Friday, December 31, 2010
Shabbos Bulletin 12/31
Shabbos Schedule
Fri. Dec 31
04:35 pm Candle Lighting
04:40 pm Mincha / Maariv (Shul)
Tefilas Shabbos R Cohen
05:33 pm Krias Shema (earliest time)
Sat. Jan 1
08:00 am Parsha Insights R Cohen
08:25 am Shacharis
09:27 am Krias Shema (Latest time)
09:15 am Krias HaTorah J Sher
10:15 am Dvar Torah- cancelled
10:15 am Birkas HaChodesh
10:45 am Kiddush
11:15 am Shiur R Cohen
The Biggest Loser
11:00 am Wisdom for the Home
11:15 am Spirituality 101 (Sem Rm) R Heller
03:30 pm Kiruv Kollel (Library) M Abramson
03:45 pm 48 Ways R Markman
04:15pm Mincha
04:45 pm Seudah Shlishis R Cohen
05:35 pm Maariv
Weekday Schedule
Sun. Jan 2– Fri. Jan 7
07:00 /8:00 am Sun Shacharis
06:00/7:30 am Mon – Fri Shacharis
06:09 am Earliest Tallis – Bo
09:27 am Latest Shema
10:17 am Latest Shacharis
12:21 pm Earliest Mincha
04:40 pm Weekday Mincha/Maariv
09:00 pm Maariv b'zmano
04:41 pm Candlelighting – Bo
04:46 pm Fri. Mincha
Mr. Harold Gans
Mathematician, Scientist, & International Lecturer
Shabbos Bo ● January 8, 2011
Friday night Dinner* @ 5:45 pm – Searching for G-d in a Test Tube
Shabbos @ 11:30 am – Signature of G-d
Shabbos @ 4:45 pm – Immorality & Immortality
Melave Malka @ 8 pm – Torah Codes ($10 pre-registered, $15 at the door)
*Fri night dinner by advanced registration only!
To register: (310) 278-8672 ext 305 or menucha@aishla.com
Va'era - "You don't say!"
Shemos 6:12 "ve'ani aral sefosayim"
Targum Onkelos translates "aral sefosayim" as "it is heavy for me to speak"
Rav Yakov Koppel Reich from Bodofst was a great orator. His son once found his father deep in thought as he prepared a drosho that he was going to give that evening.
"Is it true that even a great orator like my father needs to prepare so much before he gives his drosho?" He inquired from his father. His father smiled and answered him:
"I am not preparing what I am going to say. I am preparing what I am not going to say!"
Good Shabbos,
Rabbi Cohen
Advanced Halachic Bulletin
Question submitted by Steve Dorfman
Aruch HaShulchan 91:7 states that in times of tzorus, you should daven with your hands clasped together and fingers interlocked. However, in times of tranquility you should not, because it causes you to be judged with din
Piskei Tshuvos 95:5 states that Arizal was careful never to hold his hands in that manner because it is bad mazal. Aruch HaShulchan states that although placing one hand inside the other is the best way to hold your hands when davening, each person is different and should keep his hands the way he feels comfortable, like on a Shtender or holding on to a shelf. However, you should make sure not to daven while wearing gloves.
HAVE THE RABBIS RUINED JUDAISM?
R Ari Kahn is a senior lecturer at Bar Ilan and senior educator at Aish,
ANNOUNCEMENTS
KIDDUSH SPONSOR:
Kiddush is sponsored this week by the Julis family in honor of the 5th yahrzeit of Mitch's brother, Richard Allen Julis, Raphael Avraham ben Moshe. May his neshama have an aliyah.
Kiddush is sponsored this week by the Aish Rabbinical families in honor of Dick Horowitz's birthday, Dec 31. Mazel tov und bis hundred und tzvansig! With love and endless admiration, the Aharons, Blooms, Bravermans, Cohens, Denbos, Hellers, Jacobs, Jawarys, Markmans, Quinns, Shenkers and Soranis.
SEUDAH SHLISHIS SPONSOR:
There is no Seudah Shlishis sponsor this week.
LEARNING SPONSORSHIP
This week's learning is sponsored by Roy and Laurie Blumenstrauch in honor of
MAZEL TOV
To Edward and Elissa Czuker on the birth of their son! The Shalom Zachor will be Fri night, from 8-10 pm at the home of R' Shalom Tendler, 1451
THANK YOU
To Gil Weinrich, his children Ariel and Leora, and their cousins, Jeremy and Jessie Weinrich for delivering the Tomchei Shabbos route this week.
PLEASE DAVEN
For the refuah shleima of Rafael
ON GUARD
Matcal is our Israeli security patrol and 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 winter months. Contact Menucha at menucha@aishla.com for details.
CHESED
If anybody is upgrading their computers, and would like to donate their old, working computers or LCD monitors to a yeshiva, please contact Hillel Aufrichtig at hillelana@gmail.com.
MISSING TALLIS
Please check your tallis to see if you accidentally took Jeff Gruen's from the hooks on the men's side last Shabbos. It has very thick tzitzis, but no name inside.
AISH CLASS INFORMATION
DID I PRAY TODAY?
Mrs. Judith Cohen's tefila class is cancelled this week. It will resume next Sun, Jan 9.
SHABBOS: WISDOM FOR THE HOME
A Shabbos class with Rbzn
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 chaburah is now learning the sugya of tofer (sewing).
MON/WED: GEMARA SKILLS
R Shimon Abramczik, formerly of LINK and now a rebbe at YOLA, is teaching a Gemara skills class on the 1st perek of Bava Kama. Every Mon & Wed 9:15 – 10 pm, in the Aish Beis Medrash.
JAN 5- MOMMY& ME
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.
MELAVE MALKA
R' Raphael Lapin, great-nephew of the illustrious R' Elya Lopian and previously a Rosh Yeshiva in Jerusalem for 11 years, will be speaking this Motzei Shabbos on "Peering behind the Midrashic Curtain", at the Dickerman home, 1612 S Reeves, at 8 pm. $10 suggested donation.
SHABBOS: THE 48 WAYS
R
Community Coordinator
Aish
(310) 278-8672 ext. 305
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Sponsor this week's Seudah Shlishis!
Sponsor Needed for Seudah Shlishis
Shabbos, January 1st, Parshas Va’era.
Please consider sponsoring this week's Seudah Shlishis
in honor of a birthday, an anniversary, a simcha, a yahrzeit, or just to support
Seudah Shlishis Cost: $200
To sponsor, please reply to this email.
Thank you for your support.
We look forward to seeing you on Shabbos!
Community Coordinator
Aish
(310) 278-8672 ext. 305
Monday, December 27, 2010
Save the Date!
SAVE THE DATE:
Mr. Harold Gans
Mathematician, Scientist, & International Lecturer
Shabbos Bo ● January 8, 2011
Fri night Dinner @ 5:45 pm* –
Searching for G-d in a Test Tube
Can the existence of a G-d, who created everything and cares about what happens, be explored using scientific observations and methodology? Examine numerous lines of scientific and historical evidence all leading to the scientific and logical conclusion that there is a G-d.
Shabbos @ 11:30 am –
Signature of G-d
Take a virtual voyage through time and space in search of the "signature of G-d." Analyze everything from the big bang to the Titanic, and uncover a divine pattern in the structure and events of our universe.
Shabbos @ 4:45 pm –
Immorality & Immortality
Explore the logical connections and implications of man's free-will, justice and mercy, life and death, and the ultimate redemption
Melave Malka @ 8 pm –
Torah Codes ($10 pre-register, $15 at the door)
Come hear Mr. Harold Gans plumb the depths of this mystery and describe his own amazing discovery in lucid detail.
*Friday night dinner is by advanced registration only.
To register: (310) 278-8672 ext 305 or menucha@aishla.com
Members and students: $18 per adult, $10 per child
Non members: $25 per adult, $18 per child
Community Coordinator
Aish
(310) 278-8672 ext. 305
Friday, December 24, 2010
Shabbos Bulletin 12/24
Parshas Shemos
Dec 24, 2010 / 17 Tevet 5771
Shabbos Schedule
Fri. Dec 24
04:31 pm Candle Lighting
04:36 pm Mincha / Maariv (Shul)
Dvar Halacha R Cohen
05:29 pm Krias Shema (earliest time)
Sat. Dec 25
08:00 am Shiur R Cohen
If you forget the past there is no future
08:25 am Shacharis
09:25 am Krias Shema (Latest time)
09:15 am Krias HaTorah- M Weinman/ J Sher
10:15 am Dvar Torah
10:30 am Kiddush
11:15 am Shiur R Orlowek
Finding the balance between selflessness and selfishness
11:00 am Wisdom for the Home
11:15 am Spirituality 101 (Sem Rm) R Heller
03:30 pm Kiruv Kollel (Library) M Abramson
03:30pm Mincha
04:00 pm Seudah Shlishis
04:45 pm Shiur R Orlowek
Finding the balance between selflessness and selfishness
05:30 pm Maariv
Weekday Schedule
Sun. Dec 26– Fri. Dec 31
07:00 /8:00 am Sun Shacharis
06:00/7:30 am Mon – Fri Shacharis
06:07 am Earliest Tallis – Va'era
09:25 am Latest Shema
10:14 am Latest Shacharis
12:18 pm Earliest Mincha
04:35 pm Weekday Mincha/Maariv
09:00 pm Maariv b'zmano
04:35 pm Candlelighting – Va'era
04:40 pm Fri. Mincha
No Shtick, Just Steak - Shemos
The Bostoner Rebbe was famous for helping Baalei Tshuva stay grounded even as they wished to soar to spiritual heights. It is told that once a Baal Tshuva told the Rebbe that he doesn't eat steak unless he has bread so that he can wash for Hamotzei. He explained that a good juicy steak deserves more than a mere shehakol before eating it and a borei nefashos afterwards. He wanted to make sure that after eating the steak he can amply thank Hashem with a full birchas hamazon.
Expecting the Bostoner Rebbe to be pleased with his logic and piety, he was taken aback by the Rebbe's negative response to this practice. The Rebbe explained that when instituting the brachos, Chazal knew very well the meaning of a nice piece of meat. Despite this they instituted the bracha of shehakol and a borei nefashos. One must trust Chazal and not veer from their words based on one's own personal feelings and preferences.
Good Shabbos,
Rabbi Cohen
Advanced halachic bulletin
Shulchan Aruch YD 179:1 holds that it is assur to seek the future in stars or in lots. However R' Shternbuch reported that his father-in-law once asked the Chazon Ish if when he is unsure what to do, he could write on two pieces of paper and draw one and follow what it says and the Chazon Ish said that he is permitted to do so. R' Shternbuch thought that the issur in the Shulchan Aruch is if someone is sick and you draw lots to see if he will live or die and then you believe the outcome. However, when a person is faced with a dilemma what to do and has two equal choices which he cannot decide between, he may draw lots to help him choose a course of action and daven to Hashem that the right outcome will come up in the goral. In this case it is not assur because the goral is not determining anything in any way. It is just helping him move forward and breaking his indecision without him trusting or relying on any power other than HaShem.
SAVE THE DATE!
Mr. Harold Gans
Mathematician, Scientist, & International Lecturer
Shabbos Bo ● January 8, 2011
Friday night Dinner* @ 5:45 pm – Searching for G-d in a Test Tube
Shabbos @ 11:30 am – Signature of G-d
Shabbos @ 4:45 pm – Immorality & Immortality
Melave Malka* @ 8 pm – Torah Codes
*Fri night dinner by advanced registration only!
MelaveMalka $10 pre-register, $15 at the door
To register: (310) 278-8672 ext 305 or menucha@aishla.com
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
KIDDUSH SPONSOR:
Kiddush is sponsored this week by Rabbi Cohen in honor of the yahrtzeit of his father, Julius Cohen, Zalkind ben Chaim HaCohen (20 Teves). May his neshama have an aliyah, and, Yibodel L'chaim, in honor of R' Noach Orlowek.
SEUDAH SHLISHIS SPONSOR:
Seudah Shlishis is sponsored this week by Zev and Shoshana Weinstein in honor of the yahrtzeit of Shoshana's mother, Ezat Kashanian, Ezat bas Yitzchak (23 Teves). May her neshama have an aliyah.
Seudah Shlishis was anonymously sponsored last week for a refuah shelaima for Shifra bas Esther Sara.
LEARNING SPONSORSHIP
This week's learning is sponsored by Roy and Laurie Blumenstrauch in honor of
Sponsor a week of R Cohen's morning Gemara Shiur for $180 – a wonderful way to commemorate a Yahrzeit, celebrate a Simcha, support Torah learning at Aish, AND fulfill the Mitzvah of advancing Torah study! Contact menucha@aishla.com to sponsor your week.
THANK YOU
To Shelly Greif and Yehuda Masjedi of Aish Kodesh for delivering the Tomchei Shabbos route this week.
PLEASE DAVEN
For the refuah shleima of Rafael
ON GUARD
Matcal is our Israeli security patrol and also advises us on security matters. We ask that you please contribute toward this fund so that wse can continue this very valuable service uninterrupted through the winter months. Contact Menucha@aishla for details.
PAGING ALL ARTSCROLL SIDDURIM
If your Artscroll siddur is missing pages, please put it in the bottom left compartment of the
AISH CLASS INFORMATION
DID I PRAY TODAY?
The third session of this series on Tefila with Judith Cohen is this Sun, Dec 26 at 9:30am-10:15am in the Seminar room. This week: Shema
SHABBOS: WISDOM FOR THE HOME
A Shabbos class with Rbzn
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 chaburah is now learning the sugya of tofer (sewing).
MON/WED: GEMARA SKILLS
R Shimon Abramczik, formerly of LINK and now a rebbe at YOLA, is teaching a Gemara skills class on the 1st perek of Bava Kama. Every Mon & Wed 9:15 – 10 pm, in the Aish Beis Medrash.
DEC 29- MOMMY& ME
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.
SHABBOS: THE 48 WAYS
R
R ARI KAHN
R Ari Kahn is a senior lecturer at Bar Ilan and senior educator at Aish,
Community Coordinator
Aish
(310) 278-8672 ext. 305
