LA Aish HaTorah Community

GOOD SHABBOS!

Parshas Behar-Bechukosai

May 16, 2009 / 22 Iyar 5769

Shabbos Schedule

Fri. May 15

07:29 pm                                          Candle Lighting

06:30 pm                                          Mincha / Kabbalas Shabbos

08:27 pm                                          Krias Shema                                                           (earliest time)

Sat. May 16

08:15 am                                          Chumash Shiur                                                      R Quinn

08:45 am                                          Shacharis                     

09:20 am                                          Krias Shema                                                           (say before davening)

09:45 am                                          Krias HaTorah                                                       N Eisman

10:15 am                                          Spirituality 101                                                      R Heller

10:30 am                                          Dvar Torah                                                              R Wallerstein

11:00 am                                          Kiddush

11:30 am                                          Shiur                                                                          R Wallerstein

Road Closed – Now What?

05:30 pm                                          Women’s Shiur                                                      R Wallerstein

The Ultimate Relationship

06:00 pm                                          Kiruv Kollel                                                              M Abramson

06:15 pm                                          Gemara Brochos                                                  R Denbo

07:00 pm                                          Mincha         

07:30 pm                                          Seudah Shlishis                                                     R Cohen

08:27 pm                                          Maariv

Weekday Schedule

Sun May 17– Fri May 22

05:05 am                                          Earliest Tallis – Bamidbar

7:00/8:00 am                                   Sun. Shacharis

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

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

09:20 am                                          Latest Shema

10:30 am                                          Latest Shacharis

01:25 pm                                          Earliest Mincha

05:40 pm                                          Early Mincha (Mon – Thurs)

07:35 pm                                          Weekday Mincha/Maariv

09:00 pm                                          Maariv b’zmano

07:34 pm                                          Candle Lighting next week -- Bamidbar

06:30 pm                                          Next Friday – Mincha

in-Reach Class Schedule

Sun 7:30 am                                    Morning Kollel                                                        R Shenker

Sun 8:00 am                                    Business Halacha                                                M. Abramson

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 Prayer 118

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 12:00 pm                             Pirkei Avos                                                              H. Witkin

Thurs 8:00 pm                                Business Halacha                                                M. Abramson

Sefira – A lease on life

A very old and feeble man once came to visit R. Zilberstein in Bnei Brak before the beginning of sefiras haomer (the counting of the omer) to pose a question:

“Rebbe, I am over a hundred years old and the doctors tell me that I have only weeks to live. I know that there are opinions that if you know that you will be unable to complete the count that you should not begin, because there is an opinion that the brocha is only for a complete counting. Perhaps I should not begin to count with a brocha.”

The Rabbi answered him:

“My good man, sometimes a child wants a candy from his parents, but his parents do not want him to have it. How does he get the candy? He makes a brocha of shehakol, and the parents have to give him the candy to save him from having made a brocha l’vatolo (blessing in vain). So I recommend that you begin the count with a brocha and according to the opinion that the count is one complete count, HaShem will be ‘forced’ to let you complete the count.”

And so it was! The man lived until after Shavuous and then passed away.

Shabbat Shalom,

Rabbi Moshe

Halacha of the Week:

The Rabbis forbade taking medication on Shabbos out of concern that one might grind herbs to produce medication. Halacha establishes that foods normally eaten by healthy people were not included under the Rabbinic decree forbidding medication. It is therefore permissible to eat regular foods, such as vegetables, for medicinal purposes.

Beis Yosef rules that the prohibition against taking medications on Shabbos was from the outset applied only to those who are ill. Healthy people were never included in this prohibition, and thus, on Shabbos a healthy person may take medications (even those normally taken only by sick people) and vitamins (which are taken to maintain good health).

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein z”l held that today vitamins are considered food of healthy people, since many people who are healthy take vitamins daily.

Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach z”l disagreed and forbade taking vitamins on Shabbos. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

KIDDUSH SPONSOR

Kiddush is sponsored by Dick and Beverly Horowitz in honor of Rabbi Wallerstein’s visit.

Seudah shlishis SPONSOR

Seudah shlishis is sponsored by Steve and Marianne Sherr, from Hispin, Ramat HaGolan, Israel, in honor of Betsy and Avraham Gordon and Aish HaTorah for their hospitality during our stay.

MAZAL TOV

-To Edward Kinsbursky on his marriage to Julie Warner on Lag B'omer.

-To Brandon Silverman on his engagement to Sandra Marcus.

-To Ari (Erik) Werth on his engagement.

- To Rabbi Sorani’s UCLA MBA student, Doron Gavra, and his wife, Karen, on the birth of a son. The Gavras do not have family in the area and do not know anyone in the community.  Please try to come to the shalom zachor that Rabbi and  Mrs. Sorani are hosting for them. TONIGHT, 9:30 pm, 1420 S. Rexford Dr. #11.

THANK YOU

 To Jonathan Fronen, Shirley, Jori, and Michelle for driving the Tomchei Shabbos route this week.

CONDOLENCES

To Zev Weinstein and family on the passing of Zev’s father, Asher.  There will be mincha on Fri at 2 pm, motsai Shabbos maariv at 8:30 pm, and Sun morning Shacharis at 8 am at 1481 Edris Drive.

KEEP IT KOSHER!

Just in time for summer vacation and family get-togethers. A “how-to” halacha class on “Keeping Kosher in a Non-Kosher Home” by Rebbetzin Cohen.  June 7, 9:30-11am in the Seminar Room. Please call (310) 557-3509 to register.  Basic knowledge of kashrus recommended.

SUMMER TUTORING

Would you like to enhance your learning or reading skills? Tutoring available by a 10th grade Yeshiva  student in the following areas – learning skills in Gemara, Mishna, Chumash with Rashi, Reading from the Torah(Layening) or Haftorah. For more information please call Chaim Sher at (310)205-9160.

MINYANIM AT THE AISH BANQUET

Where: In the Int’l Gallery, down the hall from the Int’l Ballroom towards the Self Park Garage.

When: Mincha at 615pm. Maariv at 915pm. Please bring your own siddur.

GEMARA TELECONFERENCE

With R David Lapin every Sun at 9:00 AM on Maseches Kiddushin. Listen & learn as R Lapin depicts every dimension of the Torah's view of relationships and builds a worldview out of the process of gemara learning. For men of all levels. No charge. To join: director@iawaken.org. 

APARTMENT IN PICO

Newly remodeled 2 bedroom, 2 bath unit for rent for $2,200 a month on Olympic and Rodeo Dr.  It is in the Beverly Hills school district and walking distance to all of the Pico shuls, markets and Roxbury Park.

BNOS AT AISH

The Pico branch of Bnos will take place this Shabbos from 3:30 – 4:45 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.

This Year’s Banquet is Not To Be Missed!

Wed, May 20 at Beverly Hilton

Video Tribute to Rabbi Noah Weinberg z”tl – Moving.

Inspiration from the IDF – Never-before-told stories.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech – Over the Top

One Minute Commercials from all the Aish Rabbis – Cutting Edge!

*Sure you are coming, but what about our brothers and sisters who are totally unaware of this awesome opportunity for Inspiration and Innovation? Talk to Rabbi Aryeh Markman for the banquet deal of the year.  310-278-8672 ext. 601 or aryeh@aishla.com.

R’ Zecharia Wallerstein

THIS Shabbos -- Behar-Bechukosai

TODAY, May 16, 2009

11:30 am:

Road Closed – Now What?

5:30 pm (Women):

The Ultimate Relationship

Sun, May 17, 2009

8:00 pm:

Adults at Risk

Suggested Donation $10

For Men & Women

*Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein lectures around the world and is the founder of Ohr Yitzchak, Ateres Naava Seminary for Girls, and Ohr Naava Women's Institute in Brooklyn, New York.

Mr. Harold Gans

Mathematician, Scientist, & Lecturer

NEXT Shabbos!

Parshas Bamidbar

May 21-23, 2009

Thurs @ 7:30 pm – Torah Codes

Fri @ 9:15 pm – Creation and the Age of the Universe with Q & A

Shabbos @ 11:30 am –

Prophecy, Science, and History

Shabbos @ 5:30 pm –

Signature of G-d

*Mr. Gans was a Senior Cryptologist and Mathematician at the Nat’l Security Agency, US Department of Defense until his retirement in 1996 after 28 years of service. He is now a Torah Codes researcher and worldwide lecturer.

Rav Simcha Weinberg

Shabbos Shavuos Shabbaton

May 28, 2009 – Leil Shavuous

Mincha/Maariv: What is Shavuous?

Starting at 11:00 pm: Rav Simcha on Hallel

All-night simcha at Aish!

Shacharis at 5:00 am and 8:30 am

May 29-30, 2009

Fri night dinner & Shabbos day lunch at Aish -- RSVP Now!

*Per meal: $25 members / $10 children - $36 non-members / $18 children

RSVP to tamar@aishla.com

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.

May 20: 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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