VIRTUAL COMMUNITY SHUL SCHEDULE TCS ZOOM ID: 6136132436 (ANY CLASSES WITH ALTERNATE ZOOM IDS ARE

LISTED IN PARANTHESIS BELOW) USE PASSWORD: 339749 All classes will still be given through zoom, unless noted otherwise.

FRIDAY: (JULY 31) - 7:36 PM: CANDLELIGHTING - 6:15 PM: MINCHA OUTSIDE SHUL (PRE-REGISTER ONLY!) AND ZOOM - 6:26 PM: PLAG - TORAS CHAIM—R’ COHEN - 8:24 PM: KRIAS SHEMA (EARLIEST TIME) SHABBOS: (AUG 1—VAESCHANAN - SHABBOS NACHAMU) - 7:30 AM: SHACHRIS 1 “BORCHU”—OUTSIDE SHUL (PRE-REGISTER ONLY!) - 8:00 AM: KRIAS HATORAH 1—GAVRIEL COHEN - 9:15 AM: SHACHRIS 2 “BORCHU”—OUTSIDE SHUL (PRE-REGISTER ONLY!) - 9:30 AM: KRIAS SHEMA (LATEST TIME) - 9:45 AM: KRIAS HATORAH 2—GAVRIEL COHEN - 10:15 AM: DVAR TORAH—R’ COHEN - 10:30 AM: MUSAF - 7:15 PM: MINCHA OUTSIDE SHUL (PRE-REGISTER ONLY!) - 8:45 PM: MAARIV OUTSIDE SHUL (PRE-REGISTER ONLY!) AND ZOOM SUNDAY: (AUG 2) - 7:30 AM: SHACHRIS OUTSIDE SHUL AND ZOOM—ONE MINYAN! - 5:15 AM: EARLIEST TALLIS - 9:32 AM: KRIAS SHEMA - 10:41 AM: LATEST SHACHRIS - 9:00 AM: KITZUR AND COFFEE—’LAWS OF BLESSINGS’-R’ COHEN - 1:00 PM: A CHASSIDIC APPROACH TO LIVING WITH JOY—YEHUDIT GARMAISE (ZOOM ID:780-1489-0500, PASSWORD: SIMCHA) - 1:33 PM: EARLIEST MINCHA - 7:40 PM: MINCHA/MAARIV IN SHUL AND ZOOM MON – FRIDAY: - 6:45-7:15 AM: SANHEDRIN 19B—’DOVID HAMELECH’— R’ COHEN - 7:15 AM: P’SUKEI D’ZIMRA - 7:30-8 AM: SHACHRIS OUTSIDE SHUL AND ZOOM - 8:30 AM: MISHNA BRURA—’ON HIATUS’—R’ COHEN - 7:45 PM: MINCHA/MAARIV OUTSIDE SHUL AND ZOOM—R’ COHEN KITZUR SULCHAN ARUCH—’LAWS OF BLESSINGS’ MON-THURS: - 9:00 PM: MAARIV (ONLY!) OUTSIDE SHUL MON – WED: - 5:00 – 5:30 PM: NAVI SHMUEL (ZOOM)—ELCHONON COHEN (ZOOM ID: 8459893471) ON HIATUS! TUES: - 7:00 PM: MESILLAS YESHARIM (ZOOM)--MICHAEL ABRAMSON WED: - 7:30 PM: ‘SEASONS OF JOY’ (ZOOM ID:71646005392)—SAM GLASER THURS: - 12:00 PM: PIRKEI AVOS—HOWARD WITKIN (ZOOM ID: 4288024739) FRIDAY: (AUG 8) - 7:29 PM: CANDLELIGHTING (EKEV) - 6:15 PM: FRIDAY MINCHA/MAARIV OUTSIDE SHUL (PRE-REGISTER ONLY!)

The Community Shul

9100 West Pico Boulevard

rabbicohen@thecommunityshul.com—424.666.2326

miryum@thecommunityshul.com—424.354.4130

thecommunityshul.com

Rabbi Moshe Cohen Community Rabbi

Miryum Schoen Community Director

Justin Levi President Jonah Light Vice President

Ed Ryaboy Gabbai Ilana Tatarsky Shabbos Engagement Coordinator

Ilana@thecommunityshul.com

Education Team Michael Abramson Avraham Gordon

Ben Elterman

Women’s Programming Rebecca Levi

Cookie Richards Yehudit Garmaise

Beth Firestone Rbtzn Yehudit Cohen

TCS “Boomers” Chair

Joanie Ziff

TCS’s Young Community Ariella Beyzer

Chessed Team

Lilian Russak Evey Leibow

Men‘s Club

Joshua Shapiro

The Boxenbaum Family Outreach Center A place where people grow by living meaningful Torah lives.

ON HIATUS

Parshas Va’eschanan

Shabbos Nachamu

Candlelighting: 7:36PM | Shabbos ends: 8:39 PM

August 1, 2020 — 11 Av 5780

One plus one = one

Devarim 4:29 “And you (pl.) will seek HaShem from there and you (sing.) will

find Him…” Why does the verse begin with a plural verb “seek” and end with

a singular verb “find”? Vilna Gaon noted that there are two types of people

who seek HaShem, but only the one who davens to Him with pure intent will

be successful in finding the proper answer. Meshech Chochma adds that

when we are attached to HaShem we become one with each another.

Life lesson: When I am attached to HaShem I can feel one with you

Giving and receiving

Devarim 6:7 “and you will teach your sons”

Rav Simcha Wasserman z”l noted that Rav Yerucham Levovitz z”l. once told

him that the statement in Pesachim 112a, that “more than the calf wants to

nurse the cow wants to give it to nurse” is only true if there is a relationship

between the cow and the calf. If there is no relationship, then the cow is just

expressing milk and is not interested in the proper amounts the calf needs.

The same is true in education. It is not about what the teacher wants to give

as much as it is, the ability of the teacher to understand the capacity of the

student and wanting to meet it not exceed it.

Life lesson: Whenever you seek to impart information you need to be aware

of the capacity to receive

Be a light unto yourself

Devarim 4:6 For this (statutes) is your wisdom in the eyes of the nations

Are the gentiles really impressed with the fact that we do not wear shatnez

or eat chazir? Do we really care what they think? Is our goal to impress

them?

As a result of our commitment to and performance of mitzvos, our character

will undergo an improvement which will show the world we are a special

people. This in turn will inspire us to be a light unto the nations.

Life lesson: First change yourself then you will change others

Good Shabbos,

Rabbi Cohen

SPONSORSHIPS KIDDUSH:

Kiddush is sponsored by Rabbi Moshe and Judith Cohen

with gratitude to HKB"H and in honor of Elchonon's aufruf

and upcoming chassunah to Miriam Pascal.

Kiddush is sponsored in honor of Ed and Olga Ryaboy as

recognition, thank you, and love for all that they contributed

to this community. Ed has been our dedicated gabay through

the last few years and we will miss the entire Ryaboy family

dearly! We wish them tremendous hatzlacha on their move

to Cleveland.

Kiddush is sponsored by Michael and Alex Abramson in

honor of the upcoming marriage of Elchonon Cohen!

SEUDAH SHLISHIS:

We are still looking for a sponsor for Seudah Shlishis this

week. To sponsor, please contact the office after Shabbos.

LEARNING:

We are still looking for a sponsor for learning this week. To

sponsor, please contact the office after Shabbos.

SECURITY:

Brad and Julia Berger are sponsoring Security this week in

memory of Brad’s beloved mother, Terry Berger, Tova. (27

Tammuz) May her neshama have an aliyah!

THANK YOU

-Daniel Suriel for delivering this week’s Tomchei Shabbos route! -The Community shul would like to thank Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Elchonon Cohen, Rabbi Shlomo Seidenfeld, and Rabbi Moshe Cohen for their eloquent presentations on Tisha B’av.

MAZEL TOV

-Mazel Tov to Elchonon Cohen on his Aufruf and upcoming marriage to Miriam Pascal!

Aish Jerusalem is offering its basic classes now on line for free

during this period of Corona. Check out the Aish.com website.

KINNOS RETURNS

IF YOU BORROWED A KINNOS FROM THE SHUL, PLEASE

RETURN IT DURING DAVENING TIMES WHEN THE SHUL IS

OPEN!

We now have a lockbox containing the key to the shul.

Speak to Rabbi Cohen to get the code.

HALACHIC BULLETIN

Kiddush Levana

Tsafas Paneach The Beis HaMikdash was destroyed on Motsei

Shabbos and immediately the Shechina went into exile, hence we

should be “mekabel pnei Shechina” at this time. If Motzei Shab-

bos is after the tenth of the month, we might have a concern that

there will be four consecutive days of cloud, and the opportunity

will be lost, therefore we are mekadesh at the earliest opportuni-

ty.

Ramo We are not mekadesh before Yom Kippur. The reason is

that we are apprehensive due to the upcoming judgment. On

motsei Yom Kippur we are happy at the outcome.

Biur Halacha held that it was preferred to be mekadesh before

Yom Kippur to merit another mitzva.

Aruch HaShulchan Due to the concept of "z'rizim makdimim" - a

desire to perform mitzvos at the earliest opportunity or “shema

yamoos" – we might not survive to make the brocho, it is not

worthwhile to wait.

Ramo holds not to be mekadesh before Tisha B'Av. The reason is

that we are in a state of mourning. Even on motzei Tisha b'Av we

still do not do kiddush levona as we have not eaten, and are not

wearing our best clothes and shoes, and we need to be in a state

of simcha. Perhaps that is why we do it on motzei Shabbos.

Many Sefardim and Chassidim are mekadesh on Motsei Tisha

b’Av

Rabbi Simcha Weinberg would like to invite anyone who

wishes to participate in his tefillah project—Partners in

Prayer. Please let us know if you would be interested in

participating and if you would be interested in a pre-High

Holiday zoom session with Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Elcho-

non Cohen, Rabbi Shlomo Seidenfeld, and Rabbi Moshe

Cohen