LA Aish HaTorah Community

This year do purim with aish!

FOR Kids: GIGANCTIC OBSTACLE COURSE Moon bounce, hot dogs, hamburgers, French fries, onion rings, face painting, professional animal balloon making, decorate your very own purim mask and dress for best costume!

FOR Adults: delicious wine tasting with new, connoisseur wines, an elegant sit down seudah, gala raffle FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $5,000 CASH, and dress for best costume!

Keep in mind proceeds from each raffle ticket go to matanos le’vyonim-gifts to the poor in jersualem!

Raffle Tickets: $100 each and a seat to the Purim Seudah with advanced RSVP.

Cost of Seudah: $18/Children under 12

                            $36/Adults

Date: Purim Day, Sunday, March 4th

Place: Boxenbaum Family Outreach Center 9100 W. Pico Blvd. Program: 1:00-4:00 PM

Contact: Naami 310-278-8672 ext. 720

Winner need not be present to win!

Join the women in the community for Tehillim every Tuesday evening at 8:15 PM at the home of Ze’ev and Shoshana Weinstein, 1540 Edris.

The Petlak family will be sitting Shiva at their home, 1444 S. Cardiff Ave. (top duplex) until next week Monday.

Shiva minyanim will be as follows:

Weekly Shacharis: 7:30 AM

Weekly Mincha/Maariv: 5:15 PM

Sunday Shacharis: 8:00 AM

The community is invited to attend a Siyum commemorating the Shloshim (30 days) of Mrs. Ezat Kashanian, O"H tomorrow, Tuesday, February 13th at Nessah Synagogue 142 S. Rexford Dr.

Mincha: 5:00 pm followed by the Siyum, Maariv, and a Seudat Mitzvah.

The Kashanian & extended family would like to express tremendous appreciation to the whole community for their kind condolences, and to those who participated in the learning of Mishnayos in blessed memory of Mrs. Ezat Kashanian, z”l.

The actual funeral for Laura Petlak will be tomorrow, Tuesday February 13^th at 2:30 PM following a special service at Aish at 12:30 PM.

Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery

13017 N. Lopez Canyon Rd.
Sylmar, CA 91342

Directions are as follow:

405 N. to 118

118 E to 210 E

Exit Osbourne

Upon exiting, make a left onto Foothill, then a left onto Osbourne, another left onto Garrick, and then a right onto Kagel Canyon Road. Follow the double yellow lines for 2 ½ miles until the gate to the cemetery. Turn left to enter the gate.

For further help with directions you may contact the cemetery at (818) 899-5216.

Our deepest condolences to the Petlak family on the passing of Laura, Leah Tova bas Sara this morning. The burial will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at Shalom Memorial Cemetery, 13017 North Lopez Canyon Road Sylmar, CA 91342.

Directions:

405 N to 118

118 E to 210

Exit Osborne N

Before the leviya the family will be holding a special service for Laura at Aish at 12:30 PM. Shiva details to follow.

May all the members of the Petlak family be comforted amongst the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

PARSHAS YISRO

22 SHEVAT 5767

FEBRUARY 10, 2007

FRIDAY, FEB 9

05:12 p.m.   Candle lighting

05:22 p.m.   Mincha            

                    PEP!                           R' Cohen       

06:10 p.m.   Krias Shema             (earliest time)

SATURDAY, feb 10

08:25 a.m.   Shacharis

09:15 p.m.   Krias HaTorah                       Binyamin Sarto

09:25 a.m.   Krias Shema                          (latest time)  

09:30 a.m.   I Can Pray in Hebrew           David Weinman

10:00 a.m.   D'var Torah                R' Cohen

                    Yisro-A Relationship Guy

10:15 a.m.   Spirituality  101         R' Heller

10:15 a.m.                                       Mark Sarto

10:50 a.m.   Dvar Torah                Binyamin Sarto

11:00 p.m.   Kiddush                      

11:30 a.m.   Shiur                           Cancelled

03:45 p.m.   Kiruv Kollel               Michael Abramson               

04:45 p.m.   Mincha                                     

05:15 p.m.   Seudah Shlishis       

                    Dvar Torah                R' Heller        

06:10 p.m.   Maariv

sunday feb 11

08:00 a.m.               Shacharis

05:44 a.m.               Earliest Tallis-Mishpatim

09:25 a.m.               Latest Shema

10:19 a.m.               Latest Shachris

12:34 p.m.               Earliest Mincha

05:15 p.m.               Mincha/Maariv

09:00 p.m.               Maariv

06:00/7:30 a.m.      Weekday Shacharis

 Yisro – Kiddush HaShem

Shemos 19:12 “Whoever touches the mountain will die.”

If a mountain upon which Torah was given became holy, how much more is a

Torah scholar who learns Torah holy.

Before the Second World War, Rav Ungar was the Rabbi in a in a small city called

Kopvor. A small number of families, due to ignorance, owned stores that they

kept open on Shabbos. However one owner was openly hostile to the religious

Jews in the city. His store was in the middle of the town, and every Shabbos he

would stand outside as the Jews were returning frm shul, smoking a cigarette and disdainfully wishing the Jews “ A Gutte Shabbos.”

Once on the first day of Pesach he saw the Rav from a distance and called out:

“Ungar! Come over here!”

The Rav approached with his young son. The man beckoned him into his store.

The Rav entered. The man took out bread from his drawer and began to eat it.

Suddenly he had a stroke and fell to the floor and died.

On Chol HaMoed his burial took place and the Rav attended. His son asked him

why he went and he replied:

“Since such a great Kiddush HaShem happened through this man he must have

had some merit. Indeed after this incident the remaining families closed their stores

on Shabbos!

kiddush sponsorship

With great joy and gratitude to HaShem, we are sponsoring Kiddush in honor of our son, Binyamin Eliezer’s Bar Mitzvah. We are also honored to have great grandfather, Herman Sarto, grandparents, Paul and Susan Sarto and Claire Miller, and many family and friends joining us today to celebrate our Simcha!

Mark and Karen Sarto

                                                        seudah shlishis sponsorship

Rabbi Dov Heller is sponsoring Seudah Shlishis in memory of his father, Shmuel Chaim HaLevi's Yarzheit.

mazal tov

To Binyamin Sarto on his being called to the Torah this Shabbos! Please join us for Kiddush after davening. Mark and Karen Sarto

Mazal Tov to Louie Kemp on the naming of his grandson, Nachman Noam in Israel to daughter Elana and son-in-law Yaakov.

condolences

To Meira Amster, Joshua Furhman and Janice Furhman on the passing of their father and husband. Shiva will be at their home, 1474 1/2 Reeves St. this Motzei Shabbos 7:30-9:30pm, all day Sun and Mon. Shacharis Sun 8am, Mon & Tues 7:40am. Mincha/Maariv Minyan Sun & Mon  5:15pm all at their home.

thank you

Thank you to Daniel Klempner for helping every Friday night to prepare the Torah for Leyning the next morning.

Shloshim for Ezat Kashanian

A service commemorating the Shloshim (30 days) for Ezat Kashanian will take place on Tues, Feb 13th at Nessah Synagogue at 4:45pm

                                Orthodox Overnight Camp in Big Bear Mountains! 

Camp Gan Israel Running Springs informational meeting. Wed, Feb 14th 8-9pm at 9415 Oakmore Rd. Separate 2 or 4 week sessions for boys/girls grades3-9.  Early discount still apply! Contact Lolly 310-552-9420.

your torah teens with gila manolson thursday!

Don't miss out on renowned lecturer Gila Manolson, author of the famous Magic  Touch, Outside/Inside, and Head to Heart addressing, Talking to Your Torah Teens: Parenting Tips for Your Teenage Daughters and Sons this Thurs Feb 15 at 8:15pm at the home of Marshall Jaffe and Ellie Kulman. Women only. No cost!

                                 purim seudah, raffle and talent show at aish!

Get ready for a festive Purim Seudah here at Aish for the whole family, Sun Mar 4! Enjoy a BBQ for kids and Persian cuisine for adults! Entertainment this year will be like none other with a talent show preformed by YOU in addition to a costume contest with prizes! Don't forget our Purim raffle with fantastic prizes. Purchase of a raffle ticket ($100) gets you a Purim meal, otherwise $18/children & $36/adults. A portion of your proceeds will be given to the poor in Jersualem, fulfilling the important Purim Mitzvah of Matanos L'evyonim! We have limited capacity so reserve now! RSVP to Naami ext 720. 

Listing of Weekly Classes at aish center

Sunday                    9:00 am                       Nat Eisman                 Mishnah Berurah

Sunday                    9:30 am                       Yehudit Cohen            Hilchos Shabbos

Monday                    8:00 pm                       Ed Abramson              Living Jewish

Tuesday                  8:00 pm                       Mark Sarto                   Success through Torah

Wednesday             8:00 pm                       David Notowitz            Beginner's Mishnah

Thursday                 12:00 noon                  Howard Witkin             Pirkei Avos

Thursday                 8:00 pm                       Bill Gross                    48 Ways to Happiness

New class starting Monday nights for just 5 weeks!

The 5 Books of Moses in 5 Weeks with R Markman. All the major themes presented in a fast paced format with a barrage of wisdom to improve your life. Mon Feb 19, Feb 26, Mar 5, Break, Mar 19, Mar 26 @ 7:30pm at Aish.

                                                        success through torah

A fantastic interactive class with Mark Sarto that explores the week’s Parsha and the principals that lie within it. If you would like to become a better leader, communicator, negotiator, goal achiever, or salesperson join the class every Tues eve at 8pm at Aish.

                                                        aleinu seminars sunday

Join Aleinu in their addiction education and awareness seminars. Workshop for parents Sun. Feb 18 at 11:00am at Shaarei Tefilah and 8:00pm at Beth Jacob Congregation $18. Workshop for teachers/educators Sun. Feb 18 at JFS at 2:30pm.

                                            PEP! PRAYER ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM  

This week's reading is PEP! Modim D’Rabbanan, 521-526.

Advanced Halachic Bulletin

Kaddish after Kr’ias HaTorah is not a mourners Kaddish.

Rashbatz held that mourners have the right to say this Kaddish. A mourner can do so even if he neither is the Ba’al Korei nor received the last Aliyah.

Rav Shlomo Zalman z”l held that the Kaddish after Kri’as Hatorah belongs to the Ba’al Korei. In practice, different congregations have different customs in this regard, and many have no set policy on the matter.  Since Kaddish is designed to rectify Chilul HaShem, it is tragically counter-productive to fight over it and create further Chilul HaShem.

Have a great Shabbos!!