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City Shul School is for grades JK-6 and the B'Mitzvah year. Students learn about Jewish values, holidays, diverse Jewish cultures, music, Tefillah, and more.

New for 2025-2026, each class will get time with Rabbi Crawley!

And the B'Mitzvah class gets extra support and experiences with the Rabbi in addition to class time!

Early Bird registration ends on Tuesday, July 1, 2025

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Rabbi's Message

Counting the Omer – Counting Our Blessings
We are now in the period of time between Pesach and Shavuot (49 days) which is called the Omer. Ritually, we count these days as a reminder that the redemption of Pesach is not complete without the revelation at Sinai.

The period of the Omer is unique in the calendar. Because it is considered to be a time of mourning for events that occurred earlier in our history, weddings are prohibited, except on the few celebratory days that occur (Lag B’omer, Rosh Chodesh and Yom Haatzmaut). And this period contains the modern Jewish holidays that mark the two most significant historical events of our time—Yom Hashoah, on which we remember the Holocuast and Yom Haatzmaut, on which we celebrate the establishment of the State of Israel.

The Omer is also a time for spiritual reflection, as we measure the path of our own personal redemption and our commitment to Torah. As we count the days, let us not forget to count our blessings, and consider all that is good in our lives.

Walk With Israel – Sunday, May 25, and then VOTE in the WZO election
The past two years have been challenging for folks like me who love Israel. While I have very different views than the current government about the war in Gaza, the West Bank, shared society, the two-State solution, and the place of democracy in the Jewish State, I believe without reservation in the right of the Jewish People to live securely in The Land. Particularly at this time, when anti-Semitism is on the rise in Canada and anti-Zionism is at its root, it isimportant for the Jewish community to stand together, not as an endorsement of Israel’s government, but as an endorsement of the vision of its founders, exemplified in the words of Hatikvah—lehiyot am chofshi b’artzenu—to be a free people in our land, the land of Zion and Jerusalem.

You will also have the opportunity this month to vote in the election for the Canadian delegation to the World Zionist Congress. This is an extremely important election, as the WZC is one of the only institutions that can balance the actions of the Knesset with allocations of funding for the institutions and programmes that support democracy, pluralism and shared society in Israel. City Shul will be sending information about this election and instructions on how to register to vote in the coming weeks.

Tikkun Leil Shavuot – Sunday, June 1
The counting of the Omer concludes with a Tikkun Leil Shavuot – a study session that starts at the beginning of Erev Shavuot and carries on through the night. This year we will once again join a host of downtown congregations at the Miles Nadal JCC to learn with some of Toronto’s most dynamic and interesting teachers of Torah. You can find information and a link to registration below.

Shavuot Morning Yizkor
The final act of commemoration of the Omer and the Shavuot Festival is Yizkor. Our service will be held on Zoom, on Tuesday, June 2nd at 10 AM. A Zoom link will be provided closer to the date.

I look forward to celebrating these moments with you.

Rabbi Danny Gottlieb

rabbigottlieb@cityshul.com

www.cityshul.com

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