LA Aish HaTorah Community

Parshas Vayikra

March 24, 2007 / 5 Nisan 5767

 

Shabbos Schedule

Friday, March 23

 06:48 pm              Candle Lighting                   

 06:30 pm              Mincha

       PEP!                            R’ Cohen

 07:46 pm              Krias Shema             (earliest time)

 

Saturday, March 24

 08:25 am              Shacharis                 

 09:56 am              Krias Shema             (latest time)

 09:20 am              Krias HaTorah          Nat Eisman

 10:15 am              Spirituality 101         R’ Heller

 10:15 am              Dvar Torah                R’ David Sorani

 11:00 am              Kiddush                    

 11:30 am              Shiur                          R Cohen

                    Pesach: Doing the Haggadah

 05:30 pm              Kiruv Kollel               Michael Abramson

 05:30 pm              Brachos                     R’ Shalom Denbo

 06:30 pm              Mincha                                              

 07:00 pm              Seudah Shlishis                              

                                Dvar Torah                Howard Madris

                                                                    David Notowitz

 07:46 pm              Maariv

 

Weekday Schedule

Sunday, March 25

 08:00 am              Shacharis

 05:55 am              Earliest Tallis – Vayikrah

 09:56 am              Latest Shema

 10:57 am              Latest Shacharis

 01:30 pm              Earliest Mincha

  05:40 pm             Mincha FOR THE REST OF SUMMER

  07:00 pm             Mincha/Maariv THIS WEEK

  09:00 pm             Maariv  FOR THE REST OF SUMMER

  6:00 / 7:30am      Weekday Shacharis

 

Weekly Class Schedule

 

Tuesday     8:00 pm          Success Through Torah     Mark Sarto

Wednes.    8:00 pm          Beginner’s Mishnah            David Notowitz

Wednes.    8:30 pm          Path of the Just                    Michael Abramson 

Thursday   12:00 pm       Pirkei Avos                           Howard Witkin

Thursday   8:00 pm          48 Ways to Happiness        Bill Gross

 

A Word from Rabbi Moshe Cohen:

Vayikra – Maos Chitim

One year several community leaders of Radin approached the Chofetz Chaim with a painful problem. They had been unable to gather sufficient Maos Chittim to provide for Radin’s poor during the holiday. The Chofetz Chaim told them to gather everyone in the town square the next day.                                                         

"My friends, as you know I have lived a long and full life. I will not be with you much longer. I am sure that I will be asked about the citizens of Radin and I do not know what to say. If I say the citizens of Radin are generous, I might be guilty of not telling the truth. If I say that when it came time for them to give Maos Chittim for Pesach, they did not give sufficiently, I might be speaking Lashon Hara Therefore I am turning to you for help. What am I to do?"                                            

As soon as townspeople heard the words of the great rabbi they felt embarrassed. They immediately took up a collection for Maos Chittim.

 

KIDDUSH SPONSORSHIP

Shelly Shapiro and Gary Kreger are sponsoring Kiddush in memory of their beloved mother, Janice Kreger’s Yarzheit, grandmother to Fred Kreger, Jamie Kleinman and Michelle Shapiro.

 

SEUDAH SHLISHIS SPONSORSHIP

The class “Beginning Mishna” will be having a Siyum for completing all of Mishna Kiddushin! Come join our celebration of learning and growing as Jews. We are starting our second Mishna, the "First Gate". Join us Wed nights at 8pm! 

 

SHABBOS HAGADOL LUNCHEON

There is still time to sign up! Your kitchen will be fully ready for Pesach on Shabbos HaGadol! Join us at Aish for a proper Chometzdik Shabbos lunch March 31. Delicious food for adults and kids! Community members: $20/adults $10/kids. RSVP with Naami now!

 

SHABBOS HAGADOL DRASHA

Next Shabbos, R Cohen will be giving the Shabbos Hagadol Drasha at 5:45pm entitled Pesach: A Historical Lesson, Not a History Lesson. Childcare provided.

 

FEED THE POOR OF JERUSALEM THIS PESACH

Every dollar you give to Keren Y & Y gets $1.10 of food coupons in the hands of 1,500 poor families. A donor covers their overhead and the store gives them 10% additional food coupons. Send your checks to R' A. Nussbaum, Keren Y and Y Inc. 805-A Roosevelt Court, Far Rockaway, NY 11691.

 

SELLING YOUR CHAMETZ

The Power of Attorney forms for selling your Chametz are available in the back of shul. Please fill them out and send/give to Naami in the Aish office.

 

PESACH CLEANING MADE EASY

Enjoy a user friendly step by step guide to clean your home for Pesach compiled by Judith Cohen. They are available in the back of the Shul.

 

 

LIST OF THINGS TO DO

You might want to consider this week getting a haircut, cleaning out the car, selling your Chametz, and calling Dahlia at Aish to ask for Kiruv guests.

 

PESACH KASHERING TIMES

Toivel your dishes for Pesach this Sun at Anshe Emes 12:30-3pm or YICC 9-12:30pm.

 

SIYUM OF THE FIRST BORN

Siyum of the first born will take place on Mon morning, April 2^nd after Shacharis.

 

COMMUNITY BIUR CHAMETZ

Burn your Chometz, Mon April 2^nd at the City Parking lot, 8906 W Pico Blvd. E of Bnai David (between Livonia and Robertson) 7:30-11am.

 

SPOTLIGHT IN THE COMMUNITY

Joel has been with Aish since "the beginning" and Shelley from soon thereafter.  They even met at a "Discovery" weekend, a real Aish marriage!  They continue to fulfill important roles in the community.  Presently, Shelley is teacher of Kashrus for the community and Joel is Shul President.  Outside of Aish, Joel works as a dermatologist and Shelley teaches health and safety part-time while remaining a full time mother to their five children, ages 8 to 18.

 

PESACH PARKING RELAXED

Parking enforcement relaxed Mon, April 2 beginning 4pm-April 4 ending 10pm, Sun April 8 (4pm)- Tues April 10 (10pm) , Tues May 22 (4pm)-May 24 (10pm).

 

AISH GROUP PICTURE SCHEDULED AFTER PESACH!

The Aish group picture for this year’s banquet will be Sun April 22^nd at Aish. 

 

SQUEEZE IN A LITTLE MORE LARNING ON SHABBOS

R Denbo is teaching a class in Gemara Brochos every Shabbos an hour before Mincha. He also gives a short class on the Daf during Seuda Shlishis.

 

REBBETZIN TZIPPORAH HELLER SHABBATON APRIL 20TH

Mark your calendars to spend Fri night dinner and Shabbos, April 20^th with Rebbetzin Tzipporah Heller here at Aish. $30/adult and $15/kids under 12.

 

AISH BANQUET WED MAY 9^TH

Save the date for this year’s Gala Aish Banquet, 40 years of Vision with R’ Noah Weinberg at the Beverly Hilton.

 

PEP! PRAYER ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM

This week’s reading is PEP! Pesach Haggadah, p. 561-580.

 

Jewish Law Tip

Orach Chaim 475:1 rules that the Charoses should be removed from the Maror before consuming the Maror.

Mishna Berura 475:17 rules that one should remove the Charoses from the Maror we use for Korech. Since the Charoses can neutralize the bitter taste of the Maror and there is no Mitzva to eat Charoses, tha Halacha always requires that we remove the Charoses from the Maror.

It is permissible to eat Charoses separately or during the meal.

 

Have a great Shabbos!