This week: Kehilat Mogen David  B”H 5775 * 2014 VAYIGASH Fast of the 10th of Tevet Dec 26, 2014–Jan 1, 2015 27 Kislev–3 Tevet Weekly Prayer Schedule EREV SHABBOS Light Candles Mincha SHABBOS Shiur R’Grama Ashkenazi Minyan Mincha Ma’ariv Havdalah Daf Yomi R’Baalhaness NO Avot u’Banim Shacharis MINCHA Sun – Wed Thurs New Year’s Day Fast of the 10th of Tevet 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 4:33pm 4:36pm SUNDAY Mon – Wed & Fri Fast begins Shacharis Mincha Fast ends EREV SHABBOS Jan 2 Light Candles Mincha Important Halalhic Times Earliest Talit & Tefillin Last Time for Shema Last time for Shacharis Earliest time for Mincha 8:55am 9:15am 4:15pm 5:21pm 5:33pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 8:00am 6:30am 4:40pm 5:47am 8:00am 4:30pm 5:35pm 4:38pm 4:45pm 6:08am 9:25am 10:15am 12:25pm BARUCH DAYAN HAEMES With great Sadness and Regret we inform the community of the Passing of Avi Engel, z'l. Beloved husband to Loretta Engel, father of Adrian (Taly) Engel, Anna (Rami) Glatt, grandfather of Liora Engel and Naomi Glatt and brother of Rene Engel. Funeral was Friday, Dec 26 SHIVA: at the Engel home, 9731 Lockford St. LA Shiva observed until Thursday morning, January 1st. Motzei Shabbos between 7-9:30pm The family request no visits between 12-2pm, or after 9pm MINYANIM: Shacharis; Sun & Thurs at 8am / Mon-Wed at 7 am Mincha; Sun-Wed at 4:40pm Condolences and prayers go out to the entire family on their 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 This week We Thank our sponsors: Kiddush is sponsored by Mark and Rachel Hecht in honor of their Anniversary and by Doron and Keren Stephen in honor of their anniversary and in memory of the Yahrzeit of his father Yona ben Yitchak Kiddush is co-sponsored by the Shul Seudah Shlishit is co-sponsored by Marty & Evelyn Pollack, and Rabbi Gabe and Helen Elias in memory of the Yahrzeit of Marty’s father, Yisrael Tzvi ben Mordechai; And by Emmanuel and Tova Sarir in memory of the Hazkarah of his father Yehuda ben Eliyahu DEC 26- JAN 1 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 MON 7:30am CLASS at Pico Café - w/R’Elias WED 12pm NO 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: DEC 26- Jan 1 / 27 4-10 Tevet Shirley Klopper, Morey Shafran, Freda Sutnick, Morgan Gordon, Sam Kipper, Marcella Solomon, Harry Perlmutter, Sara Glick, Sidney Lindenbaum, Harry Linenberg, Bashi Javaherian, Rose Klein, Paul Lorber,Yona ben Yitzchak, Yisrael Tzvi ben Mordechai, Yehuda ben Eliyahu REFUAH SHLEIMAH: Please call the office to add any Name needing your prayers. We will gladly list those names to be included in our prayers, so that each one may be granted a Refuah Shleimah. Cantor Leopold Szneer Mordechai ben Simcha Efriam ben Ida Avraham ben Dolat Raphael David ben Ella Ruven ben Raisel Shlomo ben Raizel Levi Yakov Hakohen ben Maytal Shimon Dov ben Shifra Aaron Yosef ben Chana Haim Menacham ben Hena Raizel Moshe Mordechai ben Rachel Baruch Pelech ben Chana Eitan ben Sorah Randy Stone Avraham ben Yoel Ha’Kohen Rochel bat Miriam Shahla Chaya bat Shoshana Esther bat Chana Matana bat Rachel Habiba bat Rahel Elana bat Rachel Bracha Hena bat Rivka Rachel bat Chana Rebbeca bat Sarah Mary Ellen Brett Linda Russo Rivkah bas Chemda 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, coPresidents ERUV: Please check the Eruv status each week before candle lighting : www.laeruv.com or 877-ERUV-INFO Happy ☺ Birthday: DECEMBER & JANUARY Sara Cole, Rivka Gad, Ben Gerendash, Miriam Krater, Jeff Ives, David Bacall, Sarit Karz, Nathan Javari ♥ Happy Anniversary in DECEMBER and JANUARY Mark and Rachel Hecht, Marty and Evelyn Pollack, Isaac & Joelle Ouaknine, Jackie & Dikla Yashar, Shmuel & Naomie Ezran, Doron Stephen & Karen Sugar, Daniel & Keren Katz, Jeff & Ariella Ives, Nachum & Elaina Hascalovici, Shalom & Rita Aynesazan, Joel & Roz Linderman We are starting a political action committee called LOPAC. For more info, email [email protected] if you are interested. WE ARE MISSING DATABASE INFO FROM MANY OF OUR MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES You may think we have all your information but we may not have everything. So, We’d appreciate your help to update our office database records. Maybe you moved or have a new phone number, or changed your email, added a new child to your family, or need to add a Yahrzeit for a love one We also want to wsh you and your children a Happy Birthday or Anniversary in the Weekly Bulletin and in the email, so we need these dates. Just fill out our info form, and drop it to the office, or go to our new website, at www.mogen-david.org and use the interactive pdf form (and submit). or call the office and have it emailed to you This just takes a minute, So Please help us to update our files. We may be missing something important to you!! HAVE YOU TAKEN CARE OF YOUR HIGH HOLIDAY PLEDGE? SO FAR WE HAVE COLLECTED $8210 FOR THE HIGH HOLIDAY APPEAL PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE AND REMIT YOUR PLEDGE AND SETTLE YOUR ACCOUNT BALANCE BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 2014 TO GET YOUR 2014 TAX BENEFIT Thank you for your Support. Thank you to those who have donated to our Menorah Fund David Silver, Doron Stephen, Joel Halpern, Dan Katz, David Abramson, Eben Feinstein, Levi Plotkin, Howie Fialkov, Jeff Astroff, Dr Charlie Frankel, Geoffrey Anderson SAVE THE DATE Watch for these UPCOMING EVENTS Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy Presents "Setting Educational Policy for the 21st Century." a Scholarship Weekend with Senator Joe & Hadassah Lieberman. Jan 2-4, 2015 | Tevet 11-13, 5775. RSVP to [email protected] or call (323) 484-GALA Team Yachad Marathon Weekend January 22-25, 2015 in Sunny MIAMI!! For more info contact Daniel Elias at 310-918-2218 Chazan Arik Wollheim & Beth Jacob Congregation Present Avraham Fried live in concert, Sunday, January 11; 6:30pm, 8440 Wilshire Blvd. BH Separate and mixed seating sections available. For tickets & special price family packs, visit bethjacob.org/concert For info call (310) 278-1911 Scholar-in-Residence Guest Lecturer on Jan 17th with Roz Rothstein of Stand With Us Bnei Akiva Events: Sat. Dec. 27, CITY SNIF Shluchot meets 4pm at Beth Jacob (walking groups leave Circle Park at 3:30); Sat. Dec 27, 7pm-12am Chevrayah Bet Scavenger Hunt for high schoolers at SM Pier! Bus leaves from Emek 7pm and returns 12am. Sun. Dec 28, 9:30-11:30am Chev Alef-City Counselor Hunt for 3-5th graders at Century City Mall. More Bnei Akiva info call: Eyal 310-220-1459 Moshava Malibu: Early Bird discounts end JAN 1st. For camper and staff registration and info: www.moshavamalibu.org or 1-855- MOSHAVA DVAR TORAH –VAYIGASH, Parshat Va'yigash finds the Bnai Yisrael going down to Egypt and our exile has begun. Yakov sets out with his entire family on the last journey of his life and begins our first exile. Hashem reassures him, he is not to fear going to Egypt because, "I will go down with you and I will bring you up as well". This is Hashem's promise for all our exiles even to this day. There is no abandonment of Israel by Hashem regardless of our behavior. We are today witness to Hashem's largess as we live in times of our Geulah and the rebirth of the State of Israel as our rightful inheritance and our homeland. But first let us ponder why American Jewry has been spared the horrors and tribulations of our brothers and sisters all over the globe and in Israel. Concentration camps and Arab warfare are known to us through newspapers,television, and the internet, but thank G-d not from personal experience. I wonder, "Are we better or just luckier than the Jews of Europe or Israel? "Part of the answer to this perplexing question can be found in this week's parsha of Va'Yigash. When Yosef reveals his identity to his brothers, he reassures them of his fraternal feelings by declaring, "For Hashem did send me before you to preserve life...to give you a remnant on the earth, to save you..." Yosef recognized that his wandering and ultimate rise to power as the viceroy of Egypt was not by whim, but by deliberate design. He did not become Egypt's viceroy to revel in power and luxury. He could now not ignore his brothers' plight, because he himself was spared only to help them, not for any other reason. Maybe this is why American Jews can and do bask in the freedom of today and yesteryear while our brothers and sisters are/were in peril of their lives. Maybe this is why we can enjoy the fruits of American plenty while our fellow Jews elsewhere might not know the meaning of an easy life. "To preserve life... to leave a remnant on the earth, to save..." this is perhaps the reason we are granted our countless blessings. We have a responsibility to our people to help in any and everyway possible. This is why we live in American exile, to help facilitate the ingathering of our people into the land that Hashem has promised and given us. To our home, THE LAND OF ISRAEL. Shabbat Shalom Rabbi Gabe Elias