Parshas Beha'alosecha Erev Shabbos Shabbos Day Candle Lighting 4:49pm Shacharis 9:00am Mincha 4:49pm Latest time for Shema 9:58am Shkiya 5:07pm Shabbos Mincha 3:30pm & 4:35pm Shabbos Ends 5:53pm Kiddush This weeks Kiddush has been sponsored in honor of the Nightly Kitzur Shiur completing the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Ladies Shiur Mrs Lisa Cohen will be giving a ladies shiur this Shabbos Morning All ladies and girls welcome Avos Ubonim This week Avos Ubonim will take place at 7:00-7:45pm Avos Ubonim has been sponsored by Family Kass in memory of Zalmy's mother Special treat - Meat Pies!! SHAAREI DAVENING TIMES NEXT WEEK Shacharis Mincha Maariv Sunday 8:00am 4:50pm* 8:30pm Monday 6:30 / 7:30am 4:50pm 8:30pm Tuesday 6:45 / 7:30am 4:50pm 8:30pm Wednesday 6:45 / 7:30am 4:50pm 8:30pm Thursday 6:30 / 7:30am 4:50pm 8:30pm Friday 6:45 / 7:30am 4:51pm *Mincha followed by Maariv Short Vort on the Parsha "Bahaloscha Es HaNeiros", when you bring up the candles. Why the word Bahaloscha, shouldn't it say "BiHadlikcha", when you light the candles? This can be answered with the following Medrash. We all know that Hashem needs nothing from us. Everything that he asks us to do is purely for our benefit and stems from his eternal kindness. When it came to lighting the menora the Gemorah asks (Shabbos 22b), "V'Chi l'Ora Hu Tzarich", does Hashem need our light? The Medrash Tanchuma (Bamidbar 5) says that the light of the appearance of the "Chayos" in Shamayim can light up the whole universe. Another Medrash Tanchuma (Bamidbar HaYashan 9) brings a moshul showing that Hashem only uses our light to make us feel important. This is why explains the Medrash Tanchuma, Hashem refrains from using the word "BiHadlikcha", when you light the candles. That would imply that we are the ones supplying the light. Instead says the Medrash, Hashem says, "Bahaloscha" when you go up. Each Mitzva is an opportunity for us to go up, to improve ourselves and raise ourselves. The action that we take for Hashem's sake has no benefit to Him whatsoever. It is purely an opportunity for us to raise ourselves higher.