LA Aish HaTorah Community

GOOD SHABBOS!!!

 

Parshas Chayei Sarah: Nov 22, 2008 / 24 Cheshvan 5769

 

Shabbos Schedule

Fri. Nov 21

04:28 pm                              Candle Lighting

04:33 pm                              Mincha

                                                Hilchos Shabbos - Candlelighting

04:45 pm                              Kabbalas Shabbos and Maariv

04:45 pm                              “Ohr Zaruah” Carlebach Minyan (Annex)

05:26 pm                              Krias Shema (earliest time)

 

Sat, Nov 22

08:45 am                              Shacharis Gabbaim                                                         S. Gross

09:05 am                              Krias Shema                                            (latest – before davening)

09:30 am                              Krias HaTorah                                                                   Nat Eisman

10:15 am                              Spirituality 101                                                                  R Heller

10:15 am                              Dvar Torah - True Love, Part I                                     R Cohen

10:50 am                              In honor of the Bas Mitzvah                                          R Greenstein

11:00 am                              Kiddush       

11:30 am                              Shiur - True Love, Part II                                                R Cohen

11:30 am                              Young Couples Class                                                      Rbzn Denbo

                                                Your Money, Your Marriage

03:15 pm                              Kiruv Kollel                                                             M Abramson

03:30 pm                              Gemara Brochos                                                 R Denbo

04:15 pm                              Mincha         

04:45 pm                              Seudah Shlishis    

                                                Dvar Torah                                                                          M. Pritikin

05:26 pm                              Maariv

 

Weekday Schedule

Sun Nov 23 – Fri Nov 28

05:30 am                              Earliest Tallis – Toldos

7:00/8:00 am                       Sun. Shacharis

06:00 am                              Shacharis – Gabbai Eliezer (Rick) Kahn

07:30 am                              Shacharis – Gabbai Yona (Jonah) Light

09:05 am                              Latest Shema

09:57 am                              Latest Shacharis

12:05 pm                              Earliest Mincha

04:30 pm                              Weekday Mincha/Maariv

09:00 pm                              Maariv b’zmano

04:26 pm                              Candle Lighting next week – Toldos

04:31 pm                              Next week Friday Mincha

 

 

in-Reach Class Schedule

Sun                            7:30 am         Morning Kollel                               R Shenker

Sun                            9:00 am        Hilchos Tefilos                              N. Eisman

Mon-Fri                     6:30 am        Morning Kollel                               R Shenker

Mon-Fri                     6:50 am        Gemara                                           R Cohen

Mon-Fri                     8:30 am        Mishne Brura:                               R Cohen

                                     Laws of Prayer    

Tues                          8:15 pm         Tehillim Group                               Weinsteins

Wed                           8:00 am        Valley AM Learning                     R Heller

Wed                           11:00 am       Mommy, Me & Torah                   Rbzn Shenker

Thurs                         7:30 am        Women’s Parsha                          L. Pritikin

Thurs                         Noon              Avos                                                H. Witkin

 

Chayei Sarah – A Match Made in Heaven

 

The Tzanzer Rov, Rav Chaim Halberstam, was a brilliant Torah scholar. Even as a young man his fame spread throughout Europe. However, he was born with a physical deformity, one leg being noticeably shorter than the other, so that he limped when he walked. Many prospective shidduchim rejected him because of this condition. One day, his parents notified him that the daughter of a great Rabbi, had declined a match with him.

Rav Chaim told his parents that he wished to meet with the father and the young lady. A meeting was arranged. Rav Chaim began by citing Chazal's statement that forty days prior to a child's conception, a decree comes forth from Heaven that so-and-so will marry so-and-so. He continued: "Before I was born, my neshama asked to see my destined wife. She was perfect but there was one flaw."                                                                                 

"What was the flaw?" she asked.                                                                           

"She limped because one leg was shorter than the other. It caused me so much pain knowing that outward appearances are more important for women than for men, that I asked the Heavenly tribunal if I could be afflicted with this physical imperfection instead.  They saw how concerned I was and they gave me the limp instead of you. I have a limp today, so that you do not.”                                

When the young woman heard these words, she rose from her chair and left the room. A few hours later, she approached her father and said that she had changed her mind and consented to the marriage.

 

Shabbat Shalom, R’ Moshe Cohen

 

HALACHOS OF THE WEEK

 

Ask all your Jewish-related questions to Rabbi Cohen at asktherabbi@aishla.com.  All questions will be answered and a few will be published in the bulletin each week.  There will be a raffle after four weeks of published questions.

 

Q: If one cooks sharp, pareve food on meat equipment, must one wait after eating it before having dairy? Does it matter if the pot was used within 24 hours or not used within 24 hours?

A: In both instances, the answer is that you do not have to wait.

 

Q: If I eat cereal with chopped bananas, I only make a bracha on the cereal. But if I specifically want to have a spoonful of just bananas, should I make a separate bracha?

A: If there is such a small amount of banana, it would be considered secondary and not require a separate bracha even if you took a separate spoonful or even if there was banana left after the cereal was finished.

 

*If you think any of these cases apply to you, please make sure to ask your own question because your particular details may render a different answer.

 

The 10^th Annual Aish HaTorah Partner’s Conference

 

The 10^th Annual Aish Partner’s Conference is Dec 4-7. Join more than 600 people from all over the world including families, students, Aish Rabbis, educators and partners for a content filled weekend you will not forget!

 

Speakers include our esteemed Rosh Yeshiva Rav Noach Weinberg and Rebbetzin Feige Twerski, to name a few.  Don’t miss out on an amazing opportunity.

 

The Partner’s Conference always sells out!

 

See R Markman for details about a $200 subsidy and an inexpensive transfer to the hotel: 310-278-8672 x601.

 

To register: www.partnersconference.com

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

Kiddush sponsor

·        Kiddush is co-sponsored:

By Mr and Mrs Dov Ber Barsky and Hadas Laureano in honour of Eliána Leáh's Bat Mitzvah. With Gratitude to Hashem we celebrate with joy the Bat Mitvah of Eliána Leáh, Mi Regalo De Dios. I am so grateful that you are my daughter and so very proud of you and your journey in becoming a Bat Israel.

 

By Jon and Adinah Sher in honor of the yahrtzeit of Adinah’s grandfather, HaRav Moshe ben Yakov HaCohen (27 Cheshvan). May his neshama have an aliyah.

 

·        Kiddush is co-sponsored:

By Mark and Beth Firestone, Norm and Tziporah Pomeranz, Cliff and Laurie Alsberg, Nigel and Tracy Hamer, Peter and Sarah Weintraub, David and Beth Leventhal, Sam and Marcia Glaser, Jeff and Judy Gruen, Eliyahu and Diane Veitzer, Yakov and Marga Hochman, and Michael and Vivien Bonert in the merit of all those looking for a shidduch.

 

seudah shlishis

Last week’s seudah shlishis was sponsored by Eran Abramovich in memory of Eliezer Light’s father and in honor of the Bloom family simcha. 

 

Seudah shlishis is sponsored by Marty and Rina Pritikin and Liane Pritikin in the honor of the fourth yahrtzeit of their mother, Yehudis Nechama bas Herschel (25 Cheshvan).  May her neshama have an aliyah.

 

Seudah shlishis is sponsored by Violet Blank and the Aufrichtig family, in memory of Elana’s father, Sumner Blank, Yisrael Chanoch ben Avraham (26 Cheshvan). May his neshama have an aliyah.

 

MAZAL TOV

To Rabbi Eli and Shoshana Rivka Bloom on the naming of their son, Nosson Mordechai.

 

THANK YOU

To Jonathan, Traci, Talya, Hannah, and Asher Tessler for driving the Tomchei Shabbos route this week.  

 

HEAR O’ ISRAEL

Community men, please note that the latest time to say shema on Shabbos morning is just a few minutes after davening begins. In order to fulfill your obligation, you must say it before you come to shul.

 

KIRUV UPDATE

Rabbis Quinn, Bloom, and Sorani are away this Shabbos running a Shabbaton in Agoura Hills with over 100 college students.

 

YASHER KOACH!

Last Sun, the Young Couples class “Halachos of Caring for an Infant on Shabbos,” taught by Rbzn Yehudit Cohen, brought over 20 women! Let the Shenkers know if there are other topics you'd like to learn about.

 

DO YOU SPEAK HEBREW?

R Jacobs has started a new Hebrew class for his students and is requiring 2 hours of tutoring for anyone who does not know how to read Hebrew. Please let him know if you are available to tutor a student.

 

NOV 23: YOUNG COUPLES – WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER BIRTH

…and when arriving home. By Postpartum Nurse Rachel Malk, RN. Sun, Nov 23 at 9:30 am at Aish. All new mothers, new fathers, mothers-to-be, and fathers-to-be are invited. See Rbzn Shenker for details. 

 

TWO UPCOMING TRIP FOR YOUNG WOMEN

1. For College and Young Professional Women: Join Chana Heller and Heritage Retreats at Camp Shalom in Malibu Dec 28-Jan 4. As low as $199.
2. Fabulously Feminine Girls Trip to NY through Aish Connections. Ages 18-25 only. Fashion, beauty, business, and spirituality. Dec 24-Jan 4. $199 plus flight. Contact Naami Heller, 212-921-9090.

                     

NEW ADULT DANCE CLASS AT AISH

Traditional, popular, Israeli, simcha, ethnic! Women only. Mon nights at the Aish Center from 8-9pm.

Nov 24, Dec 1, 8, 15. $36 for the series. To register: = or 310 552-9420.

 

B’NOS CANCELLED

B’nos is cancelled this Shabbos and will resume next Shabbos, b’ezras Hashem.

 

GET TO KNOW OUR NEW MEMBERS…

Ryan and Lisa Schneider are LA natives who recently moved to Pico-Robertson to join the Aish community. Ryan and Lisa met as young children when Lisa used to play with Ryan's sister. Although Ryan wasn't ready to propose to Lisa at age seven, 25 years later he finally worked up the confidence to pop the question.

 

 Lisa is a graduate of UCLA and Ryan is a graduate of USC.  For the sake of shalom bayis, they never discuss college loyalties unless Bill Gross forces the issue. When Ryan first walked into Aish, he had no idea that Aish was a Torah observant shul and attempted to literally run out the back gate. Fortunately, R Jacobs intercepted him and convinced him to come for a “quick lunch.” Lisa became observant during college and graduate school. R Jacobs married Ryan and Lisa last year. Lisa is the Associate Director of the Casden Institute at USC and teaches Hebrew at the Jewish Learning Academy.  Ryan currently practices law.

 

 

CHOLENT COOKOFF!

 

CONGRATULATIONS Winner: R Dave Sorani                                                       

 

(…but, as Rivka Emuna Marton said, “they were both so good, that if you just mixed them together, you'd get the best cholent ever!")

 

 

COMMUNITY CORNER

NEW DATES! AISH WOMEN’S TORAH INITIATIVE presents esteemed Rebbetzin, MRS. FRUMIE KRAUSE, teaching a series on “YOU AND THE SHEMONEH ESREI -- Making an IN-Depth Connection.”  New dates for this Tues series are: Nov 25, Dec 2, Dec 16 – With some upcoming Chanukah additions to the tefillah – and Dec 23 (tentative) at 7:45 pm at the home of Ellie Kulman in Beverlywood. $10 / session. This is valuable for all women (even if you missed the intro class).

 

SAVE THE DATE!

Aish LA presents a Chanukah Bingo Extravaganza!

Sun, Dec 28 at 7 pm at the Aish Center.

Proceeds to benefit Aish LA’s childcare program.  Details to follow.

 

AISH CLASS INFORMATION:

 

MORNING KOLLEL

To join the daily morning learning program, please speak to Rabbi Motti Shenker.  Shacharis is at 6:30 am (Sun’s at 7:30 am) and is followed by chavrusa learning of Arvei Pesachim.

 

NOV 22: YOUNG COUPLES -- BUILD A BETTER MARRIAGE

They’re back! Shalom Bayis – marital harmony – classes for young couples (seriously dating, engaged, or married under 5 years). TODAY @ 11:30am – Rbzn Denbo – Your Money, Your Marriage – Seminar Room

 

NOV 26: Mommy, Me & Torah

For women & young children every Wed at 11 am for one hour at Aish.  There is circle time with davening, songs, play, and snack time, followed by a 30 min parsha class with Rbtzn Shenker.

 

THE BUSY WOMAN’S PARSHA CLASS

Will be on hiatus for the next two weeks for Thanksgiving and the Partner's Conference.

 

PARSHAS CHAYEI SARAH

DAVENING LIST FOR BASHERT

AISH HATORAH SINGLES

 

Traditionally, we daven for shidduchim this Shabbos, Parshas Chayei Sarah, because in this week's parsha, Eliezer is searching for a shidduch for Yitzchak. 

 

Avigail bas Freida Shifra

Batya bas Chaya Sarah

Fraidela Aliza bas Bracha

Leah Tova bas Sarah

Malka Leah bas Rachel

Naami Bina bas Chana Devorah

Shoshana bas Golda

Zohara bas Nouara

Sarah Leiba bas Alane

Shiffra bas Yaffa

Bracha Esther bas Tzipporah

Yehudas Leiba bas Basha Rochel

Chanah Gila bas Adinah Ahavah

Ilana Faiga bas Itel

Rena bas Chana

Naomi bas Sarah Ashraf

Saayeh bas Dochi

Rachel bas Aviva

Miriam bas Yelena

Elisheva bas Yelena

Penina bas Avigayal

Sherit bas Rachel

Metanyah Rivkah bas Sara

Raizel Chaya bas Blima Rivka

Ilana bas Zelda Leah

Elisheva Chana bas Shira

Sarah bas Ashraf Ruchama

Rivka Gila bas Marta Rochel

Hadas Avital bat Miriam

Devorah bat Sara Basya

Ruchel bas Buna Masha
Leora bas Hannah

 

 

David ben Batya

Menachem Yaakov ben Yehudit Feyla

Avraham Moshe ben Adinah Ahavah

Hershel Mendel Chaim ben Sheva

Yaakov ben Feigel

Moshe ben Rachel

Moshe ben Odette

Yosef ben Penina

Shimon Aaron ben Ada Necha

Yosef Chaim ben Nahid

Yakov ben Ashraf

Michael ben Soraya

Yosef ben Linda

Raymond ben Linda

Hooman ben Homa

Nissan ben Nahid

Abraham ben Shahin

Dovid Yisroel ben Sara Devorah

Yaakov Dov ben Shifra bat Esther Sara

Moshe Ha Levy ben Sara