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Shabbat Mevorachim June 3 & 4, 2016 • 26-27 IYAR 5776
SHABBAT BECHUKOTAI
CONGREGATION MOGEN DAVID • 9717 W PICO BLVD, LA, CA 90035 • 310.556.5609 • WWW.MOGEN-DAVID.ORG
RABBI GABE ELIAS, Senior Rabbi/Executive Director
NOEY JACOBSON, Cantor
AVY AZEROUAL, President
RABBI YEHUDA MOSES, Rav Kehila, Sephardic Minyan
RABBI MICHAEL ABRAHAM, Assistant Rabbi/Hazan
RABBI NISSIM AFRIAT, Hashkama Minyan
REFUAH SHLEIMAH:
• Mordechai ben Simcha • Efriam ben Ida • Avraham
ben Dolat • Raphael David ben Ella • Ruven ben Raisel •
Shlomo ben Raizel • Levi Yakov ben Maytal Ha’Kohen •
Shimon Dov ben Shifra • Yitzchak ben Kalomeera • Haim
Menachem ben Hena Raizel • Moshe Mordechai ben
Rachel • Baruch Pelech ben Chana • Yoseph Shmuel
Chaim ben Brana • Aaron Yosef ben Chana • Ozer ben
Leah • Rochel bat Miriam • Chana Ruhal bat Selma •
Eshter bat Chana • Matana bat Rachel • Habiba bat Ra-
hel • Tzvia Nechama bas Chana Rochel • Bracha Hena
bat Rivka • Rachel bat Chana • Sara bat Etta • Rivkah
bas Chemda • Elana bat Rachel • Miriam bat Sarah •
Villis bat Fruma • Chava Golda bat Rachel Leah • Sarah
bat Elka • Shifra bat Chaya • Marcello ben Rivka • Silvia
Neche bat Rosa • Esther Shayna bat Chave • Abraham
ben Shlomo • Chaya Rachel bat Simcha • Yehezkel ben
Rachel • Nathan Aaron ben Blimah • Esther bat Gital •
Israel Aaron ben Shendel •
IN MEMORIAM: JUNE 3 - 9 / 29 IYAR—3 SIVAN
Gesela Alcalay • Shlomo Birnbaum • Philip Karz • Samson
Mintz • Mordechai Murciano • Alma Bernet • Joy Ruth
Graff • Molly Greenberg • David ben Nachmon Minc
Sora Chaya Sacks • Rose Stein • Israel Yitzhak Bruck •
Isadore Kaufman • Fanny Markman •
THIS SHABBAT, YOM YERUSHALAYIM SHABBATON
WELCOME TO GUEST SPEAKER RABBI MIKE FEUER,
OUR RZLA SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE speaking Shabbos-
morning
SHAVUOT HOLIDAY SCHEDULE, SATURDAY NIGHT JUNE, 11TH
ALL NIGHT LEARNING, OPEN TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY,
BEGINS AT 12:00am
SHAVUOT SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE with RABBI DR. YIGAL
TSAIDI
Ashkenaz Minyan
Erev Shabbos
Mincha: 6:30pm
Candle lighting: 7:42pm
Shabbos
Mishna: 8:45am w/R’Elias
Shacharis: 9:00am
Mincha: 7:30pm
Ma’ariv: 8:32pm
Havdalah: 8:39pm
Weekday
Shacharis: Sun 8:00am
Mon-Fri 6:30am
Mincha & Maariv: 7:50pm
Sephardic Minyan
Erev Shabbat
Mincha: 6:30pm
Candle lighting: 7:42pm
Shabbat
Hashkama Minyan: 7:45am
Parsha Drasha w/Rabbi Moses : 8:15am
Shacharit: 8:45am
Teen Minyan: 9:30am w/Rabbi Abraham
Shiur w/Eliyahu Binyamin Moses : 6:00pm
Shiur w/Rabbi Moses : 6:45pm
Shir Hashirim w/Rabbi Abraham : 6:45pm(boys only)
Mincha: 7:25pm(followed by Seudah Shlishit & Arvit)
Havdalah: 8:39pm
Weekday
Shacharis: Sun 8:00am
Mon-Fri 6:30am
Mincha & Maariv: 7:50pm
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS:
Bnei Akiva Events: 6/4: Special end-of-year Snif
Shluchot, 7:15pm (walking groups LEAVE Canfield &
Airdrome at 6:55). Don't miss it! For more info contact
Eyal at (310) 220-1459
Yoetzet Halacha Shoshana Samuels: Will receive the
first Nishmat Miriam Glaubach Center Award on Wed,
6/1, at a Gala Dinner in NYC celebrating Nishmat,
which educates and certifies all Yoatzot Halacha.
To share the celebration, call 201 525-5100 or log on to
www.nishmatgala.org
The Ezra Network: WEDNESDAYS: FREE Social Services @
KMD. Make your appointment by contacting: Ro-
chelle, Social Worker, 323.229.0235; Giselle, Jobs,
323.761.8888 x8998; Emily, Legal Counselor,
323.549.5827
Synagogue Based Bereavement Support Group: @ KMD
every Wed, at 3:00 pm. For info, contact: Ezra Network
Social Worker Rochelle Shapiro at (323) 229-0235
Bet Zedek Legal Services: If you are looking for legal
help, whether it has to do with applying for Holocaust
reparations, an eviction notice or elder abuse, the Ezra
Network is here for you. The legal counselor can assist
you, at no cost. If the legal counselor cannot assist you
directly, the attorney will provide referrals to other
agencies that may be able to assist. Contact 323-549-
5827. All information provided is confidential
Moshava California: - Summer is nearly here &
registration is CLOSING OUT! Don't miss out on an
summer sports, arts, nature, friendship, ruach and
more. For more info: office@moshavacalifornia.org or
855-MOSHAVA
5 Day Yosemite Camping Adventure for High School
boys: (14-17) Aug 21-25, 2016. Experience Redwood
trees & Waterfalls, Hiking, BBQ’s, Tefilos & Shiurim. Trans-
portation and Meals provided. Contact: Mordechai
Lalehzari 310-927-6417, or outdoorstitch@gmail.com
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
Kiddush this week is sponsored by Reuben and Miri-
am Robin in honor of their new Baby Girl. Mazal
Tov!
Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by Rina Bamela in hon-
or of the Birthday of Albert Bamela. Happy Birthday
Albert !
BORUCH DAYAN EMET
With Sorrow CMD regrets to inform you of the passing of longtime Chazzan,
LEOPOLD SZNEER
Condolences go out to his wife Isabelle Szneer, and the family on their profound loss.
" המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים "
"Ha-Makom yenahem etkhem b'tokh sha'ar aveilei Tizon V Yerushalayim"
"May the Omnipresent console them among the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem."
MAZAL TOV! on the Birth of a Girl
to
REUBEN and MIRIAM ROBIN and
DAN and JESSICA KRIEF and to
SHEMUEL and NAOMIE EZRAN
on the Birth of a Boy May They Merit To Be Raised to Torah, Chuppah, And Maasim Tovim!
MAZAL TOV !
to MOSHE SCHLUSSEL and EDEN BURSTYN on their upcom-
ing wedding.
Mazal Tov to the Schlussel and Burstyn families and to all
friends joining in on this Simcha
JUNE
• Alma Barnes • Rhona Wacht • Netaniel Nissanoff •
Daniella Alyeshmerni • Shery Javaherian • Joel Lin-
derman • Tania Bohbot • Leat Silvera • Ruthie
Afriat • Ellie Rostami • Abraham Kashani
With the assurance of blessing for adherence to Torah,
this parsha describes in chilling terms the inevitable results
of repudiation of Torah. This sedra (portion) sets forth the
consequence of obedience and disobedience to
Hashem's precepts and laws. On the one hand, we are
promised if we faithfully observe the mitzvot, there will be
seasonal rain, peace, fertility, and Hashem's ever abiding
presence. On the other hand, if we do not obey
Hashem's mitzvot, the most horrible consequences
(known as the Tochacha) will ensue: disease, hunger,
famine, war, drought, cannibalism and a multitude of
other horrors which would make the plagues visited upon
the Egyptians look like child's play (we have been witness
to it in our generation). This would appear to present an
angry and vengeful God. But not so, for we are told that
when we will at last have humbled ourselves and have
atoned for our iniquities; then Hashem will remember his
people and his covenant.
This is a lesson for us in our daily lives when interacting
with our fellow Jews. There are some of us who cannot
find it within ourselves to forgive one another. We live
with a continual feeling of strong dislike (because of dif-
ferent views and opinions). It burns in us quietly at first,
steadily growing, until the dislike is so obvious that it
makes us do irrational, unnecessary and, harmful
things. Surely; if we weren't harboring this dislike in our
hearts, these destructive acts could be prevented, re-
placed by constructive deeds. Deeds that might have
helped the problem instead of increasing the dislike that
scars our hearts and minds.
Certainly we have enemies, dangerous ones, who are
planning our destruction this very minute and are
spreading anti-Semitism all over the globe. But our hope
for the future, as promised in this parsha, involves faith in
a power much greater than ourselves, the love of one
another and unity in the ranks. Many of us try to live ex-
emplary lives but still we can't see past our noses. As
Yoav learned, man can never understand the mystery of
Hashem's ways, but there must always be faith. We will
continue to survive and be victorious because we are
the people of the covenant that last throughout the
generations.
Chazak, Chazak, V'Nitchazek, Be Strong, Be Strong, And
Let Us Strengthen One Another.
Shabbat Shalom
Rabbi Gabe Elias
Parashat Bechukotai, the last in Sefer VaYikra, famously
records the Tochacha, the national rebuke given to Bnei
Yisrael detailing the travails and calamities Hashem will
suffer on us if we don't listen to Him and, conversely, the
blessings He will bestow upon us if we do. These rebukes
are also recorded in Parashat Ki Tavo, in Sefer Devarim,
with the main distinction being whether there were con-
veyed in the singular or plural tense. The purpose of re-
buke, of course, is to mend our ways--L'takken et Ha-
Middot--through following Hashem's Mitzvot.
On an interpersonal level we are also required to offer
rebuke, Tochacha, to our fellow Jews. When we see an-
other Jew acting inappropriately, creating a Chillul Ha-
shem, we are mandated by the Torah to offer rebuke, as
the pasuk in Parashat Kedoshim tell us: "Hocheiach
Tochiach et Amitecha," you shall surely rebuke your fel-
low Jew. The Gemara in Masechet Bava Metzia already
limits the scope of this command, claiming that it is a
Mitzvah to remain silent and not offer rebuke when the
person will refuse help and continue to sin anyway, as the
pasuk conlcudes, "V'Lo Tissa Alav Chet." Many commen-
tators, notably the Tur, already said that nowadays we
have lost the art of Tochacha, the ability to distinguish
when and in what circumstances to rebuke, and when
to remain silent, and it is better nowadays to err on the
side of caution and not offer rebuke. This is the accepted
opinion.
An important caveat must be made, however. All this is
true for Mitzvot Bein Adam L'Chaveiro, but for Mitzvot Bein
Adam L'Makom we don't have the right or the option to
remain silent. We can never forego a Kavod afforded to
HaKadosh Baruch Hu. For those Mitzvot which express a
relationship with Hashem we must always remain vigilant
and protective of Kavod Shamayim, even if it means ex-
pressing rebuke, Tochacha. Of course, each situation
must be weighed and balanced, and all our actions must
be L'shem Shamayim.
Shabbat Shalom !
Rabbi Yehuda Moses
KOLLEL & CLASSES
Daily Classes
Sun-Fri: Chok Le’Yisrael w/ Haim Dayan
Sun @ 8:45am; Mon -Fri @ 7:30 am
Weekly Classes
Sun: Shiur
w/ Rabbi Adler following Shacharit
Sun: Guide to Belief
w/ David Sacks @ 9:30 am
Mon: Parsha Class
w/ Rabbi Elias @ Pico Café 7:45 am
Wed: Lunch & Learn (Parsha)
w/ Rabbi Elias @ 12:00 pm
Thur: Gemara Class
w/ Rabbi Moses @ 8:00 pm
NEW* Talmud Shiur w/Rabbi Elias @8:30pm
Kollel Classes are Sponsored by Avy and Sandra Azeroual;
Dedicated in memory of ADA BAT HANNA AZEROUAL; and in
dedication to the memories of JACK E. GINDI and ESKANDAR
RASHIDI DOOST.
We offer the opportunity to sponsor a week of Kollel learning for $180
as a way to commemorate a Yahrtzeit or Hazkarah, to celebrate a
joyous Simcha, or to help and support the Torah learning at our Shul.
Please call or email the office to choose a week to sponsor a class.
BECHUKOTAI
2016-17 Annual General Elections Meeting, Sunday June 19 at 9:00am
Open to All members PAID-in-FULL PRIOR to the meeting, Only paid members are allowed to attend, and are eligible to vote.
Please Call The Office at 310-556-5609 and Take Care of Any Open Account Balances Or The Balance Of Your Hol-iday Pledge
MEMBERS MUST BE PRESENT TO VOTE Sincerely, CMD Nominating Committee
OU Annual Awards Banquet: June 21 at the Beverly Hills
Marriott at 5:45pm.
Installation of West Coast President Scott Krieger
Email: westcoast@ou.org for info 310-229-9000 xt 200
Meir & Alissa Kroll • Raphael & Annie Sabbah •
Michael & Yisca Abraham • Mal & Shirley Serure •
Nate & Laurie Minc • Oscar & Miriam Krater •
Ephriam Behzad & Mojgan Noorani • Mark & Ann
Deutsch • Adrian & Taly Engel • Ramin & Liorah
Namvar • Geoffrey & Melanie Anderson • Moshe &
Arlene Kupietzky • Mark & Sheryl Hyman • Mark &
Lauren Mintz
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