Morning Afternoon Groups Begin @ Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go Groups with the 10:30am, Parents please up] since for each Aliya, one person “goes up” to make a bracha [blessing] on the Torah Reading. Weisers begin @ attend to your children 5:15pm. Off during beforehand. YOM TOV Sefirat HaOmer - The Basic of “Spiritual Redemption.” Youth Morning Groups Meaning On Pesach, the Jewish People Tots: Below 1st Grade with Teen Morning Groups were redeemed from a terrible The word “Sefirah” basically Morahs Faye & Shayna Pre-Teen Girls: Torah Learning means “counting” or “the period of physical slavery in Group 2: Active and Edu- cational Programs with our Teen Girls: Tefillah Work- count.” the “House of Bondage” of Middle School Helpers shop with Chava Simon What is being counted? Egypt. On Shavuot, which Junior Cong: The Classic— Teens: Parsha, Chulent! commemorates G-d’s giving With Rabbi Simon One counts things of value. Reborn with Mr. Weiser His precious gift, the Torah, to Don’t Forget Mussaf! One counts units of time till the Jewish People at Mt. Sinai, a desired goal; for a child, it we celebrate our going from might be, “How many days Spiritual Slavery to Spiritual till vacation?” For an adult, Freedom. “How many weeks or months The purpose of Physical till I get my degree?” or “How Redemption is Spiritual many years till I’ll be eligible Redemption. Without the for a promotion?” Spiritual, the Physical would Frequently, as in the example have no meaning. The only above, the items which are source of Morality is G-d; the counted are units of time. In human being is very inventive, Judaism, “time” has great but he or she is incapable of value; it is forbidden to waste inventing a moral code. The Get Excited! it, or to “kill time.” best that the human can do Latte and Learning! - Tuesday Nights. Off this week In the Jewish Tradition, the on his own, is establish rules Salad Home Work and Learning - Wednesday Nights. Off this week term “Sefirah” also has a that prevent society from Contact RabbiSimon@BJSD.org for details on Teens specific meaning, and refers to descending into chaos. As Girls and Boys Mishmar-Wednesday @ 6:45-8:00pm. This week off a count of the 49 days between Rabbi Chanina, the Assistant Bloomberry Pancakes - Sundays at 8:50am-9:20am Pesach and Shavuot: between to the High Priest says in Pirkei Contact Mr. Weiser for details on Youth 619.933.6740 the Festival of “Physical Avot (Chapter 3, Mishnah Redemption” and the Festival 2) “ ‘Pray for the welfare of the government,’ any form of to a limited extent, after that of Yom Tov Schedule government, because if people his Creator. Candlelighting...……............6:49pm did not fear it, one person would Start Seder after…..…........…. 7:49pm He or she comes to realize that Mincha....................…………… 6:50pm eat his neighbor alive.” Yom Tov Ends.........................7:50pm the exit from Slavery was only Shacharis Beis Midrash…….....…none The Torah prescribes a way to become again a Servant, but Daf Yomi...............................5:45pm Weekday Schedule of life which lifts the human this time not to any human so- Shachris Main Shul Day 1+2 8:45am Sunday Shacharis………………8:00am being above his purely physical called “master,” but rather to be Latest Shema……………………...9:40am Thu, Fri Shacharis 6:15 & 7:15am nature to the level of a moral a Servant of G-d, the true Master Youth Groups…………………..........…off Sun-Thu Mincha/Maariv………6:50pm and spiritual and physical being. of the Universe. Mincha Day 1+2......................6:50pm Thu Second Maariv.......………9:15pm It enables him to realize that Candle lighting after.............. .. 7:49pm the conscience within him was Rabbi’s Class.... ................................…off planted there by G-d, and that he has the ability to be in touch with, and to model his behavior, Learning In Your Community... Our community offers a wide range of learning opportunities, from Classes, to Welcome! Yom Hashoa, Sunday, April One-on-One Learning, to Guided Learning. Every night from 8:00pm-9:15pm there are programs followed by Maariv. Welcome all guests who are 11th, 2010 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. San YOMI here for Yom Tov Diego Community Holocaust Daf Yomi: Mon-Fri at 6:15 am, Sunday at 7:00 am, Shabbos at 7:45 am Commemoration “Lawrence Coming Soon! Family J.C.C. 4126 Executive CLASSES Neilas Hachag!!! ONE-ON-ONE LEARNING Drive La Jolla, CA 92027 On Tuesday April 6th at 6:50 Beth Jacob Yom Hashoa Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday p.m. we will have a Neilas Program “Against the Tide”, a 7:30pm-8:30pm Basic Judaism 7:30pm-8:15pm Hachag. A Neilas Hachag is documentry about the Shoah Prophets W/ The Rabbi 8:00pm-9:00pm Parsha the closing of the holiday. We will t ake place at the social hall off this week off this week Tastes of Talmud off this week will wash and have the last on Sunday, April 11 @ 7:00pm. 8:00pm-9:00pm Talmud w/ Rabbi Adatto 8:30pm-9:15pm Ladies Chumash w/ The Rabbi off this week Talmud opportunity to eat Matzah for off this week off this week off this week the sake of the Mitzvah. This special meal will be enhanced Refuah Shleimah by singing and words of Torah. Mr. Weiser What’s on Weiser’s mind? call him to find out: 619.550.5954 The entire community is invitedIrving Bernhardt | Rose Kraft | Open Beis Midrash Sunday after Shacharis, Monday-Thursday 8:15pm-9:15pm to attend!!! Goldie Masliah | Doni Lepor | Beis Midrash Learning: Bagel and cream cheese, fresh brewed coffee Ralph Carson | Rob Adatto | every Sunday @ 8:45am. Come and get a chavrusa and study. Sponsored by Mr. Bill Stern in Marcie Maisel | Karnit Breite | memory of his wife Ethel on Adella Adams | her Yahrzeit Last day of Pesach !!! Tomchei Shabbos!!! Money is needed to continue this we will have a sponsored lunch. Chessed. Please make checks Come and enjoy! to“Beth Jacob Torah Fund”