Friday, January 28, 2011
Shabbos Bulletin- 1/28
Parshas Mishpatim- Shabbos Mevorchim
Jan 28, 2011 / 23 Shevat 5771
Shabbos Schedule
Fri. Jan 28
05:01 pm Candle Lighting
05:06 pm Mincha / Maariv (Shul)
More Laws of Kiddush R Cohen
05:42 pm Krias Shema (earliest time)
Sat. Jan 29
08:00 am Parsha Insights R Quinn
08:25 am Shacharis
09:30 am Krias Shema (Latest time)
09:15 am Krias HaTorah R Cohen
10:15 am Bad Chessed R Cohen
10:45 am Kiddush
11:15 am Are We Free Men or Slaves? R Cohen
11:00 am Wisdom for the Home
11:15 am Spirituality 101 (Sem Rm)R Heller
03:30 pm Kiruv Kollel (Library) M Abramson
04:00 pm 48 Ways R Markman
04:30 pm Mincha
05:00 pm Seudah Shlishis R Cohen
06:00 pm Maariv
Weekday Schedule
Sun. Jan 30– Fri. Feb 4
07:00 /8:00 am Sun Shacharis
06:00/7:30 am Mon – Fri Shacharis
06:06 am Earliest Tallis – Teruma
09:30 am Latest Shema
10:23 am Latest Shacharis
12:33 pm Earliest Mincha
05:10 pm Weekday Mincha/Maariv
09:00 pm Maariv b’zmano
05:08 pm Candlelighting – Teruma
05:13 pm Fri. Mincha
Mishpotim - Even a thief needs to sleep
A Jew in Radin had acquired a reputation as a thief, and was ostracized by the people in the city. However, people noticed that R’Naftali Tzvi Trop, the famed Rosh Yeshivah of the Chofetz Chaim Yeshiva, greeted him warmly, invited him to eat by his table, and even offered him a bed for the night in his home. They wondered why R’ Trop was acting this way towards this unsavory character. Eventually someone worked up the courage to ask R’ Trop why he was treating this thief with such warmth. R’ Trop answered in surprise:
"Where is it written that I’m exempt from fulfilling the mitzvah of hachnasas orchim? Isn’t he a Jew? Didn’t Avraham Avinu fulfill the mitzvah of hachnasas orchim even with Arabs who worshipped the dust of their feet? It’s true that it’s risky to bring a suspected thief into my house, but I can watch over him carefully the whole time he’s in my home. This does not give me the excuse to exempt myself from the mitzvah.”
The next day, the people in Radin heard that R’ Trop had done exactly that. He had stayed awake the entire night to guard the thief while he slept in his home!
Good Shabbos,
R’ Cohen
Advanced Halachic bulletin
Yerushalmi cites a machlokes whether a person’s feet have to be side by side like a Malach or one in front of the other like a Kohein walking up the ramp to the mizbeiach when he davens shemone esrei.
Brachos 11 cites that you must have it side by side like a Malach
Rabeinu Yonah cites an opinion that while the heels should be touching the toes of the two feet should be kept apart since it says that a Malach's foot is like a calf which is split in the front. He dismisses this opinion as do most rishonim.
Rav Moshe Feinstein held that if a Chazan kept his feet apart because it was physically difficult for him to keep them together then he may continue to be shliach tzibbur. However if he kept them apart because it is his minhag, he should not be allowed to be Chazan, even if he is a Chosid of a Rebbe who is noheg like that as well. One cannot act against the minhag, especially when his minhag is against accepted halacha.
Aruch Hashulchan held that If was too difficult for a person to stand with two feet together he should put one foot in front of the other.
Rav Moshe felt this would look bizarre and we don't do bizarre things. Therefore, it would be better for him to put his feet as close together as possible even if they did not touch.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
KIDDUSH SPONSOR:
Kiddush is sponsored this week by Shmuel Petlak in honor of the yahrtzeit of his wife, Laura, Leah Tova bas Avraham (24 Shevat). May her neshama have an aliyah.
SEUDAH SHLISHIS SPONSOR:
Seudah Shlishis is sponsored this week by Edward and Elissa Czuker l’ilyui nishmas Edward’s father, Mr. Jan Czuker, Yosef ben Menachem Mendel z”l. May his neshama have an aliyah
LEARNING SPONSORSHIP
This week’s learning is sponsored by Roy and Laurie Blumenstrauch in honor of
MAZAL TOV
To Ross and Marina Begun on the birth of a baby girl!
To the Sher, Greenstein, and Ekman families on the marriage of Juniper and Avraham!
To Mordechai and Miriam Teller on the naming of their daughter, Eliora Rachel!
To the Heller and Schorr families on the naming of Naami and Yanky’s daughter, Shira Ahuva!
CITIZENS OF THE WEEK
Ben Sarto for layening his Bar Mitzvah parsha last Shabbos!
Michael Malk for starting the Mishnayos Chabura and for repairing our tallisim!
THANK YOU
To Gil Weinreich and his son, Ariel, for delivering the Tomchei Shabbos route this week.
PLEASE DAVEN
For the refuah shleima of Rafael
KIRUV UPDATE
R’ Dave Sorani led a Shabbos dinner at UCLA’s MBA school last Shabbos for over 100 Jewish MBA and Law students! Yasher Koach!
WHALE WATCHING
David Notowitz & Dani Rowshanshad are trying to plan a whale watching trip with the community. Only $15 per person, not date set yet. If you're interested, please email to
AISH ON THE WEB
The Aish community has begun to develop a website to post our regular shiurim, davening times, upcoming events and more. We need YOU to help underwrite it. Contact menucha@aishla.com.
AISH CLASS INFORMATION
SUN: YESODOT V’ARACHIM
Understanding the underlying principles and values in halachah. Rabbi Raphael Lapin’s shiur focuses on how human principles and values can be derived and applied from technical halachah. The class meets Sun at 9 am in the library.
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 learning the sugya of koreya (tearing).
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.
FEB 2- 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
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Mark Sarto’s “Drop of InspirAISHon”
In life you may unexpectedly find yourself in the shoes of another, and it may not be pleasant. It is at these times that you can either get depressed and upset or use it as inspiration to become a better person.
My experience of once being mistaken as a person soliciting money from the very Rabbi I was there to give money to, inspired me to examine the way I give or don’t give money to the people who ask for it. From now on, I will always look them in the eye with a smile whether I have money to give to them or not.
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Aish
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