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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