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Friday, August 28, 2026

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Halachic Times (Zmanim)
Times for St Ives, New South Wales Australia
5:01 AM
Dawn (Alot Hashachar):
5:34 AM
Earliest Tallit and Tefillin (Misheyakir):
6:19 AM
Sunrise (Hanetz Hachamah):
9:06 AM
Latest Shema:
10:03 AM
Latest Shacharit:
11:56 AM
Midday (Chatzot Hayom):
12:26 PM
Earliest Mincha (Mincha Gedolah):
3:17 PM
Mincha Ketanah (“Small Mincha”):
4:28 PM
Plag Hamincha (“Half of Mincha”):
5:17 PM
Candle Lighting:
5:35 PM
Sunset (Shkiah):
6:00 PM
Nightfall (Tzeit Hakochavim):
11:56 PM
Midnight (Chatzot HaLailah):
56:53 min.
Shaah Zmanit (proportional hour):
Events for Chabad North Shore
Shacharit
6:30am
Join us for the daily morning service and give your day a boost. If you have Tefillin, bring them along too.
Where:
Chabad North Shore
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Camp Gan Izzy - Winter Program
9:00am
A warm, fun-filled winter program for kids aged 5–12, packed with exciting activities, great excursions, and meaningful Jewish experiences they’ll love.
Where:
Location to be advised upon registration
St Ives, NSW 2075 Australia
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Maariv
7:30pm
Where:
Chabad North Shore
Tanya Class
8:15pm - 9:15pm
Unlocking the Soul’s Wisdom with Rabbi Nochum Schapiro
Where:
Chabad North Shore
Jewish History
Tomchei Temimim founded (1897)

The Yeshivah "Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch", the first to integrate the "revealed" part of Torah (Talmud and Halachah) with the esoteric teachings of Chassidism in a formal study program, was on this date founded by the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneersohn.

Laws and Customs
Elul Observances

As the last month of the Jewish year, Elul is traditionally a time of introspection and stocktaking -- a time to review one's deeds and spiritual progress over the past year and prepare for the upcoming "Days of Awe" of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur.

As the month of Divine Mercy and Forgiveness (see "Today in Jewish History" for Elul 1) it is a most opportune time for teshuvah ("return" to G-d), prayer, charity, and increased Ahavat Yisrael (love for a fellow Jew) in the quest for self-improvement and coming closer to G-d. Chassidic master Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi likens the month of Elul to a time when "the king is in the field" and, in contrast to when he is in the royal palace, "everyone who so desires is permitted to meet him, and he receives them all with a cheerful countenance and shows a smiling face to them all."

Specific Elul customs include the daily sounding of the shofar (ram's horn) as a call to repentance. The Baal Shem Tov instituted the custom of reciting three additional chapters of Psalms each day, from the 1st of Elul until Yom Kippur (on Yom Kippur the remaining 36 chapters are recited, thereby completing the entire book of Psalms). Click below to view today's Psalms.

Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45

Elul is also the time to have one's tefillin and mezuzot checked by an accredited scribe to ensure that they are in good condition and fit for use.

Links: More on Elul

Daily Thought
Much and Many

Esau said, “I have a lot.”

Jacob said, “I have all.” As in “all I need.”

Esau had a family of six. They were called “six souls.” Plural.

Jacob had a family of seventy. They were called “seventy soul.” Singular.

Esau lived in a granular, tossed-together, fragmented world in which he collected a lot of things and many people. A noisy world.

Jacob lived in a universe, a singular whole, in which all he encountered was only another manifestation of an essential oneness. Wherever he was, he had everything.

And you? Do you have many things? Or do you have much light?

Maamar Hechaltzu 5659, chapter 3.