Shabbat - 04/19/08 (14 Nisan 5768)

For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. This week's reading is -- Acharey Mot (Leviticus 16:1-18:30). Special Note: This week is Shabbat HaGadol -the Shabbat before Pesach. The reading recalls the promise of the return of Prophet Elijah and the ushering in of the end times (Malachi 3:4-24). Torah Aliyot and Topics: Aliyah 1: Leviticus 16:1-17 The death of Aaron’s sons and the Yom Kippur service, The lots, The incense service Aliyah 2: Leviticus 16:18-24 The incense service, The he-goat to Azazel, Removal of the shovel and ladle, Conclusion of the service Aliyah 3: Leviticus 16:25-34 Conclusion of the service, The eternal commandment of Yom Kippur Aliyah 4: Leviticus 17:1-7 Service outside the Tabernacle Aliyah 5: Leviticus 17:8-18:5 Service outside the Tabernacle, Prohibition against eating blood, Covering blood, Forbidden practices and traditions Aliyah 6: Leviticus 18:6-21 Forbidden relationships, Molech Aliyah 7: Leviticus 18:22-30 Sodomy and bestiality, The holiness of the land Maftir: Leviticus 18:28-30 The holiness of the land For more information about this week's Parsha, please visit these sites. Orthodox Union Chabad Aish HaTorah United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism Union for Reform Judaism Jewish Reconstructionist Federation