July 20, 2019 • 17th of Tammuz 5779 Volume 33 • Issue 81 This Week At YICC Balak Kiddush sponsored by Hana & Joe Kornwasser In Memory of Hana’s Father, Samuel Shmaye, Z”L And In Honor of the Birth of their Great-Granddaughter Sara Lea Levinson SHABBAT SCHEDULE Candle Lighting ........................................................... 6:36-7:46 pm HALAKHIC CORNER Mincha (Schlesinger Sanctuary) .............................. 6:25 & 7:55 pm Parashat Balak – Laws of the Three Weeks Hashkama Minyan (Schlesinger Sanctuary) ....................... 7:15 am Sal Lowi Z”L Hashkama Kiddush sponsored by: Q: Is one allowed to purchase an item that would require a • Rabbi Yitzchak & Stefanie Etshalom - in memory of Rabbi Etshalom's Shehechiyanu during the “Three Weeks”? father HaRav Asher Aharon ben Avraham Binyamin Z"L • Aaron Sokol & Claudine Sokol - in memory of their mother Elka Bat A: Rav Yosef Karo in Shulchan Aruch (551/17) rules that one Aharon Z"L should not recite the blessing of Shehechiyanu, the bracha one • Kenneth & Dr. Miriam Staub in memory of Ken's father, Avraham recites after purchasing a precious object or upon eating a new Shmuel ben Betzalel Moshe Z"L • The entire Hashkama Minyan to wish Tzeitchem L’Shalom to our friend, fruit, between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av. Rav Allen Ishakis Avraham Gombiner, in Magen Avraham points out that while Main Minyan (Schlesinger Sanctuary) ................................ 9:00 am most of our customs during these three weeks parallel the Young Community Minyan (Mintz Beit Midrash) ................. 9:15 am customs of the mourner, this Halacha is different. Namely, a YCM Kiddush Sponsored By Dr. Talya Miller & Seth Nayowitz mourner is permitted to recite the blessing of Shehechiyanu Library Minyan (Library) ...................................................... 9:30 am during the mourning period. We are nonetheless instructed to Youth Program (Teichman Youth Wing) ................... 9:30-11:30 am refrain from reciting this blessing because this is a time period Jewish Ethics Lecture: Rabbi Elazar Muskin. marked by difficulties and tragedies, and as such, the blessing Topic: "Ethics - Without Ulterior Motives" of Shehechiyanu, which is fundamentally a blessing of joy, is (Schlesinger Sanctuary) .................................................... 6:25 pm not in the spirit of the three weeks. Despite the ruling of the Mincha (Schlesinger Sanctuary) ......................................... 7:25 pm Shulchan Aruch, Rav Yisrael Meir Kagan in Mishnah Berurah quotes from the Vilna Gaon who disagreed and ruled that Seudah Shlishit & Shiur with Rabbi Dr. Zev Wiener (Mintz S.H.) prohibiting the blessing of Shehechiyanu is an unnecessary Sponsored by: • Eva Tashman Kaplan & Abe Kaplan - in memory of Eva’s late husband, stringency. As a compromise, the Mishnah Berurah advises Paul Tashman - Pinchas Ben Abraham Z"L, and in memory of Abe’s that one may certainly recite the blessing during the Shabbatot father, HaRav Moshe Refael Ben Reb Avrahom Yitzchak HaKohen Z"L leading up to Rosh Chodesh Av. It should also be noted that Maariv ................................................................................. 8:38 pm the Rama, Rav Moshe Isserles, allows one to make a Havdalah ............................................................................ 8:48 pm Shehechiyanu on a fruit that if not consumed during the three weeks will rot and one will lose the opportunity to recite the FAST of 17 TAMMUZ: Sunday, July 21 blessing of Shehechiyanu afterward. Fast Begins ..................................................... 4:30 am Shacharit ........................................ 6:45/8:00/*9:00 am (*9:00 am Minyan will meet in the Mintz Beit Midrash) Important Halakhic Times: July 20-26 Mincha ............................................................ 7:40 pm Alot HaShachar ............................................. 4:33 a.m. Fast Ends ...................................................... 8:39 p.m. Earliest Talit & Tefillin ................................... 5:03 a.m. Last Time for Shema .................................... 9:30 a.m. Sof Zman Tefilah ........................................ 10:40 a.m. TEFILAH SCHEDULE: July 21 - 26 Earliest time for Mincha ................................ 1:35 p.m. Shacharit Sunday (Fast of Tammuz) ...................... 6:45/8:00/9:00 am LOCATIONS FOR DAILY MINYANIM & DAF YOMI (Our 9:00 am Minyan will meet in the Mintz Beit Midrash) 6:00 Shacharit ..........................................Nagel Library Wing Monday & Thursday ................. 6:00/6:10/7:00/7:45/9:00 am Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 6:00/6:15/7:00/7:45/9:00 am 6:10/6:15/7:45/9:00 Shacharit....................Mintz Beit Midrash 7:00 Shacharit .................................... Schlesinger Sanctuary Mi ncha Daf Yomi Shiur .........................................Mintz Beit Midrash Sunday, Fast of Tammuz ......................................... 7:40 pm Mond ay-Thursday .................................................... 7:55 pm Ne xt Shabbat- Friday, July 19 YICC Women's Tehilim Group - Mondays @ 7:30pm Candles ............................................................ 6:35/7:46 pm for Cholim, Shiduchim and Israel Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat ............................ 6:25/7:55 pm July location: 1727 Canfield Avenue Young Israel of Century City • Office address: 9317 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035 • 310-273-6954 • www.yicc.org MAZAL TOV DAF YOMI SPONSORSHIPS • Ruby Weissman on her 68th Birthday July 18. Ad Meah We offer our members the opportunity to sponsor a week of Daf V'Esrim! Yomi learning for $225 - a wonderful way to commemorate a • Steven and Helena Usdan on the birth of their Yahrzeit, celebrate a Simcha, or support Torah learning in our granddaughter , Sara Lea, born to Becky and Reuven Shul. To sponsor please call or email the Shul office. Levinson in Toronto. Mazal Tov to great-grandparents, Joe This week is sponsored by: • Hana & Joe Kornwasser and Hana Kornwasser. in memory of Hana’s father, Samuel Shmaye, Z”L • Eva Tashman Kaplan & Abe Kaplan TZEITCH EM L’SHALOM in memory of Eva’s late husband, Pinchas ben Avraham, Z”L • Our dear friend and member, Allen Ishakis, who is moving to and Abe’s father, HaRav Moshe Rafael Boca Raton, Florida. You will be missed! ben Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen, Z”L MESSAGE OF THANKS TO OUR 6:00 AM MINYAN KIDDUSH CO-SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM Thank you to the regular attendees of the 6am week-day Kiddush co-sponsorships at $200 each help our Shul minyan and to those who made sure there always was a cover the expense of those Shabbatot without a main minyan so that I could say kaddish for my father. Your sponsor and are a nice way to commemorate or celebrate presence gave me the opportunity to give honor to my father’s an occasion. We encourage you to consider this option. memory without concern of missing a morning kaddish. A This week our program is supported by: contribution has been made to the YICC Gmach fund in your • Dr. Ari and Ilana Berenson honor. May we share in smachot. in memory of Ari's mother, Frieda Berenson, Neal Shapiro Simcha bat Toba, a"h, on her 12th yahrtzeit UNVEILING An unveiling for the father of Neal Shapiro, will take place Aug 11 YAHRZEITS: June 30- July 6 / Tammuz 17 – 23 (Tisha B’Av), 3:30 PM, at Eden Memorial Park Mortuary, 11500 Sat, Jul 20 Dr. Ernie Katz’s father, Matityahu ben Shmuel Sepulveda Blvd, Mission Hills. Minyan needed please. Zanul HaCohen, Z”L Sun, Jul 21 Ken Staub’s father, Avraham Shmuel ben Betzalel Moshe, Z”L Fraida Gutovich’s father, Eliyahu ben Yeshayahu, Please include the following names in your prayers, Z”L and may each be granted a Refuah Shleimah Tue, Jul 23 Eva Tashman Kaplan’s late husband & Eitan Tashman’s father, Pinchas ben Avraham, Z”L • Aerin bat Chaya Davida • Refael David ben Ella Aaron Sokol mother, Elka bat Aharon, Z”L • Akiva ben Miriam Devorah • Reuven Betzalel HaCohen Rina Isenberg’s mother, Yael Galah bat Moshe • Baruch Shmuel Halevi ben Penina ben Fayga • Bat Ami bat Beth • Rochel bat Esther Chai, Z”L Wed, Jul 24 Roslyn Linderman & Harriet Katz’s father, Yehuda • Bayla Bracha bat Malka Hinda • Schmuel Zev ben Gitel • Bella bas Luba • Shmuel ben Rachel Meier ben Shalom Mendel, Z”L • Berel ben Ida • Sima bat Liba Devorah Rabbi Etshalom’s father, HaRav Asher Aharon ben • Binyamin Yehudah ben Lieba • Sorah Gitel bat Chava Raitzl Avraham Benjamin, Z”L • Chaim Menachem b/ Hena Raizel • Tuvia ben Ellie Dr. Ari Berenson’s mother, Simcha bat Yehuda • Chana bat Johanna • Tzipora Rachel b/ Sasha Leib, Z”L • Chana Devorah bat Baila Raizel Rivka Abe Kaplan’s father, Moshe Rafael ben Avraham • Devora Abigayil bat Pesha Mindel • Tzvi ben Masha • Dov Elyakim Ben Meira Tzipporah • Yaakov ben Maasha Yitzchak HaCohen, Z”L • Eliezer ben Chaya Sarah • Yaakov Meir ben Rosa Thu, Jul 25 Marcie Meier’s father, HaRav Yosef ben Moshe • Eliezer ben Reshelshen • Yehoshua Dov Ben Sara Yitzchak HaCohen, Z”L • Eliezer ben Gittel Esther Hana Kornwasser’s father, Avraham Shmuel ben • Gitta Rivka bat Chaya Risa • Yehoshua Yaakov ben Orna Yehuda Shalom, Z”L • Gittel Zelda bat Malka • Yehuda Yitzchak ben Gitel Harriet Katz & Roslyn Linderman’s mother, Batshel • Leah bat Mattel Shifra • Liba bat Chana • Yisrael Yehudah ben Miriam bat Mordechai, Z”L Bernard Ginsberg’s grandfather, Berel ben HaRav • Milka Yehudit bat Simcha • Yisssacher Dov ben Frayda • Moshe Mordechai ben Rachel • Yitzchok Isaac ben Blima Moshe HaCohen, Z”L • Necha bat Riva Leah Chana Miriam Cherner’s husband, Chaim ben Aryeh • Nechama