Vol. LXIX No. 16 5778
New York City
CANDLE LIGHTING TIME
April 20, 2018 – 5 Iyar 5778
7:22 p.m. NYC E.D.T.
Sabbath Ends: 8:25 p.m. NYC E.D.T.
Sabbath Ends: Rabbenu Tam 8:54 p.m. NYC E.D.T.
Weekly Reading: Tazria-Metzora
Weekly Haftara: Ve’Arba’a Anashim (II Kings 7:3-20)
Daf Yomi: Zevachim 7
Mishna Yomit: Kesubos 4:10-11
Halacha Yomit: Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayyim 314:11 – 315:1
Rambam Yomi: Hilchos Parah Adumah chap. 11-13
Earliest time for Tallis and Tefillin: 5:17 a.m. NYC E.D.T.
Sunrise: 6:09 a.m. NYC E.D.T.
Latest Kerias Shema: 9:32 a.m. NYC E.D.T.
Sunset: 7:40 p.m. NYC E.D.T.
Pirkei Avos: Chap 2
Sefiras HaOmer: 20
Today, the 5th of Iyar is Yom Ha’atzma’ut – Israel’s Independence Day. (Celebrated Thursday, 4 Iyar, one day earlier)
The following chapters of Tehillim are being recited by many congregations and Yeshivos for our brothers and sisters in Eretz Yisrael: Chapter 83, 130, 142. – Y.K.