This week: Kehilat Mogen David  B”H 5775 * 2015 Shabbos Mevorchim Shabbos Parah VAYAKHEL - PEKUDE Mar 13-19, 2015 22-28 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 Weekly Prayer Schedule EREV SHABBOS Mincha Light Candles SHABBOS MEVORCHIM Shiur R’Grama Ashkenazi Minyan SIR Rabbi Dr. Yigal Tsaidi Mincha Ma’ariv Havdalah Shacharis SUNDAY Mon – Fri MINCHA Sun – Thurs EREV SHABBOS MARCH 20 Mincha Light Candles Important Halalhic Times Earliest Talit & Tefillin Last Time for Shema Last time for Shacharis Earliest time for Mincha 6:30pm 6:41pm 8:55am 9:15am 5:30pm 6:30pm 7:29pm 7:41pm 8:00am 6:30am 6:45pm 6:30pm 6:46pm 6:24am 10:07am 11:06am 1:33pm ADAR MARCH 15-19 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 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: March 13-19 / 22-28 ADAR This week: we Thank our Sponsors Kiddush is sponsored by Yigal and Jacqueline Dakar in memory of the Yahrzeit of Jacqueline’s mother Nancy Saturn, Fruma Sarah bat Asher Yakov. Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by the Shul Gerald A. Stawisky, Harry Horowitz, William Kahan, Rev. Jacob D. Maron, Moshe Solomon Noah, Sally Linderman, Meyer Rome, Irwin Sibner, Hyman Freedman, Arnold Joffe, Nancy Saturn REFUAH SHLEIMAH: HAPPY ☺ BIRTHDAY: MARCH Yaakov Hagay, Etai Harari, Mal Serure, Barry Sytner, Maayan Mazar, Kayla Mintz, Elliechaya Anderson, Liam Gabbaie, Sara Shaool, Netanel Young HAPPY ♥ ANNIVERSARY in MARCH Shlomo & Tova Todd, Pinchas & Erica Nissanoff, Avi & Deborah Marciano, Yehuda & Dina Moses, Alan & Aliza Abelson, David & Joan Bacall, Albert & Rina Bamela, Israel & Michal Lasry, Abraham & Eva Kaplan Lecture by Rabbi Dr. Yigal Tsaidi Director of Judaic Studies, Alberto Einstein Institute will be speaking 1 hour before Mincha at 5:30pm and during Seudah Shlishit 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 Yoel ben Avraham 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, co-Presidents ERUV: Please check the Eruv status each week before Candle Lighting : www.laeruv.com or 877-ERUV-INFO OU KOSHER FOR PASSOVER RALPHS MARKET TOURS MAR 19—Beverly Blvd/Doheny 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] JVS and The Ezra Network can help you conduct an effective job search. The Ezra Network an initiative of the Jewish Federation LA in partnership with Jewish Family Service, Bet-Tzedek Legal Services and Jewish Vocational Service offers a FREE synagogue-based program with career coaching and resources to lead you through your next step in your job search campaign including interview techniques, resume development, networking strategies and career branding. To schedule an appointment with a JVS career coach call: (323) 761-8888 x 8998 and for more info go to: www.JewishLA.org/Ezra WED: EZRA Network, Jewish Family free social services @ KMD— for appointments call: Rochelle, Soc’l Worker 323-229-0235; Giselle, Jobs 323-761-8888 X8998; Emily, Legal Counselor 323-549-5827 SAVE THE DATE Watch for these UPCOMING EVENTS Bnei Akiva: Shabbat March 14th: City:Snif Shluchot meets 6pm at Beth Jacob (walking groups leave Circle Park 5:30). Info call Eyal 310-220-1459 Moshava Malibu: Irvine to Anchorage, Dallas to Seattle - make new best friends forever. Moshava Malibu Orthodox sleepaway Summer Camp serves the West coast. Sign up today; call 855-MOSHAVA or www.moshavamalibu.org NCSY Summer Programs. Visit summer.ncsy.org for program info. Sun. Mar 22, 7pm, Jewish Community Watch presents Awareness & Education about Child Sexual Abuse in the community. Help lift the Shame and Secrecy with JCW and featured speakers at Congregation Shaarei Tefila. Info at JewishCommunityWatch.org. Sun. Mar 22, 10:30am-12:00 OU’s Womens Torah Network presents a 30 minute chevruta and 1 hour shiur with S-I-R Shoshana Schechter, Assistant Professor of Bible and Director of the Mechina program, Stern College, NY. At YULA Girls School, $18 p/p, $10 p/p for students, includes breakfast buffet. RSVP: [email protected] or 310-229-9000 ext 200 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 DVAR TORAH – VAYAKHEL/PEKUDE Parshat Parah and Shabbat Mevarchim. And Moshe assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them..."these are the words which the Lord has commanded, that ye should do them." The past three parshiot have outlined detailed instructions for building the sanctuary: (Mishkan), its measurements, materials, fabrication, and even naming the architects, (Bezalel and Ahaliav). ARE STILL INFO FROM MANY OFpeople OUR MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES It would haveWE been simple for MISSING the Torah toDATABASE merely add one sentence. "And the did as commanded; they built a Mishkan to the specifications But instead, have the the detailed instructions repeated, exceptand thatemail now it to is given in the past Pleasegiven help them." us to update our we files. Call office or print the info form the office tense. There must be a reason for this duplication. Many times in the Torah a word is used twice, a phrase is repeated and; always, Chazal (rabbis) tell us there is a reason for the repetition; for emphasis of a second meaning. It is there with a message! The building of the Mishkan and its symbolic meaning were so important that each detail had to be lovingly described as an accomplished deed! By this repetition, it indicates a commitment to that deed! The Torah states "And Bezalel made the arch of the Acacia wood...and he overlaid it with pure gold within and without." (Exodus 37:1-2) Many symbolic interpretations of the Mishkan furniture have been offered. The best known relates to the fact that it was overlaid with gold not only on the outside; where the precious metal was visible to all the beholders; but on the inside also, where it could not be seen by the masses of onlookers. This requirement therefore, teaches that a person's inside should be like his/her outside. One's public behavior should not differ from one's private conduct. One should not attempt to give an impression which falsifies who one really is. Another interpretation relates to the material of which the ark was constructed. Wood is alive. The tree represents growth and development. Gold, on the other hand, is inert. Its value lies in its stability. It does not deteriorate with time. The Holy Ark thus represents both growth and stability, because the Torah, contained within, facilitates both of these qualities. On the one hand it permits personal spiritual growth and the growth of the collective knowledge of the community of Israel. On the other hand, religious growth is conditioned on unchanging principles. Growth and stability are often antithetical. The development of new ideas usually requires the rejection of old sancta. Not so in the world of the Torah. Growth and stability are not mutually exclusive. They are interdependent. The Holy Ark is fashioned from gold and wood. Shabbat Shalom Rabbi Gabe Elias