Chabad of Hancock Park
Congregation Levi Yitzchak Email: [email protected] Phone: 323-930-2759www.chabadofla.com
 
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Shabbos Parshas Terumah
Adar 5-6 / Feb 19-20
 
Shabbos Schedule
 
 
  • Shabbos Candle Lighting: 5:23 PM
  • Shacharis - Early Minyan: 8:20 AM
  • Chassidus with Rabbi Raichik 9:00 AM
  • Shacharis: 10:00 AM
  • Kol Yaakov Yehuda: 10:15 AM
  • Mincha: 5:20 PM
  • Shabbos Ends: 6:26 PM
 
Kiddush Sponsors
 
The Kiddush at the 1st Minyan is Sponsored by:
 
Mr. & Mrs. Zechariah Davidson
For the Yahrtzeit of Zechariah's Father Dr. Melvin Davidson - Moshe ben Nachum Dov Ob”m
May the Neshama have an Aliya

The Kiddush at the 2nd Minyan is Sponsored by:
 
Mr. & Mrs. Milton Goodman
For the Yahrtzeit of Mrs. Goodmans's Mother Tzivya bas Moshe Ob"m
May the Neshama have an Aliya 
 
Mr. Joel Yachzel
For the Yahrtzeit of his father Chaim ben Yehoshua Zelig Halevi Ob"m
May the Neshama have an Aliya 
 
Woman's Shabbos Shiur
 
At the home of
Mrs. Chava Steinmetz - 415 N Poinsettia Pl
4:15 PM
Speaker: Rabbi Moshe Levin
 
 
Sholom Zochor & Bris
 
Mr. & Mrs. Yossi Roth
Invite the entire community to the Sholom Zochor of their son
At 136 S Highland Ave.

The Bris will Iy"h be
Sunday 9:30 AM (Shachris: 8:30)
At Chabad of Cheviot Hills:
3185 Motor Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90064 
 
 
Announcements
URGENT TEHILLIM NEEDED FOR 
Sara Rochel bas Genya

The New issue of the "Chabad Chodesh" is now available online by clicking here

 This week Thursday 11Adar/February 25 will be 
Ta’anit Esther Mukdam (Early) 
  • Fast Begins: 5:13 AM
  • Machatzis HaShekel / Minchah:5:00 PM
  • Fast Ends:6:21PM

For information on this day Please see the "Chabad Chodesh" www.Chabadofla.com/Chodesh

 
 
 
Nichum Availim
Mrs. Shoshana Plotkin is sitting Shiva For her Father
R' Yitzchok Aron ben Aron Ob"m
She is sitting Shiva until Monday morning
at 321 N Detroit St
Phone: (323) 937-9983 
Email: [email protected]

Please do not visit between 5:00 and 7:00 PM
Please conclude your visit by 10:00 PM

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
Vehukeetzu Veranenu Shochnay Ufur vehu besochom!
 
 
 
We would like to wish a Mazal Tov To:
  • Rabbi & Mrs. Eli Vcherashansky and Rabbi & Mrs. Shmuel Fogelman on the engagement of their children YossVcherashansky to Estee Fogelman
  • Mr. & Mrs. Yaakov BenZaquen on the birth of a baby boy
  • Mr. & Mrs. Yossi Roth on the birth of a baby boy, Mazal tov to the Roth and Levin Families
  • Rabbi & Mrs.  Avremi Schochet on the birth of a baby girl - Genya Chana
  • Rabbi & Mrs. Yossi Bukiet on the birth of their grandson - Yehoshua
  • Rabbi & Mrs. Avrohom Plotkin on the birth of their grandson
 
Upcoming Birthdays:
  • Moshe Simcha Burston - 5 Adar
  • Yoav Antian - 5 Adar
  • Mr. Allan Stark - 7 Adar
  • Mrs. Debbie Fine - 7 Adar
  • Mrs. Miriam Feiner - 8 Adar
  • Mrs. Rochel Fish - 8 Adar
 
Upcoming Anniversaries:
  • Yosef Yitzchok & Doonie Mishulovin - 11 Adar
 
Upcoming Yahrtzeits:
  • Father of Mr. Sholem Gimpel - 5 Adar
  • Father of  Mr. Zechariah Davidson, Dr. Melvin Davidson - Moshe ben Nachum Dov - 6 Adar
  • Father of Mr. Joel Yachzel - Hiam Yachzel - 8 Adar 
 

 

Weekly Thought 
by Rabbi Shimon Raichik
In this week's Parsha Hashem tells Bnei Yisroel to build a Mishkan. To construct the Mishkan it was necessary to use cedar wood. Rashi asks where did they acquire wood (of such size and quality - 15 feet high x 2 1/4 feet in diameter) in the Midbar? He answers that Yaakov Avinu saw through Ruach Hakodesh that the Jews would build a Mishkan in the desert, so he brought small seedlings from Eretz Yisroel down to Mitzrayim, and instructed the Jews to take them – as full grown trees – when they left Egypt.

When Bnei Yisroel left Mitzrayim they had enough money to buy wood from the nearby nations. Why had Yaakov bothered to plant trees from Eretz Yisroel in Mitzrayim? Rashi hints the answer by noting that the source of this is Rebbi Tanchuma and the meaning of Tanchuma is comfort. Yaakov foresaw the pain the Jews would have in Mitzrayim, the hardship of their labor and the casting of children into the Nile, etc. Hashem promised that Bnei Yisroel would leave Mitzrayim and Yaakov wanted them to have something physical to see, that would encourage them while they were enslaved.

Yaakov knew that there would be a Mishkan built in the desert after leaving Egypt. So he took seedlings from Eretz Yisroel and brought them to Egypt and planted a forest which grew for over 200 years. Hence, when a Jew in Goshen would pass this forest of over 100 large cedar trees, and he would ask who planted this forest, he would be told that Yaakov Avinu planted it from the seedlings he brought from Eretz Yisroel. When we are going to leave Egypt, we will take the trees with us to build a Mishkan and go back to Eretz Yisroel. Now this Jew had something tangible to see that would serve to remind him that he would someday be redeemed from Egypt: this would give him comfort. Similarly, the Jewish people came from Eretz Yisroel and are now in Golus Mitzrayim will go out from this golus like the trees and return to Eretz Yisroel.

This is also the comfort for us. Our Golus is compared to the Jews wandering in the desert, a place of kelipa. We must convert our Midbar to a dwelling place for Hashem. When we do that, then the Beis HaMikdash will be built.

How do we have the power to overcome the darkness of this exile? That is what Yaakov Avinu provided. He brought cedars to Mitzrayim. Cedar trees represent tzadikim. As the possuk says “the righteous will flourish like a palm tree and grow tall like a cedar in Lebanon” (Tehillim 92:13). A tzadik is on a very high level; he is the Nosi (leader). The word Nosi is an acronym for Nitzutei shel Yaakov Avinu – the spark of Yaakov Avinu. Yaakov encompasses all of the neshomas of Bnei Yisroel, especially the leaders of the generations. Yaakov envisioned the problems of golus so took certain neshomas which are beyond the level of exile and not affected by it, and planted them in golus, so they will encourage us so that we shouldn't become affected by the surrounding darkness of our environment and instead to make this golus a dwelling place for Hashem; through this we shall go to the Geulah. This is the comfort Yaakov provided us.

Likutei Sichos, Vol. 31

 
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Shiurim in our community
   

Daily Shiurim

Chassidus - For Men
Monday-Friday 6:00-6:30 AM
Given by Rabbi Simcha Bart

Gemara - For Men
Monday-Friday 8:00-8:40 AM
Given by Rabbi Yosef Bukiet

Rambam - For Men
Between Mincha and Maariv
Given by Rabbi Shimon Raichik

  Weekly Shiruim

Sunday

10:30-11:30 AM
Chassidus - For Men Given by Rabbi Simcha Bart

After Maariv
Shiur in the Maamarim of Rebbe Maharash - For Men - Given by Rabbi Simcha Bart

Monday

10:00-11:00 AM
Bringing out the best in yourself and others - For Woman - Given by Mrs. Chana Rachel Schusterman
Location: 423 N. Fuller Ave
Project of Bais Chana of California Women's Yeshiva

8:00-9:00 PM
Shiur in Halacha - For Men - Given by Rabbi Shimon Rachik

Tuesday

10:30-11:30 AM
Shiur Chassidus - For Woman - Given by Rabbi Shimon Raichik
Location: 136 S Highland Ave

11:30-12:30 AM
Shiur in Maamarim - For Woman - Given by Rabbi Shaya Berkowitz
Location: 136 S Highland Ave

2:15-3:00 PM
Shiur Chassidus - For Woman - Given by Rabbi Simcha Bart
Location: 261 S. Mansfield Ave

8:00-9:00 PM
Shiur Sichos - For Men - Given By Rabbi Shimon Raichik
Location Varies- Contact us for details

10:00-11:00 PM
Shiur in Likutei Sichos - For Men - Given by Rabbi Yosef Bukiet
Location:173 S Highland Ave

Wednesday

10:00 - 11:00 AM
Life Lessons from the Rebbe's Sichos - For Woman -Given by Rabbi Shimon Raichik
Location: 165 S. Hudson Ave
Project of  Bais Chana of California Women's Yeshiva

1:30 -3:00 PM
Parenting- For Woman - Given by Mrs. Fruma Schapiro
Location: 7114 Rosewood Ave
Project of  Bais Chana of California Women's Yeshiva

Thursday

2:30-3:30 PM
Shiur in Parshs Hashavua - For Men - Given by Rabbi Shimon Raichik
Location: 706 S Hill St Suite 320

9:00-10:00 PM
Shiur Chumash With Sichos - For Men 
In memory of Rabbi & Mrs. Shmuel Dovid Raichik
Given by Rabbi Shimon Raichik
Location: 101 N. Edinburgh Ave