25 Heshvan 5776 7 November 2015 KOL MEVASSER mind ourselves of the rhythms of Jewish daily life A Message from and holidays. The Sefer Ben Ish Hai also con- KJ Schedule

tains notations and tidbits about Jewish practice Parashat Chaye Sarah Dear Members and Friends of Kahal Joseph, in Baghdad, which is why it has a reputation as Please Note: shalom ubrakhah! being the “Baghdadi answer to the Kitsur The end of Daylight Savings Time makes Shulhan Arukh,” a work of similar content and all evening services one hour earlier A great deal has transpired in my short time here purpose by Rabbi (Ungvar, with you. We have celebrated a full Tishre of hol- Ereb Shabbat 1804 -1886). Friday, November 6th idays together, as well as bar mitsvahs, wed- Minha ...... 4:30 pm dings, beritot milah, and semahot of every Each week, I will take one or two thoughts from Candle Lighting ...... 4:38 pm kind. We have also seen several of our stalwart Arbit / Kabbalat Shabbat ...... 5:00 pm among his larger remarks and add an extra re- members go on to the Next World, and commem- flection or twist of my own. Since this is the first Yom Shabbat / Shabbat Day orated their lives as a community as we support- week, I will draw inspiration not from the main text, Saturday, November 7th ed their families and friends though their losses. but from the introduction by Yeshua ben -David Sal- Shaharit / Morning Prayer ...... 8:30 am ...... im, devoted publisher of the Haham’s works. Keri’at HaTorah 10:15 am During the highs and lows of this period, we have Hakhrazat Kislev ...... 11:15 am ...... been featuring the writings of my colleagues in Musaf 11:30 am Salim writes that when the Sefer Ben Ish Hai first Minhah & Women’s Tehillim .... 4:30 pm the Kol Mevasser, and I am particularly grateful came out in 1898, it was much shorter than in- Se’udah Shelisheet ...... 5:00 pm to Marc Angel and Nathan Lopes tended because Ribbi Yosef Hayyim was imped- Arbit ...... 5:30 pm Cardozo for filling in. Now, I am excited to be Habdallah ...... 5:40 pm ed by financial and practical obstacles to the able to introduce my own weekly feature in our printing process. The Haham dreamed of a huge Weekdays newsletter, which will appear in these pages from work – so fat that it would have filled several vol- Sunday, November 8th Shaharit ...... 7:30 am now on. umes – which would have featured his full ser- ...... 10:00 am mons on the Torah and Haftarot, and a much Each week starting with this Shabbat, I will share richer treatment of the halakhic material that Monday to Wednesday, Nov. 9 to 11 some of the teachings of the Sefer Ben Ish Hai Shaharit ...... 6:25 am would be divided across two annual study cy- by our Haham, Ribbi Yosef Hayyim (Baghdad, cles. However, because he could not afford it, he Rosh Hodesh Kislev 1834 -1909). In its current form, the book is de- Thursday & Friday, November 12 & 13 published a much smaller work containing only Shaharit ...... 6:15 am signed to pair the study of orah hayim (Jewish some sermons, nothing on the Haftarot, and a ritual law) with parashat hashabua (the weekly radically abridged treatment of halakhah for the Ereb Shabbat/ Friday, November 13th cycle of Torah readings). That way, as we move Minha ...... 4:30 pm two cycles...... through the cycle of parashiyot, so too will we re- Candle Lighting 4:32 pm (Continued on page 2) Arbit / Kabbalat Shabbat ...... 5:00 pm

(continued from page 1) us from the paralysis that comes with “making the perfect the enemy of the In Memoriam We remember these yahrzeit anniversaries Novem- Yet even this modest version was wildly good,” bringing more joy and fulfillment ber 7 to 14, 2015. It is customary to light a memorial popular, and the book was intensely into our lives. candle, donate tzedaka, & attend Shabbat services. sought after within a short amount of 25 Heshvan / Shabbat, November 7th time. Meanwhile, the Haham’s persistence May all of the desires of our hearts be ful- Charles A. Lelah Salah ben Aharon - would eventually pay off, so that we can filled for good in the can do spirit of Ha- 27 Heshvan / Monday, November 9th now enjoy most of the missing material in ham Yosef Hayim! Sumner Blank separate works including Od Yosef Hai, Yehoshua Moshi Yehoshua ben Moshe Mekabtsiel, Benayahu, Ben Yehoyada, Torah & Haftarah Readings Nissim Rahamim Yaacov and Birkat Hayim. Indeed, so much was Parashat Chaye Sarah in Hertz edition 28 Heshvan / Tuesday, November 10th published that modern editions of Sefer From Beresheet/ Genesis pp 80 -89 Moshe Bebe Moshe ben Khadoori Ben Ish Hai only contain the halakhic ma- Haftarah Kings I /Melachim Alef pp 90 -92 Ezekiel Howard Yehezkel Howard terial since the sermons can now be read Lulu Masliah Lulu bat Salha at much more length in these titles. Samuel Joseph Zechariah Shmoel ben Yoseph

29 Heshvan / Wednesday, November 11th To me this provides a powerful inspiration KJ Talmud Torah Shaul Haim Nuriel Shaul ben Haim for how to respond to the great challenges Mary Saleh of life. Just as the Haham did, we may & Sunday School 1 Kislev / Thursday, November 12th one day find ourselves in a position where Friends William Ekaireb Shaya ben Ezra Sion we have worked very hard on something Abraham Isaac Avraham ben Eliyahu Yitzhak without being able to enjoy the fruits of our Creativity Jewish Joe Hai Joseph Yoseph Hai ben Itzhak Yoseph labors in the manner we would have Learning Henry Zekaria Yehezkel ben Sion liked. Instead of shutting down and getting To enroll or for 2 Kislev / Friday, November 13th discouraged, we might consider accepting information contact Doron Ironi Doron ben Yosef something imperfect, which could be just Mrs. Hanna Elkouby Victoria Kadosh Victoria bat Reuben good enough for us to carry on and be Talmud Torah Director Ralph Nathan Raphael ben Mordechai happy. And who knows – a positive atti- 424-283-0893 Aziza bat Farha tude might keep us fueled and moving on Ezekiel Ezra Reuben Yehezkel ben Reuven Dloomy to the day when we could follow through 3 Kislev / Shabbat, November 14th on our dreams more completely. Rebecca Benbeniste Rivka bat Dudu Rachel Jacob Rahel bat Salha Mattana Regardless of whether this last step ever materializes, an attitude of practicality Refuah Shlemah would at least give us something to show Abe Abraham • Moselle Amron • Sylvia Cohen for our efforts even though it isn’t exactly Mordechai Cohen • Esther Duke • Sassoon Ezra what we wanted. Perhaps that could free Miriam bat Yetta • Tilda Levy • Maurice Ovadia