Parshas Vayikra Parshas Zochor Erev Shabbos Shabbos Day Mincha 6:10pm Shacharis 9:00am Plag Hamincha 6:27pm Latest time for Shema 10:22am Latest Candle lighting 7:28pm Shabbos Mincha 4:30 / 7:15pm Shkiya 7:45pm Shabbos Ends 8:25pm Kiddush This weeks Kiddush has been kindly sponsored by Maurice and Ruth Rostkier On the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary Parshas Zochor There will be a second reading of Parshas Zochor immediately after davening - approx. 11:20am Ladies Shiur Mrs Lisa Cohen will be giving a ladies shiur this Shabbos Morning at approx. 11:45am All ladies and girls welcome Matanos L'evyonim As in previous years The Rabbi will be collecting money for Matanos L'evyonim. In order for this money to be distributed on Purim please hand it in by mincha on Purim. FOST (Friend Of Shaarei Tefillah) Shaarei Tefillah would like to thank all of its Mispalelim for their continued financial support. Over the coming weeks Shaarei Tefillah will commence its FOST 22 campaign. FOST is an annual contribution which helps to ensure Shaarei Tefillah is able to continue to operate the way that it does. To contribute to FOST please contact Rabbi Berlin, Geoffrey Heimann or Merv Adler SHAAREI DAVENING TIMES NEXT WEEK Shacharis Mincha / Maariv Second Maariv Sunday 8:00am 7:25pm 8:45pm Monday 6:30 / 7:30am 7:25pm 8:45pm Tuesday 6:45 / 7:30am 7:25pm 8:45pm Wednesday 6:20 / 7:20am 7:05pm 8:10pm Thursday 6:55 / 8:30am 4:30pm 8:45pm Friday 6:45 / 7:30am 6:05pm Short Vort on the Parsha The Ramban (Vayikra 1:9) explains the concept of offering an animal as a sacrifice to Hashem. A korban takes an animal - the object which epitomizes the physical - and turns it into a spiritual entity. Thus, korbanos were the greatest form of connecting with Hashem, since they were the bridge from our physical world to the spiritual heavens. Rav Wolbe writes that although we lack the Bais Hamikdosh and consequently the ability to bring korbanos, the concept of a korban is still very relevant in the twenty-first century. We are meant to take the physical and turn it into an expression of spirituality. Bilam declared, "Who can count the [many mitzvos] that Yaakov [performs] with dirt" (the dirt used in the ceremony of the Sotah, and the ashes of the parah adumah etc.). Bnei Yisroel's uniqueness is their ability to take plain dirt and connect it to the heavens.