Young Israel of Century City • Office address: 9317 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035 • 310-273-6954 • www.yicc.org

June 30, 2018 • 17th of Tammuz 5778 Volume 33 • Issue 26

This Week At YICC BALAK

SHABBAT SCHEDULE

Candle Lighting (Friday, June 29)............................... 6:39-7:51 pm

Mincha (Schlesinger Sanctuary) ................................. 6:30/8:00 pm

Dr. Josh Rabinowitz Z”L Hashkama Shiur ..................... 7:00 am

Hashkama Minyan (Schlesinger Sanctuary) ....................... 7:15 am

Sal Lowi Z"L Hashkama Kiddush Sponsored by: • Rabbi Yitzchak & Stefanie Etshalom - in memory of Rabbi Etshalom's

father HaRav Asher Aharon ben Avraham Binyamin Z"L • Aaron Sokol & Claudine Sokol - in memory of their mother Elka Bat

Aharon Z"L • Eva Tashman Kaplan - in memory of Paul Tashman - Pinchas Ben

Abraham Z"L • Abe Kaplan - in memory of his father HaRav Moshe Refael Ben Reb

Avrahom Yitzchak HaKohen Z"L

Rabbi Proops’ Parasha Shiur (Mintz Beit Midrash) ...... 8:30 am

Main Minyan (Schlesinger Sanctuary) .............................. 9:00 am

Young Community Minyan (Mintz Beit Midrash) ................. 9:15 am

Guest Drasha by Rabbi Shmuel Levy

Kiddush Sponsored by: Dr. Talya and Seth Nayowitz

Library Minyan (Library) ...................................................... 9:30 am

Youth Program (Teichman Youth Wing) ................... 9:30-11:30 am

Jewish Ethics Series Lecture ........................................ 6:40 pm

Featuring Rabbi James Proops (Schlesinger Sanctuary)

Title: Love Your Neighbor: The Soundbite With Substance

Mincha (Schlesinger Sanctuary) ......................................... 7:40 pm

Seudah Shlishit & Shiur by Rabbi Dr. Zev Wiener

Maariv & Shabbat Ends ...................................................... 8:54 pm

TEFILAH SCHEDULE: June 30- July 6 Shacharit Sunday (Fast of Tammuz) ................................. 6:30/8:00/9:00 am Monday & Thursday .......................... 6:00/6:10/7:00/7:45/9:00 am 6 Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday ......... 6:00/6:15/7:00/7:45/9:00 am NOTE: 7:45 & 9:00 Shacharit Minyanim will meet in our Schlesinger

Sanctuary all of next week until further notice.

Mincha

Monday-Thursday .............................................................. 8:00 pm

Next Shabbat- Friday, July 6 Candles ..................................................................... 6:39-7:50 pm Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat ...................................... 6:30/8:00 pm

Kiddush sponsored by Hana & Joe Kornwasser In Memory of Hana’s Father, Samuel Shmaye, Z”L

HALAKHIC CORNER By Rabbi James Proops

Q: Is one allowed to purchase an item that would require a Shehechiyanu during the “Three Weeks”?

A: Rav Yosef Karo in Shulchan Aruch (551/17) rules that one should not recite the blessing of Shehechiyanu, the bracha one recites after purchasing a precious object or upon eating a new fruit, between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av. Rav Avraham Gombiner, in Magen Avraham points out that while most of our customs during these three weeks parallel the customs of the mourner, this Halacha is different. Namely, a mourner is permitted to recite the blessing of Shehechiyanu during the mourning period. We are nonetheless instructed to refrain from reciting this blessing because this is a time period marked by difficulties and tragedies, and as such, the blessing of Shehechiyanu, which is fundamentally a blessing of joy, is not in the spirit of the three weeks. Despite the ruling of the Shulchan Aruch, Rav Yisrael Meir Kagan in Mishnah Berurah quotes from the Vilna Gaon who disagreed and ruled that prohibiting the blessing of Shehechiyanu is an unnecessary stringency. As a compromise, the Mishnah Berurah advises that one may certainly recite the blessing during the Shabbatot leading up to Rosh Chodesh Av. It should also be noted that the Rama, Rav Moshe Isserles, allows one to make a Shehechiyanu on a fruit that if not consumed during the three weeks will rot and one will lose the opportunity

LOCATIONS FOR DAILY MINYANIM & DAF YOMI 6:00 Shacharit ............................................ Nagel Library Wing 6:10/6:15/7:00/9:00 Shacharit ................... Schlesinger Sanctuary 7:45 Shacharit ............................................. Mintz Beit Midrash Daf Yomi Shiur ........................................... Nagel Library Wing

PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THE MARINER CENTER LOT THEY WILL HAVE YOU TOWED

Important Halakhic Times: June 30 – July 6 Alot HaShachar ............................................. 4:35 a.m. Earliest Talit & Tefillin ................................... 4:49 a.m. Last Time for Shema ..................................... 9:23 a.m. Sof Zman Tefilah ......................................... 10:34 a.m. Earliest time for Mincha ................................ 1:34 p.m.

KIDDUSH CO-SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM Kiddush co-sponsorships at $250 each help our Shul cover the expense of those Shabbatot without a main sponsor and are a

nice way to commemorate or celebrate an occasion. We encourage you to consider this option.

Our program is supported this week by: Dr. Ari & Ilana Berenson in memory of Ari’s mother,

Frieda, Simcha bat Taube, A”H on her 11th Yahrzeit.

FAST of 17 TAMMUZ: Sunday, July 1 Fast Begins ............................................................ 4:15 a.m. Shacharit ................................................ 6:30/8:00/9:00 a.m. Mincha ................................................................... 7:30 p.m. Fast Ends ............................................................... 8:48 p.m.

MAZAL TOV • Dr. Morris and Sharon Silver on the birth of their

granddaughter, Hadassah Rachel Silver, born to Evan and Dalia Silver.

THANK YOU • Rabbi Shmuel Levy for delivering the Drasha at our Young

Community Minyan this Shabbat. • Moty and Ayala Naor for donating sixty Tehilim books used

at unveilings. ARIEL AVRECH MEMORIAL LECTURE ON YICC.ORG The video of the lecture is now up and can be found at: https://www.yicc.org/ariel-avrech-memorial-lecture.html#

YAHRZEITS: June 30- July 6 / Tammuz 17 – 23

Sun, Jun 30 Dr. Ernie Katz’s father, Matityahu ben Shmuel Zanul

HaCohen, Z”L Sun, Jul 1 Ken Staub’s father, Avraham Shmuel ben Betzalel

Moshe, Z”L Fraida Gutovich’s father, Eliyahu ben Yeshayahu, Z”L Tues, Jul 3 Eva Kaplan’s husband & Eitan Tashman’s father,

Pinchas ben Avraham, Z”L Aaron Sokol & Claudine Sokol- Unterman’s mother,

Elka bat Aharon, Z”L Rina Isenberg’s mother, Yael Galah bat Moshe Chai,

Z”L Wed, Jul 4 Roslyn Linderman & Harriet Katz’s father, Yehuda

Meier ben Shalom Mendel, Z”L Rabbi Etshalom’s father, HaRav Asher Aharon ben

Avraham Benjamin, Z”L Dr. Ari Berenson’s mother, Simcha bat Yehuda Leib,

Z”L Abe Kaplan’s father, Moshe Rafael ben Avraham

Yitzchak HaCohen, Z”L Thu, Jul 5 Marcie Meier’s father, HaRav Yosef ben Moshe

Yitzchak HaCohen, Z”L Hana Kornwasser’s father, Avraham Shmuel ben

Yehuda Shalom, Z”L Harriet Katz & Roslyn Linderman’s mother, Batshel bat

Mordechai, Z”L Bernard Ginsberg’s grandfather, Berel ben HaRav

Moshe HaCohen, Z”L Miriam Cherner’s husband, Chaim ben Aryeh HaLevi,

Z”L Fri, Jul 6 Rivka Grossman’s husband, BenTzion ben HaRav

Shmuel Aharon, Z”L

ADULT EDUCATION: July 1 - 6

SUNDAY • The Dr. George Fox Z”L Memorial Gemara Shiur with Rabbi Dr. David Fox (Library) ....................... 8:40am

MONDAY • Lunch, Learn & Mincha .................................... 12:30 p.m. At Teichman Enterprises - 6100 Bandini Blvd. • Link Kollel Program led by Rabbi Joshua Maslow (Library) .............................................................. 8:30pm

WEDNESDAY • Rabbi Proops' Parasha Shiur (Library) .................. 9:00am • Sefer HaChinuch with Rabbi Langer (1458 S. Beverwil Dr.) ........................................... 8:30pm

DAF YOMI – Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom www.dafyomiyicc.org • Daf Yomi – Tuesday - Friday ......................... 6:45-7:45am • Daf Yomi on Shabbat ............................................ 8:45am • Daf Yomi on Sunday .............................................. 7:15am

YICC Women's Tehilim Group - Mondays @ 7:30pm

for Cholim, Shiduchim and Israel

July Location: 9404 Monte Mar Drive

Please include the following names in your prayers, and may each be granted a Refuah Shleimah

• Adina Bracha bat Sara • Akiva ben Miriam Devorah • Alexandra bat Fruma Fayla • Bat Ami bat Beth • Bayla Bracha bat Malka Hinda • Benzion ben Chaya Yehudit • Berel ben Ida • Chaim Menachem ben Hena Raizl • Chana bat Bayla • Chana bat Johanna • Chana Golda bat Miryam • Daniel Refael ben Sara Sarit • Dovid ben Gittel • Eliezer ben Chaya Sarah • Eliezer ben Reshelshen • Ella bat Gittel • Ezra ben Naima • Gitta Rivka bat Chaya Risa • Gittel Zelda bat Malka • Leah bat Mattel • Leah Shprintza bat Malka • Liba bat Chana • Milka Yehudit bat Simcha

• Moshe Mordechai ben Rachel • Nechama bat Dina • Ohed ben Devorah • Ora bat Nechama • Ozer ben Leah • Rachel bat Julie Zohar • Rachel Emuna bat Rivka Devora Bryna • Refael David ben Ella • Sarah bat Chaya Rivka0 • Schmuel Zev ben Gitel • Shmuel ben Rachel • Sima bat Liba Devorah • Sorah Gitel bat Chava Raitzl • Tuvia ben Ellie • Tzipora Rachel bat Sasha Rivka • Tzvi HaLevi ben Toba Yaakov ben Maasha • Yaakov Meir ben Rosa • Yehuda Yitzchak ben Gitel Shifra • Yisssacher Dov ben Frayda • Yisrael Yehudah ben Miriam • Yitchok Isaac ben Blima Chana • Yosef ben Rachel • Yossi Levi ben Margalit

DAF YOMI SPONSORSHIPS We offer our members the opportunity to sponsor a week of Daf Yomi

learning for $225 - a wonderful way to commemorate a Yahrtzeit, celebrate a Simcha, or just support Torah learning in our Shul. To

sponsor please call or email the Shul office to choose the week you wish to sponsor.

This week is sponsored by: • Hana & Joe Kornwasser

in memory of Hana’s father, Samuel Shmaye, Z”L • Eva Tashman & Abe Kaplan in memory of Pinchas ben

Avraham, Z”L and HaRav Moshe Rafael ben Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen, Z”L

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SECURITY VOLUNTEERS We thank all our security volunteers this Shabbat:

David Abrams (CSS), Seth Berkowitz, Dr. Larry Platt,

Ilan Reiner (CSS), Ari Ruchlin (CSS), Matthew Schames, Daniel Silverman (CSS), Allan Sternberg,

Eytan Ackerman July, 1 Edan Sokol July, 1 Ava Werthman July, 1 Jason Spivak July, 2 Nava Bracha Krieger July, 3 Talya Barz July, 7 Miriam Horowitz July, 7

YICC Youth & Teens in the

Teichman Youth Wing

Please Join our Daily 9 AM Shacharit Minyan for Teens (et al!)

Note: This Minyan is not just for teens.

Fathers, Rabbis, and ALL Adults are welcome! (Email Minyan@Qntnl.com for more info)

YICC TEEN MINYAN Led by Rabbi David Block

Will Resume After Summer

BNEI AKIVA OF LOS ANGELES

www.bneiakivala.org

(310) 248-2450; office@bneiakivala.org

Bnei Akiva Events: Snif resumes in the Fall - have a great summer! Applications now open for Hadracha positions for next year - for more info contact (310) 248-2450 or office@bneiakivala.org. Moshava Alevy: LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER!!! Don't miss out on an amazing summer of sports, arts, nature, and friendship to last a lifetime. Register now at www.moshavaalevy.org or call 855-MOSHAVA for more info.

EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR OUR RABBIS: Rabbi Elazar Muskin (please note this correct address):

rabbiemuskin@gmail.com Rabbi James Proops: rabbiproops@yicc.org

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS

Hatzolah: 800-613-1911 Eruv: 877-378-8463

Mikvah: 310-550-4511 RCC: 212-389-3382

LA Yoetzet Halakha: 424-341-5601 yoetzetla@gmail.com

PLEASE VISIT OUR NEW SITE TO VIEW UPLOADS

www.yicc.org ▪ CHABURAS & SHIURIM ▪ OUR 5778 PROGRAM CALENDAR “POPULAR

MECHANYICCS” ▪ UPCOMING EVENTS ▪ PRAYER CALENDAR

AND SO MUCH MORE!

YICC’S EMAIL LIST We are updating our Email Distribution List.

If you would like to receive our Emails, please contact the Shul Office.

If you were receiving our emails and then they stopped,

please contact the Shul office so we can help resolve the problem. Most times it is your server suddenly blocking us as spam. If this happens you will not find our emails in your junk folder. You will need to rejoin our email list

from our website: www.yicc.org Once you have rejoined, please inform

our Shul office so we can ensure you are in the correct group/s.

TREE OF LIFE Located on the 2nd Fl. near our Youth Rooms.

Did you just celebrate a Simcha? One way to

commemorate that wonderful occasion is to dedicate a leaf engraved with the date and Simcha on our Shul’s

Tree of Life. Whether it be a Birth, Bar/Bat- Mitzvah, Wedding or

Anniversary, our Shul’s Tree of Life is the perfect way to permanently celebrate your Simcha.

For more information and pricing, please contact the Shul Office at 310-273-6954

Or email us at shuloffice@yicc.org

YICC’S SUMMER SHAVUOTH

YIZKOR APPEAL

We are very grateful to all who have responded so generously in support of our Shavuot Appeal.

Our goal is to raise $50,000 to help our Shul meet its budget during the summer months.

We thank the following who have redeemed their

pledges this past week:

Ron & Lainy Bookbinder, Steven & Elizabeth Cohn, Ruth Eisen, Hyman Herbst, Helen Hillman, Rabbi

Alan & Sandy Kalinsky, Baruch & Deborah Littman, Meir & Goli Mendelowitz, Judy Posner, Jonny & Amy

Ritz, Daniel & Nomi Silverman, Joe & Zena Simon, Alan & Dorit Teichman, Richard & Linda Weiner,

We thank the following who have previously

redeemed their pledges: Mark & Linda Abraham, Robert & Dr. Karen Avrech, Dr.

Ari & Ilana Berenson, Dr. Robert & Jackie Bocian, Ernestine Brass, Gideon & Dr. Dity Brunn, Arie & Lynda Buchman, Stephen Buxbaum, Rabbi Yitzchak & Stefanie

Etshalom, Ben & Shoshana Factor, Steve & Esther Feder, Paul Feldberger, Dr. Charles & Victoria Frankel, David & Michal Gershov, Alan & Barbara Gindi, Barry &

Ruthy Gluck, Rita Gold, Dr. Mark & Deborah Goldenberg, Gil & Ilana Goldschein, Dr. Susan

Graysen, Eric Grunfeld, Michel & Gilda Hazan, Eddie & Debbie Herbst, Hyman Herbst, George Herskovitz, Helen Hess, Steve & Simona Heumann, Dr. Sam & Diana Hirt, Asher & Dahlia Hoffman, Walter & Joann Hulkower, Joseph & Dianne Iskovic, Mark & Marlene

Kahan, Abe & Eva Kaplan, Dr. Esther Dreifuss-Kattan, Jonathan H. Kramer, Rabbi Avraham & Lillian

Lieberman, Rita Lowi, Michael Makiri, Jeff & Eliana Marcus, Lily Markowitz, Kenneth & Estelle Markson, Ervin Mezey, Daniel & Alex Miller, Rabbi Elazar & Ruhama Muskin, Steven Oppenheim, Ben & Lisa

Orlanski, Marty & Evey Pollack, Jeff & Abbey Presser, Debbie Rabinowitz, Mike & Nora Rafi, Robert & Karen Rhodes, Millie Rothschild, Barry & Shelley Rub, Dr. Allan & Evelyn Sass, Joseph & Leah Schefres, Dr. Gabriel Gary & Florence Schlanger, Dr. Joseph &

Brenda Schwartz, Jacob & Debby Segura, Neal & Fay Shapiro, Dr. Bonnie Siegel, Dr. Samuel & Judith Smith, Behrouz & Nora Soroudi, Peter & Liz Steinlauf, Allan &

Sara Sternberg, Aric & Mary Streit, Dr. Manny & Marsha Wasserman, Dr. Max & Ronit Weinstein, Dr. Irwin Weiss

& Fay Althausen Weiss, Sam & Ruby Weissman, Dr. Isaac & Geri Wiener, Dr. Zev & Lisa Wiener,

Aric & Sabrina Zamel

We request our members who received pledge cards in Shul to please redeem their pledges, and we encourage those who

received their cards in the mail, to please support this appeal and help us reach our goal.

Thank you! Todah Rabah! Kol Ha’Kavod!

UPCOMING AT YICC

•

Sunday, July 1st (Shiva Asar B’Tammuz) Community Mincha at 7:30 Organized by the OU Guest Speaker: Rabbi James Proops

“The Secret of the Second Bait Hamikdash” •

Wednesdays, July 11th – August 1st “Babyccino” A Chic Meet for Jewish Moms and their Tots 11:00 am at YICC

• Wednesdays, July 11th- August 1st

“Building Your Bayit Ne’eman” a mini-series for Newlyweds with Rabbi James and Sarah Proops

•

Shabbat Afternoons, August 18th – September 8th Judith S. Levine Memorial Pre- High Holiday Lecture Series

Sponsored by: Levine & Meier Families in memory of Judith Levine, Z”L

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

ChangeMaker Challenge: The Jewish Federation is searching for innovative ideas from eligible 501(c)3 organizations with the goal of making Los Angeles a better place for us all. Submit your entry for the ChangeMaker Challenge by Friday, August 31st for a chance to partner with The Jewish Federation, receive funding of up to $5,000, and participate in 15 hours of capacity building training led by some of LA’s premier nonprofit coaches. Go to ChangeMakerChallenge.org

American Comm. for Shaare Zedek is still looking for people to bring suitcases of knit baby hats to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem. If you can help, please contact Paul Jeser at pjeser@acsz.org or 310-488-8585

BFOR Study: Men & women, age 25 and older, with at least one Ashkenazi grandparent, may qualify for FREE testing

from the BFOR (BRCA Founder Outreach) Study. Registration can be done on any device (computer, phone, etc). If you

qualify, you will be directed to get the lab work done at a Quest lab of your choosing. Please visit BFORStudy.com to get

started. This study is taking place in LA, Boston, New York or Philadelphia so please share with your family and friends.

WHAT IS AMAZON SMILE? Amazon Smile is a simple and automatic way for you to support our shul every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you

shop at smile.amazon.com , you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as the regular Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to Young Israel of Century City. HOW DO I SET IT UP? Go to https://www.yicc.org/amazonsmile.html and confirm that you wish to support National Council of Young Israel (this is how YICC is listed). You should only need to do this once, as each time you visit smile.amazon.com your chosen charity will automatically be associated with your account. For those people who have already registered to support the shul, please note that in order to ensure that a donation is made to YICC, all shopping must be done using the smile.amazon.com domain address, rather than the regular Amazon domain. We recommend that you add a bookmark to AmazonSmile in your browser, to make it even easier to return and start your shopping at AmazonSmile.

Many thanks for your continued support and we look forward to receiving the extra donations 😊