LA Aish HaTorah Community

Dear Community Members,

Attached is a current copy of the Community Directory.  Please save the file to your hard-drive and use it to contact other members and fill your tables with guests!

 

 

 

Tamar Sullivan

Community Coordinator

Aish Los Angeles

tamar@aishla.com

 

Shabbos HaGadol • April 3-4, 2009

Rabbi Paysach Krohn

 

 

Fri Night Dinner at Aish (7:30 pm)*

Mentschlichkeit – Where Have Manners Gone?

 

11:00 am:

Tefillah – Connecting to HaShem and Each Other

 

Shabbos lunch at Aish (Noon)*

Seven Steps to Surviving the Recession

 

Shabbos HaGadol Drasha (5:00pm):

The “Paysach” Seder Around the “Maggid's Table”

 

Seudah Shlishis:

Unity in the Community – Achieving Ahavas Yisroel

 

 

*Friday Night Dinner and Shabbos Day Lunch Require Advance Reservations

Per person per meal: $25 members / $10 children • $36 non-members / $18 children

 

Reserve your spot now! 

Reservations are open to the public.

 

Email tamar@aishla.com or call 310.278.8672 x 305

 

 

 

Rabbi Krohn is known throughout the Jewish world for his books and lectures. In addition to his classic, authoritative book on ritual circumcision, he has written a series of six books of Jewish short stories, known as the Maggid Series as well as other titles. He has lectured in cities around the worldand has a series of more than 80 tapes on topics ranging from parenting, marriage, character development, and Torah education.

 

Sponsored by the Barbara Desatnik Fund

 

 

Tamar Sullivan

Community Coordinator

Aish Los Angeles

tamar@aishla.com

 

Aish Community Member Meeting – TONIGHT, Mar 29, 2009: General volunteer meeting with R’ Cohen & Mark Shmagin to discuss the community's direction, Team updates, programs and planning for the next 6-12 mnths.  Please join us at Aish, Sun. Mar. 29, 7:30pm.  Ma'ariv at 9pm.

 

 

Tamar Sullivan

Community Coordinator

Aish Los Angeles

tamar@aishla.com

 

Dear Community,

 

This year's Pesach schedule is attached.

 

Have a great Shabbos,

 

Tamar Sullivan

Community Coordinator

Aish Los Angeles

tamar@aishla.com

 

GOOD SHABBOS!

 

 

Parshas Vayikra

March 28, 2009 / 3 Nisan 5769

 

Shabbos Schedule

 

Fri. March 27

05:30 pm                              Ohr Zaruah Minyan (Annex)

06:52 pm                              Candle Lighting

06:30 pm                              Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos

07:50 pm                              Krias Shema (earliest time)

 

Sat. March 28

08:15 am                              Chumash Shiur                                                      R Quinn

08:45 am                              Shacharis                                                                Gabbai R Quinn

09:52 am                              Krias Shema                                                           (latest time)

09:45 am                              Krias HaTorah                                                       N Eisman

10:15 am                              Spirituality 101                                                      R Heller

11:00 am                              Kiddush       

11:30 am                              Shiur                                                                          R Orlowek

Why Are We in Golus? Then & Now

5:00 pm                                Shiur                                                                          R Orlowek

The Haggadah: A Personal Transformation…

05:30 pm                              Kiruv Kollel                                                              M Abramson

05:45 pm                              Gemara Brochos                                                  R Denbo

06:30 pm                              Mincha         

07:00 pm                              Seudah Shlishis                                                     R Cohen

07:50 pm                              Maariv

 

Weekday Schedule

            Sun Mar 29 – Fri Apr 3

06:01 am                              Earliest Tallis – Tzav

7:00/8:00 am                       Sun. Shacharis

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

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

09:52 am                              Latest Shema

10:54 am                              Latest Shacharis

01:29 pm                              Earliest Mincha

05:40 pm                              Early Mincha (Mon – Thurs)

07:05 pm                              Weekday Mincha/Maariv

09:00 pm                              Maariv b’zmano

06:57 pm                              Candle Lighting next week, Tzav

06:30 pm                              Next Friday – Mincha

 

in-Reach Class Schedule

Sun 7:30 am                        Morning Kollel                                            R Shenker

Sun 9:00 am                        Shiur for Women                                       R Orlowek

Sun 9:00 am                        Hilchos Tefila                                              N. Eisman

Mon-Fri 6:30 am                 Shachris- Kollel Boker                            R Shenker

Mon-Fri 6:50 am                 Gemara Succah                                        R Cohen

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

Laws of Pesach

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 Noon                         Pirkei Avos                                                  H. Witkin

 

Maos Chittim

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 of Pesach. The Chofetz Chaim told them to gather everyone in the town square the next day.                                                        

The Chofetz Chaim spoke, "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 in olom ha’emes, 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.

 

Shabbat Shalom,

 

Rabbi Moshe Cohen

 

HALACHA OF THE WEEK

Every adult is obligated to drink four cups of wine on each of the Seder nights.  The cup must hold a revi'is. Estimates range from 3 fl. oz. to 5. 3 fl. oz.

 

•L'chatchila, the entire cup no matter how large should be drunk.  At least most of the cup must be drunk.  If this cannot be done, l'chatchila an entire revi'is must be drunk. B'dieved one fulfills the mitzvah by drinking most of a revi'is.      

                         

•The poskim agree that if possible one should use only wine.  R. Moshe Feinstein and R. Elyashiv only allow wine, even if one dislikes it or it will give him a temporary headache.  The Brisker Rav, Tchebiner Rav, and Chazon Ish used grape juice for the four cups. 

 

•The preferred manner is to drink a revi’is in one swallow.  L'chatchila, one should drink most of the revi'is in one swallow. If this is not possible, he should drink it in two swallows with a minimal pause between them.  If it takes longer than two swallows to drink most of a revi'is, one fulfills the mitzvah only b'dieved. If it takes longer than 3-4 minutes, one does not fulfill the mitzvah even b'dieved.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

Kiddush SPONSORS

Richard & Beverly Horowitz are sponsoring Kiddush in honor of Rav Noach Orlowek’s visit to Aish.

 

seudah shlishis SPONSOR

Last week’s Seudah Shlishis was sponsored by Bijan Yadegar for the refuah shleima of Moshe ben Heshmat and Chaya Gila bas Goldie.

 

This week's Seudah Shlishis is sponsored by Aryeh Leib, Mila and Estelle Block in honor of the 6th Yarzheit of Aryeh Leib’s father, Moishe Yitzchak Ben Yehoshua. May his neshama have an aliyah.

 

MAZAL TOV

To Dan and Sarah Rachel Rudé on their recent marriage!

To Miriam Cohen on her Bas Mitzvah last week!

To Rabbi Dave and Aliza Sorani on the birth of baby girl this week!

 

THANK YOU

To Gedaliah Raich for driving the Tomchei Shabbos route this week.

 

AISH CITIZEN OF THE WEEK

The award goes this week to Michael Malk for the mitzvah of kedushas beis knesses,

 

SHABBOS HAGADOL WITH R KROHN

Community members, this is your last chance to reserve Shabbos HaGadol dinner and lunch spots before the opportunity becomes available to the general public!  Email tamar@aishla.com ASAP!

 

SELLING CHOMETZ

In the back of the shul, please find the form for selling your chometz. Please turn it into the Aish Office as soon as you’ve completed it.

 

MAOS CHITTIM -- FEED THE POOR OF JERUSALEM FOR PESACH

Maos chittim donations are being collected for Keren Yehoshua v’Yisrael run by Rabbi Shlomo Kaplan. He only supports families that are in dire straits. 100% of the monies raised go directly to screened families in Jerusalem in the form of food coupons.  There is no overhead.  Here is an idea of how far your donation goes: small family -- $180, medium family -- $360, large family -- $540, and this takes care of all their Passover food needs! There are self addressed envelopes in the back of the shul on the bookcase. You can also learn more and pay at their website: kerenyehoshuavyisroel.com.

 

HAGALAH

Hagalah -- kashering of utensils -- will be available at Bnai David on Wed, Apr 1 from noon – 6:30 pm.

 

CARPET CLEANING??

Do you need your carpets cleaned for Pesach? Fredy our custodian has just lost his job as a courier for Bank Mizrachi. We would like to help him earn a little more money. If you have carpets that need to be cleaned before Pesach, he could do that for you with the same cleaner that he uses at Aish.  Email tamar@aishla.com for details.

 

Haircuts!

The Omer is approaching so don’t forget to get a good haircut before Pesach!

 

Reminder

Please come and pick up the clothes/bags/hats remaining at the shul that belong to you before Pesach, because we will not check for Chometz in them and we will be giving them to Goodwill.

 

MishEberach List

Please (re)submit names for the misheberach list to tamar@aishla.com.  We are beginning a new list.

 

THE RIDDLE OF THE EXODUS

Jim Long’s book is available for purchase for $18 at Aish so you won’t have to pay any shipping costs.  Please contact Tamar for details: tamar@aishla.com.

 

10 REASONS WHY PEOPLE MARRY THE WRONG PERSON

…because no one wants to make a mistake!  With R Dov Heller, LMFT. Sun Apr 5 at 8:00 pm at the Aish Center.  RSVP to Dov@ClarityTalk.com.  No charge.

 

BNOS AT AISH

The Pico branch of Bnos is scheduled for 2:50pm in the Aish courtyard for girls in grades pre-1A to 7th grade. No charge. To sponsor a Shabbos, please contact Esther at (310) 838-4568. If it rains after noon on Shabbos, please consider Bnos cancelled.

 

COMMUNITY CORNER

 

Aish Community Member Meeting - Mar 29, 2009: General volunteer meeting with R’ Cohen & Mark Shmagin to discuss the community's direction, Team updates, programs and planning for the next 6-12 mnths.  Please join us at Aish, Sun. Mar. 29, 7:30pm.  Ma'ariv at 9pm.

 

Shabbos with Rav Noach Orlowek

 

Ahavas Yisroel: Loving Your Fellow Jew – THIS Shabbos, Parshas Vayikra, March 27-28

 

11:30 am: Why are we in Golus? Then & Now

 

5:00 pm: The Haggadah: A Personal Transformation from Golus to Geulah

 

9:00 am: Sun Morning (Women Only / $10 for non-members):

The REAL Feminism in Torah: Why Women Hold the Key to Redemption

 

Sponsored by the Barbara Desatnik Fund

 

Shabbos HaGadol -- April 3-4, 2009

 

Rabbi Paysach Krohn

 

Fri Night Dinner at Aish (7:30 pm): Mentchlichkeit – Where Have Manners Gone?

 

11:00 am: Tefillah – Connecting with HaShem and Each Other

 

Shabbos lunch at Aish (Noon): Seven Steps to Surviving the Recession

 

Shabbos HaGadol Drasha (5:00pm): The “Paysach” Seder Around the “Maggid’s Table”

 

Seudah Shlishis: Unity in the Community – Achieving Ahavas Yisroel

 

Friday Night Dinner and Shabbos Day Lunch Require Advance Reservations -- Tamar@AishLA.com

Per Person Per Meal: $25 members / $10 children • $36 non-members / $18 children

 

Sponsored by the Barbara Desatnik Fund

 

AISH CLASS INFORMATION:

 

MORNING KOLLEL

To join the daily morning learning program, please speak to R Shenker.  Shacharis is at 6:30 am (Sun’s at 7:30 am) and is followed by chavrusa learning. This Sun, we are starting Mesechta Moed Katan. Men of all levels are welcome.

 

MARCH 28: CHUMASH SHIUR

R Quinn gives a weekly Chumash shiur for all levels in the main shul at 8:15 am on Shabbos mornings. This is your chance to explore deeper insights in Chumash. All welcome.

 

MARCH 31: WEEKLY TEHILLIM GROUP

Ladies, please come to our weekly tehillim group and fulfill a tremendous mitzvah! Every Tues night at 8:15pm at the home of Zev and Shoshana Weinstein, 1481 Edris.

 

APR 1: Mommy, Me & Torah

For women & young children every Wed at 11am 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.

 

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** Reservations open to non-members on March 30 ** 

 

Shabbos HaGadol • April 3-4, 2009

Rabbi Paysach Krohn

 

 

Fri Night Dinner at Aish (7:30 pm)*: Mentschlichkeit – Where Have Manners Gone?

 

11:00 am: Tefillah – Connecting to HaShem and Each Other

 

Shabbos lunch at Aish (Noon)*

Seven Steps to Surviving the Recession

 

Shabbos HaGadol Drasha (5:00pm):

The “Paysach” Seder Around the “Maggid's Table”

 

Seudah Shlishis:

Unity in the Community – Achieving Ahavas Yisroel

 

 

 

*Friday Night Dinner and Shabbos Day Lunch Require Advance Reservations

Per person per meal: $25 members / $10 children • $36 non-members / $18 children

 

Reserve your spot now!

Reservations open to non-members on March 30.

 

 

Rabbi Krohn is known throughout the Jewish world for his books and lectures. In addition to his classic, authoritative book on ritual circumcision, he has written a series of six books of Jewish short stories, known as the Maggid Series as well as other titles. He has lectured in cities around the worldand has a series of more than 80 tapes on topics ranging from parenting, marriage, character development, and Torah education.

 

Sponsored by the Barbara Desatnik Fund

 

Tamar Sullivan

Community Coordinator

Aish Los Angeles

tamar@aishla.com

 

 

Sponsored by the Barbara Desatnik Fund 

Rabbi Noach Orlowek 

Rabbi Orlowek is a distinguished teacher and counselor at Machon Yaakov in Jerusalem and serves as Spiritual Dean of Students at Yeshivas Torah Ore in Jerusalem. He lectures on five continents, mostly in the areas of parenting, teaching and relationship issues.

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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE STILL AVAILABLE

$1000 to sponsor the entire weekend

$500 to sponsor one class

$475 to sponsor Kiddush

$200 to sponsor Seudah Shlishis

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THIS Shabbos Parshas Vayikra, March 27-28, 2009

11:30 AM: WHY ARE WE IN GOLUS? THEN & NOW 

5:00 PM: THE HAGGADAH – A PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION FROM GOLUS TO GEULAH

 

Sun, March 29, 2009

9:00 AM: THE REAL FEMINISM IN TORAH -- WHY WOMEN HOLD THE KEY TO REDEMPTION 

WOMEN ONLY • $10 FOR NON-MEMBERS

 

At Aish, 9100 W. Pico Blvd.

 

To make a private appointment with Rav Orlowek,

please call Rebbetzin Goldberg at 323 422 3708 or 323 934 1038.

 

 

Tamar Sullivan

Community Coordinator

Aish Los Angeles

tamar@aishla.com

 

Dear Community,

 

There is a woman in our community, Ms. Judy Tamarkin, who has a mental illness and who, without the community's support, would be homeless.  In fact, Judy used to be a part of the Aish Community many years ago before she got sick.  The money to pay for the apartment where she is living in Pico-Robertson has been paid for over the years by those of us who live here, and currently 5 shuls in our neighborhood have each committed to raising 1/5 of the yearly rent.  

 

For the past 10 years or so, Aish HaTorah has had the zechus of being one of those shuls and we would like to continue to do so.  As such, it is time to raise the money again for another year's rent for Judy. Aish's portion of the yearly rent is $1,200.

Anyone who would like to participate in this worthy endeavor should do the following:

 

1.      Make out a check to The Tzeddakah Fund and on the memo write "Tamarkin".

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT "THE AISH TZEDDAKAH FUND" AND ANY SUCH CHECKS WILL BE RETURNED AND HAVE TO BE RE-WRITTEN.

 

2.      Get the check to Holly Magady at 1515 Glenville Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90035.

DO NOT DROP ANY CHECKS OFF AT THE AISH OFFICE. IF YOU DO SO, IT MAY GET DEPOSITED INTO THE AISH HATORAH GENERAL FUND AND NONE OF IT WILL GO TO HELP THIS WOMAN.

 

Any questions can be directed to Holly Magady by phone (310-286-9849 or 310-490-7149) or by email at danyoni@aol.com.

 

 

Tamar Sullivan

Community Coordinator

Aish Los Angeles

tamar@aishla.com

 

Sponsored by the Barbara Desatnik Fund

 

Rabbi Noach Orlowek

 

Rabbi Orlowek is a distinguished teacher and counselor at Machon Yaakov in Jerusalem and serves as Spiritual Dean of Students at Yeshivas Torah Ore in Jerusalem. He lectures on five continents, mostly in the areas of parenting, teaching and relationship issues.

 

Shabbos Parshas Vayikra

March 27-28, 2009

 

11:30 AM

WHY ARE WE IN GOLUS? THEN & NOW

 

5:00 PM

THE HAGGADAH:

A PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION FROM GOLUS TO GEULAH

 

Sunday, March 29, 2009

 

9:00 AM

THE REAL FEMINISM IN TORAH:

WHY WOMEN HOLD THE KEY TO REDEMPTION

At Aish, 9100 W. Pico Blvd.

 

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

$1000 to sponsor the entire weekend

$500 to sponsor one class

$475 to sponsor Kiddush

$200 to sponsor Seudah Shlishis

 

To make a private appointment with Rav Orlowek, please call Rebbetzin Goldberg at 323 422 3708 or 323 934 1038.

 

 

Tamar Sullivan

Community Coordinator

Aish Los Angeles

tamar@aishla.com