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Candle Lighting5:20 p.m.Havdalah6:17 p.m.
SHABBATONSHABBATONFebruary 16-17, 2018 2 Adar, 5778
D A I LY M I N YA NI N W I N E R C H A P E L
Monday - Friday7:30 a.m.
Sunday8:30 a.m.
Daily5:00 p.m.
President’s DayMorning Minyan will begin at 7:30 a.m.
on Monday, February 19, 2018.
Administrative O�ces will be closed.
Daylight Savings TimeEvening Minyan will change to 6:00 p.m.
beginning Sunday, March 11, 2018
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16EREV SHABBAT MINYAN 5:00 p.m. in Winer Chapel
SHABBAT FARBRENGEN 7:30 p.m. in Sher-Lopaty Chapel
An Evening with Neshama Carlebach Led by Cantor Herschel Fox
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17Torah Portion: T’rumah: Exodus 25:1 - 27:19 | Page: 485
TORAH STUDY 9:00 a.m. in Winer Chapel with Rabbi Ed Feinstein
OPENING PRAYERS 9:30 a.m. in Niznick Sanctuary
SHABBAT MORNING SERVICE 9:45 a.m. in Niznick Sanctuary
Rabbi Joshua Ho�man o�ciates at the Bat Mitzvah of Jasmine Rad
MEDITATION MINYAN 10:30 a.m. in Winer Chapel
PARSHA DISCUSSION 12:30 p.m. in Zicklin Lieberman Youth Center
Rabbi Edward M. FeinsteinRabbi Harold M. Schulweis [z”l]
Rabbi Joshua Ho�manRabbi Noah Zvi Farkas
Rabbi Avi Ta�Cantor Phil Baron
Cantor Herschel Fox
Yossi Dresner, Ritual DirectorChris Hardin, Music Director
Scott Howard, President Bart Pachino, Executive Director
Sheva Locke, Head of VBS Day SchoolKeri Loventhal, ECLC Director
Abby Andiman Mars, ECC DirectorAmi Monson, Dir. of Youth Engagement
V B S L E A D E R S H I PComfort and strength to those who mourn
Amnon AboodyMaury Abrams
Fanny AbramsonJohn Baer
Abraham BakerDavid Barer
Alfred BenderSamuel BenkinBlanche Benton
Maxine "Micki" BenyasThe Estate of Esra Bleichfeld
Lawrence BlumbergMildred Bluming
Rose BokserSally Bolotin
Joseph BookmanHenriette Botton
Nathan Michael BramLen Brittan
Sherri BrownRuth Burke
Kenneth BurnsFrieda CanterGussie Cantor
Annette ChamowMiriam CohenRose Cohen
Bernard DeutchmanMorris Diamond
Benyamin Yale DicksteinJames DitchikLena D. Eisner
Henry EllisSylvia FeinbergMyron Feinstein
Milton FeldRobert Fernbach
Elsa ForstElias Freilich
Jacob FriedmanMelvin Futterman
Belle GantmanJulius Gelfand
Syd Getzo�Roslyn GidanAaron Gilardi
Rose Lily GingoldEugene Glick
Alex GoldbergFortune GormeEdwin M. GrayLee Greenberg
Louis GreenbergRegina GreenwaldCharles 'Bill' GrenArnold Grossman
Guta GruzenHilde Gumpert
Susan HalfonSylvia Hankin
Eugene HardinLorraine Harris
Joseph HershbergNosrat Hollandian
Blanche HuchinsonSue Isenberg
Judith JacksonSara Judman
Louis KalmanovitsKelsey Kamm
Sally Eileen KarasDorothy Katchen
David T. KatzEsther Kaye
Samuel KeevukTzvia KimelfeldJoseph Knopf
Edward John KohnMichael KohnShaptai KolkoFrank KoranRuth KorekJoan Krantz
Ida KubernickRose La�
Jack LernerDave LevineCasper Licht
Alex LichtmanErnestine Liebross
Isaac LinkerLeo Litt
Inna LoganSam London
Leonard LorenAnna Machlis
Seymour MatankyBetty Mednick
Joseph MesmerGeorge MeyersLynn MillmanEthel Minsky
Isidor MoldaveCecelia Moscowitz
Sarah MurrellMary Nadler
Gussie NeimanShoshana Nourian
Morris Orlino�Gussie Ornstein
Bertha Rosenblum OrnsteinJoseph Palache
Richard Lorne PierceAnn PollackJack Pollack
Frances Pollins
Ina PortneyEsther Prager
Solomon PragerDavid RabinEllie Rabkin
Sidney ReubenIsadore Rezniko�
Jay RicklinByron Richard Roseman
Leonard RosenArthur Rosenbaum
Israel RosenbergMichael Maynard Rosenfeld
William RosenthalSteven Roso�
Max RothschildCarol Rozner
Francine RubinArthur Rubin
Jeanette RussellSadie SandlerMax Sassower
Ruth SchlosbergNorman Schnur
Margaret SchwartzStephanie SesserMark Shklyarasky
Herbert T. SilverbergIke SilversteinDoris SingerJacob Sirkin
Irwin SladnickSophie SmallChiakee Snell
Sue SoboClara SpellmanHarold Spiegel
Freida Rose SpitzerBertha StempelHarry Stitman
Joseph StramerRose Straus Ganderson
Irving StutzGenrih Svidensky
Ezra TabibianHerman VosenSarah Wallach
Carol Levy WebbIra Weiner
Manny WeisenfeldMargaret WolfNoya Ya'aran
Phyllis ZangwillJack Zicklin
Theodore ZierSanford D. ZinnBernice Zweig
W e recall in reverence those who have been gathered unto their people
2-8 ADAR, 5778YAHRZEITS
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Candle Lighting5:26 p.m.Havdalah6:23 p.m.
February 23-24, 2018 | 9 Adar, 5778UPCOMING SHABBAT SERVICES
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23EREV SHABBAT MINYAN 5:00 p.m. in Winer ChapelECLC FAMILY SHABBAT SERVICE & DINNER 5:30 p.m. in Glaser and Burdorf HallsT’MARIM SEPHARDIC SHABBAT 6:00 p.m. Mezze 6:30 p.m. Sephardic Shabbat Service in Sher-Lopaty Chapel
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24Shabbat Zakhor Torah Portion: T’tzaveh: Exodus 27:20 - 30:10 | Page: 503
TORAH STUDY 9:00 a.m. in Winer Chapel with Rabbi Ed FeinsteinTEEN TORAH STUDY 9:00 a.m. in Zicklin Lieberman Youth Center with Rabbi Avi Ta�LIBRARY MINYAN 9:30 a.m. in Bernstein Balcony Seminar Room D’var Torah Mark GutentagOPENING PRAYERS 9:30 a.m. in Niznick SanctuarySHABBAT MORNING SERVICE 9:45 a.m. in Niznick Sanctuary Rabbi Ed Feinstein o�ciates at the Bat Mitzvah of Brooke Resnik We celebrate the Baby Naming of Noa Galaif Saad, daughter of Jessica Galaif Saad & Daniel Saad TOT SHABBAT 10:00 a.m. in Burdorf HallKIDS MINYAN 11:00 a.m. in Winer ChapelPARSHA DISCUSSION 12:30 p.m. in Zicklin Lieberman Youth Center
תמרים
PURIM ON BROADWAYPURIM ON BROADWAYPURIM ON BROADWAY PURIM ON BROADWAY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 20187:30 AM | Minyan Megillah Reading Winer Chapel
Bring a boxof NOISY FOOD
like pasta or riceto use as a GROGGER
and then d onateIT to the VBSFood Bank!
dress in costume as broadway characters!Visit vbs.org/purim for more info >>
5:00 PM | Full Purim Service and Traditional Megillah Reading Led by Ritual Director Yossi Dresner Winer Chapel5:30 PM | Tot Megillah Reading (Early Childhood Service) Celebrate with VBS Rabbis and friends! Toddler, ECC and Kindergarten-aged children are welcome! Sher-Lopaty Chapel6:00 PM | Purim Pizza DinnerPizza and salad by pre-order online at vbs.org/purim-dinner. Limited day-of purchase available. 7:00 PM | Purim Shpiel and Celebration Niznick SanctuaryThe Megillah comes to life in a fabulous BROAD-way! All ages welcome. Featuring songs from: Hamilton • The Sound Of Music • Camelot • Oklahoma • Spamalot • Hair • Beauty And The Beast • Wicked • Jersey Boys • Les Miserables • And More!8:30 PM | Hamentaschen Reception Main Hall
YUMMY!
It's Hamentaschen Time! Starlite Caterers is selling gourmet and traditional Hamentaschen for Purim! Order Deadline: Friday, February 23.
Pick up at VBS on Tuesday, February 27 or Wednesday, February 28. Choose from Dark
Chocolate Sea Salt, Apple Pie, Mixed Berry Compote, Chocolate Chocolate-Chip Cookie Dough, Raspberry,
Poppy Seed, Apricot, or mixed variety. To order: starlitecaterers.com/hamantaschen
818.789.7588
PURIM CARNIVALSUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2018
11AM-3PMADMIT ONE
vbs.org/purim
Purchase tickets online at
Wristbands (Unlimited games and rides) $36 Each($40 at the door) • Ticket Bundles $20 for 25 Tickets
($25 at the door) • Food Tickets $1 = 1 Ticket Become a VBS Purim Carnival Sponsor!
Call 818.530.4025, email [email protected] visit vbs.org/purim for more info!
M a r c h 7 - 1 4 , 2 0 1 8ce lebrate i s rae l at 70 w ith a TR I P TO
VBS Program Director Elana Zimmerman 818.530.4011 • [email protected] vbs.org/israel
An in-depth exploration of the culture, issues and people of Israel with Rabbi Ed Feinstein. Been to Israel? Come back.
Go deeper. Examine the challenges and triumphs that make Israel the most interesting and inspiring place on earth.
CEMETERY SALE OPEN HOUSESunday, March 18 • 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
6150 Mt. Sinai Drive, Simi Valley
Join Rabbi Ed Feinstein for a bagel brunch and walk-through at Mt. Sinai park and chapel. Meet the cemetery director and learn about the plot purchasing
process. No obligation or pressure to purchase.
RSVP to Wendy Perlmutter at818.788.6000 • email [email protected]
Wednesday, February 217:00-9:00 PM"Israel at 70: The Price and Prospects of Jewish Sovereignty"Daniel Stein Kokin, Visiting Assistant Professor at the UCLA International Institute
The VBS College of Jewish Studies is made possibleby grants from theLill & Jess Beim Family Keruv Fund
and the Harold M. Schulweis Institute
Lech L’chaThe Jewish Journey through History
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PROGRAMMING AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Shabbat-on-Tuesdays Tuesday, February 20 • 10:30 a.m. Experience the interplay between contemporary spirituality and the ancient rituals of our liturgy as we explore Jewish prayer through meditation. Cantor Phil Baron • 818.530.4058 vbs.org/meditation Myra’s Knitting Mavens (Knitting Needles) Wednesday, February 21 • 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Knit, crochet and kibbitz for a good cause - sending handmade caps and blankets to soldiers and hospitals locally and in Israel. Meets on the third Wednesday of each month. Yarn donations and open skeins gratefully accepted. vbs.org/knitting
Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Ed Feinstein Wednesday, February 21 • 12:00-1:30 p.m. Lecture and discussion. Bring your own dairy lunch. Co�ee and tea provided. VBS Brotherhood Poker Night Thursday, February 22 • 6:30 p.m. Pizza, Poker, Drinks and Fun! Ages 21+. Cost: $50/person. RSVP online. vbsbrotherhood.com or email [email protected] Hazak Monday, February 26 • 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Lifelong education and enrichment for mature Jews, ages 55+. The Best of Times, The Worst of Times with Rabbi Ed Feinstein; CAMERA Exposes the Media Lies and Distortions About Israel with Thor Gold; Torah Portion of the Week with Rabbi Joshua Ho�man; Mah Jongg with Carol Gray; Great Decisions 2018 with Al Wilen and Steve Krantz: "China and America: The New Geopolitical Equation" vbs.org/hazakAdult Israeli Dancing Monday, February 26 • 7:15 p.m. Susan North Gilboa brings you a unique way of encountering the history and culture of Israel while learning Israeli folk dances. vbs.org/danceAn Evening with Larry Elder Monday, February 26 • 7:30 p.m. Best-selling author and radio talk-show host presented by the Jewish Republican Alliance. Fee. Registration required. jewishrepublicanalliance.org
Yiddish Speakers’ Club Tuesday, February 27 • 7:30 p.m. Come to speak and listen to Yiddish. Last Tuesday of the month. Menashe Bernstein • 818.784.2100Parent Education: Raising Ethical Children Wednesday, February 28 • 8:00-9:00 a.m. "Why Bother Doing the Right Thing: Raising Ethical Children in an Unethical World" with Dr. Bruce Powell, Head of de Toledo High School. Online registration. vbsds.org/parentingtalkVBS Book Club Tuesday, March 6 • 7:30 p.m. The Mathematician’s Shiva by Stuart Rojstaczery. vbs.org/bookclub Phyllis Beim • 818.905.5113Sisterhood Jewish Meditation Monday, March 12 • 7:00 p.m. Led by Cantor Phil Baron. vbs.org/sisterhood-meditationSisterhood Tea & Torah Tuesday, March 13 • 7:30 p.m. Explore Torah and the modern Jewish experience with Rabbi Feinstein.
CSUN Fifth Annual Maurice Amado Foundation Lecture in Jewish Ethics Wednesday, March 14 • 7:30 p.m. “Teshuvah for Genocide? In/Justice, Reconciliation and Indigenous Peoples in Australia (and the United States)” with Jewish ethics expert Aaron Hahn Tapper. Free and open to the public. RSVP required. [email protected] 818.677.4724