FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 2 , 2017 • 28 SHEVAT— 4 ADAR 5777

SHABBOS MEVORCHIM SHABBAT SHEKALIM

MISHPATIM

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

RABBI YEHUDA MOSES, Rav Kehila, Sephardic Minyan

RABBI MICHAEL ABRAHAM, Assistant Rabbi/Hazan

Weekly Schedule SEPHARDIC MINYAN Erev Shabbat

Candle lighting: 5:28m

Mincha: 5:30pm SHABBAT

Shiur: 8:15am R’Moses

Shacharit: 8:45am

Teen Minyan: 9:30am

Shiur: 4:30pm Eliyahu Binyamin Moses

Mincha: 5:10pm

Arvit: 6:10pm

Havdalah: 6:16pm

AVOT U’BANIM: 7:15pm

Sunday—ROSH CHODESH

Shacharis: 8:00am

Mincha: 5:30pm

Mon—Fri

Shacharit: 6:30am MON ROSH CHODESH

Mon—Thurs

Mincha: 5:30pm

Erev Shabbat

Light Candles: 5:34pm

Mincha/Arvit: 5:45pm PLEASE JOIN US FOR EVENING WEEKDAY

MINCHA 5:30 this coming week

Weekly Schedule ASHKENAZI MINYAN Erev Shabbos

Candle lighting: 5:28pm

Mincha: 5:30pm SHABBOS

Mishna: 8:45am R’Elias

Shacharis: 9:00am Welcome Young Israel Century City Members

SIR– Dr. Rona Novick after Davening

Teen Minyan: 9:30am

Mincha: 5:15pm

Ma’ariv: 6:10pm

Havdalah: 6:16pm

AVOT U’BANIM: 7:15pm Sunday- ROSH CHODESH

Shacharis: 8:00am

Mincha: 5:30pm

Mon —Fri

Shacharis: 6:30am MON -ROSH CHODESH

Mon—Thurs

Mincha: 5:30pm

Erev Shabbos

Light Candles: 5:34pm

Mincha/Ma’ariv: 5:45pm

AVY AZEROUAL, President

IMPORTANT HALALHIC TIMES

Earliest Talit & Tefillin

Last Time for Shema

Last time for Shacharis

Earliest time for Mincha

5:41am

9:17am

10:13am

12:35pm THIS WEEK WE THANK OUR SPONSORS:

Kiddush is sponsored by Ronak & Kambiz Ashoorzadeh in

honor of the birth of their new daughter.

Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by Raphael & Annie Sabbah

in memory of his brother, Menahem ben Macklouf

Teen Minyan Shabbat Mishpatim, is Sponsored by

Morris Davidson

IN MEMORIAM:

FEB 24—MAR 2 / 28 SHEVAT—4 ADAR

• Sarah Pariser • Bertha Pinchoff • Arthur Adelman •

• Barney Greenberg • Albert Mann •

• Margaret Wolf • Eliyahu Adelman • Isha Danino •

• Ida Kubernick • Anna Kronick •

Please include the following names in your prayers,

and may each be granted

REFUAH SHLEIMAH:

Yosef Lev ben Sarah • Efrayim ben Rivka •

Mordechai ben Simcha • Reuven ben Goel •

Haim Menachem ben Hena Raizel • Ozer ben Leah •

Baruch Pelech ben Chana • Avraham Meir ben Batya •

Avraham ben Dolat • Shimon Dov ben Shifra • Efriam ben Ida •

Shalom ben Chana • Yitzchak ben Kalomeera •

Moshe Mordechai ben Rachel • Alfredo ben Petra •

Raphael Dovid ben Ella • Aaron Yosef ben Chana •

Yisrael Meir ben Esther • Ruven ben Raisel • Efriam ben Ida •

Yosef Shmuel Chaim ben Brana • Geula ben Avraham •

Benyamin Eliezer ben Malka • Yisrael ben Malka •

Ezra ben Adina • Edward Ben Adina • Baruch ben Sarah •

Mordechai ben Esther •

Lillian bat Miriam• Esther bat Chana • Matana bat Rachel •

• Sara bat Etta • Tzvia Nehama bat Chana Rochel •

Sarah bat Elka • Dafna bat Sima • Chana Ruhal bat Selma •

• Yona bat Pesiah • Rivka Devorah bat Haya Sarah •

•Rochel bat Miriam • Chava Golda bat Rachel Leah •

• Silvia Neche bat Rosa • Rachel bat Chana •

Batya bat Rachel • Shifra bat Chaya Esther Esther bat Gital •

• Miriam bat Sarah • Chaya Rachel bat Simcha •

• Shayna bat Chave • Rivkah bat Chemda •

• Bracha bat Nekadam Rina • Sara bat Rachel •

Neima bat Sara • Sara Chana bat Tziporah •

• Elana bat Rachel • Sima bat Sarah Gite•

•Rivka Devorah Brainah bat Avigyil Faiga •

• Adina Bat Esther • Esther bat Adina •

AVOT U’BANIM MOTZEI SHABBAT 7:15pm

FEBRUARY 17- 23

• Moriah Harari • Rabbi Yehuda Moses•

• Ella Genish • Yaron Hazani •

MARCH

•Avi & Deborah Marciano • Moshe & Azita Selah • • Albert & Rina Bamela • Navid & Melissa Bayanfar •

Rabbi Yehuda & Dina Moses • Alan & Barbara Gindi

• Pinchas & Erika NIssanoff • Motti & Dayla Meisels•

Israel & Michal Lasry • Edvin & Mor Zaharia Malekan

MAZAL TOV ! to RONAK AND KAMBIZ ASHOORZADEH

ON THE BIRTH OF BABY GIRL

and Mazal Tov to the entire family

May They Merit To Raise Her to

Torah, Chuppah, and Maasim Tovim

Welcome to MEMBERS of YOUNG ISRAEL CENTURY CITY

to RABBI MUSKIN and SIR with DR RONA NOVICK

after morning davening

MEMBERSHIP MEETING

SUNDAY MARCH 19, 2017 @ 9am

MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED TO ATTEND

7:15– 8:15 pm

PARSHAT MISHPATIM

The parsha begins with the words "V'elah Hamishpatim,

and these the ordinances which you shall set before

them." In this portion of Mishpatim we find a series of laws

dealing with the relationships between man and his fellow

man; including the laws of the servant, the maid-servant,

torts, theft and guardianship. Also the laws of Shmita, etc.

Why are all these ordinances spelled out so clearly? Rashi

comments that the word Elah (as the first word of the par-

sha) together with the Vavv means to teach us that, just

as the Ten Commandments mentioned last week; are the

words of Hashem, so too are all the ordinances listed here

in Mishpatim. When we said Na'aseh V'nishma (we will do

and will hear), we accepted all the laws and statutes

listed not only in the Ten Commandments but all of those

listed here in Mishpatim. Both Torah S'bal Peh and S'bictav

are the words of Hashem.

This weeks parsha also includes the portion called Sheka-

lim. On the Shabbat preceding the new month of Adar

we read the special Torah portion dealing with the Sheka-

lim which were used to purchase the sacrificial offerings

for the new year, beginning on the first of Nissan. The lat-

ter offerings were to be donated by each man, "Whose

heart made him willing," to donate as he saw fit; and from

these Moshe built the Mishkan (Tabernacle). But even

more than the Trumat Ha'adanim we are told that every-

one had to give Macatzit Hashekel (half a shekel). "The

rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less

than the half-shekel to give the offering of Hashem." There

are certain donations that each person can make ac-

cording to his ability and will, while other donations must

be shared equally by everyone. Such shared donations, in

which each participant holds an equal share, are used to

maintain, strengthen and remodel the sanctuary. The To-

rah teaches us that each member of the community must

share a collective commitment of maintaining and up-

keeping their synagogues and institutions. No matter how

rich or poor, each must share equally in the community,

bringing Hashem into our midst to elevate our communi-

ties into a single unit (achdut) and to reach new spiritual

heights.

Shabbat Shalom,

Rabbi Gabe Elias

PARSHAT MISHPATIM

"When you will lend money to a poor person who is with

you" (Shemot 22:24). Look at yourself as if you are the

poor person (Rashi).

One cannot properly fulfill

the mitzvot of tzedaka and chesed unless one establishes

a strong sense of unity with the recipient. If one looks

down on the poor, or is emotionally detached, the mere

giving of money is only an incomplete mitzvah.

The only antidote to the hostility inherent in gazing is the

unity of tzedaka. If we look at ourselves as if we are the

poor person, if we overcome the adversarial relationship

that typically exists between two people, Hashem's gaze

upon us is transformed into a blessing.

"Do not take revenge nor bear a grudge against a

member of your people, love your friend as yourself

"(Vayikra 19:18). If one cut his left hand with his right,

would he take revenge by then cutting his right

hand?

So, too, if you love your friend as yourself, as a part of

you, you will not take revenge (Yerushalmi Nedarim

9:4, cited by Netziv).

Just as we must look at ourselves as if we are the poor

person, so too must we relate to our friend as if he is a

part of us. This unity is the true fulfillment

of tzedaka and ahavat Yisrael.

When kohanim complete the Birchat Kohanim (Priestly

blessings) they say, "Master of the world, we have done

what You have decreed, now may You also do as You

have promised us: Gaze from your holy abode and bless

Your people." A kohein must bless those present with love

(be'ahava). This love, like proper tzedaka, results in the

unity which transforms hashkafa, which is usually adver-

sarial, into a heavenly blessing.

In a world of adversarial relationships, of banging and

bruising, of looks which can kill, we are commanded to

achieve unity between donor and recipient, blesser and

blessed. By viewing and loving others as part of ourselves,

we can transform negative forces into positive ones, and

merit Hashem's bracha.

Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi Yehuda Moses

KOLLEL & CLASSES

Daily Classes

SUN-FRI: Chok Le’Yisrael w/Haim Dayan

SUN@ 8:45am; Mon—Fri @7:30am

Weekly Classes

SUN:

Shiur: w/R’Adler following Shacharit

Guide to Belief: @9:30am w/David Sacks

MON:

Parsha Class: w/R’Elias @Pico Café 7:45am

TUES:

Halacha in Modern Times w/R’Elias

8:00pm The 613 Mitzvot w/R’Moses BEER & PIZZA (Men&Women)

WED:

12.00pm Lunch & Learn: Weekly Parsha w/R’Elias

9:00pm CLASS -R’Abraham

THUR:

Navi Shiur: 8:00pm w/R’Elias (in March)

Kollel Classes are Sponsored by Avy and Sandra Azeroual;

Dedicated in memory of ADA BAT HANNA AZEROUAL; and 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 commemo-

rate 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.

MISHPATIM

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