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This week:
Kehilat Mogen David
EMOR
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HAPPY
B”H
5775 * 2015
MOTHER’S DAY
Welcome to our guest Cantor
MAY 8-14, 2015
NOAH JACOBSON
Weekly Prayer Schedule
EREV SHABBOS MAY 8
Mincha
Light Candles
6:30pm
7:24pm
SHABBOS MAY 9
Shiur/ R’Grama
Shacharis
Mincha
Arvit
Havdalah
8:55am
9:15am
7:15pm
8:13pm
8:25pm
Shacharis Sun Happy Mothers’ Day
Mincha
8:00am
7:30pm
Shacharis Mon
Mincha
6:30am
7:30pm
Shacharis Tues
Mincha
6:30am
7:30pm
Shacharis Wed
Mincha
6:30am
7:30pm
Shacharis Thurs
Mincha
6:30am
7:30pm
Erev Shabbos MAY 15
Shacharis Fri
Mincha
Light Candles
6:30am
6:30pm
7:24pm
Important Halalhic Times
Earliest Talit & Tefillin
Last Time for Shema
Last time for Shacharis
Earliest time for Mincha
5:07am
9:23am
10:32am
1:24pm
ANNUAL GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
SUNDAY JUNE 14th 9:30am
The election of the 2015-16 Board of Directors will
take place at the June Annual General Meeting.
This week: we Thank our Sponsors
Kiddush is sponsored by the Shul
Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by
Mal and Shirley Serure in memory of the Hazkarah of
his father, Eliyahu ben Margalit
OPEN TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY
SHAVUOT SCHOLAR-in-RESIDENCE
ALL NIGHT LEARNING WITH RABBI DR. YIGAL TSAIDI
Monday May 25; Shavuot 2nd Day, Youth Program Appeal
Please help support our KMD Youth Programs.
Sunday May 24 2nd , Night of Shavuos please join us for
Shavuos Dinner 7:30pm More info and Signups coming soon !
Reservations online only at www.mogendavidla.com
19-25 IYAR
Kollel and Classes
are Sponsored by Avy and Sandra Azeroual;
dedicated in memory of Ada bat Hanna Azeroual;
and dedication to the memory of
JACK E. GINDI and
ESKANDAR RASHIDI DOOST ‫יעקב בן ר" שמעון‬
MAY 10-14
Weekday Classes Mon – Fri
7:30am Daily- Chok L’Israel (daily) w/H.Dayan
WEEKLY CLASSES
8:45am Chok L’Israel w/H.Dayan
SUN
9:00am Daf Yomi w/R’Baalhaness
9:30am Guide to Belief w/David Sacks
CLASS at Pico Café - w/R’Elias
MON
WED
12pm LUNCH & LEARN w/R’Elias
EVENING CLASSES
9:00pm Daf Yomi w/R’Baalhanes
Sun – Thurs
7:15pm Gemara w/R’Moses
Mon
9:00pm Gemara w/R’Grama
Mon
Mon – Thurs 8:00pm beginners Gemara w/R’Raffi
IN MEMORIAM: MAY 8-14 / 19-25 IYAR
Elliot Serure, Lila Eve Crystal, Sue Samuels, Esther Bernstein,
Ethel Shuman, Lewis Jackson, Moshe Pariser, Boris Catz,
Sarah Bassmann, Arthur Bassmann, Jacob Bassmann, Thea
Bassmann, Naomi Guttman, Betty Jean Kaye,
Louis Adelman, Rosalie Snyder
REFUAH SHLEIMAH:
Please call the office. We will gladly add any Name to the
list below; so they may be included in our prayers,
that each one may be granted a Refuah Shleimah.
Cantor Leopold Szneer
Rochel bat Miriam
Mordechai ben Simcha
Shahla Chaya bat Shoshana
Efriam ben Ida
Esther bat Chana
Avraham ben Dolat
Matana bat Rachel
Raphael David ben Ella
Habiba bat Rahel
Ruven ben Raisel
Elana bat Rachel
Shlomo ben Raizel
Bracha Hena bat Rivka
Levi Yakov ben Maytal Ha’Kohen
Rachel bat Chana
Shimon Dov ben Shifra
Rebbeca bat Sarah
Aaron Yosef ben Chana
Mary Ellen bat Sarah
Haim Menacham ben Hena Raizel
Linda bat Sarah
Moshe Mordechai ben Rachel
Rivkah bas Chemda
Baruch Pelech ben Chana
Eitan ben Sorah
Randy ben Sarah
Yoel ben Avraham Ha’Kohen
Chai ben Sarinah
Yoseph Shmuel Chaim ben Brana
Yitchak ben Calamera
Kehilat Mogen David ∙ 9717 West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles,90035 ∙ 310-556-5609 ∙ www.mogen-david.org ∙ office@mogen-david.org
Gabriel Elias, Rabbi ∙ Daniel Grama, Rabbi ∙ Alex Katz, Cantor ∙ Yehuda Moses, Rabbi ∙ Michael Abraham, Rabbi∙Cantor ∙ Phil Seelig-Haim Dayan, co-Presidents
ERUV: Please check the Eruv status each week before Candle Lighting : www.laeruv.com or 877-ERUV-INFO
Celebrate and Honor Jewish Heroes with the Jewish Friends of the American Armed Forces on
Shabbat Parashat Behar- B’Chukotai, Shabbos Shacharit, May 15, at 9:00am at Mogen David, followed by
community Kiddush. info at www.jfaaf.org or 310-625-3481
HAPPY ☺ BIRTHDAY
MAY ♥ HAPPY ♥ ANNIVERSARY
Marty Pollack,
Al Spivak,
Benjamin Nahamia,
Dafna Gerendash,
Emanuel Taitz,
Shalom Aynesazan,
Isaac Katz
Steven & Victoria Holtz, Ernest & Charlotte Wulkan,
Barry & Betty Sytner, Emmanuel & Tova Sarir,
Benjamin & Sara Cole, James & Audrey Fellous,
Sol & Gertrude Berger, Cantor Alex and Rachel Katz,
Daniel & Devorah Shaool, Roy & Alin Lansky,
Raymond & Erees Beyda, Daniel & Shery Javaherian,
Oren & Deborah Kashanian, Jonathan & Raizy Nissanoff,
Rabbi Daniel & Ruthy Grama
SHAVUOT SCHOLAR-in-RESIDENCE ALL NIGHT LEARNING with RABBI DR. YIGAL TSAIDI
THE ARAB ISRAELI CONFLICT: What is the source of our conflict & What is the solution? THE MYSTERY OF THE AKEDA; WHO
ARE THE FRIENDS OF RABBI AKIVA? Can we be his friends as well? REINCARNATION: A unique perspective from the eyes of
Chazal. Special Parenting Lecture; 2nd day Shavuot, Monday May 25th 6:00pm. How you create a new child after he/she was
born already. OPEN TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY
SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE EVENTS
Shabbos Emor, May 8-11, 2015, "Contemporary Challenges facing Modern Orthodoxy in Israel and the Diaspora"
Scholar-in-Residence with Rabbi Tzvi Koren, Sephardic Minyan
SAVE THE DATE: Jewish Friends of the American Armed Forces Shabbos Behar- B'Chukotai, May 16, 9:00am, followed by
community Kiddush. Ashkenazi Minyan More info @ www.jfaaf.org or 310-625-3481
SAVE THE DATE
Bnei Akiva: Shabbat Friday 5/8 @ 6:30pm: Beit Hillel Shabbaton - join Bnei Akiva and Beit Hillel for Kabbalat Shabbat and Dinner at B'nai David-Judea.
Shabbat 5/9@12:30pm: Shabbat lunch for V'Za'Ch 6-8th grade the Remer home. May 9th: City: NO SNIF - OFF WEEK.
Celebrate Israel’s 67th Birthday Sun May 17 9:30am, with a one mile walk (walk begins 10:00am) at Rancho Park starting & ending at the entrance to the
Celebrate Israel Festival. Register as “Mogen David’ and join the community walking in support of Israel. For security reasons, all participants MUST
register online at: http://www.celebrateisraelfestival.com/LosAngeles/en/walk
Community-Wide PRE-SHAVUOS BAKE SALE to Benefit the Yad Eliezer Baby Formula Fund. Thursday, May 21, 10:00am -1pm,
Beth Jacob Cong. To volunteer or bake call/text Dena Bess at 323-823-4849
SUMMER CAMP KMD JUNE 22 – AUGUST 7. 1/2 or FULL DAY AVAILABLE AGES 2-5 Summer Fun, Special Programs, Pizza, And More! co-directors:
MOJGAN and KAYLA at MOJGANNELIASSIAN@YAHOO.COM or K.WIZENFELD@YAHOO.COM
Registration for LA SPORTS WORLD SUMMER CAMP 2015 Offering sports and weekly activities; each day begins with Shacharit davening. Special: 2 WEEK GIRL'S
SPORTS CAMP! Same programs & activities with separate counselors and facilities. 3 sessions available, call David Ouaknine at 424-258-5279
or info@lasportsworld.com
SUMMER 2015 MJ SPORTS CAMP June 22-Aug 21, 2015 Boys & Girls Ages 2-6 & 7-13. Summer Schedule 9am-3pm.
New Location at 1046 S. Robertson Blvd. LA. Info call Michael Karpeles or Jonathan Ravanshenas; 310-497-4923 or 323-395-2479 www.MJSportsCamp.com
or MJSportsCamp@gmail.com
Moshava Malibu: Nearly sold out info: 855-MOSHAVA or office@moshavamalibu.org
WE ARE STILL MISSING DATABASE INFO FROM MANY OF OUR MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES
DVAR TORAH – EMOR
Please help us to update our files. Call the office or print the info form and email to the office
In this parsha we read of the important duties and abstinences of the kohanim (priests) in the performance of their official tasks. The
Torah demands that a person who has a physical defect, or is blind, lame or crippled in some way cannot perform as a kohain even if
he be of the priestly family. At first glance, this seems cruel and unjust. Certainly, many great leaders in our society have been and
are able to fulfill the duties of their leadership, disregarding their physical handicaps. Upon closer scrutiny, however, we find these
rules were necessary to fulfill the requirements of holiness. How could we expect the Jews to select perfect animal specimens for
their meals, if those who prepare the foods have defects, many of them unknown in origin? For Israel in those days the setting of a
good example was extremely important. Today, our rabbi's explain that the defects outlined here are no longer applicable to the
visible physical defects of a person, so we must be concerned with the moral and ethical character of our leaders .
Equally if not more important is the period between Pesach and Shavous, the festivals of liberation and the giving of the Torah. This
period is marked by the "Counting of the Omer". In a sense the festival of Shavous is a fulfillment, a climax, of Pesach. In terms of
the Jewish people the significance is obvious, Israel was not a nation by virtue of its freedom alone but the virtue of receiving the
Torah. Freedom for the Jew is a release, from oppression but not from self-control. Pesach permits man to develop freely, with no
interference by anyone with his/her religious activities. This freedom became real only when it was given direction, when the Torah
showed us what we can become. Now we understand that Pesach and Shavous are complementary festivals, deliberately
connected by the counting of the Omer to stress their inseparability. Together they teach us that achievement in this world is not
abandon but adult discharge of productive obligations.
Good Shabbos
Rabbi Gabe Elias