Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Hachnasas Orchim
Dear Community,
We have an extraordinary opportunity for real hachnosas orchim at Aish. David Azoulay was a member of our community for a year and used to layen for us on a regular basis. He was doing post graduate research at Cedars but that has ended and his wife and children have returned to
His phone is 310-717-8545 and his email is davidazoulay1@gmail.com.
Tamar Sullivan
Community Coordinator
Aish
Monday, April 27, 2009
A Tzedakah Opportunity
Dear Community,
We are still $500 short of the $1200 we need to raise for Judith Tamarkin’s rent. Please see below for more information about how to help.
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
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
Friday, April 24, 2009
Shabbos Bulletin 4/25/2009
GOOD SHABBOS!
Parshas Tazria-Metzora
April 25, 2009 / 1 Iyar 5769
Shabbos Schedule
Fri. April 24
05:45 pm Ohr Zaruah Carlebach Minyan (Annex)
07:13 pm Candle Lighting
06:30 pm Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos
07:10 pm Krias Shema (earliest time)
Sat. April 25
08:15 am Chumash Shiur R Quinn
08:45 am Shacharis
09:31 am Krias Shema (latest time)
09:30 am Hallel
09:45 am Krias HaTorah
10:15 am Spirituality 101 R Heller
10:45 am Dvar Torah R Mark
11:30 am Kiddush
11:30 am Shiur Cancelled
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
08:10 pm Maariv
Weekday Schedule
Sun April 26 – Fri May 1
05:24 am Earliest Tallis – Achare-Kedoshim
7:00/8:00 am Sun. Shacharis
06:00 am Shacharis – Gabbai Eliezer (Rick) Kahn
07:30 am Shacharis – Gabbai Yona (Jonah) Light
09:31 am Latest Shema
10:38 am Latest Shacharis
01:24 pm Earliest Mincha
05:40 pm Early Mincha (Mon – Thurs)
07:20 pm Weekday Mincha/Maariv
09:00 pm Maariv b'zmano
07:13 pm Candle lighting next week, Achare-Kedosh.
06:30 pm Next Friday – Mincha
in-Reach Class Schedule
Sun 7:30 am Morning Kollel R Shenker
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: Laws of Tefillah , siman 114 R Cohen
Tazria – A bris meal
Vayikra 12:3 "In the eighth day he will circumcise the flesh of the foreskin"
The Sefas Emes, the great Rabbi of Ger, once asked a relative to take his son, Avrohom Mordechai, to
"If the Rebbe wishes that I give his son a brocho then I shall certainly do so," replied the Jew, "even though I have no idea why he would ask such a thing from me!"
The relative thought that the Jew must be one of the 36 hidden righteous people in the world. When he returned, he questioned the Sefas Emes, who told him that the fellow was indeed quite ordinary. However, once his wife had given birth to a son, he did not have money to make a seudas bris (circumcision meal), so he sold his bed linens in order to have money to make the bris.
This had made such an impression in heaven, that any future blessing that he would give would be fulfilled!
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi
Halacha of the Week: Sefiras HaOmer
If you counted the wrong day, but corrected yourself immediately, it is a good count. If you did not correct yourself immediately, you should count again with a brocha. If you do not know which day it is, you may count several possible days without a brocha, and continue to count the next night with a brocha. If you count the number of days but not weeks, or the number of weeks and days but not the number of days, you have fulfilled your obligation.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
KIDDUSH SPONSOR
Kiddush is sponsored and the cholent was made by Rabbi Dave & Aliza Sorani in honor of the birth of Shira.
Kiddush is sponsored by Rick and Jill Kahn in honor of the 9th yahrtzeit of Rick's father, Meir ben Binyamin HaKohen (6 Iyar). May his neshama have an aliyah.
Seudah shlishis SPONSOR
Seudah Shlishis is sponsored by Marc and Beth Firestone in honor of the marriage of Tali (Firestone) and Benyamin Moss. Thank you to all the friends and family who came from back east and all over the world to join us in our simcha.
MAZAL TOV
- To Tali (Firestone) and Benyamin Moss on their marriage!
- To Rabbi Shalom and Nechama Denbo on the naming of their daughter, Shifra Sara.
- To Rabbi Shimon Lesserson on his engagement to Leah Lowy. A vort will be held for the chassan at kallah on Tues, April 28th from 7:30 – 10:00pm at the home of Robert & Jenna Wilkin,
CONDOLENCES
To Lawrence and Nechama Samson on the passing of
THANK YOU
- To Avi Almogue and Nathan Tatarsky for driving the Tomchei Shabbos route this week.
- To everyone who donated siddurim in response to the yizkor siddur drive, and especially to Liane Pritikin for sponsoring ten siddurim in loving memory of her mother and to Harlan Schwartz for sponsoring ten siddurim in honor of his beloved brother Dr. Joel Schwartz z"l, who, together with his wife Shelley, purchased the first 100 siddurim when the Aish Center opened in the present location about 20 years ago! You can still sponsor a siddur for a loved one. Contact tamar@aishla.com.
AISH CITIZENS OF THE WEEK
Jonathan Tessler and Gedaliah Raich for working tirelessly to get our homeland security grants and for making our shul a safer place.
SHABBOS SHIUR
Rosh HaYeshiva HaRav Menachem Mark, shlita, will give a women's shiur at the home of Rabbi Dave and Aliza Sorani (
IMPORTANT
No one is to try to enter the
PLEASE NOTE
There may be a problem purchasing actual chometz from Smart & Final and 99 cent stores for the next few weeks.
BANQUET RESERVATIONS
If your banquet tickets are included as a part of your Aish membership package, you must still reserve your seat(s) with tamar@aishla.com.
A CON-SIDDUR-ABLE
Siddurim are ready to be dedicated in memory and in the merit of your loved one or for a birthday or other special occasion for only $36. Contact tamar@aishla.com.
NEW LEARNING
Michael Abramson will be leading a chabura (learning group) on issues in business related halacha. This group is suitable for lawyers, business men and law students as well as anyone else who would like to learn these subjects. We will be looking at the sources in the Gemara and Shulchan Aruch as well as commentaries such as the K'tzos ha'choshen. The chabura will meet Thursday evenings at 8pm and Sunday mornings at 8 am.
Aleinu evening of appreciation
Honoring women who bring child safety ideals into our homes and schools. Hosted by Mark & Marlene Kahan. Master of Ceremonies Rabbi Elazar Muskin. Sun, April 26, 2009. Dessert reception begins at 7:30 pm at
BNOS AT AISH
The Pico branch of Bnos resumes this Shabbos at 2:50 pm 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.
Mark Your Calendar
Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein
Shabbos Behar-Bechukosai
May 18, 2009
Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein is the founder of Ohr Yitzchak, Ateres Naava Seminary for Girls, and Ohr Naava Women's Institute in
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Harold Gans
Mathematician, Scientist, and International Lecturer
Shabbos Bamidbar
May 23, 2009
Fri Night – Creation and the Age of the Universe with Q & A
11:30 am – Prophecy, Science, and History
5:30 pm – Signature of G-d
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Rabbi Simcha Weinberg
Shabbos Shavuos Shabbaton
May 29-30, 2009
Friday night dinner and Shabbos day lunch
Per meal: $25 members / $10 children - $36 non-members / $18 children
More details to follow.
Community Corner
Childcare Program: Attention Parents. During R Cohen's regular 11:30am Shabbos drasha, all children are expected to be either in the childcare program or with their parents. Children 18 months to 3 years old and older kids wanting to read quietly should be in the Annex with Morah Jaqueline. Other children should be with Eli Sudaley in the courtyard for games. Parents of children not in either location may be pulled out of the shiur. Thank you for helping make Aish a safe place for all our children.
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. Men of all levels are welcome.
april 29: 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.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
At the Mar 29th community meeting, 30 people met to discuss the strategic plan for the Aish Ha Torah L.A. community, which focused mostly on Kiruv and Member Programming. The meeting reaffirmed the community's commitment to kiruv
1) "outreach" (to unaffiliated Jews), and
2) "in-reach" (to promote growth for BT's and other frum Jews).
a. in-reach should also focus on the different stages of life Aish members are at and how one stage can serve as a mentor for another.
b. Two examples:
Younger people with more formal yeshiva/seminary education to be inspirational to older, less Jewishly-educated community members;
Older members, having raised children through the elementary or high school system, can better advise younger families.
c. Paired learning, a Life Cycle series and "How To Do Kiruv" training were also suggested.
3) Aish is pleased to announce that
Membership programming discussed: childcare, safety, marketing, education, Rosh Chodesh Member's lunch, bulletin board, single's program. Women's learning steering committee was suggested as the best possible way to build support for and interest in women's programming.
PLEASE PARTICIPATE: If you are interested in any of the following topics, please see the persons indicated:
Kiruv (outreach/in-reach):
Women's Programming: Rabbi Cohen, Jill Kahn or Ellie Kulman-Jaffe
Member Programming: Ross Begun or Mark Shmagin
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Community Resource Fair
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Dear Community,
- A Bulova watch has been found at Aish. Please see R Cohen if it is yours.
- Now is your chance to sponsor a siddur in the merit and memory of a loved one or for a birthday or other special occasion. $36 each. Email your sponsorship inscription to tamar@aishla.com.
- Pre-plan your kiddush sponsorship now. On weeks when we do not have a sponsor for Kiddush, there will be pies and fruit.
Tamar Sullivan
Community Coordinator
Aish
An Evening of Appreciation
Dear Aish community member,
I would like to personally encourage you to attend a complimentary dessert reception for women who have dedicated themselves to helping a local organization called ALEINU.
Every year I make an appeal in shul on behalf of AlEINU because it is the address that people go to when there is a crisis in their lives or in the lives of a family member or friend. It is the amber alert, the safety net, and the 911 for the emotional and psychological health and well being of the Jewish community in
The evening will honor many women in our neighborhood who have dedicated themselves to promote safety for children in our homes and schools.
Please come and learn more and you may find an opportunity to contribute to this most worthy of organizations and to honor these devoted women.
In addition, there will be a video presentation to inform us about ALEINU's current resources and programs
Thank you,
Rabbi
Friday, April 17, 2009
Shabbos Bulletin 4/18/2009
GOOD SHABBOS!
Parshas Shemini – Birkas Hachodesh
April 18, 2009 / 24 Nisan 5769
Shabbos Schedule
Fri. April 17
07:08 pm Candle Lighting
06:30 pm Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos
08:06 pm Krias Shema (earliest time)
Sat. April 18
08:15 am Chumash Shiur Cancelled
08:45 am Shacharis
09:36 am Krias Shema (latest time)
09:45 am Krias HaTorah
Birkas Hachodesh
10:15 am Spirituality 101 R Heller
11:00 am Kiddush
11:30 am Shiur R Cohen
True love never dies
05:45 pm Kiruv Kollel M Abramson
06:00 pm Gemara Brochos Cancelled
06:45 pm Mincha
07:15 pm Seudah Shlishis R Cohen
08:06 pm Maariv
Weekday Schedule
Sun April 19 – Fri Apr 24
05:33 am Earliest Tallis – Tazria-Metzora
7:00/8:00 am Sun. Shacharis
06:00 am Shacharis – Gabbai Eliezer (Rick) Kahn
07:30 am Shacharis – Gabbai Yona (Jonah) Light
09:36 am Latest Shema
10:41 am Latest Shacharis
01:25 pm Earliest Mincha
05:40 pm Early Mincha (Mon – Thurs)
07:15 pm Weekday Mincha/Maariv
09:00 pm Maariv b’zmano
07:13 pm Candle Lighting next week, Tazria-Metzora
06:30 pm Next Friday – Mincha
in-Reach Class Schedule
Sun 7:30 am Morning Kollel R Shenker
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 Tefillah
An open door policy – Pesach
The Kotzker Rebbe, Rav Menachem Mendel, said that people make a mistake if they believe that we open the door on leil Pesach to let Eliyahu HaNavi enter.
A story is told of a man who came to visit the Maggid of Mezeritch, and complained that when he davened, all sorts of improper thoughts came into his head, and that he had no control over them.
The Maggid advised him to go and visit Rav Zev Wolf of Zhitmor. The man followed his advice and set out on the journey. He arrived late one winter’s night and knocked on the door. No one answered even though he continued to knock and scream and beg to be let in. The unfortunate man had no choice but to go to the local shul and spend the night there on one of the benches.
In the morning he made his way once more to Rav Wolf’s door. This time the Rav came to the door and welcomed him in warmly, without mentioning anything about the previous night.
After some hesitation the man told Rav Wolf that the Maggid of Mezeritch had sent him.
“It is good that you came!” answered Rav Wolf, “Now you have learned the lesson that one is a master of his home, and whomever he does not want to let enter cannot come in.”
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
KIDDUSH SPONSOR
Kiddush is sponsored by Gary and Maxine Rosenzweig.
Kiddush is sponsored by Rabbi Shalom and Nechama Denbo in honor of the naming of their baby girl this Shabbos.
Seudah shlishis SPONSOR
Seudah Shlishis is sponsored by Andrea Rubin and daughters in honor of the yahrtzeit of Beverly Friedman, Batsheva bas Joseph (26 Nisan), beloved mother and grandmother. We love you. May your memory be for a blessing.
MAZAL TOV
To Rabbi Shalom and Nechama Denbo and family on the birth of a daughter.
To Simcha and Lilian Russak and family on the birth and bris of their son, Daniel Yehoshua.
To Tali Firestone and Binyomin Moss on their upcoming wedding.
To David and Tzepah Zarmi on the bris of their son, Yehudah Yitschak.
To Marcy and Ari Goldstein, formerly of the Aish LA community, on the birth of their daughter, Sephira Chaya-Malka, born 3/16 in
THANK YOU
Thank you to Jeff and Noach Gruen for driving the Tomchei Shabbos route last week.
AISH CITIZENS OF THE WEEK
Darren Bonert & Ariel Shmagin for making it possible to have a siyum on Erev Pesach, and Conrad Sachs for layening beautifully last Shabbos.
IMPORTANT
No one is to try to enter the
A CON-SIDDUR-ABLE
Brand new siddurim are ready to be dedicated in memory and in the merit of your loved one for only $36. Contact Tamar for more information.
BNOS AT AISH
The Pico branch of Bnos resumes this Shabbos at 2:50 pm 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.
Aish LA Presents…
Scholar-in-Residence
Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein
Shabbos Achare Mos – Kedoshim
May 2, 2009
Details to follow.
Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein is the founder of Ohr Yitzchak, Ateres Naava Seminary for Girls, and Ohr Naava Women's Institute in
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. Men of all levels are welcome.
april 22: 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.
HALACHA OF THE WEEK:
It is permitted according to all opinions to get a haircut and shave next Friday because Shabbos is Rosh Chodesh Iyar.
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