Friday, March 27, 2009
Shabbos Bulletin 3/28/2009
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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