This week: Kehilat Mogen David  B”H 5775 * 2015 SHIMINI SHABBOS MEVORCHIM BAR MITZVAH  YEHUDA GRAMA April 17-23, 2015 28 NISAN – 4 IYAR Weekly Prayer Schedule EREV SHABBOS APRIL 17 Shacharis Mincha Light Candles 6:30am 6:30pm 7:08pm SHABBOS MEVORCHIM April 18 Shiur/ R’Grama Shacharis Mincha Arvit Havdalah 8:55am 9:15am 6:50pm 8:02pm 8:07pm Shacharis Rosh Chodesh Sun Yom Hashoah Program Mincha 8:00am 9:30am 7:15pm Shacharis Rosh Chodesh Mon Mincha 6:30am 7:15pm Shacharis Tues Mincha 6:30am 7:15pm Shacharis Yom Hazikaron Wed Mincha 6:30am 7:15pm Shacharis Yom Haatzma’ut Thurs Mincha 6:30am 7:15pm Erev Shabbos April 24 Shacharis Fri Mincha Light Candles 6:30am 6:30pm 7:13pm Important Halalhic Times Earliest Talit & Tefillin Last Time for Shema Last time for Shacharis Earliest time for Mincha 5:35am 9:37am 10:43am 1:28pm This week: we Thank our Sponsors Kiddush is sponsored by Rabbi Daniel and Ruthy Grama in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son Yehuda. Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by Haim and Helen Dayan in memory of the Hazkarah of his father Avraham ben Roza, This past, Thursday April 16, was Yom Hashoah. Please join us at Mogen David this Sunday April 19 for a Special Program dedicated to the 6 Million Martyrs in Commemoration of this solemn and significant day. We thank our sponsors and co-sponsors of the program: Marty & Evelyn Pollack, in memory of their parents who survived the Holocaust, Israel & Helen Pollack z’l and Isaac & Irene Katz z’l, Mount Sinai Memorial Parks and Mortuaries; Naomi Silbermintz & Soheila Weitz, Anonymous 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 APRIL 19-23 Weekday Classes Mon – Fri 7:30am Daily- Chok L’Israel (daily) w/H.Dayan WEEKLY CLASSES 8:45am Chok L’Israel w/H.Dayan 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 Sun – Thurs 9:00pm Daf Yomi w/R’Baalhanes Mon 7:15pm Gemara w/R’Moses Mon 9:00pm Gemara w/R’Grama Mon – Thurs 8:00pm beginners Gemara w/R’Raffi Mon – Thurs 9:00pm Class w’ R’Daniel Cavalier SUN IN MEMORIAM: APRIL 17-23 / 28 NISAN - 4 IYAR Louis Weller, Charlotte Chouaiki, Jacob Barens, Rose Socol, Bessie Perkins, Robert Blaugrund, Neil Harvey Gutman, Marjorie Belle Maron, Gladys Mae Maron, Samuel L. Shuman, Evelyn Pepper, Sadie Alperson, Meir Lifson, Feige Scherer, Zoltan Spitzer, Rose Kravitz, Binem Wrubel, Israel Wrubel, Jacob Wrubel, Malka Wrubel, Frymet Blavat Wrubel & Hanna 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 Kehilat Mogen David ∙ 9717 West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles,90035 ∙ 310-556-5609 ∙ www.mogen-david.org ∙ [email protected] 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 PLEASE JOIN US ON SHABBOS TAZRIA - METZORA FOR A SCHOLAR-in-RESIDENCE PROGRAM WITH RABBI DANIEL FELDMAN. Drasha following Shacharis, Pre - Mincha Shiur at 6:00pm, Dvar Torah @ Seuda Shilishis APRIL HAPPY ☺ BIRTHDAY Dan Banafsheha, Isaac Venouziou, Aliza Nissanoff, Joshua Sherman, Janey Herskovitz, Meir Blum, Yoel Halpern, Melissa Rbibo APRIL HAPPY ♥ ANNIVERSARY Aaron & Maricel Brownstein, David & Michelle Silver, Michael & Lisa Wolf, Michael & Daniella Alyeshmerni, Reuben & Miriam Robin, Jonathan & Natalie Ravanshenas ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING COMING IN JUNE The election of the Board of Directors will take place at the June Annual General Meeting. Date to be determined. Please make plans to attend. PLEASE NOTE: only paid members are allowed to attend the meeting and are eligible to vote. Sincerely, CMD Nominating Committee 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 [email protected] or [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] SAVE THE DATE Watch for these UPCOMING EVENTS Bnei Akiva: Shabbat April 18: City-Snif Saad meets 6:15pm at Yavneh; Snif Shluchot meets 6:30pm at Beth Jacob; walking groups leave Circle Park at 6pm. April 22nd: Bnei Akiva LA Community Yom Hazikaron/Yom Ha'atzmaut Ceremony & Celebration at Beth Jacob. Doors open at 6:30pm For more Bnei Akiva info call: Eyal 310-220-1459 Moshava Malibu Orthodox sleepaway Summer Camp; West coast. Sign up today; call 855-MOSHAVA or www.moshavamalibu.org NCSY Save the Date! Spring Regional 2015 May 29th-31st! Summer Programs available. Visit summer.ncsy.org for program info. Open Registration for OU Israel Free Spirit: Taglit-Birthright Israel trips. Free for men & women ages 18-26 Options include single gender Orthodox trips, coed modern Orthodox trips, and general trips for unaffiliated applicants. info at www.israelfreespirit.com REBIRTH OF THE MODERN CITY OF BEIT EL, Sun, April 19, 4pm. Rabbi Yehuda Bohrer, hosted by Tali & Seth Merewitz, 400 S. Sycamore Ave 90036. R’Bohrer is a founder of Beit El and a renowned scholar of biblical archaeology in Israel. *email [email protected] for a parking permit Beit Hillel Shabbaton, May 8-11, 2015. “Contemporary Challenges facing Modern Orthodoxy in Israel and the Diaspora” Dr. Pnina Neuwirth, Rav Ronen Neuwirth, Dr. Michal Tikochinsky, Rabbanit Oshra Koren, Rav Tzvi Koren DVAR TORAH – PARSHAT SHEMINI The sefer ofWE Vayikra referred to as theDATABASE book of Holiness. This isMANY because its ethical injunctions and the legislation ARE is STILL MISSING INFO FROM OFof OUR MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES relating to Please physicalhelp purity and the purity of food. Its major theme, therefore, is the distinction between the pure and impure. us to update our files. Call the office or print the info form and email to the office This Sunday, at Kehilat Mogen David, we will observe Yom HaShoah. We pay homage to the memory of our six million holy martyrs. Although it is unfortunate that our shul hasn’t been full for this event in the past we are hopeful that every member and friend will be in attendance this Sunday morning at 9:30 am. It is altogether fitting that we keep the memory of the martyrs alive. Many events in our history have highlighted the distinction between the pure and the impure. Our Egyptian experience, the Hadrianic persecutions, the Christian Inquisition, the Crusades, the expulsions from country after country, and now the rise of anti Semitism throughout the globe is once again threatening our very existence. It is difficult enough to maintain the purity of Judaism in our individual lives. The pressures of society and the exigencies of earning a parnasah place formidable obstacles in the path of observance of Torah. The Jewish victims represented purity, goodness and holiness. Their assailants, often wearing the insignia of religion, were impurity incarnate. But the Shoah is without precedent. Hitler, (ysvz), was never excommunicated by the Catholic Church, with which he made a formal concordant. The Nazi doctors, presumably the most “civilized” professionals in Europe, instituted the “killing factories” for “sound” ideological reasons. There was universal collusion. The local population were Hitler’s willing executioners. All represented human depravity and impurity at its worst. Although the victims were not all saints and included Jews who were both committed and uncommitted to their Judaism, all were pure and holy. The murderous oppressor made the distinction between the impure and the pure manifest. And the Church has not yet done complete teshuvah, while the rest of the world is once again targeting our people. Good Shabbos Rabbi Gabe Elias