Sunday & Legal Holidays: 8:30AM Talmud class precedes Shacharit at 7:45. Our current topic is Tractate Megillah.

Friday Nights: Based on Sundown. See schedule below. Temple Israel's Friday night minyans are "Carlebach style."

Saturday Mincha: Approximately 15 minutes before candle lighting the previous evening. See the below table for more information.

During Daylight Savings Time, Rabbi Gradofsky teaches a class on Parshat Hashavua (the weekly Torah reading) one hour before Mincha. Mincha is followed by a seudah shelishith. Ma'ariv is at the conclusion of Shabbat.

TEMPLE ISRAEL 5770 (2009-2010) MINCHA/MA’ARIV SCHEDULE

Dates	Sunday – Thursday	Friday & Erev Yom Tov	Saturday/Yom Tov Mincha
9/6-9/19	5:30	6:45	6:45
SUNSET SCHEDULE BEGINS
9/20-9/26	6:30	6:30	9/20: 6:45 9/26: 6:15
9/27-10/3	6:15*	6:15	9/28: 4:45 10/3: 6:00
9/27-10/3	*Note: Sept. 27: Mincha 1:15, Kol Nidre 6:30
10/4-10/17	6:00	6:00	10/4: 6:15 10/10 & 10/11: 6:00 10/17: 5:45
10/18-10/24	5:45	5:45	5:30
10/25-10/31	5:30	5:30	5:30
STANDARD TIME BEGINS
11/1-11/7	4:30	4:30	4:15
11/8-11/21	4:15	4:15	4:00
11/22-12/26	4:00*	4:15	4:00
11/22-12/26	* Note: Nov. 26: Mincha service only 12:15. No Ma’ariv service.
12/27-1/9	4:15	4:15	½: 4:00 1/9: 4:15
1/10-1/23	4:30	1/15: 4:30 1/22: 4:45	1/16: 4:15 1/23: 4:30
1/24-2/6	4:45	1/29: 4:45 2/5: 5:00	1/30: 4:30 2/6: 4:45
2/7-2/20	5:00	2/12: 5:00 2/19: 5:15	5:00
2/21-2/27	5:15	5:30	5:15
2/28-3/13	5:30	3/5: 5:30 3/12: 5:45	3/6: 5:15 3/13: 5:30
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS (Monday through Thursday Minyan now based on P’lag Hamincha)
3/14-3/20	5:30	6:45 (5:45 on 3/29)	6:30
3/21-4/10	5:45		3/27: 6:45 3/30: 5:45 3/31: 7:00 4/3: 6:45 4/5: 5:45 4/6: 7:15
4/11-5/1	6:00		4/17: 7:00 4/24&5/1: 7:15
5/2-5/15	6:15		7:30
5/16-6/5	6:30		5/19: 6:30 5/20: 8:00 5/22, 5/29& 6/5: 7:45
6/6-7/17	6:45 (6:30 on 6/29)		8:00 (7:45 on 7/17)
7/18-8/7	6:30	6:45	7/23&7/30: 7:45 8/7: 7:30
7/18-8/7	* Note July 19: Mincha 5:30, Ma’ariv/Eicha: 8:30.
8/8-8/21	6:15	6:45	8/14: 7:30 8/21: 7:15
8/22-8/28	6:00	6:45	7:00
8/29-9/11	5:45	6:45	TBA

Explanation of Service Times: The Talmud (Mishnah Berachot 4:1, Babylonian Talmud Berachot 26a) records a debate between Rabbi Judah, who says that the afternoon prayer (i.e. the Mincha Amidah) must be recited before Pelag Hamincha (1 ¼ relative hours before sunset) and “The Rabbis” who say that it may be recited up to sunset. The Talmud (Berachot 27b) presumes that if one allows praying Mincha up to sundown, one should not do Ma’ariv until after sundown. It further states that one can follow either the opinion of Rabbi

Judah

, or the Rabbis. This is understood by most medieval rabbis as meaning that one who prays Mincha after Pelag Hamincha should not do Ma’ariv until sunset (See e.g. Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayim 233). In order to make minyan times convenient and maximize our opportunity to pray as a congregation, our daily minyan follows the Rabbis’ opinion during Eastern Standard time and some weeks of Daylight Saving Time (hence, davening Mincha before sunset and ma’ariv after sunset) and we follow Rabbi Judah’s opinion during most of Daylight Saving Time (davening Mincha before P’lag Hamincha and Ma’ariv after P’lag Hamincha). Please note that under no circumstances should ma’ariv be done before Pelag Hamincha, as this is not night time according to any opinion. For further explanation, please see Rabbi Gradofsky.

High Holiday Schedule for 5770 (2009)

Selichot services will be held each weekday through Yom Kippur after morning services.

Mincha will be followed by a special Seudah Shelishith and then Ma’ariv and Hakafot starting at apx. 7:00.

Junior Congregation For 3rd Grade - Bar/Bat Mitzvah 11AM-12:30 PM in the Beth Midrash