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

.4 August 1st, 2020 11th of Av 5780 This Week At YICC Va’etchanan

Shabbat Nachamu

SHABBAT AT HOME Shabbat Candle Lighting ................... 6:28 – 7:37 pm Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat .............. 6:20 & 7:45 pm Shkiah ......................................................... 7:55 pm

Shabbat Day: Earliest Tallit ................................................ 5:11 am Sof Zman Kriat Shema ................................. 9:32 am Sof Zman Tefilla ......................................... 10:42 am Mincha ......................................................... 7:45 pm Shkiah .......................................................... 7:54 pm Shabbat ends & Havdala .............................. 8:40 pm

EREV SHABBAT, next week, Friday, August 7 Candle lighting .................................... 6:23- 7:30 pm Mincha .............................................. 6:10 & 7:35 pm

HALAKHIC CORNER -TU B’AV

Q: Wednesday, August 5th will be Tu B’Av, the 15th of the Hebrew month of Av. The Mishnah tells us that: "No days were as festive for Israel as the 15th of Av and Yom Kippur." What is Tu B'Av? In which way is it equivalent to Yom Kippur?

A. Our Sages explain: Just as Yom Kippur symbolizes the atonement for the sin of the Golden Calf, Tu B'Av signifies the atonement for the sin of the spies, when ten came bearing negative reports which reduced the entire nation to panic. As a result of that sin, it was decreed by God that the nation would remain in the desert for 40 years, and that no person 20 or older would be allowed to enter Israel. On each Tisha B'Av of those 40 years, those who had reached the age of 60 that year died -- 15,000 each Tisha B'Av. This plague finally ended on Tu B'Av. It was then clear to the people that God's decree was over, and that He had finally forgiven the people for the sin of the spies, which is cause for much joy. Many other events for the Jewish people also occurred on Tu B'Av. For example, at the beginning of the Second Temple period, the Land of Israel lay almost totally in waste. It was almost impossible to obtain the wood needed to burn the sacrifices and the eternal flame that had to burn on the altar. Some brave people would undertake the difficult trek to find just the right wood for the Temple. The last day that wood was brought in for storage over the winter months was Tu B'Av, and it was a festive occasion each year when the quota needed was filled by that day. Also, long after the Bar Kochba revolt, the Romans finally permitted the bodies of those who had been killed in the defense of Betar to be buried. This was a double miracle, in that first, the Romans finally gave permission for the burial, and second, in spite of the long period of time that had elapsed, the bodies had not decomposed. The permission was granted on Tu B'Av.

IMPORTANT HALAKHIC TIMES August 2-7

Alot HaShachar .................................... 4:42-4:47 am Earliest Tallit & Tefillin...........................5:11-5:16 am Sof Zman Kriat Shema..........................9:33-9:34 am Sof Zman Tefilla ............................... 10:42-10:43 am Earliest time for Mincha ........................1:34-1:33 pm Shkiah .................................................. 7:53-7:48 pm

SHABBAT MINYANIM IN SHUL @ YICC You MUST be pre-registered and on our security list

to be allowed entry into our Minyanim.

Friday Night: Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat ............. 6:20 pm In our Shul’s parking lot Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat ............. 7:45 pm In our Shul’s parking lot Shabbat Day: Shacharit ............................... 7:00 & 8:30 am In our Shul’s parking lot Shabbat Afternoon: Mincha .............................................. 7:45 pm In our Shul’s Parking Lot Shiur by Rabbi Proops Maariv ............................................... 8:30 pm Shabbat ends & Havdala ................. 8:40 pm

Tefilla Schedule – August 2-7 Participation in Our Minyanim

Is by Advance Registration Only

Register @ www.yicc.org/minyanguidelines Please note that due to new COVID-19 guidelines,

ALL our Minyanim will temporarily take place outdoors in our Shul’s Backyard/Parking Lot

Shacharit Sunday ...................................................... 6:45, 8:00 & 9:00 am Mon - Fri ................................................... 6:00, 7:00 & 8:00 am

Mincha Sunday-Friday ................................................................ 7:35 pm

• Akiva ben Miriam Devorah • Bat Ami bat Beth • Bayla Bracha bat Malka Hinda • Beryl Leah bat Chaya Sarah • Binyumin ben Shelma • Chaim Menachem ben Hena Raizl • Chaim Tzvi ben Necha Rivka • Chana bat Johanna •Chana Bat Rachel • Chana Rachel bat Sarah • Chava Breinah bat Golda • Chaya Necha bat Riva Leah • David ben Rivka • Dov ben Sarita • Ella bat Rashell • Eliezer Shaul Ben Rachel Adina • Gitta Rivka bat Chaya Risa • Leah bat Mattel • Leah Rachel bat Miriam Rivkah • Moshe Yehuda ben Yehudit • Moshe Mordechai ben Rachel • Nadia bat Kedosha • Ora bat Nechama • Ozer ben Leah • Rachel Chaya Yafa bat Miriam • Rachel bat Julie Zohar

• Raphael Daniel ben Malka • Refael David ben Ella • HaRav Refael Yeshaya ben

Chava • Reuven Betzalel HaCohen

ben Fayga • Rifkah bat Lottie • Sarah Chana Chaya bat

Esther Bracha • Sarah Leah bat Freyda Rut • Schmuel Zev ben Gitel • Shmuel ben Rachel • Shoshana Metuka Sara bat

Reva Miriam • Sorah Gitel bat Chava Raitzl • Tuvia ben Ellie • Tzvi ben Masha • Yaakov ben Maasha • Yehuda Leib ben Chaya

Baila • Yehuda ben Fraida Leah • Yisrael David ben Chana • Yissacher Dov ben Frayda • Yitzhak ben Javaher • Yosef ben Rachel

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

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 Yahrzeit, celebrate a Simcha, or just support Torah learning in our

Shul. To sponsor please contact the Shul office.

YICC’s Zoom Schedule – Week August 2-6

The Meeting ID/Link for each meeting remains the same for all subsequent days.

You can view the following Shul Minyanim via Zoom and also at www.yicc.org/yicclive PLEASE NOTE: Zoom's security policy requires all meetings to have a password in addition to the Meeting ID/Link. Passwords were emailed to all YICC members. If you are not a member or did not receive the email please email rabbiproops@yicc.org

Shacharit 8:00am (Sunday ONLY) https://zoom.us/j/181600164 Meeting ID: 181 600 164 8:00am (Mon - Fri) https://zoom.us/j/632467384 Meeting ID: 632 467 384 Mincha/Maariv 7:35 pm (Sun-Thu, Aug 2-6) https://zoom.us/j/259804992 Meeting ID: 259 804 992

TZETCHEM L’SHALOM

Jacob, Nira, Natan, Yishai, Asher and Yosef Stark who are en route to making Aliyah

(after a stopover in Cleveland!

We wish the Starks Hatzlacha, good health, and much happiness in Eretz Israel! We will miss them!

MAZAL TOV • Michael & Dina Spivak on the Bar Mitzvah of their

son Jason. Mazal Tov also to grandparents, Eddie & Debbie Herbst and Dr. William & Amy Spivak, to great-grandmother, Vicky Praw, and to siblings, Joshua, Jonathan, and Jamie.

• Meir & Karen Brunelle on the forthcoming marriage of their son, Sammy, to Shir Toledano, daughter of Shmuel & Simi Toledano of Sacramento. Mazal Tov also to Sammy’s grandmother, Mrs. Edith Peskin, and to all members of the Brunelle and Toledano families.

• Lori Fogel on her forthcoming marriage to Ron Hess.

• Jamie & Rena Frankel on the engagement of their son, Jack, to Julie Kahan, daughter of Steve and Chani Kahan of Teaneck, NJ. Mazal Tov also to Jack’s grandparents, Sandi & Avrum Reiss and Martha Frankel.

• Rabbi Alan & Sandy Kalinsky on the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter, Shira, daughter of Rabbi Dr. Yosef & Elisheva Kalinsky, in New York.

THANK YOU FROM THE MUSKIN FAMILY We want to thank everyone who reached out with love and compassion during our mourning for our mother, Rabbanit Esther Halpern A"H. Special thanks to Sarah and Rabbi James Proops for organizing all of the meals during the Shiva. Each call, text, email, meal, and gift sent to the Shul in her memory, are deeply appreciated by all of us. She loved coming to visit LA and was always very proud of being a part of the YICC family. Her charm, smile, and positive outlook on life, even though she experienced so many difficulties, is a lesson we never want to forget. With much gratitude and love, Ruhama, Elazar, Gila, David & family, Dina, Daniel & family

USING OUR LIBRARY Sefarim in our Library are not to be removed for use elsewhere unless by permission from our Rabbis and logged with our office staff. If you choose to take a Sefer out of the library with permission, please return it after use to the Shul office.

We are currently missing the following Sefarim:

• Artscroll Talmud volume 52-Avodah Zarah

• Artscroll Mishna -the last volume of Seder Tohoros (Containing Tvul,Yom, Yadayim and Uktzim

Should you have these Sefarim in your possession, please kindly return them to the shul office.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

YAHRZEITS: August 1st-7th / 11th of Av- 16th

Sat, Aug 1 Eliz Slavetsky’s mother, Sasha bat Tzvi Elimelech, Z”L

Sun, Aug 2 Joel Linderman’s sister, Yetta Gittel bat Avraham HaCohen, Z”L

Mon, Aug 3 Debi Peled and Lori Fogel’s father, Yosef Benjamin ben Yehuda Aryeh, Z”L

Tue, Aug 4 Steve Heumann’s mother, Aidel Chaya bat Eliezer Shimshon, Z”L

Wed. Aug 5 Mark, Nachum and Luis Lainer’s mother, Chaya Sarah bat Mayer Aryeh, Z”L

Fri. Aug 7 Rachelle Needle’s father, Sinai Aryeh ben Chaim, Z”L David Weiss’ grandmother, Itta Frimma bat David,

Z”L

ADULT EDUCATION: August 2nd -6th SUNDAY The Dr. George Fox Z”L Memorial Gemara Shiur Taught by his son, Rabbi Dr. David Fox via Zoom ........ 8:30 am

To join this Shiur, you must email your request to: mshainberg@sbcglobal.net to receive weekly notifications

MONDAY “The Daf Goes Deep” Shiur with Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom

Via Zoom ....................................................................... 4:00 pm

Jack Nagel Z"L YICC Semichat Chaver Program

Taught by Rabbi Dr. Zev Wiener

Via Zoom ....................................................................... 8:25 pm

TUESDAY

Rabbi Elazar Muskin’s Talmud Shiur

Via Zoom ....................................................................... 8:30 pm

WEDNESDAY Rabbi James Proops’ Parasha Shiur for women

Via Zoom ....................................................................... 9:00 am

Rabbi David Mahler's Aggada Shiur

A recording of the class, and notes will be sent via email

Rabbi Langer's "Sefer HaChinuch" Shiur ...................... 8:30 pm Via "free conference call" which can be accessed by calling: 425 436 6352 - passcode 200747#.

DAF YOMI – Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom www.dafyomiyicc.org

AVAILABLE TO WATCH ONLINE • Shabbat At Home Archive - You can now access all

content made available during COVID-19 on our ‘Shabbat At Home’ webpage, featuring Drashot and Divrei Torah provided by Rabbi Elazar Muskin, Rabbi James Proops, Rabbi Dr. Zev Wiener and Rabbi David Mahler. www.yicc.org/shabbat-at-home-archive

• Pirkei Avot – Different Perspectives – A podcast series featuring YICC Rabbis, educators, and community members. You can find the podcasts here: www.yicc.org/pirkeiavotpodcast

• “Covid-19’s Financial Impact: What It All Means” www.yicc.org/covid19financialimpact

LACRI Los Angeles Covid Relief Initiative

LACRI is a fund that has been set up for members of our community who have been

impacted financially due to Covid-19. Applications will be kept 100% confidential

and the review/approval process will be handled with the utmost care. If you would

like an application please contact Rabbi Muskin at rabbiemuskin@gmail.com

ROSH HASHANAH GREETING CARDS With Covid-19 changing our lives in ways we never imagined we can help you keep at least one thing "normal" - we can make sending a Rosh Hashana greeting to all your friends at YICC very easy. Simply join our Shul's Greeting Card program by signing up on our website, and we will do all the rest. It is as easy as that. Go to www.yicc.org and scroll down to where you will find the link.You can either pay with a credit card, or ask to add the charge to your account. Please contact the Shul Office if you need any assistance.

RABBI ELAZAR MUSKIN’S

COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS

Can be viewed at: https://www.yicc.org/video-gallery.htm

• WITH RABBI MARVIN HIER: “Judaism Around The World” • WITH DR. JENNY TAITZ & DR. ROBIN BERMAN:

“Covid 19. The Silent Side Effects.”

• WITH SPECIAL ENVOY ELAN CARR: “The State Of Anti-Semitism Today”

• WITH BISHOP KENNETH ULMER “A Country In Turmoil”`

If you purchased tickets for the originally scheduled

Tribute Dinner, there is no additional cost.

To reserve now

RSVP https://www.yicc.org/drivethrubooking#

If you have any questions,

or need assistance, please contact the shul office.

DAVENING @ HOME Minhagim and Halakhot

Shabbat Parashat Va’etchanan & Shabbat Nachamu July 31, 2020 – August 7, 2020

By Rabbi Elazar Muskin During the Covid-19 crisis, the following guide should be followed if you are davening without a Minyan. FRIDAY JULY 31ST

• Early Mincha no later than 6:20 PM. Earliest candle lighting is at 6:28 PM. A full

Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv should be recited starting only after 6:28 PM.

• After the Maariv Amida recite Vayechulu but not Magen Avot and Elohenu

V’Elohei Avotenu. They are only said when davening with a permanent Minyan.

• When starting Shabbat early remember to repeat the full Shema after 8:40 PM.

• Candles can be lit between 6:28 - 7:37 PM

• If one accepts Shabbat before Shkiah (7:55 PM), Mincha should begin no later

than 7:45 PM.

SHABBAT AUGUST 1ST – VA’ETCHANAN & SHABBAT NACHAMU

• Shacharit is a regular Shabbat Shacharit.

• Do not say Anim Zemirot. This is recited when davening with a Minyan.

• The Torah reading from a Chumash is Va’etchanan. The Haftorah is the first of

seven special Haftorot of comfort before Rosh Hashana. It is from Isaiah (40:1-

26).

• Skip both chapters of Y’kum Purkan and the Mi Sheberach. They are said only

when davening with a Minyan.

• Recite the Mi Sheberach for the IDF and the Tefilah for Medinat Yisrael.

• Recite Av HaRachamim and continue with Ashrei.

• Mincha can be said as early as 1:34 PM but no later than 7:45 PM.

• During Mincha recite the sentence V’Ani Tefilati right after U’va L’Tziyon.

• Recite Tzidkatcha Tzedek at Mincha.

• Maariv is the regular weekday Maariv.

• Recite V’he Noam and V’yeeten Lecha.

• Shabbat ends 8:40 PM. Say a complete Havdalah.

• Recite Kiddush Levanah. Look up at the moon and then turn east to say Kiddush

Levanah. If you have no family member with you say the phrase Shalom Alechem

– Alechem Shalom to yourself three times. Say Aleynu at the conclusion of

Kiddush Levanah.

SUNDAY AUGUST 2ND - TUESDAY AUGUST 4TH

• Regular weekday Davening with Tachanun at Shacharit and Mincha.

• On Monday recite the longer version of Tachanun just like we do if we had a

Minyan and were reading the Torah.

• Rabbi Soloveitchik Z”L was of the opinion that when saying Tachanun even when

a Sefer Torah isn’t present, one should still fall on one’s arm and recite the

opening chapter just like the way we do when davening inside a Shul.

• Last time to recite Kiddush Levanah is Monday night August 3rd. Look up at the

moon and then turn east to say Kiddush Levanah. If you have no family member

with you say the phrase Shalom Alechem – Alechem Shalom to yourself three

times. Say Aleynu at the conclusion of Kiddush Levanah.

• Omit Tachanun at Mincha on Tuesday.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5TH – TU B’AV

• Regular weekday Davening but omit Tachanun and LaMenatzeach at Shacharit.

• Do not say Tachanun at Mincha.

THURSDAY AUGUST 6TH

• Regular weekday Davening with Tachanun at Shacharit and Mincha.

• On Thursday recite the longer version of Tachanun just like we do if we had a

Minyan and were reading the Torah.

• Rabbi Soloveitchik Z”L was of the opinion that when saying Tachanun even when

a Sefer Torah isn’t present, one should still fall on one’s arm and recite the

opening chapter just like the way we do when davening inside a Shul.

FRIDAY AUGUST 7TH

• Regular weekday Davening with Tachanun at Shacharit.

• Early Mincha no later than 6:15 PM. Earliest candle lighting is at 6:23 PM.

• If one accepts Shabbat before Shkiah (7:48 PM), candles should be lit no later

than 7:30 PM and Mincha should begin no later than 7:40 PM.

DAVENING WITH A MINYAN Minhagim and Halakhot

Shabbat Parashat Va’etchanan & Shabbat Nachamu

July 31, 2020 – August 7, 2020

By Rabbi Elazar Muskin

FRIDAY JULY 31ST

• Regular weekday Davening with Tachanun at Shacharit.

• Early Mincha is at 6:20 PM. Earliest candle lighting is at 6:28 PM.

• In Shul at Maariv recite Vayechulu, Magen Avot and Elohenu V’elohei Avotenu.

• If Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv are at a Minyan at a satellite location, then only say

Vayechulu but not Magen Avot and Elohenu V’elohei Avotenu.

• When starting Shabbat early remember to repeat the full Shema after 8:40PM.

• Candles can be lit between 6:28 - 7:37 PM

• If one accepts Shabbat before Shkiah (7:55 PM), Mincha will be at 7:45 PM.

SHABBAT AUGUST 1ST – VA’ETCHANAN & SHABBAT NACHAMU

• Shacharit is a regular Shabbat Shacharit.

• Say Anim Zemirot. The Chazan should open the Aron.

• Only the Chazan should open and close the Aron when taking out and returning the

Torah.

• The Chazan should take the Torah directly to the Shulchan. No kissing of the Torah

by members of the Minyan.

• The Torah reading is Parashat Va’etchanan.

• All Aliyot will be given to the Ba’al Kriah. He will make a Brakha both before and

after each Aliyah.

• Only 7 Aliyot are recited. There is no Maftir.

• One person, besides the Ba’al Kriah, will do both Hagbah and Gelilah. After lifting

the Torah for Hagbah place the Torah on the Shulchan and perform Gelilah while the

Torah is on the Shulchan.

• The Ba’al Kriah should also recite the Haftorah.

• The Haftorah is the first of the seven special Haftorot of comfort before Rosh

Hashana. It is from Isaiah (40:1-26).

• After the Haftorah the Ba’al Kriah says Hatzi Kaddish that is usually said before the

Maftir is called for his Aliyah.

• Recite the Tefilah for the American Government, Mi Sheberach for the IDF and the

Tefilah for Medinat Yisrael.

• Say the two chapters of Y’kum Purkan and the Mi Sheberach.

• Say Av HaRachamim and Ashrei.

• Mincha is a regular Shabbat afternoon Mincha. Mincha is at 7:35 PM at Shul.

• All three Aliyot will be given to the Ba’al Kriah. He will make a Brakha both before

and after each Aliyah.

• One person, besides the Ba’al Kriah, will do both Hagbah and Gelila. After lifting

the Torah for Hagbah place the Torah on the Shulchan and perform Gelila while the

Torah is on the Shulchan.

• The El Male for Yahrzeits occurring on Shabbat and during the coming week should

be recited by the Chazan.

• Recite Tzidkatcha Tzedek.

• Maariv is the regular weekday Maariv. Maariv begins at 8:30 PM.

• Shabbat ends 8:40 PM.

• Recite V’he Noam and V’yeeten Lecha.

• Say a complete Havdalah.

• Recite Kiddush Levanah. Look up at the moon and then turn east to say Kiddush

Levanah. Say Aleynu at the conclusion of Kiddush Levanah followed by the Mourners

Kaddish.

SUNDAY AUGUST 2ND – TUESDAY AUGUST 4TH

• Regular weekday Davening with Tachanun at Shacharit and Mincha.

• On Monday only the Chazan should open and close the Aron when taking out and

returning the Torah.

• The Chazan should take the Torah directly to the Shulchan. No kissing of the Torah

by members of the Minyan.

• All three Aliyot on Monday will be given to the Ba’al Kriah. He will make a Brakha

both before and after each Aliyah.

• Mi Sheberach for Cholim should be recited by the Ba’al Kriah before Hagbah and

Gelilah.

• One person, besides the Ba’al Kriah, will do both Hagbah and Gelilah. After lifting

the Torah for Hagbah place the Torah on the Shulchan and perform Gelilah while the

Torah is on the Shulchan.

• Last time to say Kiddush Levanah is Monday night. Look up at the moon and then

turn east to say Kiddush Levanah. Say Aleynu at the conclusion of Kiddush Levanah.

If there is a Minyan conclude with the Mourners Kaddish.

• On Tuesday, no Tachanun at Mincha.

• There will be no circulating of the Tzedakah box during the week. Please give

Tzedakah while observing social distancing.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5TH – TU B’AV

• At Shacharit omit Tachanun and LaMenatzeach.

• At Mincha omit Tachanun.

• There will be no circulating of the Tzedakah box during the week. Please give

Tzedakah while observing social distancing.

THURSDAY 6TH

• Regular weekday Davening with Tachanun at Shacharit and Mincha.

• On Thursday only the Chazan should open and close the Aron when taking out and

returning the Torah.

• The Chazan should take the Torah directly to the Shulchan. No kissing of the Torah

by members of the Minyan.

• All three Aliyot on Monday will be given to the Ba’al Kriah. He will make a Brakha

both before and after each Aliyah.

• Mi Sheberach for Cholim should be recited by the Ba’al Kriah before Hagbah and

Gelilah.

• One person, besides the Ba’al Kriah, will do both Hagbah and Gelilah. After lifting

the Torah for Hagbah place the Torah on the Shulchan and perform Gelilah while the

Torah is on the Shulchan.

• There will be no circulating of the Tzedakah box during the week. Please give

Tzedakah while observing social distancing.

FRIDAY AUGUST 7TH

• Regular weekday Davening with Tachanun at Shacharit.

• Early Mincha is at 6:10 PM. Earliest candle lighting is at 6:23 PM.

• Candles can be lit between 6:23 - 7:30 PM.

• If one accepts Shabbat before Shkiah (7:48 PM), Mincha will be at 7:35 PM.

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