Thursday, August 31, 2006
Rabbi Noah Orloweck for Women THIS SUNDAY!!
Rabbi
Noah
Orlowek
A symposium for married and single women on acquiring true Simcha
Rabbi Orlowek was a Talmid under both luminaries,
HaRav HaGaon Rav Chaim Pinchus Scheinberg, Shlita and
HaRav HaGaon Rav Simcha Wasserman Z”L and is one of the most sought after speakers today.Rabbi Orlowek is acclaimed as an expert educator, counsellor, and mashgiach in Yeshivas Torah Ohr.
Date: Sunday, September 3rd
Program:
Place:
9100
Cost: $18
RSVP: 310.278.8672 ext. 720
Babysitting available for small additional cost and with RSVP only!
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Shabbos Bulletin
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26
Dvar Torah R' Shenker
Sun. August 27
Shoftim – Winning the Lottery
Devorim
It once happened that a Talmid Chochom who was under immense financial
pressure turned to the great R' Mordechai Benet for assistance. R' Mordechai
told him to buy a lottery ticket and to tell him the number, and he would pray
that the number would win. Overjoyed at this suggestion, he went and bought
a ticket and told the Rov the number. The night before the lottery, feeling
completely confident that he held a winning lottery ticket, he told his family
what he had done. They were not so convinced, and so he decided to run a
mini lottery just to prove to them that he held the winning number. They wrote
out a series of numbers and put them into a plate together with the number of
the “winning” ticket and did a trial run of the lottery.
Imagine the joy of the family when indeed they took out the winning number!
However the next night the winning lottery ticket was not their number.
Dejected he went to visit the Rav to ask what had gone wrong.
Rav Mordechai was in a state of utter disbelief when he heard the news.
“But I davened for that number to win!” he exclaimed.
Then he told him the story of the trial lottery
“Now I understand!” said the Gaon “My Tefillah was accepted. If only you
had waited a few more hours you would have been a wealthy man!”
kiddush sponsorship
Susan and Fred Rodin are sponsoring Kiddush in honor of Rabbi
mazal tov
Mazal tov to Bill Dickerman and Geula Moskovitz on their engagement
shabbaton in running springs
Aish and 20 community families are in Running Springs for a Shabbaton with the Twerskys to be filled with inspring lectures and loads of fun!
simcha
Rabbi Noach Orlowek will be giving a symposium for women, married or single on acquiring true Simcha. Sun. September 3rd. Bagel brunch will be served.
Handwriting Spiritual before the Holy Days
Aish Rabbi, Tom Meyer will be in from
New! Shalom Bayis Roundtable for Women
A Shalom Bayis Roundtable discussion group for married women will begin in September/Elul here at Aish. The group will be facilitated by Mrs. Yehudit Cohen, and will feature monthly meetings with a small reading requirement for each participant. The first meeting will be on Sept 12 at
Mistaken hat-entity
There are many black hats hanging on the hat rack on Shabbos that look very similar to each other. Please make sure that the one you are taking is your own.
sefarim dedication
New Sefarim were purchased for the library. Dedication opportunities available.
It's a merit to the Neshomo of the niftar every time the sefer is used! Call Naami
PRE BAR MITZVAH BOYS (Ages 8-12)
The boys program is being revamped, beginning this week, to encourage their Jewish maturity. Boys who wish to play at Aish on Shabbos must daven in shul, preferably next to their father, from “Shochane Ad Marom” at 8:50am to the Torah processional 9:20am. Short parsha time later with tickets for prizes.
Listing of Weekly Classes at aish center
Tuesday
Wednesday
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Thursday
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beginner's mishnah class
Join a beginner's Mishnah class with
gem
Reveal new facets of your spirituality with the Gem program for Jewish women ages 30 and up. Oct. 23-Nov. 4 in
WOMEN'S TEHILLIM
A few precious minutes can make a difference!
Every Wed.
This week's reading is
Advanced Halachic Bulletin
Shulchan Aruch 158:11 In Netilas Yadayim, we make the Brocho after the action, because sometimes one cannot make the Brocho beforehand due to dirty hands In order not to make a break between the main part of the Mitzva and the following Brocho, one should not talk once he starts washing.
Between Birkas Netilas Yadayim and “Hamotzi” we try to minimize the break. If one did speak there is no need to repeat anything, unless he got so involved in other things that he forgot about keeping his hands clean.
The Brocho of “Hamotzi” must directly precede the eating. Therefore, one should not stop, and certainly not speak, between the Brocho and the eating.
Shulchan Aruch 167:6 If one talks about anything other than needs related to the food, he must repeat the Brocho. Since the Brocho is related to the main part of the eating process, i.e. swallowing, one should not talk until he has swallowed.
Biur Halacha: However, since chewing is the beginning of the eating process and it is usually accompanied by swallowing some of the food’s flavor, one does not repeat the Brocho if he spoke after beginning to chew.
Have a great Shabbos!
Friday, August 18, 2006
Shabbos Bulletin
PARSHAS RE’EH
AUGUST 19
25 AV 5766
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18
Dvar Torah Yoni Kayman
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19
Tzedakah:It's a Shame we Have to Give it
Dvar Torah Moshe Weissbaum
Sun. August 20
Re’eh – Tzedaka Protects From Death
Devarim
bless you..”
The following story was told by Reb Yechiel Michoel Gutfarb, a member of
a very prominent family of Balei Chesed in Yerushalayim, in the home of
Rebbetzin Shmuelovitz, the widow of Rav Chaim Shmuelovitz, Rosh
Hayeshiva of Mirrer Yeshiva.
There was a Talmid Chochom who lived in Yerushalayim with a large family
of 14 children. It happened that a few days before Yom Tov a poor widow
woman knocked on his door and asked him if he could spare some chicken
for Yom Tov.
He knew that they had two chickens in the fridge for Yom Tov for his family
but that is all that they had, and that is all that they could afford to buy as
their financial situation was very bad. He tried to explain to the lady standing
before him that he simply could not afford to give her. She begged him and
pleaded that she had nothing at all to eat for Yom Tov. He decided that if this
poor woman was willing to come to his house to beg for food than her
situation was worse than his. He went to his freezer to take out one of the
chickens. As he opened the fridge he was horrified to see that his three-year-old
son was there. He had been playing hide and seek and had been locked inside
the fridge and was almost dead from hypothermia. He immediately called
Hatzolo and they succeeded in reviving the child.
“Tsedaka tatzil memawves” “Charity protects from death."
kiddush sponsorship
The Aish Hatorah community is sponsoring Kiddush and Rabbi Cohen will give a memorial lecture in honor of and in gratitude to Barabara Desatnik, a dear and generous friend.
Rabbi Cohen is sponsoring Kiddush in honor of his mother, Rita Cohen's 8th Yarzheit on the 29th of Av.
With gratitude to Hashem, Daniel, Kayla, Tzippy and Nachum Goldwag are sponsoring Kiddush in honor of the birth of their new daughter/little sister Sarah Tovah Goldwag born Mon Aug 7th. They would especially like to thank Rabbi & Yehudit Cohen and Daniel & Becca Klempner for their extraordinary help and advice.
Barry Jacobs and Eileen Jacobs, parents of R' Jacobs, are thrilled to sponsor Kiddush in honor of their new grandson, Akiva Reuven, and to express the family’s appreciation for outpouring of support from the Aish community.
seudah shlishis sponsorship
Rochel Markman is sponsoring Seudah Shlishis in memory of her father, Eliezer ben Reuven Leib's 7th Yarzheit. May his memory be for a blessing.
Joni and Hal Krevoy are sponsoring Seudah Shlishis for the Yartzeit of Joni’s father, Meir Reuven, who exemplified devotion to family and whose marvelous wit brought joy to so many.
mazal tov
To Rabbi Yitz and Chavi Jacobs on the bris of their son Akiva Reuven!
NEW MUSSAR VAADIM WITH R' KELEMEN FORMING
R' Leib Kelemen of
reminder
Children should use the annex only to play in during R Cohen's
displaced families in
Aish
PRE BAR MITZVAH BOYS (Ages 8-12)
The boys program is being revamped, beginning in Elul, to encourage their Jewish maturity. Boys who wish to play at Aish on Shabbos must daven in shul, preferably next to their father, from “Shochane Ad Marom” at 8:50am to the Torah processional 9:20am. Short parsha time later with tickets for prizes.
simcha
Rabbi Noach Orlowek will be giving a symposium for women, married or single on acquiring true Simcha. Sun. September 3rd. Bagel brunch will be served.
Listing of Weekly Classes at aish center
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Thursday
Thursday
gem
Reveal new facets of your spirituality with the Gem program for Jewish women ages 30 and up. Oct.23-Nov. 4 in
WOMEN'S TEHILLIM
A few precious minutes can make a difference!
Every Wed.
Handwriting Spiritual before the Holy Days
Aish Rabbi, Tom Meyer will be in from
This week's reading is Ezras Avoseinu, p. 385-400.
ADVANCED HALACHIC BULLETIN
Kavana is so critical to Tefilla that you should not speed up to answer Kedusha.
If Kri’as Shema and Brochos take a long time then either:
1) Wait until Chazaras Hashatz before starting Shmonei Esrei or
2) Start Shmonei Esrei and listen quietly to Kedusha in the middle.
3) Start the Brochos of Kri’as Shema before the Tzibbur so that you can start with them at your natural pace.
HAVE A WO
