Parshas Bechukosai Erev Shabbos Shabbos Day Candle Lighting 4:53pm Shacharis 9:00am Mincha 4:53pm Latest time for Shema 9:50am Shkiya 5:11pm Shabbos Mincha 3:30pm & 4:40pm Shabbos Ends 5:55pm Kiddush This week's Kiddush has been kindly sponsored in honour of the birth of a baby boy to Moishe Aharon and Shana Berlin Mazal Tov to Rabbi and Rebbitzen Berlin Ladies Shiur Rabbi Danny Gold 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 kindly sponsored by Family Brett Cohen Special treat - Pizza!! SHAAREI DAVENING TIMES NEXT WEEK Shacharis Mincha Maariv Sunday 8:00am 4:50pm* 8:30pm Monday 6:20 / 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 4:50pm *Mincha followed by Maariv Short Vort on the Parsha At the end of the tochacha, Hashem guarantees us, "I will remember My covenant with Yaakov and also My covenant with Yitzchak, and also my covenant with Avrohom will I remember" (Vayikra 26:42). Rashi points out that regarding the covenants of Avrohom and Yaakov Hashem states that He will remember them, while the word "remember" is not mentioned in conjunction with the covenant of Yitzchak. Rashi cites Chazal who explain that one only needs to use their memory to remember something which he does not presently see in front of him. Accordingly, Hashem does not need to recall and remember the covenant He created with Yitzchak, since He sees Yitzchak's ashes [from the Akeidah] piled up on the mizbeiach in front of Him. What does this mean? We all know that Yitzchak was not actually sacrificed and burnt on the mizbeiach, and obviously no ashes were created. Rav Wolbe explains that the Navi states, "And a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear Hashem and who give thought to His Name" (Malachi 3:16). Chazal ask; to whom is the pasuk referring when it mentions those who give thought to Hashem's Name? They answer that it refers to those who had a true desire to perform a mitzvah but circumstances that were out of their control prevented them from actually fulfilling their intention. Hashem considers their desire as if the mitzvah was performed, and thus the mitzvah is written down in the book of remembrance before Him. Indeed, Yitzchak was not actually burnt on the altar. Nevertheless, the intense and true desire that he had to perform the mitzvah was accredited to his account, exactly as if it had come to fruition. The most essential aspect of the mitzvah is the desire and therefore even if one is prevented from doing the mitzvah Hashem considers it as if the mitzvah took place.