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Calendar for: Chabad Jewish Center of Oak Park 711 South Blvd Suite 5, Oak Park, IL 60302
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Halachic Times (Zmanim)
Times for Oak Park, IL 60302
3:38 AM
Dawn (Alot Hashachar):
4:29 AM
Earliest Tallit and Tefillin (Misheyakir):
5:28 AM
Sunrise (Hanetz Hachamah):
9:05 AM
Latest Shema:
10:19 AM
Latest Shacharit:
12:47 PM
Midday (Chatzot Hayom):
1:25 PM
Earliest Mincha (Mincha Gedolah):
5:08 PM
Mincha Ketanah (“Small Mincha”):
6:40 PM
Plag Hamincha (“Half of Mincha”):
8:08 PM
Sunset (Shkiah):
8:41 PM
Nightfall (Tzeit Hakochavim):
12:47 AM
Midnight (Chatzot HaLailah):
74:04 min.
Shaah Zmanit (proportional hour):
Omer: Day 46 - Netzach sheb'Malchut
Tonight Count 47
Daily Thought
Not About Anything
People think that Torah is about something: that it comes to explain our world, what has happened and what will happen, where each thing belongs and what to do with it.
In a way, this is true. But ultimately, Torah isn’t about anything—everything is about Torah.
Before creating a world, the sages say, G-d first composed a blueprint from His Torah. This Torah that we unfold in our world is that primordial Torah speaking within the parameters of our world.
G‑d emanated light, created a world and filled it with events, people and things, all so we would have means and metaphor to discuss His thoughts.
Chayei Sarah 5726:19. Torat Menachem 5741, 13 Tishrei, sicha 1—based on Zohar, Behaalotecha.