages understood as the key message of the parsha.
Consider the case of Beshallach. At the heart of the parsha is the story of the division of FRIDAY the Red Sea and the passage of the Israelites through the sea on dry land. This is the greatest miracle in the Torah. There is an obvious historical parallel. It appears in the 6:30 pm: Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat book of Joshua. The river Jordan divided allowing the Israelites to pass over on dry (concluding before candle lighting with Lecha land: “The water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance Dodi) away … The Priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.” (Josh. ch. 3). (Shema should be recited after 8:08 pm) This, seemingly, should have been the obvious choice as haftarah. But it was not chosen. Instead, the Sages chose the song of Devorah from the book of Judges. This tells us something exceptionally significant: that tradition judged the most important SHABBAT event in Beshallach to be not the division of the sea but rather the song the Israelites Parasha: Page 568 / Haftarah: Page 1220 sang on that occasion: their collective song of faith and joy. This suggests strongly that the Torah is not humanity’s book of God but God’s book of humankind. Had the Torah been the our book of God, the focus would have been on Rabbi Friedman’s Shabbat Derasha can be read the Divine miracle. Instead, it is on the human response to the miracle. on Page 5 So the choice of haftarah tells us much about what the Sages took to be the parsha’s main theme. But there are some haftarot that are so strange that they deserve to be (Shema should be recited before 9:50 am) called paradoxical, since their message seems to challenge rather than reinforce that of the parsha. One classic example is the haftarah for the morning of Yom Kippur, from ———————————————————— the 58th chapter of Isaiah, one of the most astonishing passages in the prophetic Weekday Schedule literature:
SHACHARIT Is this the fast I have chosen – a day when a man will oppress himself? … Is this what you call a fast, “a day for the Lord’s favour”? No: this is the fast I choose. Loosen the Sunday: 8:00 am bindings of evil and break the slavery chain. Those who were crushed, release to freedom; shatter every yoke of slavery. Break your bread for the starving and bring Monday: 6:30 am dispossessed wanderers home. When you see a person naked, clothe them: do not Tuesday and Wednesday: 6:35 am avert your eyes from your own flesh. (Is. 58:5-7) The message is unmistakable. We spoke of it in last week’s Covenant and Conversation. MINCHA/MAARIV The commands between us and God and those between us and our fellows are inseparable. Fasting is of no use if at the same time you do not act justly and Sunday through Tuesday: 7:15 pm compassionately to your fellow human beings. You cannot expect God to love you if you do not act lovingly to others. That much is clear.
But to read this in public on Yom Kippur, immediately after having read the Torah portion describing the service of the High Priest on that day, together with the command to “afflict yourselves,” is jarring to the point of discord. Here is the Torah Complete Passover Schedule on Page 3 telling us to fast, atone and purify ourselves, and here is the Prophet telling us that none of this will work unless we engage in some kind of social action, or at the very least behave honourably toward others. Torah and haftarah are two voices that do not sound as if they are singing in harmony. (Continued on Page 2) DAT Minyan is a dynamic and friendly Modern Orthodox synagogue for all ages and dedicated to meaningful personal spiritual development, community growth, youth involvement, Torah education, and Religious Zionism. DAT Minyan - 560 S. Monaco Pkwy., Denver, CO 80224 - 720-941-0479 - www.datminyan.org D’VAR TORAH (continued)
Rabbi Sacks (Continued from Page 1) The other extreme example is the haftarah for today’s parsha. Tzav is about the various kinds of sacrifices. Then comes the haftarah, with Jeremiah’s almost incomprehensible remark: For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices, but I gave them this command: Obey Me, and I will be your God and you will be My people. Walk in obedience to all I command you, that it may go well with you. (Jer. 7:22-23) This seems to suggest that sacrifices were not part of God’s original intention for the Israelites. It seems to negate the very substance of the parsha. What does it mean? The simplest interpretation is that it means “I did not only give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices.” I commanded them but they were not the whole of the law, nor were they even its primary purpose. A second interpretation is the famously controversial view of Maimonides that the sacrifices were not what God would have wanted in an ideal world. What He wanted was avodah: He wanted the Israelites to worship Him. But they, accustomed to religious practices in the ancient world, could not yet conceive of avodah shebalev, the “service of the heart,” namely prayer. They were accustomed to the way things were done in Egypt (and virtually everywhere else at that time), where worship meant sacrifice. On this reading, Jeremiah meant that from a Divine perspective sacrifices were bedi’avad not lechatchilah, an after-the-fact concession not something desired at the outset. A third interpretation is that the entire sequence of events from Exodus 25 to Leviticus 25 was a response to the episode of the Golden Calf. This, I have argued elsewhere, represented a passionate need on the part of the people to have God close not distant, in the camp not at the top of the mountain, accessible to everyone not just Moses, and on a daily basis not just at rare moments of miracle. That is what the Tabernacle, its service and its sacrifices represented. It was the home of the Shechinah, the Divine Presence, from the same root as sh-ch-n, “neighbour.” Every sacrifice – in Hebrew korban, meaning “that which is brought near” – was an act of coming close. So in the Tabernacle, God came close to the people, and in bringing sacrifices, the people came close to God. This was not God’s original plan. As is evident from Jeremiah here and the covenant ceremony in Exodus 19-24, the intention was that God would be the people’s sovereign and lawmaker. He would be their king, not their neighbour. He would be distant, not close (see Ex. 33:3). The people would obey His laws; they would not bring Him sacrifices on a regular basis. God does not need sacrifices. But God responded to the people’s wish, much as He did when they said they could not continue to hear His overwhelming voice at Sinai: “I have heard what this people said to you. Everything they said was good” (Deut. 5:25). What brings people close to God has to do with people, not God. That is why sacrifices were not God’s initial intent but rather the Israelites’ spiritual-psychological need: a need for closeness to the Divine at regular and predictable times. What connects these two haftarot is their insistence on the moral dimension of Judaism. As Jeremiah puts it in the closing verse of the haftarah, “I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” (Jer. 9:23). That much is clear. What is genuinely unexpected is that the Sages joined sections of the Torah and passages from the prophetic literature so different from one another that they sound as if coming from different universes with different laws of gravity. That is the greatness of Judaism. It is a choral symphony scored for many voices. It is an ongoing argument between different points of view. Without detailed laws, no sacrifices. Without sacrifices in the biblical age, no coming close to God. But if there are only sacrifices with no prophetic voice, then people may serve God while abusing their fellow humans. They may think themselves righteous while they are, in fact, merely self-righteous. The Priestly voice we hear in the Torah readings for Yom Kippur and Tzav tells us what and how. The Prophetic voice tells us why. They are like the left and right hemispheres of the brain; or like hearing in stereo, or seeing in 3D. That is the complexity and richness ofJudaism, and it was continued in the post-biblical era in the different voices of halachah and Aggadah. Put Priestly and Prophetic voices together and we see that ritual is a training in ethics. Repeated performance of sacred acts reconfigures the brain, reconstitutes the personality, reshapes our sensibilities. The commandments were given, said the Sages, to refine people. The external act influences inner feeling. “The heart follows the deed,” as the Sefer ha-Chinuch puts it. I believe that this fugue between Torah and Haftarah, Priestly and Prophetic voices, is one of Judaism’s great glories. We hear both how to act and why. Without the how, action is lame; without the why, behaviour is blind. Combine Priestly detail and Prophetic vision and you have spiritual greatness. Shabbat Shalom This Day in Jewish History - 4 Apr / 10 Nisan 10 Nisan 2448 (1312 B.C.E.) - On the Shabbat before Yetziat Mitzrayim (the Exodus), the first-born of Egypt, who occupied the senior positions in the priesthood and government, fight a bloody battle with Pharaoh's troops, in an effort to secure the releaseof the Israelites and prevent the Plague of the Firstborn. Miraculously, the Egyptians ended up being powerless to stop B’nei Yisroel or harm them. This "great miracle," commemorated each year on the Shabbat before Pesach, is why this Shabbat is called Shabbat HaGadol, "The Great Shabbat," since on that particular year the tenth of Nisan was on Shabbat. April 4, 1609 - English navigator Henry Hudson sets sail from Amsterdam harbor under direction from his “employer,” the Dutch East India Company, to sail east in the quest for a shorter water passage to the Indies. Hudson, intent on seeking the fabled Northwest Passage to the Orient, ignores the plan and sails west, past what is now New York on his way up what we know as the Hudson River, claiming all of the surrounding area for the religiously tolerant Dutch. This paved the way for the first Jews to eventually settle in New Amsterdam in 1654. April 4, 1850 - Los Angeles is incorporated as a city. Jews were active in L.A. from its earliest days as an American city, with Jacob Frankfort reported to be the first Jew to live there. He arrived in L.A. in December, 1841, when it was still part of Mexico. With over 690,000 Jews living in Los Angeles today, it is now the city with the second largest Jewish population in the U.S. (behind New York), including the city’s fist Jewish Mayor, Eric Garcetti. April 4, 1987 – In a tight race for Mayor of Dallas, Jewish candidate Annette Greenfield Strauss wins a plurality of the vote, and goes on to win a run-off election two weeks later, making her both the city’s first Jewish and first woman mayor. Starting her career as a volunteer fund-raiser for the United Jewish Appeal, Strauss went on to raise more than twenty million dollars for various institutions during her lifetime. Please help make our prayer service more meaningful by refraining from talking during the service. DAT MINYAN PESACH SCHEDULE
Tuesday, April 7 7:15 pm Mincha/Maariv After 8:12 pm Bedikat Chametz
Wednesday, April 8—Erev Yom Tov 6:35 am Shacharit on Zoom, followed by a Siyum 10:52 am Latest time to eat Chametz 11:57 am Latest time to burn/dispose of Chametz 6:45 pm Rabbi Friedman’s Pesach Derasha via Zoom 7:00 pm Mincha 7:14 pm Candle Lighting- Don’t forget to make an Eruv Tavshilin! 8:13 pm Earliest time for Kiddush 1:01 am Chatzot (Midnight)
Thursday, April 9—Pesach Day 1 8:14 pm Maariv/Candle Lighting/Earliest time for Seder Preparations 1:01 am Chatzot (Midnight)
Friday, April 10—Pesach Day 2 7:16 pm Candle lighting
Shabbat, April 11—First Day Chol HaMoed 8:17 pm Maariv/Havdalah 8:40 pm Daf Yomi
Sunday, April 12 – Second Day Chol HaMoed 8:00 am Shacharit 7:20 pm Mincha/Maariv
Monday, April 13 – Third Day Chol Hamoed 6:20 am Shacharit 7:20 pm Mincha/Maariv
Tueday, April 14—Erev Yom Tov 6:20 am Shacharit 6:15 pm Rabbi Friedman’s Derasha 7:00 pm Mincha 7:20 pm Candle Lighting
Wednesday, April 15—Pesach Day 7 8:20 pm Maariv/Candle Lighting/Earliest Time to Prepare
Thursday, April 16—Pesach Day 8 8:22 pm Maariv/Havdalah 9:30 pm Earliest time to eat Chametz
PESACH INFORMATION
KASHERING DISHES
The Scroll-K has issued the following information regarding Kashering utensils for Pesach this year:
Due to the current situation, we encourage all those who are able to Kasher their personal items at home to do so. Please refer to page 7 of Kashrus Komments for a synopsis of utensil kashering instructions.
Communal pre-Pesach Kashering will be available with drop-off and pick-up only as detailed below:
Location: BMH-BJ (table in Schreiber Gardens, between stage and hallway)
Date: Mon, Apr 6
Drop-off time: 8-11 am
Pick-up time: 2-5 pm
Contact Number: (303) 815-4882
- Please do not enter the kashering location. Please place items in a bag or box with a clear phone number. It is also pru dent to include a list of all items in the bag/box.
- Please make sure your items are completely clean and ready to kasher. Any adhesives or foreign matter must be removed prior to drop-off.
- The items to be kashered should not be used for 24 hours.
- The Vaad is not responsible for loss or breakage.
The area will be under constant monitoring for the security of your items.
MECHIRAT CHAMETZ
This year, Rabbi Friedman is working with Rabbi Steinberg at Congregation Zera Abraham to sell Chametz. You can assign him as your agent by either filling out the form online (https://form.jotform.com/200835094620147) or downloading and filling out the form available at (https://files.constantcontact.com/0cccf70f701/671f91ec-ec86-483d-89d8-
42f1b43c990c.pdf) and emailing it to Rabbi Steinberg at [email protected], or mailing it to him at 1560
Winona Court, Denver, CO 80204.
RABBI FRIEDMAN’S SHABBAT DERASHA
PARASHAT TZAV – 5780 – SHABBAT HAGADOL (As an alternative to reading, Rabbi Friedman will be giving this Derasha Friday evening at 6:15 pm, followed by Mincha, Tehillim, and Kabbalat Shabbat, full of singing! Gather the family around and join us at: https://sundaysky.zoom.us/j/6373445618 or calling in at either 253-215-8782 or 301 -715-8592, using Meeting ID: 637 344 5618)
This has been a very challenging month for the entire world. And frankly, it is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better. That is a fact. But that doesn’t mean we need to spend all of our time and brain power focused on this one issue in our lives. We have a Yom Tov coming this week, and despite the fact it will be unlike any Yom Tov we have ever experienced, it is still a celebration, and there are important and powerful themes and messages that cannot get lost in the coronavirus din.
Here's a question for you… what was Moshe’s real name? I’ll give you a hint: it wasn’t Moshe! That name was given to him by Bisya, the daughter of Pharaoh.
Chazal tell us Moshe had ten names, each having to do with some wonderful thing he accomplished in his life. First, he was called Tovia – that was the name his parents gave him, for when they say him, they saw he was “Good from Hashem.”
He was also named Chever, Yered, Avigdor, Malkiel, Yekutiel, Yehoyakum, Shmaya – and lastly, he was named after his grandfather, Levi. All beautiful names, and all seeped with incredible meaning. And yet, the Torah only calls him by one name: Moshe. A name given to him by an idolatrous princess. The least G-dly name of all. Yet it is clear that the least G-dly name is the one that stuck. The least G-dly name is the only one G-d uses in calling on Moshe.
It appears the Torah is teaching us an unbelievable lesson. Despite all the incredible things Moshe did on his life, despite all the history-altering chapters his many names recount, there is something even more important than all of it. For in that singular moment at the edge of the Nile, a woman completely seeped in the propaganda of the Egyptian death cult saw a baby in a basket, and – fighting every instinct within her, saved his life. “Min HaMayim Mishisihu” – she drew him out of the water, rather than allowing him to die – and that name, Moshe, means more than anything else in the world.
Above all things which he did which were important, above all considerations, above all of his incredible accomplishments comes the value of human life. That’s the message of the name she gave him, and clearly, Hashem agreed.
Everyone asks the question: what is -G d’s purpose? What does He want from us? Well, to quote Rabbi Wein, “the Almighty hasn’t spoken to me in about two weeks, so I can’t tell you for sure.” Anyone who tells you they definitively know the answers to those questions, run away fast!
But I do know this: our challenge at this time and in this season is put human life before everything. Human life comes before religious observance. Human life comes before our personal joy – Melissa and I are resolved to be absent from our son Shua’s wedding. Human life comes before the economy. There is nothing more precious, there is nothing more sacred, there is nothing more important than human life. And we must do everything in our power to help preserve it.
I would recommend we take the time to discuss this idea with our children and family members over this Shabbat haGadol – the sanctity of life, the personal sacrifices we sometimes have to make for the greater value of life – and may this message help us become better world citizens, let alone better Jews.
As we prepare to spend the oddest and the most challenging Pesach most of us will ever experience, I am sure you agree the prayer at the beginning of Nirtzah in the Haggadah takes on a new urgency. We say, Zach Shochein M’Onah – oh, Pure One, who dwells on high – Komeim Kehal Adat Mee Manah – raise up the congregation which is without number – B’Karov Naheil Nitei Kanah – Soon, lead the offshoots of the stock You have planted – Peduyim L’Tzion B’Rinah - redeemed, and with rejoicing, to Zion.
Kein Y’hee Ratzon. DAT MINYAN NEWS, EVENTS AND MILESTONES
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For now and in the future, if you have correspondence that you are sending to the congregation, including ACH payments from your bank, please make sure that everything is mailed to our address at DAT Minyan, 560 S. Monaco Pkwy., Denver, Colorado 80224. When the DAT school is closed, as it is presently, mail is not being delivered to the building, so sending to the BMH-BJ building, where mail delivery is consistent, will help assure we receive your correspondence on a timely basis. Thanks for your help with this.
When we are finally able to return to synagogue, consider volunteering to lein on Shabbat! The sign-up website is www.datminyan.org/laining. Slots are open from now through Pesach and beyond. Please contact Steve Hutt for questions and additional information. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS At this time, out of an abundance of caution and care for our Jewish community and the community at large, JEWISH Colorado programs and events that were scheduled for the next 30 days will not take place.
Jewish Family Service is seeking volunteers to help in their food pantry and to assist with other JFS programs. For more information about JFS volunteer opportunities, email [email protected] or contact Hannah Katz at 720-248-4635 . DAT Minyan acknowledges the following milestones* of our members this Shabbat and in the coming week:
Aryeh Fishman, Cheryl Friedman, Daniel Mogyoros, Yael Polotsky, Daniel Rockoff, Mark Zalkin
David Brown, Sat., 4/4/20 (10 Nisan) Rosalie Marks, Mon., 4/6/20 (12 Nisan)
*These details were obtained from the DAT Minyan database, which contains information provided by our members when they joined. We apologize for any omissions or errors. For changes, please log on to your account and update the information as needed, or contact the synagogue office at 720-941-0479.
THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS WITH YOUR GENEROSITY We would like to thank our Legacy Society donors for investing in our You can add your name to this list with a legacy gift to the DAT future by naming the DAT Minyan with a gift in their will, trust, Minyan. To arrange for your gift or for more information about our retirement account or life insurance policy. Our Legacy Society Legacy Society program, please contact any of the following includes: Committee Members: Rob Allen, Sarah Raphaely or Steve Weiser. Rob Allen
anonymous Marc and Melanie Avner Graeme and Irit Bean Myndie Brown Steve and Ellyn Hutt Nathan and Rachel Rabinovitch Mark and Sarah Raphaely Harley and Sara Rotbart Stuart Senkfor and Leslie Stewart Michael Stutzer Steve and Lori Weiser Please help make our prayer service more meaningful by refraining from talking during the service. MORE DAT MINYAN NEWS AND EVENTS
Refuah Shelayma Please include the following names in your prayers. May each be granted a Refuah Shelayma. Names are kept on the list until the next Rosh Chodesh. Help us keep the list accurate by verifying the necessary details each month on the Cholim Document at https://goo.gl/aeyJG2.
Avraham Mordechai ben Chaya Leah Mendel Ila ben Frida Miriam
Bella bat Malka Michael ben Kay
Chaya Devorah bas Bracha Michel ben Leah
Gershon ben Galina Michoel Zisel ben Barbara
Eliyahu Chaim ha Cohen ben Sara Rifka Miriam Adina bat Sara
Eliyahu Dovid ben Ita Sheiva Mordechai ben Chaya Hannah
Guy Chaim ben Rita Mordechai Yitzchak ben Sarah
Leah bat Simcha Raphael Lior ben Miriam
Levick Yitzchak ben Bracha Roshka bat Bryna
Leya bat Sara Shmuel Aharon ben Jenny
Malka bat Mazel Tov Yonatan Leib Volf HaLevi ben Altahenya Shulamit
Mascha bat Rus Yonatan Zeev ben Netaa
Mayer Benya ben Nechama
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Shabbat Without Shul: A Guide for Shabbat Prayers When AT Home – PESACH EDITION
• It is not necessary to recite the full Kabbalat Shabbat as recited in shul; reciting Lecha Dodi, Mizmor Shir L’Yom haShabbat, Hashem Malach Ge’ut Lavesh, and Bameh Madlikin is sufficient. One should recite Lecha Dodi and Mizmor ShirL’Yom haShabbat before sunset (this week: 7:26 pm).
• Although ordinarily one should daven Maariv after nightfall when praying without a minyan, on Friday evening one may daven after Plag (6:06 pm). Preferably one should wait ~20 minutes after Plag. The Shema must be repeated after nightfall (Tzeit HaKochavim, this Friday: 8:07pm).
• One may make Kiddush and begin the meal immediately after davening Maariv. If one has not yet begun the meal by Tzeit HaKochavim, one must repeat the Shema before eating.
• Those who arise early are strongly encouraged to daven KeVatikin—timing one’s Shacharit to begin the Amidah at sunrise (this week: 6:40am).
• If one is pressed for time (e.g., in order to daven at sunrise, or because one needs to help out in the home), one can skip the extra Psalms added during Psukei D’Zimra on Shabbat, with the exception of Mizmor Shir L’Yom HaShabbat and Ha- shem Malach Ge’ut Lavesh.
• Men should take care to daven Shacharit before the latest time for the Shema (this week: 9:51am).
• After the Amidah of Shacharit, one recites the first paragraph of Yekum Purkan, Ashrei (No Av HaRachamim) and then the Amidah of Musaf, followed by Ein K’Elokeinu, Aleinu, and the Shir Shel Yom.
• It is extremely advisable to read or study the weekly Parashah at some point over Shabbat. I do it between Shacharit and Musaf, but that is not required.
• One should wash for the Shabbat morning meal before midday (this week: 1:03pm).
• One should daven Mincha before eating Se‘udah Shlishit.
• Se‘udah Shlishit should begin before sunset (this week: 7:26pm), and may extend as long as one likes. After benching, or after 10 minutes post-sunset (whichever is later), one may not eat or drink anything except water until after Havdalah.
• One should not daven Maariv on Saturday night until after Shabbat is over (this week: 8:10pm); preferably, one should not do any Melacha before davening Maariv (adding Atah Chonantanu) or making Havdalah.
Vihi No‘am and V’Attah Kadosh are NOT recited this week.
Pesach
• Same laws regarding Shacharit and Musaf. Do not forget to recite the weekday blessing on the Shema, as opposed to the Shabbat version.
• Recite Hallel after Shacharit with a Beracha.
• Recite the Musaf for Pesach. On the first day, one is not obligated to recite Tefilat Tal (it is a communal prayer). One is permitted to read it as a poem, but NOT during the Amidah.
• On Friday, one can daven Mincha before Plag (6:11 pm) and then Kabbalat Shabbat (which is just Mizmor Shir and Hashem Melech)/Maariv after Plag.
• Shabbat morning recite Hallel, and the Musaf of Yom Tov with the inserts for Shabbat.