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ADAS TORAH Rabbi Dovid Revah 9040 W Pico Blvd ADAS TORAH Rabbi Dovid Revah 9040 W Pico Blvd. BULLETIN Los Angeles, CA 90035 פרשת נצבים כ״ז אלול תשפ״א • September 4th SHABBOS SCHEDULE Robert & Judy Millman. The kiddush is a siyum for the Daf Yomi group having finished Do not light before 5:56 pm SHUL Mesechta Sukkah and to ANNOUNCEMENTS commemorate the 7th yahrzeit מנחה Early Mincha 5:45 pm of Bob Millman’s father, Kopel הדלקת נרות Candle Lighting 6:58 pm CONDOLENCES ben Eliezer and the 2nd מנחה ב Mincha - Fri 7:05 pm Shacharis 7:30/8:00/9:00 am Condolences to Elazar yartzheit of Judy’s mother, Shemtoob on the passing Sara bas Moshe Zvi, may their מנחה Early Mincha - Shab 5:45 pm of his father, Mr. Avraham .Neshamos have an aliyah מנחה ב Mincha - Shab 6:50 pm (Manouchehr) HaKohen Shemtoob A’H. Shiva will be at KIDDUSH מעריב Maariv 7:55 pm 9167 Airdrome Street. Kiddush is sponsored by SHABBOS ZMANIM Sunday after Shacharis until David & Felisa Felsenthal on 12:00 pm, the occasion of our daughter then 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Amira’s wedding to Aron שקיעה Shkiyah - Fri 7:16 pm Lipczer in Israel this past May Monday after Shacharis until עלות השחר Alos Hashachar 5:13 am 12:00 pm. 2nd. This is Amira and Aron’s זמן ציצית Tzitzis 5:43 am Minyanim: first trip to Los Angeles since הנץ החמה Sunrise 6:30 am Maariv on Motzei Shabbos - their wedding. L/T for Shema 9:02 am .pm 7:55 סוף זמן ק’’ש–מ׳’א INYAN SHIUR Sunday morning: 7:30 am סוף זמן ק’’ש L/T for Shema 9:40 am Rabbi Revah will be giving an Selichos, followed by Shacharis סוף זמן תפילה L/T for Tefilah 10:44 am Inyan shiur after davening on: Sunday Mincha: 6:30 pm חצות היום Midday 12:52 pm “How Long Should a Shever Sunday Maariv: 7:15 pm מנחה גדולה Mincha Gedolah 1:24 pm Be?”. - Monday morning, Erev RH פלג המנחה Plag Hamincha 5:55 pm am Selichos, followed by SEUDAH SHLISHIS 6:30 שקיעה Sunset - Shab 7:14 pm Shacharis. Seudah Shlishis is sponsored מוצאי שבת Shabbos Ends 7:53 pm anonymously in honor of Dr. PARSHA SHIUR & HASHKAMA ר’’ת Rabbeinu Tam 8:27 pm Sam Ross, the Revahs and as a KIDDUSH Hakaras HaTov to Hashem. WEEKDAY DAVENING There will be a Kiddush and SCHEDULE a 15 minute Parsha shiur with THANK YOU Rabbi Revah after the 7:30 Thank you to Tomer & Adir Sunday - Selichos 6:30/7:45/8:40 am Hashkama Shacharis on Grimberg for doing shul Mon - Selichos 6:40/7:30 am Shabbos. Kiddush is sponsored repairs this past week. Tues & Wed See RH Times anonymously in honor of Dr. Thurs - Tzom Gedalia 6:05 am Sam Ross, the Revahs and as a ADAS TORAH Fri - 6:10 am/7:15 am Hakaras HaTov to Hashem. DISCRETIONARY FUND Mincha Gedola 1:35 pm Adas Torah will be distributing 8:00 AM KIDDUSH funds to needy families for Mincha/Maariv 6:45 pm Kiddush at the 8:00 am Yom Tov. If you would like to Late Maariv 9:00 pm minyan is sponsored by contribute, you can give a check to Rabbi Revah made out to Adas Torah. TEFILAH GROUP FOR GIRLS There is a Tefilah Group for Girls 11 and up, run by Ahuva Baalhaness, with davening, kiddush, and learning. SHABBOS AFTERNOON GET TOGETHER There will be a Shabbos afternoon get together for all 7 - 10 year old boys this Shabbos at the Greenbaum home, 1920 Bagley Ave. from 4:30 - 5:30 pm. Thank you to Daniel & Annie Nagel for hosting last week! SHIUR FOR WOMEN AFTER DAVENING Dr. Hindi Posy will be speaking for women after davening this Shabbos, Parshas Nitzavim at 11:20 am on Shemitta and The Exodus: A Complimentary Lesson. RABBI SHOLOM TENDLER WILL BE SPEAKING THIS SHABBOS Rabbi Sholom Tendler will be speaking before Mincha this Shabbos at 6:05 pm on: The Emphasis on Tefila on Rosh Hashana. For men & women. Mincha will be at 5:45 & 6:50 pm. LEARNING SEDER There will be a learning Seder at 6:15 pm on Shabbos afternoon. There is an early Mincha at 5:45 pm. The learning seder is sponsored by Benny & Audrey Adler in honor of the 2nd Yahrzeit of Benny’s mother, Sara Bas Moshe Zvi a”h. SEPHARDIC MINYAN Adas Torah will once again be having a Sephardic minyan for the Yomim Noraim. If you are interested in joining, please speak to Dave Sorani. TOMCHEI SHABBOS Thank you to the Weingarten family for driving Tomchei this week. DAF YOMI Rabbi Simcha Bornstein gives a 6:00 am Daf Yomi Shiur at shul, Monday - Friday and at 7:20 am on Sundays. This Sunday the Daf is at 7:05 am. This Monday, the daf will be at 6:00 am and then at 5:35 am until after Yom Kippur. Rabbi Matt Rosenberg gives a quick Daf Shiur in under 30 minutes between the first and second Shacharis minyanim (appx. 7:20 am - 7:50 am), Monday - Friday. Rabbi Simcha Bornstein gives the Daf Yomi on Shabbos at 10:10 am and 6:10 pm. VE’DIBARTA BAM CHABURA Our Ve’dibarta Bam Chabura is at 8:00 pm on Monday and Wednesday. We are learning the fourth Perek of Megillah. The chabura will be on Zoom, click here, ID: 220 134 707, Password: 9040613. RABBI SAUER’S THURSDAY NIGHT GEMARA SHIUR On a break until on October 7th. YAHRZEIT CAMPAIGN Adas Torah has installed a beautiful new Yahrzeit Memorial Wall and plaques are now available for dedication. A memorial plaque is a meaningful and lasting way to honor the memory of relatives who have passed away. Each plaque will be visible to the kehillah and lit on the month of the Yahrzeit. Plaques are available for $1,800 each and are payable over time. Please refer back to your emails for a sign up link, or wait for the next email! MEMBERSHIP 5782 Membership for 5782 was emailed out. Please go online and renew your membership! Thank you to Dan Braum & Kenny Laitin for taking security shifts last Shabbos. We encourage all members to volunteer for security shifts on Shabbos morning. Please speak to Dan Braum. YAHRZEITS 27 Elul - 4 Tishrei /Sept 4 - 10 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! David Eisenberg - September 4th Monday: Ariella Nemetsky - September 4th Judy Millman’s mother Moshe Siegel - September 4th Mrs. Lily Adler Emmy Pachter - September 7th שרה בת משה צבי ע’’ה Elisheva Shemtoob - September 7th Friday: Noam Tsarovsky - September 9th Susie Winter’s father Mr. Morris Latt משה מאיר בן דוב ע’’ה Jena Denitz’s father Mr. Joseph Novak To our new members: Rabbi Mickey & Nina Levinson יוסף בן נחמן ע’’ה Yosef & Julia Friedenberg KIDS CORNER! Dear Kids and Parents, A special thanks to the Nagel family for hosting last week’s 7-9 girls Shabbos afternoon get together! Thanks to the girls counselors Ayelet Braum & Chaviva Baalhaness for coming and running the activities for the girls. This week the 7-9 boys get their turn for a Shabbos afternoon get together, as the Greenbaum family hosts them in their home, 1920 Bagley Ave. at 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm for a story, games, and yummy treats! Can you believe it is Rosh Hashana already!? We are super excited to welcome you for in person groups. Please stay tuned for an email with details from the shul. This week’s parsha craft will be edible mitzvah pictionary. The answer to last week’s riddle was the Shivas Haminim all go in the bikkurim basket. The heard the brachos for keeping the הר עיבל and הר גריזים bonus answer was the 6 Shevatim on mitzvos and the opposites and answered amein. This week’s question is: Don’t look for me in the sky, and not across the sea. I am not very far, but very close to you. What am I? Good Shabbos, Rabbi Avrohom Wagshul D’VAR TORAH Steve Kirschenbaum We say in the 13 Middos HaRachamim over the throws Mitzvos in each person’s path to enable the course of the Yamim Noraim that HKBH is ‘Rav person to compile Zechusim and earn their own way Chesed V’Emes.’ Emes signifies Shuras HaDin, the through the Emes by doing the Mitzvos themselves. strict Halacha, the Din; Chessed signifies when one He gives us moments of inspiration for each person is not Zocheh in the Din, but G-d then operates and to do better. The highest Tzedaka of HKBH is that interacts with us through His Chessed, through His he allows each and every one of us to be Zocheh kindness. This duality of Chessed and Emes seem through the Lechatchila, through the Mishpat. To to contradict one another. Emes is the underlying compile more and more Zechusim for the Yom HaDin. Din and Chessed is not the Din, but the Rachamim contained outside the scope of the Din. The We daven that we should be Kasveinu BiSefer Gemara Rosh HaShanah teaches that first HKBH Zechuyos. What’s Sefer Zechuyos, either we have judges a person with Emes and if the person is not Zechuyos or we don’t – why are we davening Zocheh through Emes, G-d then judges through specifically to be written in this Sefer Zechuyos? Says Chessed for the person to ultimately be Zocheh. Rav Mattisyahu Solomon, HKBH throws Mitzvos and Zechuyos in every Jew’s path throughout the year to The question is the order is backwards.
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