Friday, February 25, 2011
Shabbos bulletin- 2/25
Good Shabbos!
Parshas Vayakhel
February 25, 2011 / 21 Adar 5771
Shabbos Schedule
Fri. Feb 25
05:27pm Candle Lighting
05:35 pm Mincha / Maariv (Shul)
Purim Seudah R Cohen
06:15 pm Krias Shema (earliest time)
Sat. Feb 26
08:00 am Parsha Insights R Quinn
08:25 am Shacharis
09:16 am Krias Shema (Latest time)
09:30 am Krias HaTorah C Sher
10:15 am Dvar Torah R Cohen
Pursuit of Happiness- A Self-Evident Lie
10:45 am Kiddush
11:15 am The Politics of Gender R Cohen
11:00 am Wisdom for the Home
11:15 am Spirituality 101 (Sem Rm) RHeller
04:00 pm Kiruv Kollel (Library) M Abramson
04:30 pm 48 Ways- cancelled
05:00 pm Mincha
05:30 pm Seudah Shlishis
What is Holiness? R Cohen
06:15 pm Maariv
Weekday Schedule
Sun. Feb 27– Fri. Mar 4
07:00 /8:00 am Sun Shacharis
06:00/7:30 am Mon – Fri Shacharis
05:41 am Earliest Tallis – Pekudei
09:16 am Latest Shema
10:13 am Latest Shacharis
12:34 pm Earliest Mincha
05:30 pm Weekday Mincha/Maariv
09:00 pm Maariv b’zmano
05:33 pm Candlelighting – Pekudei
05:38 pm Fri. Mincha
Morry’s Fireplace is Open for Business!
Community Melava Malka This Week
Thanks to the vision of Dick Horowitz, the inspiration R’ Yitz Jacobs, the expertise of R’
* For adults only
Shabbos – The source of our blessing
In the lifetime of the Chofetz Chaim, there lived a very wealthy secular Jew, whose family was plagued with an unusual illness that the physicians were unable to cure. He once had occasion to meet a Jewish merchant who was religious and poured out his heart to him. The merchant recommended that he go to the Chofetz Chaim for a bracha. The rich Jew scoffed at the notion.
“How can this man do anything? Is he an angel that can change nature?”
However the merchant persisted, and finally the man conceded and went to pay a visit to the Chofetz Chaim. When he entered the Chofetz Chaim’s home, he burst into tears, told him his woeful story and asked for a bracha. However, instead of giving him a bracha the Chofetz Chaim took his hands and said:
“If you want a bracha keep Shabbos and the bracha will come by itself!”
“Rebbe do you think it is such an easy thing for me to keep Shabbos? I have
tens of stores and workers, I cannot simply close them down on Shabbos!”
The Chofetz Chaim repeated his statement
The Jew stood in silence and then spoke:
“Rebbe, I need a month to get my business arranged and then….”
The Chofetz Chaim interjected:
“My son, if I owned Shabbos I could make such a deal with you….but Shabbos belongs to HaShem and I have no authority to grant you permission to break it!”
The Jew felt the truth and sincerity in the words of the Chofetz Chaim
“Rebbe, if I had known how serious Shabbos was I never would have broken it. I undertake to keep it from this point onwards to the best of my ability”
A short time after that, both he and his family were cured of the illness!!
Good Shabbos,
Rabbi Cohen
Advanced Halachic Bulletin
Shulchan Aruch 691:6 an ovel must send mishloach manos since it is a mitzva and he is required to do all mitzvos.
Mishna Brura even in middle of Shiva. We do not send the ovel mishloach manos
Piskei Tshuvos if you send mishloach manos to an ovel he may accept it. Furthermore, you are you are yotzei your chiyuv of sending. You may send to the spouse of an ovel.
Rav Moshe Shternbuch If his friend is an ovel, it is not permitted to send to his friend's wife, to circumvent this halacha
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
KIDDUSH SPONSOR:
There is no Kiddush sponsor this week.
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
This week’s learning is sponsored by Janis Fuhrman, Meira Amster, and Josh Fuhrman in honor of the 3rd Yahrzeit (Adar 23) of David Jacobson (Dovid ben Yaakov) their beloved father and grandfather. May his neshama have an aliyah.
MAZAL TOV
To Bill and Shuli Bron on the engagement of Rita Carla to Zack Glatstein from
CITIZEN OF THE WEEK
Chaim Sher for layening his sedra this week.
THANK YOU
To Steve Wineburgh and his children Henry and Jolie for delivering the Tomchei Shabbos route this week.
PLEASE DAVEN
For the refuah shleima of Bracha Sara Chaya bas Ronit, Rafael
Whale of a Deal expansion
Since we have 54 people signed up for whale watching, the company has upgraded the size of our boat. We can now accommodate last minute - up to 100 people. Bring lots of layers of warm clothes, and $15 per person, and be at the location at 11:15am to buy your tickets. Trip will be back to dock about 2:30pm. For directions visit the website, www.newportwhales.com.
Tax-A-Thon!
Erez Gargir, CPA, is conducting the first annual Aish tax-a-thon! Erez is donating his time to prepare tax returns for free for people in our community who are unable to afford an accountant. Community members can sponsor a certain dollar amount for each tax return completed, which will be donated to Aish! For more info, see flyer in the back of the shul.
CHESSED
We’re creating a small library in the new Aish lounge. If you have any English Torah books in “newish” condition to donate, please drop them off at the office. Thank you and tizche l’mitzvahs!
OHR ZARUAH
There will be an Ohr Zaruah minyan next Fri, Mar 4. Mincha with the main shul and 15 min after candle-lighting at the new location- Morry’s Fireplace! Sushi and schmoozing for 15 min, followed by a Kabbalas Shabbos that will end about a ½ hr after the main minyan.
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: CUTTING EDGE
R Cohen is available to assist learning Hilchos Shabbos b’chavrusa Mon – Thurs from 8-9 pm in the Aish Beis Medrash. The chaburah has begun the melacha of gozez (shearing).
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.
MARCH 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 20 min parsha class with Rbtzn Shenker.
SHABBOS: THE 48 WAYS
R
Last week’s Dose of Inspir“AISH”on
Last week we celebrated the bat mitzvahs of Hayley Latter, Daryl Latter and Ilene Nowac, three generations of women who taught us that it is never to late to return to your heritage and that the actions of one daughter (or grand-daughter) can inspire an entire family!
Community Coordinator
Aish
(310) 278-8672 ext. 305
