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DECEMBER 2020 – KISLEV-TEVET 5781 T c DECEMBER 2020 – KISLEV-TEVET 5781 t"pa, ,cy ukxf s"x ־ SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY ,ca FOR YOUR INFORMATION 15 Kislev 16 Kislev 17 Kislev 18 Kislev 19 Kislev 1 2 3 4 5 OFFICE: Monday-Friday: 10.00am-4.00pm Shema: Vayishlach Tel: 9371 7300 AM < 9.11 PM > 8.20 Candlelighting: Mervyn Katz (General Manager): Earliest 6.28 Customary 7.36 Gemora Shiur with Ext 5 Tue, Thurs & Fri [email protected] Mincha: 5.55 Rabbi Niasoff: 6.30 KK Men's Coffee Club: Kabbalat Shabbat: Mincha: 7.25 Karen Fried (Office Manager): Mincha this week: 6.30 2.00pm 6.15 Havdalah: 8.38 Ext 0 [email protected] Kazim Nami (Accounts): Ext 2 6 20 Kislev 7 21 Kislev 8 22 Kislev 9 23 Kislev 10 24 Kislev 11 25 Kislev 12 26 Kislev [email protected] Shema: Erev Chanukah Chanukah 1 Chanukah 2 Caryn Kaplan (Special Projects): Ext 5 Mon & Wed AM < 9.12 PM > 8.26 Candlelighting: Vayeshev Earliest 6.30 [email protected] Shabbat Mevarchim Customary 7.42 Rabbi Dovy Rapoport: Mincha: 5.40 Gemora Shiur with 0433 424 594 Light 1st Chanukah Kabbalat Shabbat: 6.00 Rabbi Niasoff: 6.30 [email protected] candle tonight earliest Candle lighting Mincha: 7.30 Mincha this week: 6.30 6.40pm Maariv: 7.00pm Havdalah: 8.44 Rabbi Chazan Yehoshua Niasoff: 0414 414 770 [email protected] 13 27 Kislev 14 28 Kislev 15 29 Kislev 16 1 Tevet 17 2 Tevet 18 3 Tevet 19 4 Tevet YOUTH: Chanukah 3 Chanukah 4 Chanukah 5 Rosh Chodesh Chanukah 7 Chanukah 8 Miketz Adam Benstock [email protected] Shema: Chanukah 6 Bat MitzvaH ~ Noa Rubin Aufruf ~ Ben Ray 0450 774 027 AM < 9.15 PM > 8.31 Candlelighting: Earliest 6.34 Customary 7.46 Gemora Shiur with WOMEN’S SHIUR: Rabbi Niasoff: 6.30 Mincha: 6.05 Rebbetzin Nissa Niasoff Mincha this Children's Chanukah Ladies Lunch ’n Kabbalat Shabbat 6.25 Mincha: 7.30 0401 770 255 week: 6.30 Party from 5.00pm Learn: 11.45pm Havdalah: 8.48 Maariv: 7.00 BIKKUR CHOLIM (SICK VISITING): John Temple 0412 233 166 20 5 Tevet 21 6 Tevet 22 7 Tevet 23 8 Tevet 24 9 Tevet 25 10 Tevet 26 11 Tevet SHACHARIT SERVICES: Shema: Fast of Tevet 6.30am: Fast Days & Rosh Chodesh Vayigash AM < 9.18 PM > 8.35 Public Holiday Public Holiday 6.45am: Week Days Fast begins: 4.06am 8.00am: Sundays & Public Holidays Shacharit: 8.00am 9.00am: Shabbat (Tehillim 8.55am) Gemora Shiur with Candlelighting: Earliest 6.19 Customary 7.50 Rabbi Niasoff: 6.35 Mincha 6.30 Mincha: 7.35 www.kadimahsydney.org Kabbalat Shabbat: 7.00 Mincha this week: 6.30 Fast ends: 8.37pm Havdalah: 8.52 Shacharit: 8.00am 28 13 Tevet 29 14 Tevet 30 15 Tevet 31 16 Tevet 1 JAN 17 Tevet 2 18 Tevet Mikvah Aziza Shema: Shacharit: 8.00am Public Holiday New Year’s Eve New Year’s Day Vayechi AM < 9.22 PM > 8.38 Shacharit: 8.00am Shacharit: 8.00am Shacharit: 8.00am Shacharit: 8.00am Candlelighting: 662 Old South Head Rd Earliest 6.36 Gemora Shiur with Mincha this week: 6.30 Customary 7.40 Rabbi Niasoff: 6.35 Rose Bay NSW 2029 Mincha: 5.55 Kabbalat Shabbat: Mincha: 7.35 6.15 Havdalah: 8.53 CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE .
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