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This Week at YICC NASSO June 15, 2019 • 12th of Sivan 5779 Volume 33 • Issue 76 This Week At YICC NASSO Kiddush Sponsored by Young Israel of Century City SHABBAT SCHEDULE Candle Lighting ........................................................... 6:36/7:48 pm HALAKHIC CORNER Mincha (Schlesinger Sanctuary) ................................. 6:25/7:55 pm We read in this morning’s Parasha of Nasso the source for Dr. Josh Rabinowitz Z”L Hashkama Shiur .......................... 7:00 am Hashkama Minyan (Schlesinger Sanctuary) ....................... 7:15 am the practice of Birkat Cohanim. This documents that there is Sal Lowi Z”L Hashkama Kiddush sponsored by: a biblical command, Mitzvah Deoraitta, for the Kohanim to • Robert & Karen Avrech in honor of their 42nd Wedding bless Klal Yisrael. While there is a minority opinion that the Anniversary. Mitzvah is incumbent on both Kohanim and the non- Rabbi Proops’ Parasha Shiur (Mintz Beit Midrash) ............ 8:30 am Cohanim who are blessed, most rabbinic authorities Main Minyan (Schlesinger Sanctuary) .............................. 9:00 am conclude that the Mitzvah rests solely upon the Cohanim. Young Community Minyan (Mintz Beit Midrash) ................. 9:15 am Rather than an obligation in the strictest sense, the Mitzvah YCM Kiddush sponsored by the YCM Kiddush Fund of Birkat Cohanim exists as an opportunity to engage in a Library Minyan (Library) ...................................................... 9:30 am positive command. The Rema (O.C.128:4) writes that the Teen Minyan (Levkowitz Teen Room) ................................ 9:30 am custom for Ashkenazim living outside of Eretz Yisrael is to Youth Program (Teichman Youth Wing) ................... 9:30-11:30 am only recite Birkat Cohanim during Musaf on Yom Tovim. The Rabbi Etshalom’s Book of the Year Shiur .................... 5:45 pm reason for this is because we want the Cohanim to be able Topic: "The Divine Wedding (Part 6) - A Psalm for Shabbat to concentrate fully on the blessing and not be bothered and (Tehillim 92)” (Schlesinger Sanctuary) distracted by work. In Israel this is deemed to be less of a Jewish Ethics Lecture with Rabbi Muskin problem due to the innate Simcha of living there. Topic: “Good Advice” (Schlesinger Sanctuary) .............. 6:25 pm Interestingly, Birkat Cohanim is the only Tefillah which must Mincha (Schlesinger Sanctuary) ......................................... 7:25 pm be recited in Hebrew (Shulchan Aruch O.C. 128:14) based Seudah Shlishit & Shiur with Rabbi Dr. Zev Wiener (Mintz Social Hall) on the phrase in the Pasuk “Ko Tevarachu – Like this you Maariv ................................................................................. 8:41 pm shall Bless”. Havdallah ............................................................................ 8:51 pm SEFER MINHAGIM TEFILAH SCHEDULE: June 17 - 21 Shacharit This Shabbat is the 12th of Sivan, which is the last day of Monday & Thursday .......................... 6:00/6:10/7:00/7:45/9:00 am omissions in the davening since Rosh Chodesh Sivan. Tuesday , Wednesday & Friday ......... 6:00/6:15/7:00/7:45/9:00 am Therefore, we do not recite Tzidkatecha Tzedek or Kel Mincha Male at Shabbat Minha. We do however say Mond ay-Thursday ............................................................. 7:55 pm Av HaRachamim before Musaf. Ne xt Shabbat- Friday, June 21 Candles ..................................................................... 6:38/7:50 pm Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat ....................................... 6:30/8:00pm Our 9 AM Shacharit Minyan for Teens (et al!) Important Halakhic Times: June 15 - 21 Summer schedule Alot HaShachar ............................................. 4:10 a.m. th Earliest Talit & Tefillin ................................... 4:43 a.m. Starts Monday, June 17 Last Time for Shema ..................................... 9:19 a.m. We meet Sundays Sof Zman Tefilah ......................................... 10:31 a.m. plus National & Day School holidays. Earliest time for Mincha ................................ 1:31 p.m. Note: This Minyan is not just for teens . Fathers, Rabbis, and ALL Adults are WELCOME! LOCATIONS FOR DAILY MINYANIM & DAF YOMI (Email [email protected] for info) 6:00 Shacharit .................................................... Nagel Library Wing 6:10/6:15 & 7:45 Shacharit .................................. Mintz Beit Midrash 7:00 Shacharit .............................................. Schlesinger Sanctuary YICC Women's Tehilim Group - Mondays @ 7:30pm Daf Yomi Shiur ................................................... Mintz Beit Midrash for Cholim, Shiduchim and Israel June location: 1561 Beverly Drive, Apt. 201. Young Israel of Century City • Office address: 9317 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035 • 310-273-6954 • www.yicc.org MAZAL TOV • Rabbi Alan & Sandy Kalinsky on being honored at the DAF YOMI SPONSORSHIPS Wes t Coast 50th Anniversary Banquet on Tuesday We offer our members the opportunity to sponsor a week of Daf th Yomi learning for $225 - a wonderful way to commemorate a evening, June 18 , 2019. Yahrzeit, celebrate a Simcha, or support Torah learning in our • Dr. Robert & Jacqueline Bocian on the engagement of Shul. To sponsor please call or email the Shul office. their daughter, Shani, to Joshua Steinberg, son of Michael & Julie Steinberg of St. Louis. This week is sponsored by • Rav Yitzchak Etshalom and the Daf Yomi shiur on ID CARDS – Make Sure to Order & Carry NOW their completion of Masekhet Bekhorot; they will be Recently, the need to carry an ID on Shabbat and Yom celebrating the siyyum tomorrow at which time they Tov has become a reality we cannot ignore. will begin studying Masekhet Arakhin. All are welcome Considering this need, and as a service to our members, to join as we near the end of another Daf Yomi Cycle we have found a company and designed a Shabbat ID card that will include your pertinent ID and contact .information, as well as any necessary medical notes חן חן !and gear up for a festive Siyyum haShas To order your card(s) please go to the following link לאורייתא • Dr. Steve & Sarah Fink on the birth of a grandson, https://www.yicc.org/idcard - and then make sure born to Liora & Yoni Herskovitz. to never leave home on Shabbat or Yom Tov without it! • Elianna Mellon upon her graduation from Columbia University with a PhD in Applied Behavior Analysis • Geoffrey Mellon, on his License in Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, MSW YICC’S SHAVUOT YIZKOR • Miriam Libo and David Libo on the birth of a grandson, SECURITY APPEAL born to Jamie & Jordan Denitz. Mazal Tov also to great-grandparents, Joel & Roz Linderman. This year our Shavuot Yizkor Appeal was made • Ronnie & Jennifer Sieger on the birth of a baby girl, in support of our Shul’s Security program. Our born to Ariella & Eli Weinstein. goal is to raise $50,000 to help our Shul meet its Security budget. Please include the following names in your prayers, We thank those who have already responded, and may each be grante d a Refuah Shleimah and request our members who received pledge cards in Shul to please redeem their pledges. • Ak iva ben Miriam Devorah • Refael David ben Ella • Baruc h Shmuel Halevi ben Penina • Reuven Betzalel HaCohen Pledge cards have been mailed to those • Bat Ami bat Beth ben Fayga members who did not receive them in Shul. We • Bayla Bracha bat Malka Hinda • Rochel bat Esther • Bella bas Luba • Schmuel Zev ben Gitel request and encourage those who received their • Berel ben Ida • Shmuel ben Rachel pledge cards in the mail, to please support this • Binyamin Yehudah ben Lieba • Sima bat Liba Devorah • Chaim Menachem b/ Hena Raizel • Sorah Gitel bat Chava Raitzl appeal and help us reach our goal. • Chana bat J o hanna • Tuvia ben Ellie • Chana Devor ah bat Baila Raizel • Tzipora Rachel b/ Sasha Thank you! Todah Rabah! • Devora Abigayil bat Pesha Mindel Rivka • Dov Ben Meira Tzipporah • Tzvi ben Masha • Eliezer ben Chaya Sarah • Yaakov ben Maasha • Eliezer ben Reshelshen • Yaakov Meir ben Rosa • Eliezer ben Gittel • Yehoshua Dov Ben Sara YAHRZEITS: June 15 - 20/ Sivan 12 - 17 • Gitta Rivka bat Chaya Risa Esther Sat, June 15 Meir Brunelle’s father, Avraham ben Avraham, • Gittel Zelda bat Malka • Yehuda Yitzchak ben Gitel Z”L • Leah bat Mattel Shifra Sun, June 16 Nigel Hamer’s mother, Sheila DaCosta Leah • Liba bat Chana • Yisrael Yehudah ben Miriam • Milka Yehudit bat Simcha • Yisssacher Dov ben Frayda bat Yosef, Z”L • Moshe Mordechai ben Rachel • Yitzchok Isaac ben Blima Tue, June 18 Jennie Lewkowicz’s mother, Blima bat • Necha bat Riva Leah Chana Yehuda Aryeh, Z”L • Ne chama bat Dina • Yosef ben Rachel Wed, June 19 Heidi Sokol’s mother, Edith Miriam bat Eli, • Ora bat Nechama • Yossi Levi ben Margalit Z”L • Oz er ben Leah • Yosef Lipa ben Blumah Leah • Ra chel bat Julie Zohar Barry Rub’s father, Avraham ben HaRav • Raphael Daniel ben Malka David, Z”L YICC Youth & Teens in the Teichman Youth Wing YICC TEEN MINYAN Located in the Levkowitz Teen Room at 9:30am Teen Minyan sponsored by Young Israel of Century City Great Davening, Lots of Food, Surprise Raffles! Kiddush this week is sponsored by: Young Israel of Century City This Shabbat, Naso, is the last Teen Minyan for the Summer; we will Sam Werthman June, 16 resume after Summer vacation. Dael Nagel June, 17 Michael J. Nagel June, 20 Asher L. Stark June, 21 Noah Weindling June, 21 Our 9 AM Shacharit Minyan for Teens (et al!) Summer schedule th Starts Monday, June 17 We meet Sundays plus National & Day School holidays. Note: This Minyan is not just for teens. Fathers, Rabbis, and ALL Adults
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