CHAG SAMEACH! ~ EREV SUKKOT~ Sunday, September 23 Shacharit (Mintz Beit Midrash)... 6:45 am

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1 September 22 nd, th of Elul 5779 Volume 33 Issue 39 This Week At YICC HA AZINU / SUKKOT CHAG SAMEACH! SHABBAT SCHEDULE Candle Lighting (Friday, Sep 21)... 6:34 pm Mincha (Schlesinger Sanctuary)...6:40 pm Dr. Josh Rabinowitz Z L Hashkama Shiur... 7:00 am Hashkama Minyan (Mintz Beit Midrash)...7:15 am Sal Lowi Z L Kiddush Sponsored by: Phyllis and David Miller in honor of the Hashkama Minyan Main Minyan (Schlesinger Sanctuary)...9:00 am Young Community Minyan (Mintz Beit Midrash)...9:15 am Kiddush sponsored by: Melissa and Josh Genet in honor of the birth of their son, and in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Josh's father, (Michael Genet) Shepsel Meir ben Moshe Alter HaLevi, Z L Library Minyan (Nagel Library Wing)...9:30 am Teen Minyan (Levkowitz Teen Room)...9:30 am Youth Program... 9:00-until services end (Teichman Youth Wing) Mincha (Schlesinger Sanctuary)...6:10 pm Seudah Shlishit with Shiur by Rabbi David Block Maariv...7:26 pm Shabbat Ends...7:36 pm Important Halakhic Times: September Alot HaShachar... 5:30 a.m. Earliest Talit & Tefillin... 5:55 a.m. Last Time for Shema... 9:45 a.m. Sof Zman Tefilah... 10:45 a.m. Earliest time for Mincha... 1:15 p.m. 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 call or the Shul office. This week is sponsored by: Steve Oppenheim, Elisa & Alan Schoenfeld & Family, in memory of our mother & grandmother, Hilda Oppenheim, Z L Baruch & Deborah Littman, in memory of Deborah s dad, (Carl Brown) Kadesh ben Shmuel, Z L LOOKING FOR SPONSORS * First Day Sukkot * Shabbat Chol Ha Moed * Festive Catered Kiddush on Simchat Torah If you would like to sponsor or participate please contact our Shul Office (310) YICC Women's Tehilim Group - 7:30pm for Cholim, Shiduchim & Israel - Will resume after Simchat Torah - - ~ EREV SUKKOT~ Sunday, September 23 Shacharit (Mintz Beit Midrash)... 6:45 am Shacharit (Schlesinger Sanctuary)... 8:00 am Shacharit (Mintz Beit Midrash)... 9:00 am Candle Lighting... 6:31 pm Mincha & Maariv (Schlesinger Sanctuary)... 6:40 pm ~ SUKKOT ~ 1 st Day, Monday, September 24 Hashkama Minyan (Mintz Beit Midrash)... 7:15 am Sal Lowi, Z L Kiddush sponsored by: Debra & Albie Cohen in memory of Albie's parents - Gitel bat Levi Yitzchak & Rivka Z"L and Yakov Yonah ben Yehudah Leib & Sara Z"L, and in memory of Debra s father, Yosef Nahum ben Shlomo & Miryam, Z L Rita Lowi and Kids (Irwin & Tania Lowi, Phyllis & David Miller and Jean & Steve Kuntz) - in memory of Sal Lowi's immediate family members who perished in the Holocaust. Sal's father; Yoseph ben Avraham HaLevi Z"L, Sal's mother; Leah Bat Shlomo A"H,Sal's sister; Rivkah Bat Yoseph HaLevi A"H,Sal's brother; Meir Ben Yoseph HaLevi Z"L. Hashem Yikom Damam. Main Minyan (Schlesinger Sanctuary)... 9:00 am Young Community Minyan (Mintz Beit Midrash)... 9:15 am Teen Minyan (Levkowitz Teen Room)... 9:30 am Mincha (Schlesinger Sanctuary)... 6:30 pm Shiur by Rabbi Dr. Raphy Hulkower Maariv... 7:32 pm Candle Lighting... 7:32 pm 2 nd Day, Tuesday, September 25 Hashkama Minyan (Mintz Beit Midrash)... 7:15 am Main Minyan (Schlesinger Sanctuary)... 9:00 am Young Community Minyan (Mintz Beit Midrash)... 9:15 am Teen Minyan (Levkowitz Teen Room)... 9:30 am Mincha (Schlesinger Sanctuary)... 6:25 pm Shiur by Micha Hyman Maariv... 7:21 pm Havdalah... 7:31 pm ~ Chol HaMoed ~ Wednesday- Friday, September Shacharit (Mintz Beit Midrash)... 6:00 am Shacharit (Schlesinger Sanctuary)... 7:00 am Shacharit (Mintz Beit Midrash)... 7:30 am Shacharit (Mintz Beit Midrash)... 9:00 am Mincha, Wed & Thu (Schlesinger Sanctuary)... 6:45 pm Friday, September 28 Candle Lighting... 6:24 pm Mincha/Maariv (Schlesinger Sanctuary)... 6:35 pm Young Israel of Century City Office address: 9317 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

2 YAHRZEITS: Sep / Tishrei Sat, Sep 22 Sun, Sep 23 Tues, Sep 25 Wed, Sep 26 Thu, Sep 27 Elisa Schoenfeld & Steven Oppenheim s mother. Hinda bat Moshe Chaim, Z L Ronnie mother, Tziporah bat Yosef, Z L Ken Staub s mother, Yetta bat Hirschel, Z L Allan, Jeff & Stan Kandel s father, Yitzchak Moshe ben Shimon, Z L Joseph Iskovic s grandfather, Yehuda Yosef ben Shlomo Yitzchak, Z L Dr. Ben Rosenberg & Dr. Ellen Jacobowitz s father, Yisrael Yitzchak ben Eliyahou Baruch, Z L Dr. Howard Abramowitz s mother, Henna Raizel bat Chaim Menachem HaLevi, Z L Chaim Plotzker s father, Avraham ben Menachem Mendel,Z L Jack Cate s father, Yochanan ben Avraham, Z L Dr. Shelley Feldman s father, Aharon Yisrael ben Shalom HaCohen, Z L Daniel Miller s mother, Bernice Elaine bat Nathan, Z L Daniel Miller s father, Lazer ben Yitzchak, Z L MESSAGE OF THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY Jacob Shadrooz and family would like to thank, Rabbi Muskin, Rabbi Proops and the entire YICC Community for their emotional support and warm wishes in this difficult time of sitting shiva for my dear father Ozra, Ezra ben Sara,Z L. May you all be blessed with abundance of health, wealth, and happiness in the new year. 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 Raizel Chana bat Johanna Chedva bat Chaya Daniel Refael ben Sara Sarit Dovid ben Gittel Eliezer ben Chaya Sarah Eliezer ben Reshelshen Ella bat Gittel Ellen Ruth bat Florence Ezra ben Naima Gitta Rivka bat Chaya Risa Gittel Zelda bat Malka Leah bat Mattel Leah Shprintza bat Malka Liba bat Chana Malka bat Chaya Milka Yehudit bat Simcha Moshe Mordechai ben Rachel Nechama bat Dina Nisanel ben Rivka Hadassah Ohed ben Devorah Ora bat Nechama Ozer ben Leah Pinchas HaLevy 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 Yaakov Mendel HaCohen ben Feiga Nesha Yehuda Yitzchak ben Gitel Shifra Yisssacher Dov ben Frayda Yisrael Yehudah ben Miriam Yitzchak ben Miriam Yitzchok Isaac ben Blima Chana Yonatan Reuven ben Yafa Yosef ben Rachel Yossi Levi ben Margalit Halakhic Corner Q: What is the proper way to fulfill the Mitzvah of sitting in the Sukkah? A: Rav Yoel Sirkis, in his early 17 th century commentary on the Tur, entitled Bayit Chaddash (commonly known as the Bach) writes that a person should make it a point when sitting in the Sukkah to remember that he or she is doing so because G-d took the Jewish people out of Egypt and provided them with a protective cloud of glory during their sojourns in the desert. While it is important to always have in mind when performing any Mitzvah that one is doing so for the sake of G-d, it is especially important when sitting in the Sukkah as the Torah explicitly states, So that your generations will know that I caused the Children of Israel to dwell in booths when I took them from the land of Egypt. Since the Torah puts a special emphasis on knowing and understanding the reason behind the Mitzvah of Sukkah, special care must be taken to remember this fact while sitting in the Sukkah. If a person does not have the proper intentions in mind, Rabbi Yosef ben Meir Teomim in his 18 th century work, Pri Migadim, posits that one has nonetheless fulfilled the mitzvah of Sukkah. The Mishnah Berurah adopts this opinion. Interestingly, Rabbi Yaakov Ettlinger, one of the great German Rabbis of the 19 th century, in his Sefer on the laws of Sukkah entitled, Bikkurie Yaakov, rules that since the Torah has put special emphasis on remembering the reason behind Mitzvah, if one does not do so, he or she has not fulfilled the Mitzvah. It is therefore critical to take a moment during the first meal on Sukkot to pause and think about why one is sitting in the Sukkah. MAZAL TOV Dr. Avi & Sarah Helfand on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Ezra, being celebrated in Israel. Ronnie Sieger on his birthday! Josh & Melissa Genet on the birth of a baby boy. Aaron & Rivka Spolin on the birth of a baby boy. Mazal Tov to the baby s great-grandparents, Leah & Joseph Schefres! Dr. Ivor & Liebe Geft on the birth of their grandson, born to Atara & Dr. Dael Geft. Bob & Judy Millman on the birth of a granddaughter, born to Meira & Chaim Waldman in Lakewood, NJ. Mazal Tov to great-grandmothers, Lilly Adler and Phyllis Millman. SHIURIM FOR WOMEN ON SIMCHAT TORAH In conjunction with the OU Women s Initiative Scholars Program Geri Wiener, Program Director Presented in the Nagel Library Wing Shiurim start promptly! SIMCHAT TORAH NIGHT 8:30 p.m. ~ Ruhama Muskin "Things Your Parents Never Told You About Kibud Av Va-Em" SIMCHAT TORAH MORNING 9:30 a.m. ~ Jennifer Silverman "Hashem and the Jewish People: A Love That Can't Be Broken" 10:00 a.m. ~ Geri Wiener "Shattering the Glass Ceiling"

3 YICC Youth & Teens in the Teichman Youth Wing YICC TEEN MINYAN Led by Rabbi David Block Will Meet First Days of Sukkot and Shabbat Bereshit in the Levkowitz Teen Room at 9:30AM Great Davening, Lots of Food, Surprise Raffles! Ezra Helfand Sep, 23 Talia Sacks Sep, 23 Caleb Fishman Sep, 24 Devora Rosen Sep, 25 Akiva Zahtz Sep, 26 Ivy Katz Sep, 27 Avital Louie Sep, 28 Lehava Segal Sep, 28 Batsheva Berkowitz Sep, 29 Ethan Frankel Sep, 29 Sarina Frankel Sep, 29 Barak Kaplan Sep, 29 Reuven Rosen Sep, 29 We are always looking for volunteers to lain, daven, or give a D var Torah. To volunteer please contact our wonderful Gabaim: David Silverman and Gavi Gershov YICCTEENSGABAI@gmail.com If you have any questions or would like to sponsor Kiddush in honor of your teen s birthday, please Rabbi David Block at YICCTEENS@gmail.com If your teen would like to learn how to lead Shacharit or Musaf please contact Rabbi David Block at YICCTEENS@gmail.com Please Join our 9 AM Shacharit Minyan for Teens (et al!) Sundays plus National & Day School holidays Note: This Minyan is not just for teens. Fathers, Rabbis, and ALL Adults are welcome! ( Minyan@Qntnl.com for more info) BNEI AKIVA OF LOS ANGELES (310) ; office@bneiakivala.org Bnei Akiva Events: Snif resumes in the Fall! Applications now open for Hadracha - for more info contact (310) 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 or call 855-MOSHAVA for more info.

4 UPCOMING EVENTS: Shabbat Chol HaMoed, September 29 Dr. Gil Graff s History Lecture 6:20 pm Title: The Life & Legacy of Rabbi Emanuel Rackman Monday- Tuesday, October 1-2 SIMCHAT TORAH AT YICC Pre- Hakafot Youth Dinner with Entertainment 5:30 pm Maariv & Hakafot 7:22 pm Shacharit 8:00 am PLEASE VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE TO VIEW UPLOADS CHABURAS & SHIURIM OUR 5779 PROGRAM CALENDAR UPCOMING EVENTS PRAYER CALENDAR MEMBERSHIP FORMS & ACCOUNT INFORMATION PLAN AN EVENT AND RENT OUR HALLS PHOTO GALLERIES JOIN OUR MAILING LIST DONATE AND SO MUCH MORE! Lively & Inspiring Hakafot Festive Kiddush on Simchat Torah Day Shiurim for Women during Hakafot both Night & Day Under the Direction of Geraldine Wiener Evening Shiur 8:30 pm Morning Shiurim 9:30 &10:45 am Shabbat, October 6 Book of The Year Begins with Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom 5:10 pm (Mincha 5:50 pm) TREE OF LIFE Located on the 2 nd Fl. near our Youth Rooms. One way to commemorate a Simcha 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 Or us at shuloffice@yicc.org MISSING LIBRARY BOOKS Please return any Library books you may have borrowed. We are specifically missing: Vayikra; Oznaim La Torah, and two volumes of the Hirsch Chumash; Bereshit & Devarim. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS: To the entire community: Please join us for a special HAKARAT HATOV OPEN SUKKAH on Monday, September 24th, 3-6pm to express our gratitude for all of the Tefilot, Tehillim and support that greatly contributed to Oren's Refuah Shleima. Kenny Bendik & Alissa Rimmon 1540 Rexford Drive Chai Lifeline West Coast s Legacy of Hope Gala will be held on Monday, November 5, 2018 at the Saban Theater. Please join us for an inspirational evening celebrating the launch of the Jenny and Moshe Buchman Birthday Initiative and honoring Davis Factor with the Vision of Hope Award and Michelle and Udi Gannot with the Caring Heart Award. For more information, please call 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 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 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 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

5 SIMCHAT TORAH AUCTION This year our Simchat Torah Auction will offer pre-yom Tov bids. Anyone interested in bidding for any honor should please speak to David Gershov. The closing auction will take place on Shemini Atzeret, after Musaf in the Main Sanctuary. The following honors will be auctioned off: Hattan Torah Hattan Bereshit Kol Nearim Atta Horeata (night) Atta Horeata (morning) Maftir Yayin Kiddush V Havdalah. FROM YICC S SEFER HA MINHAGIM SUKKOT: 1. On the first two nights of Sukkot and on Shabbat Hol HaMoed we do not say Kiddush in the Shul after Maariv. 2. On the first two days of Sukkot, Hoshanot are recited after the repetition of the Musaf before Kaddish Titkabel. 3. During Hol HaMoed and Hoshana Rabbah, Hoshanot are recited immediately after Hallel. 4. One Sefer Torah is taken out of the Aron and held on the north side of the middle Bima throughout the Hoshanot. The Aron and Parochet are left open during the recitation of Hoshanot. 5. At the end of the Hoshanot the Hazan puts down his Daled Minim right before he says the verse of L'Ma'an Da'at. At this juncture the Sefer Torah is returned to the Aron. When the Torah is in the Aron the Hazan says L'Ma'n Da'at followed by Kaddish Titkabel. 6. On Hol HaMoed and Hoshana Rabba if everyone in the Shul has a set of Daled Minim and there is no Avel present, then the Sefer Torah is taken out of the Aron and placed on the Shulchan while everyone does the Hakafa around the Shulchan. 7. An Avel does not do Hakafot on Chol HaMoed and Hoshana Rabba but does Hakafot on the first two days. On Hol HaMoed and Hoshana Rabba he should hold the Torah at the Bima. If there is more than one mourner present, the other mourners just stand in their place and do not do the Hakafot. SHABBAT HOL HAMOED: 1. On Friday night of Shabbat Hol HaMoed Bameh Madlikin is not recited and Kabbalat Shabbat begins with Mizmor Shir Shel Shabbat. 2. On Shabbat Hol HaMoed, we do Hoshanot after Musaf. We only open the Aron but we do not take out a Sefer Torah. 3. Kohelet is read on Shabbat Hol HaMoed. Even if a Klaf is used, no Brachot are said. 4. When Kohelet is read, we recite Anim Zemirot and Shir Shel Yom before reading Kohelet. 5. On Shabbat Hol HaMoed in Musaf, the Hazan does not say Adir Adirenu after Kedusha. 6. We do not say Kah Keli on Shabbat Chol HaMoed. PLEASE REDEEM YOUR PLEDGES FROM YOM KIPPUR Please remember that you can pay your Kol Nidrei Pledge online. The Gmach pledge MUST NOT be paid online, you must give us a SEPARATE CHECK to pay a Gmach pledge. Thank you so much for your support! YICC S LIST We are updating our Distribution List. If you would like to receive our s, please contact the Shul Office. If you were receiving our s 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 s in your junk folder. You will need to rejoin our list from our website: Once you have rejoined, please inform our Shul office so we can ensure you are in the correct group/s. ADDRESSES FOR OUR RABBIS: Rabbi Elazar Muskin: rabbiemuskin@gmail.com Rabbi James Proops: rabbiproops@yicc.org RELAXED PARKING FOR THE HOLIDAYS: Please Note that Zones & Other Safety Violations Will Be Enforced! Sukkot- Sunday, Sept 23 rd 5:00pm- Tuesday, Sept 25 th 10:00pm Simchat Torah- Sunday, Sept 30 th 5:00pm- Tuesday, Oct 2 nd 10:00pm IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Hatzalah: Eruv: Mikvah: RCC: LA Yoetzet Halakha: yoetzetla@gmail.com MEMBERSHIP 5779 ( ) Membership information is all available online at our website: If you are an existing member please make sure to go to Renew so that you don t accidentally create a new account for yourself. Should you need any assistance, please contact the Shul Office; we are here and happy to help you. assistant@yicc.org

6 YICC CHESED OPPORTUNITIES Hachnasat Orchim Society We welcome you to become a member of this very special society. To become a member all you need to do is host a guest in your home for a Shabbat or Yom Tov meal. Hachnasat Orchim (the Jewish value of welcoming guests), is a vital component of Jewish life and has played an integral part of Jewish homes since Avraham and Sara warmly welcomed visitors to their tent Let us know how many people you can have, and what meals you are able to host by selecting from the drop-down menu at our website. You will then be contacted by a member of the Chesed committee in the event that someone requires hosting. You can sign up online at We will have events throughout the year thank members of this special society. If either you, or know of someone you know of, needs a meal or accommodations, please let us know by filling out the second form found via the link above Helping Hands There are many people in our community who have trouble getting to Shul due to various factors, and therefore need assistance. There are also people who need someone to take and/or accompany them to certain medical appointments. Giving our time to help those in need is a fundamental part of what it means to be part of a community Please volunteer to join our Helping Hands by signing up online at If you or someone you know needs assistance, please let us know by filling out the second form found via the link above.

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