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Young Beth Jacob! Morning Groups Begin @ 10:30am, Parents please attend to your children beforehand.
Rabbi Bloom’s Pre-Teen Class @ 3:15pm in Kinder Cong. Room Topic: Chessed
Youth Morning Groups Tots: Below 1st Grade with Morahs Faye & Shayna Group 2: Active and Educational Programs with our High School Helpers Junior Cong: The Classic— Reborn With Mr. Weiser
Afternoon Groups with The Weisers begin @ 3:30pm this week. We look forward to seeing you!
Teen Morning Groups Pre-Teen Girls: Torah Learning With Mrs. Reitman Teen Girls: Tefillah Workshop with Chava Simon Teens: Shabbaton!!! (Now With More Mussaf!)
E AaRtEoA G E n L L O C E TH Shabb November 1 9th Ages 10-14 Artsy Shma rtsy Mr. Weiser
SAN DIEGO
Coming Soon... Young Men’s Basketball - November 16th Artsy Shmartsy- November 19th Contact Mr. Weiser 619.550.5954 Latte and Learning - Every Wednesday at 8pm
The Shabbaton - Now! Contact
[email protected] for details
BETH JACOB CONGREGATION Where The Past Meets The Present, With An Eye Towards The Future...
Shabbat Parshat Vayera• November 15th, 2008 • שבת פרשת וירא • יז' חשון תשס״ט Parshat Vayera pg. 78 Haftorah pg. 1134 Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person “goes up” to make a bracha [blessing] on the Torah Reading.
1st Aliya: The three angels appear to Avraham and foretell the birth of Yitzchak. Upon hearing the news, Sarah laughs to herself. 2nd Aliya: The angels depart to destroy Sodom, and Hashem [Gd] tells Avraham about His plans for destroying Sodom. Pasuk 18:1819 proclaims G-d’s confidence in Avraham to teach the world the concept of justice. Avraham negotiates, unsuccessfully, on behalf of Sodom. 3rd Aliya: The story of the destruction of Sodom is told. Lot’s generosity to the “two visitors” is rewarded and he, his wife, and only two of their children are saved from Sodom. 4th Aliya: Lot’s wife looks back upon the destruction of Sedom and dies, and Lot and his two daughters escape into the mountains. Lot’s daughters conspire to rebuild humankind, and taking advantage of Lot’s drunkenness, they become pregnant from Lot resulting in the birth of Ammon and Moav. Avraham encounters Abimelech after which Sarah gives birth to Yitzchak in the year 2048. 5th Aliya: Yishmael and Hagar are forced out of Avraham’s home, and an angel reassures Hagar of
Yishmael’s destiny. 6th Aliya: Abimelech and his general Phichol resolve their conflict with Avraham over water rights, and they “sign” a covenant of peace. 7th Aliya: In the year 2085, when Avraham was 137 and Yitzchak was 37, Avraham is commanded to sacrifice Yitzchak. This amazing story heralds the end of Avraham and Sarah’s era, and the beginning of Yitzchak and Rivkah’s era. Haftorah Vayera Sometime around the year 3043 - 705 b.c.e., Elisha took over the mantle of prophecy from Eliyahu. Elisha served the Jewish people as their mentor and protector, and this week’s Haftorah relates two of the miraculous incidents that he performed. The first story is of Ovadya’s widow and the pitcher of oil that continued to pour until she had enough oil to pay off all her debts and make a decent living. The second is the Shunamis who was unable to conceive children. After being blessed with a son, the child dies and Elisha performs the miracle of resurrecting the boy’s life. In both instances, basic human needs were satisfied through the righteous individuals trust in the Navi and in Hashem’s providence.
The widow’s husband was the great Ovadya who risked his own life and fortune to protect 100 prophets from the murderous purge of Achav and Ezevel. The Shunamis and her husband were wealthy, G-d fearing people who generously provided for all who needed. Both women could have expected that their basic needs for income and family be deservedly provided by G-d.
Thank You! Rabbi Naftali and Ora Kreisler for sponsoring Shalosh Seudos Dror & Sarah Yahalom For sponsoring Kiddush as a gratitude to all that the community & Rabbi have done for them Ron Caplan for all his help with the Library/Beis Medrash
The theme of Vayera is trusting Hashem beyond the limits of rational and assumed justice. As with Sarah and Avraham, the trust that Ovadya’s widow and the Shunamis had in Hashem was unrelated to their limited human expectations. They trusted Hashem to provide as He saw fit, without any strings attached.
Around the Community... Exercise class for women only!!! Sundays, 9-10am in the social hall. Congregation Meeting November 16 @10am
Sunday,
Parent/Child learning kicks-off this Motzai Shabbos at 6:30pm
Welcome!
Courtesy Please! If you finish a part of the davening, please do not disturb others who are still praying.
To all our guests and visitors here for Shabbos, please feel free to ask us if you need anything!
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Valley Torah and Rabbi Stulberger for their Shabbaton
Farewell to Dror & Sarah Yahalom and kids who are relocating to Dallas
NCSYers, on the San Diego NCSY Shabbaton Allen Krinick to San Diego and Beth Jacob Community (welcome back!)
Mazal Tov! Martin, Leah and Nora Mally on the birth of a grandson/great-grandson
Refuah Shleimah Irving Bernhardt, Rose Kraft, Goldie Masliah, Adella Adams, Doni Lepor, Ralph Carson, Rabbi Groundland, Manny Librowicz, Edith Weisman
The Shul Will Be Renting/Selling the Drawers in the New Beis Medrash $100/year $1000/lifetime
A great gift for Fathers. Sons and especially Son-in-Laws! Please see the Shul Office for Details
Shabbos Schedule
Candlelighting…………………4:29p.m. Mincha…………………………4:30p.m. Latest Shema……………………8:56a.m. Youth Groups……………………3:30p.m. Rabbi Bloom’s Tefila……………2:30 p.m. Class………………………………3:30p.m. Mincha……………………………4:15p.m. Shalosh Seudos…………………4:40p.m. Shabbos Ends…………………5:29p.m.
Weekday Schedule
Sunday Shacharis (Ashkenazi)…8:00 a.m. Sunday Shacharis (Sefardic)…7:45 a.m. Mon - Fri Shacharis…6:20 & 7:15 a.m. Sun-Thur Mincha………………4:30 p.m. Sun-Thurs Maariv……………9:15 p.m.
Learning In Your Community... Our community offers a wide range of learning opportunities, from Classes, to One-on-One Learning, to Guided Learning. Every night from 8pm-9:15 there are programs followed by Maariv.
YOMI
Daf Yomi: Mon-Fri at 6:15 am, Sunday at 7:00 am, Shabbos at 7:45 am Halacha Yomis: Sun-Thu at 9:30pm, Fri & Shabbos 15 minutes before mincha
CLASSES Sunday Classes and One-On-One Learning All Morning, with Rabbi Simon Jewish History 8:30pm R’ Hecht Monday Ethics 10:45a w/ Rabbi Bogopulsky Women’s Class 1:30 w/ Mr. Weiser Prophets 7:45 pm with Rabbi Marks Ladies Chumash, 8:00pm Gemara 8:15pm with Rabbi Simon
Tuesday Lunch N Learn TBA Hebrew Reading at 7:30 pm Gemara 8:15 pm with Rabbi Simon Wednesday Taste of Talmud 8:00p R’ Adatto Gemara 7:15 pm with Rabbi Simon Hebrew 7:45 pm with Rabbi Hecht Torah Topics 8:30 pm with R’ Hecht Thursday Parsha 7:30pm w/Rabbi Bogopulsky
ONE-ON-ONE LEARNING
Rabbi Bogopulsky is available to learn; call to schedule. Mr. Weiser What’s on Weiser’s mind? call him to find out: 619.550.5954 Rabbi Simon hosts Guided Learning throughout the week and is available to learn, call him to schedule 310.867.6328
Join the Chessed Club!
Bikkur Cholim is looking for volunteers to make phone calls, visits and offer transportation . If you can do this Mitzva contact Phil Bloch 619.589.8920
Hebrew Reading Crash Course Tuesdays @ 7:30 pm. Learn to read Hebrew from scratch in 6 weeks!