Zman Kodesh starts earlier in accordance with daylight savings
Students in the Ashkenazi Mechitza Minyan prayed during Zman Kodesh last week, which took place at the beginning of the school day rather than after first period.
November 12, 2015
Students might have noticed something strange regarding last week’s schedule; Zman Kodesh (Z”K) took place at the beginning of the school day rather than after period one.
The reason for this, according to structured study hall teacher Brett Kugler, who is also the middle school advisor for the Mechitza Ashkenazi Minyan, is that daylight savings time pushed back our clocks one hour. Zman Kriat Shema, then, the window of time in which one can say the shema, was also pushed back. Therefore, if the school hadn’t changed the timing of Z”K, then “we would be very pinched” when trying to recite the prayers before Zman Kriat Shema ended, according to Kugler.
