Lakewood Zmanim שבת פרשת בראשית שבת מברכים חודש מרחשון תש״פ

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Friday, October 25, 2019 / כ״ו תשרי תש״פ ערב שבת פרשת בראשית

-Candle lighting: 5:45 pm
-Shkia/Sunset: 6:03 pm

-Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan is Tuesday & Wednesday Oct 29-30
-Molad will be · Monday evening, 34 minutes and 6 chalakim after 6:00 pm.

- Weather shabbos day A mix of clouds High 64F

Minhag in some shuls to sell the first Aliya of shabbos Breishis
A story in which the Maharik relates that in his time (fifteenth century), the custom in many shuls in France and Germany was to auction off the first aliyah in Bereishis. Large sums of money would thus be raised, serving to honor the Torah as well as to fund many communal needs. If a non-Kohen bought it, Kohanim would leave the shul. One time, a Kohen refused to leave and demanded to be given the aliyah. The Maharik ruled that the custom was acceptable, and the obstinate Kohen could be ignored (c.f. Beit Yosef, OC 135; Peri Chadash 135:3; MA 135:7).