5/17/2025 - SATURDAY evening - WORKING WEEK STARTS.

ARVIT:

Washing Hands

Reform Arvit Poems

Psalm 78:38; 20:10

Shema with Blessings (2 Before/3 After)

Amidah with prayer for Healing for a sick neighbor - [Refa'einu]

Counting the Omer

Psalm 128

Aleinu

SHACHARIT: 

1) BIRKCHOT HASHACHAR:

Modeh Ani

Washing Hands

Asher Yatzar

Elohai Neshama

Washing Hands

Thanks for choosing us by giving us the Torah - NEW

Recite the Great Principle of Torah - NEW

Mah Tovu

Nisim B'Chol Yom

Laasok B'Divrei Torah & V'Haarev Na & Eilu D'Varim

Study Text 1 - There Are Eight Degrees In the Giving of Tzedakah

Study Text 2 - choice between Mishkan T'Filah & Sim Shalom

Psalm 30

2) P'SUKEI D'ZIMRAH:

Baruch She-Amar

Hodu

Psalm 100

Ashrei

Psalms 146-150

Psalms: 89:53, 135:21, 72:18-19

Psalm: 22:29; Ovadiah 1:21; Zekhariah 14:9

Short Poem by Judah Halevi

Yishtabach

Shema - with "God is Faithful Sovereign" & full verses.

Amidah

Tachanun

Ashrei

Aleinu

MINCHA:

Washing Hands

Ashrei

Amidah

Tachanun

Aleinu

I also joined B'Nai Jeshurun for Mincha [Zoom].

Blessing for the Study of Torah

Torah - reading 5 page min in Hebrew. [The Torah - A Modern Commentary URJ].

Talmud -1 pages (Koren)

Kashrut:

- no pork and no shellfish, no game meat and no imitations.

- effort to rid the meat of any visible blood & avoiding the hindquarter.

- Kosher wine only

- no meat and cheese together (1 hour Amsterdam separation rule).

- checking eggs for blood spots (I have my own chickens).

- checking vegetables and fruit for bugs.

Other:

- Follow Jewish Calendar and celebrate Holidays.

- Kabbalat Shabbat & Shabbat Services Attendance/Family Celebration.

- Shabbat Group Torah Study.

- Sunday Shacharit Minyan Attendance & Monday-Friday Twice Min Minyan Attendance.

- Mezuzot: on all outside doors/touching when coming in and out of the house.

- Lighting Candles on Friday night

- Following Zmanim

- Using combination of Mishkan T'Filah and Sim Shalom Siddurim