Young Israel of Century City • Office address: 9317 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035 • 310-273-6954 • www.yicc.org

March 7th, 2020 ~ 11 of Adar 5780 Volume 33 • Issue 115

This Week At YICC Tetzaveh

SHABBAT SCHEDULE Shabbat Candle Lighting ............................................5:37 pm Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat .......................................5:45 pm Led by Shloime Dachs (Schlesinger Sanctuary) Hashkama Minyan (Schlesinger Sanctuary) ..............7:15 am

Sal Lowi Z’L Hashkama Kiddush Sponsored by: • Robert & Karen Avrech, in memory of Robert's father,

HaRav Avraham ben HaRav Shmuel Z"L Rabbi Proops’ Parasha Shiur (Mintz Beit Midrash) ....... … 8:30 am

Main Minyan (Schlesinger Sanctuary) .................................. 9:00 am Young Community Minyan (Mintz Beit Midrash) .................. 9:15 am

YCM Kiddush sponsored by: • Jeremy and Chaya Sara Shelton, in memory of Jeremy’s

mother, Jennifer (Yaffa bat Harav Menachem Mendel) Shelton, Z”L

Library Minyan (Nagel Library) .......................................9:30 am Teen Minyan .............................................................9:30 am Youth Program (Teichman Youth Wing) 9:00 - until services end Mincha (Schlesinger Sanctuary).......................................5:15 pm 2nd Reading of Zachor Seudah Shlishit and Shiur by Rabbi Dr. Zev Wiener Sponsored by: • Seth & Ruth Berkowitz, in commemoration of Dr. Noah

Susman’s 8th Yahrzeit, Noach Ben Moshe, Z”L ➢ Siyum of Rambam’s Sefer Taharah by Shaya Berkowitz

• Helen Mars, in memory of her husband, David ben HaRav Natan, Z”L

Maariv……………………………………………………. 6:31 pm Havdalah & Shabbat ends .........................................6:41 pm

Important Halakhic Times: Mar 8- 13 Alot HaShachar ................................................ .5:55 am Earliest Talit & Tefillin ...................................... 6:19 am Last Time for Shema ....................................... 10:06 am Sof Zman Tefilah ............................................. 11:05 am Earliest time for Mincha .................................... 1:33 pm

HALAKHIC CORNER Q: When should one fulfill the custom of Machatzit

HaShekel (remembrance of the half Shekel which was collected before the month of Nissan in the times of the Beit Hamikdash)? At what age does one become obligated to perform this custom?

A: The 16th century Ashkenazik Halakhic authority, the Rema, writes (694:1) that our custom is to perform Machatzit HaShekel before Mincha on Taanit Esther. There are many who have the custom though to give it after Mincha, before hearing the Megila (see Psikeit Tshuvot 694:3). If one is not able to do Machazit HaShekel at these times he may still do it throughout the month of Adar. Regarding the age at which one becomes obligated to observe this custom, the Rema notes that only those who are twenty years of age and older are obligated to perform the Machatzit HaShekel. The Mishna Brura (694:5), authored by Rav Yisrael Meir Ha'Kohen Kagan (1839-1933) writes that there are those who say that one is obligated already from the age of thirteen. He explains that either way, the custom is for one to give even for young children and even for an unborn fetus. There is a dispute as to whether women are obligated to do Machatzit HaShekel, but everyone agrees that it is preferable for them to do it.

Tefilah Schedule – Mar 8-13

Shacharit (Locations listed in separate box) Sunday ........................................... 6:45/8:00/9:00 am Monday (Fast of Esther) ................ 6:00/7:00/7:45 am Tue (followed by Megillah) ............ 6:00//7:45/9:15 am Wed, Shushan Purim ..... 6:00/6:15/7:00/7:45/9:00 am Thursday .............................. 6:00//6:10//7:00/7:45 am Friday ..................................... 6:00/6:15/7:00/7:45 am

Mincha Sunday, Wednesday &Thursday ................. 6:50 pm Monday (Fast of Esther) ................................ 6:35 pm Tuesday (Purim) ............................................ 5:00 pm

Next Shabbat, Friday, March 13 Candles ......................................................... 6:43 pm Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat ............. 5:35 & 6:50 pm

LOCATIONS FOR DAILY MINYANIM & DAF YOMI 6:00 Shacharit ............................................................. Nagel Library 7:00/ Shacharit .............................................. Schlesinger Sanctuary 6:10/6:15 & 7:45 Shacharit ................................. Mintz Beit Midrash Daf Yomi Shiur ............................................................ Nagel Library

PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THE MARINER CENTER LOT THEY WILL HAVE YOU TOWED

YICC’S KIDDUSH CO-SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM Kiddush co-sponsorships at $200 each help our Shul cover the expense of those Shabbatot without a main sponsor, and are a

nice way to commemorate or celebrate an occasion. We encourage you to consider this option.

Our program is supported this Shabbat by:

Michel & Marie-Pierre Heyman, in memory of Michel’s brother, Shmuel Chaim ben Avraham, Z”L

Shabbat Zachor ~ Shabbat with Shloime Dachs

BAR MITZVAH ~Yonatan Holender Kiddush sponsored by Darrin and Karen Holender

In honor of their son Yonatan’s Bar Mitzvah

REMEMBER TO SET YOUR CLOCKS FORWARD

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT

CONDOLENCES

YAHRZEITS: March 7-13 ~ Adar 11-17 Sat, Mar 07 Robert Rhodes’ grandfather, Tzvi ben Avraham, Z”L

David Weiss’ father, Leib ben Hershel, Z”L

Sun, Mar 08 Cari Hanelin’s father, David ben HaRav Natan, Z”L Karl Newman’s sister, Leah bat Zalman Zelig, Z”L Mon, Mar 09 Robert Avrech’s father, HaRav Avraham ben HaRAv

Shmuel, Z”L Alan Rich’s father, Naftali ben Tzvi, Z”L Tue, Mar 10 Adam Reich’s mother, Bracha bat Yitzchak, Z”L Elizabeth Abramowitz’s mother, Leiba bat Shimon, Z”L Carol Reich & Dr. Philip Werthman’s father, Shlomo ben

Ephraim Fishel, Z”L Bernard Ginsberg’s uncle, Moshe Yosef Ben Beryl

HaCohen, Z”L Ayala Naor’s mother, Feige Chana bat Yehoshua Zelig,

Z”L Wed, Mar 11 Malka Hier’s father, Yaakov Tzvi ben Menashe HaLevi,

Z”L Ruhama Muskin’s father, HaRav Moshe Tzvi Yosef ben

Shlomo, Z”L Carol Reich & Dr. Phillip Werthman’s mother, Nechama

bat Binyamin, Z”L Thu, Mar 12 Fred Roberts’s mother, Dina Bat Hershel, Z”L Ayala Naor’s father, Alter Yitzchak Shalom ben Chaim

Tzvi, Z”L Fri, Mar 13 Walter Hulkower’s father, HaRav Moshe ben Mordechai

Zev, Z”L Pessie Samson’s father, Yosef ben Zalmen, Z”L Sam Weissman’s uncle, Matit Lev ben Shmuel Zev

HaCohen, Z”L

• Akiva ben Miriam Devorah • Bat Ami bat Beth • Bayla Bracha bat Malka Hinda • Beryl Leah bat Chaya Sarah • Binyumin ben Shelma • Chaim Menachem b/ Hena Raizl • Chaim Tzvi ben Necha Rivka • Chana bat Johanna • Chana Rachel bat Sarah • Chava Breinah bat Golda • Chaya Necha bat Riva Leah • David ben Rivka • Dov ben Sarita • Ella bat Rashell • Eliezer Shaul Ben Rachel Adina • Gitta Rivka bat Chaya Risa • Leah bat Mattel • Mordechai Menachem Ben • Moshe Yehuda ben Yehudit • Moshe Mordechai ben Rachel • Nechama bat Dina • Ora bat Nechama • Ozer ben Leah • Rachel Chaya Yafa bat Miriam • Rachel bat Julie Zohar

• Raphael Daniel ben Malka • Refael David ben Ella • Reuven Betzalel HaCohen ben

Fayga • Rifkah bat Lottie • Rochel bat Esther • Sarah Chana Chaya bat Esther Bracha • Sarah Leah bat Freyda Rut • Schmuel Zev ben Gitel • Shmuel ben Rachel • Shoshana Metuka Sara bat Reva Miriam • Sorah Gitel bat Chava Raitzl • Tuvia ben Ellie • Tzvi ben Masha • Yaakov ben Maasha • Yaron ben Zelda • Yehoshua Yaakov ben Orna • Yehuda Leib ben Chaya Baila • Yehuda Meir ben Malka • Yehuda Yitzchak ben Gitel

Shifra • Yisrael David ben Chana • Yissacher Dov ben Frayda • Yosef ben Rachel

Our Rabbis, Board of Directors and entire membership wish Mazal Tov to Karen and Darrin Holender on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Yonatan. Mazal Tov to siblings Yehuda, Sophia and Benjamin, and to the entire family. We welcome all family and friends who are with us to celebrate this simcha. MAZAL TOV • Esti Loboda on her engagement to Ari Benchimol, son of Leah

Benchimol and Rabbi Hillel Benchimol of Israel. Mazal Tov to Esti’s parents, Michael & Tina Loboda, siblings Rachel & Abi Bendahan, Yaakov Loboda, Adena Loboda, and grandmother, Martha Frankel.

THANK YOU • Moshe Buchman for leading last week’s Fraylach Friday

Kabbalat Shabbat service. • Jeremy and Chaya Sara Shelton for sponsoring our Shabbat

with Shloime Dachs in loving memory of Jeremy’s mother, Jennifer Shelton, A”H.

• To all who participated in making this week's YICC Women's Torah Initiative event a great success. To Geri Wiener for arranging this event, our hostess, Dorit Teichman, Rabbi Jason Weiner for delivering an excellent shiur, Jenna Fields and Daniella Kamara for the Sharsheret presentation.

WELCOME NEW MEMBER We welcome the following to our membership and hope they will enjoy a long relationship with our Shul: • Osher & Meira Russo IN MEMORIAM We offer our condolences to Barbara Gindi on the passing of her mother, Muriel (Mickie) Goldstein, Z”L. Shiva end Sunday morning (Shacharit at 8 am). Visitation Sat night 7:30-9:30 pm. May the Almighty comfort the bereaved along with all mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

DAF YOMI SPONSORSHIPS We offer our members the opportunity to sponsor a week of Daf Yomi

learning for $225 - a wonderful way to commemorate a Yahrzeit, celebrate a Simcha, or just support Torah learning in our Shul.

To sponsor please contact the Shul office.

This week is sponsored by: Adam & Carol Reich and Dr Philip Werthman

In memory of Adam’s mother, Bracha bat Yitzchak, Z”L And in memory of Carol and Philip’s parents,

Shlomo ben Ephraim Fishel, Z”L and Nechama bat Binyamin, Z”L

Please include the following names in your prayers, and may each be granted a Refuah Shleimah

MATANOT L’EVYONIM With Purim approaching, we remind everyone

of the important Mitzvah of Matanot L’Evyonim. The Mitzvah requires that both men and women give a cash gift equivalent of two meals ($40 each), so that two poor people will

each have a Purim meal. Checks should be written to Young Israel of Century City, and in the memo write:

“Matanot L’Evyonim” or Gmach for Purim Remember – your gifts must be in by Purim morning.

YICC’S MISHLOACH MANOT PROGRAM

Please come help us pack Mishloach Manot Saturday night, March 7, starting at 7:45 pm

PICK UP TIMES FOR OUTSIDE BASKETS & BASKETS FOR ROUTE DELIVERIES:

Sunday night, March 8, from 7:30 - 9 PM & Monday, March 9 from 8:30 AM – 4 PM

YICC SECURITY

For any security concerns email: Security@yicc.org Either Daniel Silverman (VP Security) or Steven Silver

(Security Director) will respond accordingly. WE THANK OUR SECURITY TEAM

FOR GUARDING US OVER SHABBAT

David Abrams (CSS), Ken Bendik (CSS) Joe Needle (CSS), Dr. Larry Platt (CSS), Ari Ruchlin (CSS), Ron Schaechter

(CSS), Neal Shapiro (CSS), Daniel Silverman (CSS),Jeremy Stepen (CSS), Allan Sternberg (CSS),

Marsha Wasserman (CSS)

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT

• NEFESH B’NEFESH makes difficult decision to cancel the “Dollars and Sense” seminar scheduled for 3/18 @ YICC due to ongoing health concerns surrounding the coronavirus. As an alternative, we will be offering live broadcast sessions and presentations on an all-encompassing slate of Aliyah resources for retirees, families, medical and young professionals looking to make Aliyah on Sunday, March 15. A full schedule and login information will be provided on Sunday, March 8 at: www.nbn.org.il/mega

• Chai Lifeline West Coast’s Annual Legacy of Hope Gala, Sunday evening, March 8, at the Directors Guild of America. honoring Faigie & Ari Brecher and Dana & Pedram Labib. The event will also pay special tribute to the legacy of Lori Gilbert Kaye z”l. To reserve a seat, place a journal ad, or for more info please visit www.wcgala.org or call 310.274.6331.

• Hillel Hebrew Academy’s PTA will be hosting their annual Purim Carnival on March 8th from 1pm-5pm on their campus. Please come and buy your wristbands at the link below! https://hillelhebrewpta.org/product/purimcarnival/

• "Violins of Hope Concert " is coming to L.A. on March 29, featuring The Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic & Legal Voices at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre at 3PM. These violins were once played by Holocaust victims in concentration camps. The concert will feature music by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schindler's List, Fiddler on the Roof & more. Tickets from $20-$80 at www.LALawyersPhil.org .. Group discount available.

ADULT EDUCATION: March, 8-13

SUNDAY • The Dr. George Fox Z”L Memorial Gemara Shiur

with Rabbi Dr. David Fox ............................ …………8:45am

(Nagel Library)

WEDNESDAY • Rabbi David Mahler's Aggada Shiur ........................... 8:00pm

(Nagel Library)

• Sefer HaChinuch with Rabbi Nechemia Langer

(Pollack home: 1458 S. Beverwil Dr.) .......................... 8:30pm

DAF YOMI – Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom

www.dafyomiyicc.org

• Daf Yomi – Monday - Friday ................................ 6:45-7:45am

• Daf Yomi on Shabbat ................................................. 8:45am

• Daf Yomi on Sunday .................................................... 7:15am

YICC UPCOMING EVENTS:

“THE MASKED SINGER” PURIM EDITION

March 9th at 8:30 p.m. (Mintz Social Hall) Live Band! All ages welcome

PURIM SEUDAH

March 10th from 4:00 p.m.-9:00pm For bookings and sponsorship

www.yicc.org/event/seudah5780

VOICES FROM THE BIMA

Shabbat, March 14th 5:20 p.m. (Mincha 6:20 p.m.) “Just A Yid in Hollywood”

Guest speaker: Fred Toczek

YICC Women's Tehilim Group Mondays @7:30pm

for Cholim, Shiduchim & Israel March Location: 1965 Durango Ave

FROM YICC’S SEFER MINHAGIM SHABBAT ZACHOR, TAANIT ESTHER & PURIM

1) On Shabbat Zachor we do not say Av Harachamim before

Musaf. 2) On the Shabbat Zachor we do say Tzidkatcha Tzedek and Kel

Maleh at Minha on Shabbat afternoon. 3) On Shabbat Zachor we do not take out a Sefer Torah after

davening just to reread Parashat Zachor; rather it is read again

at Mincha after the reading of the regular Shabbat afternoon

Torah reading. In this case the Torah used for the regular

reading is rolled to Parashat Zachor. No Brakhot are recited

before or after the reading. 4) Everyone stands for the Torah reading of Parashat Zachor. 5) We repeat the last Pasuk of Parshat Zachor, the first time saying

Zeikher (with a Segol) and the second time Zeikher (with a

Tzeirei). 6) The Haftorah for Shabbat Zachor is taken from Sefer Shmuel I

15:2 and begins with the words Ko Amar Hashem. 7) Machzit HaShekel is observed at Minha on Taanit Esther. It is

collected through Shacharit on Purim 8) On Taanit Esther at Shacharit we say Selichot and Avenu

Malkenu. We do not say Avenu Malkenu at Minha. 9) On Purim and Shushan Purim we do not recite Tachanun

and Lamenatzeach between Ashrei and Uva Le’Tzion. 10) A mourner during the 12 months for a parent may lead the

davening on Purim both for Minha & Maariv, but should not lead

Shacharit. 11) On Purim and Shushan Purim we do not recite Tachanun, Kel

Erech Apayim, and Lamenatzeach.

PURIM SCHEDULE 5780

Fast of Esther, MARCH 9TH Fast begins 5:57 am (Fast ends 7:33 pm)

SHACHARIT 6:00 am (Schlesinger Sanctuary) 6:00 am (Nagel Library) 7:00 am (Schlesinger Sanctuary)

7:45 am (Nagel Library)

MINCHA 6:35 pm (Schlesinger Sanctuary) MAARIV 7:20 pm (Schlesinger Sanctuary) 7:30 pm Family Megilla Reading (Levkowitz Teen Room) *All Children must be accompanied by an adult*

7:35 pm Megilla, 1st reading (Schlesinger Sanctuary) 9:15 pm Megilla, 2nd reading (Schlesinger Sanctuary) 8:30 pm The Masked Singer Program (Mintz Social Hall)

*** Everyone welcome***

PURIM, March 10th SHACHARIT – followed by megillah reading 6:00/7:45/9:15 am (Schlesinger Sanctuary)

Megillah Reading Only: 11:00 am (Schlesinger Sanctuary)

MINCHA 5:00 pm (Schlesinger Sanctuary)

Purim Seudah must start before 6:30 pm

MAARIV 8:00 pm (Schlesinger Sanctuary)

*For details of our exciting Youth Program, please see Youth flyer*