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Rosh Hashanah Shana Tova! September 4-10, 2021 • Elul 27, 5781 - Tishrei 4, 5782 T This Week at YICC Rosh HaShanah Shana Tova! ROSH HASHANAH SCHEDULE PRAY FOR SHALOM IN MEDINAT YISRAEL! Erev Rosh Hashanah, Monday Sept 6 Candles ................................................ 5:53-6:54 PM PLEASE BE SURE TO BRING ID WITH YOU Shkiah ........................................................... 7:12 PM Mincha .......................................................... 7:00 PM TO SHUL TO EXPEDITE ENTRY. First Day Rosh HaShanah, Tuesday, September 7 Shacharit at all Minyanim ............................. 8:00 AM Tashlich Mincha .......................................................... 6:45 PM MASKS ARE MANDATORY IN SHUL Shiur by Rabbi Dr. Zev Wiener Maariv and Candles ............................. after 7:56 PM Due to the serious increase in people being infected with Covid-19, the LA County Dept of Health Second Day Rosh HaShanah, Wed, September 8 requires masks be worn in indoor public spaces Shacharit at all Minyanim ............................. 8:00 AM regardless of one’s vaccination status. Mincha .......................................................... 6:45 PM Shiur by Rabbi David Mahler Therefore, our Shul has resumed the requirement that Maariv ........................................................... 7:44 PM everyone inside the Shul building wear a mask, Yom Tov ends and Havdalah ....................... 7:54 PM and do so CORRECTLY – whereby the mask Selichot at Anziska’s .................................... 9:00 PM covers both one’s mouth and nose. Thank you for complying. FAST OF GEDALIAH, Thursday, Sep 9 Fast begins ................................................... 5:17 AM Selichot & Shacharit ..................... 5:30/6:40/7:50 AM Mincha .......................................................... 6:45 PM Fast ends ...................................................... 7:44 PM YICC YOUTH GROUPS Selichot at Anziska home ............................. 9:00 PM REQUIRE PRE-REGISTRATION! If your child has any signs of a cold, or is not feeling well, please DO NOT SEND THEM TO SHUL! A registration link will be provided for our Erev Shabbat Next Friday, September 10 members so please check your emails! Selichot & Shacharit ........................ 5:30/6:40/7:50 AM Note: Children must be toilet trained & able to wear a mask. Candle lighting ............................. from 5:48 – 6:49 PM Mincha ..................................................... ........6:55 PM ADULT EDUCATION Shkiah .............................................................. 7:07 PM Sep 5-10, 2021 • Elul 28 – Tishrei 4 SUNDAY Important Halakhic Times, September 5-10 Dr. George Fox Z”L Memorial Gemara Shiur Taught by his son, Rabbi Dr. David Fox via Zoom ....... 8:40 am Alot HaShachar .................................. 5:14 – 05:18 AM To join this Shiur, you must email your request to: Earliest Tallit & Tefillin ........................ 5:40 – 05:44 AM [email protected] to receive weekly notifications. Sof Zman Kriat Shema ....................... 9:41 – 09:42 AM Sof Zman Tefilah ........................................... 10:45 AM WEDNESDAY Earliest time for Mincha .................... 01:24 – 01:22 PM Rabbi Langer's Sefer HaChinuch Shiur Will resume after the Chagim, on October 6 Shkiah ............................................... 07:13 – 07:07 PM DAF YOMI – Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom www.dafyomiyicc.org Young Israel of Century City • 9317 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035 • 310-273-6954 • www.yicc.org SOL TEICHMAN Z”L DAF YOMI SHIUR THANK YOU TO: Sponsoring Daf Yomi learning for $225 per week is a wonderful way to • The hosts of our two satellite Minyanim: commemorate a Yahrzeit, celebrate a Simcha, or simply support Torah o Dr. Emi Gottlieb & Jennie Lewkowicz and Shmuel Barak & learning in our Shul. Felice Gottlieb To sponsor a week of Daf Yomi please call or email the Shul office. o Jonny & Daphne Orenshein ⬧ • Jacob Jahan of Pico Cleaners for helping us hang the Yamim This week our Daf Yomi Shiur is sponsored by: Noraim Parachot in the Schlesinger Sanctuary and Mintz Beit Midrash. • Dr. David & Rebecca Hakim • Dr. Mark Goldenberg for organizing and printing all of the In memory of David’s mother, Kibbudim cards for each of our Minyanim. Shahla bat Zechariah Z”L, upon her first yahrzeit, this Shabbat MAZAL TOV TO: • Dr. Isaac & Geri Wiener • Ben & Ariel Richter on the birth of a baby girl. Mazal Tov also to In memory of Isaac’s mother, Mrs. Betty Wiener, grandparents, David & Marnie Nagel, to uncles Jason and Blima Nechamah bat Zev Z”L Michael, to great-grandmother, Gitta Nagel, and to all members of the Nagel and Richter families. • Dr. Manny and Marsha Wasserman on the birth of a great grandson, born to Avi and Dr. Tamar (Wasserman) Reich in Philadelphia. Mazal tov also to the grandparents, Drs. Noam and Chana Wasserman. DON’T MISS THIS YEAR’S WELCOME NEW MEMBERS: We welcome the following to our membership and hope they will SHUVAH DRASHA By Rabbi Elazar Muskin enjoy a long relationship with our Shul: • Dr. David & Rebecca Hakim Shabbat, September 11, 6:40 pm • Gail Katz (Mincha - 6:15 PM) • Joshua Peikon • Reuven Zubres "THE SOUND OF SILENCE" MAFTIR YONAH (SILENT) AUCTION Please include the following names in your prayers, If you are interested in bidding for and may each be granted a Refuah Shleimah the honor of Maftir Yonah at any of our Minyanim • Aryeh ben Yonah • Rachel Bat Sarah Shderah please contact Rabbi Muskin. • Avraham Shimon ben Sarah Leah • Rachmiel ben Sarah • Baruch ben Malka • Refael David ben Ella • Baruch Yisrael ben Tziporah • Reuven Betzalel HaCohen ben • Bat Ami bat Beth Fayga • Bayla Bracha bat Malka Hinda • Rifkah bat Lottie YAHRZEITS • Chaim Benzion Yitzhak ben Fayga • Sarah bat Chava Rachel Sep 5-10, 2021 • Elul 26 – Tishrei 4, 5781-5782 • Chaim Menachem ben Hena Raizl • Sarah Golda bat Fradel • Chaim Ozer ben Leah • Sarah Leah bat Freyda Rut • Chaim Tzvi ben Necha Rivka • Schmuel Zev ben Gitel Sunday, September 5 • Chana bat Johanna • Shlomo Leib Gavriel ben • Chasya bat Tzirel Chanah • Rabbi Pinchas Giller’s mother, Ruth Adina bat Elyakim Z”L • Chaya Necha bat Riva Leah • Shmuel ben Rachel Monday, September 6 • Chaya bat Sara Henya • Shmuel Yaakov ben Taivel • Allan & Stanley Kandel’s brother, Yosef Lipa ben Yitzhak • Daniel Aharon ben Chana Leah • Shmuel Yeshaya ben Rachel • Daniel Yehuda ben Rivka Moshe Z”L • Simcha bat Leah Shoshana • Sonja bat Luna Levana Tuesday, September 7 • HaRav Dovid Eliezer ben Batya • Sorah Gitel bat Chava • Eliezer Shaul ben Rachel Adina Raitzl • Judy Millman’s mother, Sara bat Moshe Tzvi Z”L • Eliezer ben Gittel • Tzvi ben Masha • Albert Cohen’s mother, Gertrude Cohen Z”L • Gitta Rivka bat Chaya Risa • Yaakov Tzvi ben Liba Wednesday, September 8 • Gittel Raizel bat Faiga • Yissachar Dov ben Frumet Gittel • David Gershov’s father, Bezalel ben Tzvi Z”L • Leah bat Mattel • Yitzchak ben Bella • Leah Rachel bat Miriam Rivkah • Yitzchak ben Chana • Bernard Ginsberg’s aunt, Chana bat Beryl Z”L • Michal bat Yaffa • Yitzhak ben Javaher • Yosef Segal’s grandmother, Perl Itka bat Yitzchak Z”L • Michal Aviva bat Yehudit • Yitzchak ben Neima Thursday, September 9 • Miri Chana bat Chava • Yitzchak Isaac ben Dodieli • Moshe Mordechai ben Lili • Yitzchok Shlomo ben Mirel • Aric Streit’s mother, Risa Ella bat Hersch Z”L • Noach Yaakov ben Tzipporah Devorah Friday, September 10 • Ora bat Nechama • Yosef ben Rachel • Meir Graff’s grandfather, Meir Chaim ben Yekutiel Z”L • OrnaWednesday bat Rachel , September 8 • Yosef Meier ben Chasha • Rachel bat Julie Zohar Esther Young Israel of Century City • 9317 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035 • 310-273-6954 • www.yicc.org LOOKING FOR SUKKOT KIDDUSH SPONSORS * First Day Sukkot * Shabbat Chol Ha’Moed If you would like to sponsor please contact our Shul Office – (310) 273-6954 HALAKHIC CORNER Question For the Week ROSH HASHANAH From Our Semichat Chaver Program Q: Is there a source for the well-known custom not to sleep during the taught by Rabbi Dr. Zev Wiener day of Rosh Hashanah? A: The Rama (O”C 583:2), the major 16th century Ashkenazic halakhic For more about our Semichat Chaver Program, authority, based on the Jerusalem Talmud, The Yerushalmi, please see the flyer posted on our website, www.yicc.org records the custom not to sleep during the daytime hours on Rosh This session, we will cover the laws of opening HaShanah. The Yerushalmi explains that one who sleeps during packages / cans / bottles, etc on Shabbat. the day on Rosh HaShanah will have a “sleepy year”. The 20th century commentary on the Shulchan Aruch, the Mishnah Q. Is one allowed to squeeze a lemon onto fish on Shabbat? Berurah, adds that the Arizal permitted one to sleep after chatzot A. We have learned that squeezing fruit for their juice on (halakhic midday) explaining that the morning tefilot and shofar Shabbat may involve a Biblical (for grapes and olives) or sounds have already aroused mercy in heaven and therefore one Rabbinic (for most other fruit) prohibition. Therefore, it can confidently sleep in the afternoon. Interestingly, Rabbi should seemingly be prohibited to squeeze lemons onto fish th on Shabbat. Ephraim Zalmen Margoliot in his 19 century work, Mateh Ephraim, felt that nowadays we are not on the same spiritual level However, the Gemarah teaches that while one is not as the Arizal, therefore one must try hard not to sleep in the permitted to squeeze fruit for their juice into a cup, one is afternoon. Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein, the author of the late 19th permitted to squeeze fruit
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