Thursday, July 22, 2010
Shabbos Bulletin 7/24/2010
GOOD SHABBOS!
Parshas Vaeschanan – Shabbos Nachamu
Jul 24, 2010 / 13 Av 5770
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Fri. Jul 23
07:42 pm Candle Lighting
06:10 pm Mincha before plag
Dvar Halacha R Cohen
07:47 pm Mincha / Maariv (Shul)
08:40 pm Krias Shema (earliest time)
Sat. Jul 24
08:15 am Standing for 10 Commandments R Cohen
08:25 am Shacharis
09:31 am Krias Shema (Latest)
09:15 am Krias HaTorah Y Kovaks
10:15 am Dvar Torah R Cohen
10:45 am Kiddush
11:00 am Wisdom for the Home (Lib) Rbzn Shenker
11:15 am Spirituality 101 (Sem Rm) R Heller
11:15 am Shiur R Cohen
The Gift of Love
06:00 pm The 48 Ways (Shul) R Markman
Minimizing sleep and feeling even more awake
06:00 pm Kiruv Kollel (Library) M Abramson
06:20 pm Pirkei Avos (Shul) H Witkin
07:00 pm Mincha
07:30 pm Seudah Shlishis R Cohen
Hate & Anti-Semitism
Siyum
08:45 pm Maariv
Weekday Schedule
Sun. Jun 25 – Fri. Jul 30
07:00/8:00 am Sun and Mon Shacharis
05:12 am Earliest Tallis – Ekev
06:00 am Shacharis – Gabbai Eliezer Kahn
06:30 am Shacharis – Beis Medrash
07:30 am Shacharis – Gabbai Yonah Light
09:31 am Latest Shema
10:40 am Latest Shacharis
01:34 pm Earliest Mincha
05:40 pm Early Mincha(Mon-Thurs)
07:45 pm Weekday Mincha/Maariv
09:00 pm Maariv b’zmano
06:05 pm Fri Mincha before plag
07:37 pm Candle lighting next week
In-Reach Class Schedule
Sun 8:00 am Business Halacha M. Abramson
Sun 9:00 am Yesodot v’Arachim R Lapin
Mon-Fri 6:50 am Gemara Succah R Cohen
Mon-Fri 8:30 am Mishne Brura R Cohen
Hilchos Succos
Mon-Thurs 8:00 pm Hilchos Shabbos R Cohen
Mon/Wed 9:15 pm Gemara Skills R Abramczik
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
A GRAVE PLOT – Vaeschanan
There was a money lender in Posen who ignored the Torah prohibition of usury, and lent money with interest to other Jews. When this man passed away, the heads of the kehilla refused to allow him to be buried in the town’s cemetery unless his family paid an exorbitant sum. The family reported this to the city council, and the council ordered R’ Akiva Eiger, the Rav of the city, to come and explain why the deceased and his relatives were being treated in this way. R’ Akiva Eiger explained that under normal circumstances, the families of the deceased are asked to pay a reasonable sum for a burial plot. This is because the Jews believe in the revival of the dead, and therefore the cemetery plots are only being leased on a temporary basis. However, the Torah says that one who lends money with usury will not merit being revived from the dead, and therefore the plot of this man was not being leased but was sold on a permanent basis and was more expensive. The explanation of R’ Akiva Eiger was accepted and the family was forced the pay the sum that was charged.
Good Shabbos,
Rabbi Moshe Cohen
Halacha of the Week
Shulchan Aruch rules that in “cold lands” one may ask a gentile to light a fire if the house is exceedingly cold (and, if there are children, even if it is “merely cold”). The basis for this ruling is: ”everyone has the status of a choleh (or potential choleh) regarding the cold.”
Rav Moshe Feinstein applies this rule to a situation where an air conditioner was left on for Shabbos and the weather turned very cold. He permits asking a non-Jew to turn off the air conditioner.
Minchas Yitzchok rules that it is permissible to ask a non-Jew to turn on an air conditioner on an exceedingly hot day. He considers this parallel to that mentioned by the Shulchan Aruch: ”that everyone is considered a choleh (or potential choleh) in a situation of extreme heat.” He bases his ruling on Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach’s opinion that completing a circuit is not a Torah prohibition if no filament is heated until it glows, and asking a gentile to turn on the air conditioner since only a rabbinic prohibition is involved, and the Shulchan Aruch rules that one may ask a non-Jew to perform an act that is rabbinically prohibited in case of considerable suffering.
Rav Mendel Silber adds that one may certainly be lenient if the reason for turning on the air conditioner is L’tzorech mitzvah .
Announcements:
KIDDUSH SPONSOR:
Kiddush is sponsored by Rabbi Dov and
SEUDAH SHLISHIS SPONSOR:
Last week’s Seudah Shlishis was sponsored anonymously as a z’chus for the singles in the community to find their zivugim speedily.
This week’s Seudah Shlishis is sponsored by Michael and Alex Abramson in honor of their son-in-law Shmuel Gertel’s siyum of Mesechtos Tamid and Middos. Mazal tov!
THANK YOU
To Barry Weisz, Nigel Hamer, and Cliff Alsberg for volunteering for our Security Patrol last Shabbos, and to those volunteering for our Patrol this Shabbos.
To Arnie Ross, Ross Hirschmann, Jonathan Karabenick, Bob Lester, Marc Firestone, Jonah Light, Moshe Heller, Eliezer Light, Norm Pomeranz, and Cliff Alsberg for volunteering for our Security Patrol on Tisha B’Av.
MAZAL TOV
To Moshe Heller on his auf ruf and upcoming marriage to Eliana Schwartz!
To Michelle Dadoun and Jon Dabach on their upcoming wedding!
To Rachel Himelstein and Zachary Richards on their upcoming wedding!
CONDOLENCES
To Linda Koffman on the passing of her grandmother, Leonora bas Avraham.
To Debbie Sassoon on the passing of her father, Isadore Mizrahi.
Shiva Minyan times are as follows: Shacharis: 7pm Fri., Mon., and Tues.,
Mincha/Maariv: 7:30 pm, Thurs., Sun., and Mon.
The family requests no visitors between 12 -2 pm and 6-7 pm.
PLEASE DAVEN
For the refuah shleima of Rafael
For the refuah shleima of Tanya Aviv bas Sara.
COMMUNITY OFFICE HOURS
Tamar’s office hours are 4-6 pm Mon-Thurs. You can reach her at (310) 278-8672 x 305 or via email, tamar@aishla.com, during these hours.
ON GUARD
We all feel very safe on Shabbos thanks to Matcal, our Israeli security patrol, which also advises us on security matters. We ask that you please contribute toward this fund so that we can continue this very valuable service uninterrupted through the summer months. Contact Tamar for details.
EARLY SHABBOS MINYAN
The early Shabbos Shacharis minyan continues this Shabbos at 8:00 am in the Sem Room. Participants learn b’chevrusah from 10-11 am.
WomEn’s Seudah Shlishis
All community women are invited to a seudas shlishis in honor of Miriam Devorah Finer, Menachem Cohen's kallah. 6:30pm this coming Shabbos at the Magady’s home at 1515 Glenville Drive.
TWO SHABBOS KALLAHS!
This Shabbos, community women are invited to the Shabbos Kallah of Michelle Dadoun at the home of the Shenkers (1127 S. Shenandoah St) from 4:30-6:30 pm, and then to the Shabbos Kallah of Rachel Himelstein at the home of the Goldbergers (1556 Glenville) from 6:30-8:30 pm.
Dessert Reception
Please join us for a dessert reception in honor of Miriam Devorah and Menachem's engagement and upcoming wedding. Sunday, July 25, 5-7:30 pm at Aish. Mincha/maariv at 7:45pm.
SHUL MEMBERSHIP
You should have received your membership form via mail as well as email. Upon completion and return, you will receive a call or email confirming your High Holiday seat reservations, so don’t delay! For more info, contact tamar@aishla.com.
CHESED
Marla Simmons (Feather), a former member of the Aish community who made aliyah a few years ago and is married to Avrohom Feather (also a former LA-er), needs a van with a wheelchair lift for transporting their 8-yeald foster daughter who has a severe form of spina bifida and spends her time mostly in leg braces and a wheelchair. Bituach Leumi in
SUMMER TUTORING AVAILABLE
Would you like to enhance your learning or reading skills? Tutoring available by 10th & 11th grade Yeshiva students in Gemara or Mishnah, Chumash with Rashi,
GOING AWAY FOR THE SUMMER?
Miryum Cohen is available to take care of your miscellaneous household duties (pet, plant, mail) for very reasonable rates. You can reach her at 310 557-3509.
LOST & FOUND
Found money at Aish. If you lost money at Aish recently, contact Az at (310) 497-9024.
LEARNING SPONSORSHIPS
Sponsor a week of R Cohen's morning Gemara Shiur for $180 – a wonderful way to commemorate a Yahrtzeit, celebrate a Simcha, support Torah learning here at Aish, AND fulfill the Mitzvah of advancing Torah study! Contact tamar@aishla.com to sponsor your week.
AISH CLASS INFORMATION:
SHABBOS: WISDOM FOR THE HOME
A Shabbos class with Rbzn
SHABBOS: THE 48 WAYS
R
SHABBOS: PIRKEI AVOS
A thought-provoking Shabbos afternoon class with Howard Witkin. Shabbos at 6:20 pm in the shul.
NEW HALACHA CLASS!
Halacha - YESODOT V'ARACHIM: Understanding the underlying principles and values in halachah. Rabbi Raphael Lapin begins a new weekly shiur that will focus on how human principles and values can be derived and applied from technical halachah. The class meets Sundays at 9 am in the Aish library.
NEW TOPIC! ADVANCED EVENING CHABURA
R Cohen is available to assist learning Hilchos Shabbos b’chavrusa Mon – Thurs from 8-9 pm in the Aish Beis Medrash. The chabura has begun the sugya of kosher & matir (tying & untying).
GEMARA SKILLS
R Shimon Abramczik, formerly of LINK and now a rebbe at YOLA, is teaching a Gemara skills class on the 2nd perek of Kiddushin. Every Mon & Wed, 9:15 – 10 pm, in the Aish Beis Medrash.
WED: MOMMY, ME, & TORAH
For women & young children every Wed at 11 am 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.
AUG 5: TEN REASONS WHY PEOPLE MARRY THE WRONG PERSON
Because no one wants to make a mistake! With R
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