Torah: Eikev Deuteronomy 7:12 - 11:25Teacher: Lenny FelderTorah Chanter: Rabbinic InternYaniv Dotan Greeters: Marilyn and Marvin Warsofsky and Maxine Levine

AHAVAT TORAH CONGREGATION P.O. BOX 18371

Encino, CA 91416

THIS SHABBAT WITH Rabbi Miriam Hamrell 9:00AM Ethics/Mussar SHABBAT SERVICES 10:00 - 12:15 PM 12:15 PM Catered Lunch Aufruf Celebration of Ellen Dubois and Arnie Schwartz

AHAVAT TORAH CONGREGATION 343 South Church Lane, Los Angeles, CA 90049 (310) 625-3146 ONE TORAH, ONE COMMUNITY, MANY TEACHERS COMMITTED TO REPAIRING THE WORLD ahavattorahla.org/ahavattorah@gmail.com August 24, 2019

THIS SATURDAY August 24th

343 S. Church Lane, LA 10:00 Services

12:30 pm Catered Lunch

PLEASE JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE

ELLEN AND ARNIE’S AUFRUF

In lieu of gifts, contributions may be made to AHAVAT TORAH

Dear Friends,

The High Holy Days invitations have been sent. I am starting to work on the Book of Remembrance where we honor those we have loved and lost. If you would like a reminder of the names of those you remembered please feel free to contact me. Additionally, if this is your first time placing a names in the Remembrance Book and would like some help I am available. It is customary to send a donation for the names you want listed in the Book and a space on the front page of the reservation form is available for this.

Saturday, August 24th we will be celebrating an Aufruf for Ellen Dubois and Arnie Schwartz. Ellen received a waiver of the parking restrictions on Church Lane, Elderwood and Farlin St. for this Saturday so you may parked there without heeding the two hour sign limitations.

SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, September 8th A.T. will celebrate Rabbi Miriam’s 70th Birthday with guest musicians Cindy Paley accompanied by Mike Sirota along with our fabulous A.T. Musicians .

Please review the flyers for further information regarding all of Ahavat Torah’s events.

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MESSAGE FROM LINDA BADGER, Executive Director

Deuteronomy 8:7 Eikev

“For thy Lord thy God bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, springing forth in valleys and hills.” By Israeli Artist Yoram Raanan

This week’s parsha is Eikev which in Hebrew means “if you follow.” Moses continues his speech to the children of Israel and tells them to follow God’s commandments. If they do so, they will prosper in the Land they are about to conquer. Moses tells the Israelites their victories will be due to the wickedness of the nations they are about to conquer and because of God’s promises to the Israelites' Patriarchs.

Moses reviews their 40 year journey in the desert and all of the trespasses of the Israelites against God. He also speaks of God’s forgiveness of their sins after they repented and the giving of the Second Tablets.

Moses describes the Land they are about to enter as good land, overflowing with milk and honey. Moses also tells the Israelites about God’s rewards if they follow His commandments and teach them to their children.

Come Study Torah with Rabbi Miriam Hamrell

Share the Magic of Torah

TORAH STUDY follows Tanya Class every THURSDAY

At Rabbi Miriam’s Home in Marina del Rey (Address provided upon RSVP)

12:00 - 12:20 PM Potluck Dairy Lunch 12:20 - 2:00 PM - An in depth study of the Torah Parsha of the week 2:00 - 2:30 PM - An in-depth study of the Haftarah Portion of the week

AHAVAT TORAH CONGREGATION INVITES YOU TO SHABBAT EARLY MORNING

MUSSAR (ETHICS) CLASS WITH RABBI MIRIAM HAMRELL

Continuing with Discussion on

High Holy Days Topics

WHEN: Saturday, August 24, 2019

TIME: 9:00 - 9:50 AM

WHERE: Ahavat Torah Congregation 343 S. Church Lane, LA 90049

Come and enjoy! Bring a friend.

We will explore Rabbinic writings and our own

feelings addressing the following question:

Are Human Beings Naturally Good?

In Honor of Marion Klein’s 70th Birthday

Blanche and Irwin Moss

Judith Weinberger

Judith Rafael

Linda, Lenny, and Aloni Schorin-Felder

Beth Devermont

Jean Katz

Judy Kollack

Donations

Joey Zepkin

Dr. Joseph and Mindy Lebovic

Arnold and Sherry Levitt

Ellen Dubois

Orli’s Day Care

Smart and Final

Kenny Stevens

Amalia Stevens

Jean Katz

Vivian Gold and Phil Danufsky

Rosman Family Trust

Todah Rabah - Thank You. Your continued generosity by donating to Ahavat Torah Congregation helps to cover important expenses not included in our overall operational budget and enables us to support those causes which are meaningful to our members.

Loving hugs, Rabbi Miriam

In Honor of Lenny Felder

Laurie Hersch Jacobs

To Celebrate Her Long Friendship with Jean Katz

Diane Weinstein

In Honor of Shoshi and Izydor’s Anniversary and Izydor’s Birthday

Jack and Caroline Weingarten

In Honor of Elijah and Hannah’s Kagan’s Wedding

Judith Weinberger

Yarzheits

Jeff Marder in Memory of His Parents

For Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund

Natalie Roberts for a wonderful Shavuot Service

Jean Katz in honor of Rabbi’s 70th Birthday

Judith Weinberger in honor of Rabbi’s 70th Birthday

In Honor of GALA Honorees Maxine, Gary and Lenny

Blanche and Irwin Moss

Make sure to join us on Sunday, August 25th, to make a difference in our community at locations throughout Los Angeles through our Federation’s community service opportunities. Choose from these ways to give back — and feel great about taking the time to make an impact.

• Safe Place for Youth (SPY) — Bring a hat and sunscreen and meet us in SPY’s Community Garden to toil and beautify!

• Heal the Bay — Join us down at the shore to clean up Santa Monica Beach! We’ll focus on picking up those pieces of trash that often get overlooked but pose a danger to ocean animals and our environment.

• Ronald McDonald House — Volunteers ages 22-40, prepare a “meal of love” for residents of the House who have a child in the hospital — and create something special for the kids.

• The Los Angeles Jewish Home – Eisenberg Village — Spend time with senior residents and help them decorate and fill flowerpots to help spruce up the home.

Please make every effort to attend one of these special activities, as our partner organizations rely on the number of volunteers we indicate will be present. If you’re unable to join us on August 25th but would like to receive updates about future Federation volunteer opportunities, contact Melissa York at MYork@JewishLA.org. We look forward to volunteering with you! Robin Polansky Community Service Program Chair

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CLICK BELOW TO REGISTER

PLEASE RSVP TO LINDA BADGER lindabadger0713@yahoo.com or call(310)625-3146

In lieu of gifts please consider making a donation to: Ahavat Torah Congregation c/o Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Street parking is available or park in the public parking lot at the end of Washington Blvd or use Uber/Lyft. Come to the beach side of the house where the celebration will be happening.

PLEASE DO NOT ENTER THROUGH THE HOUSE.

AHAVAT TORAH IS CELEBRATING RABBI MIRIAM HAMRELL’S 70th BIRTHDAY FEATURING

A.T.’S FABULOUS MUSICIANS AND

CINDY PALEY and MIKE SIROTA Bring Your Dancing Shoes

WHERE: Marina del Rey (Address Provided upon RSVP) WHEN: Sunday - September 8, 2019 TIME: 4:00 PM

Dairy Dinner will be served. Admission $10 to defray cost for entertainment and food.

Bring a beach chair and a sweater

Shabbat Sha-Home Connecting congregants with one another around the Shabbat table

On Friday, September 13, 2019 Ahavat Torah is excited to promote a unique opportunity to have a Shabbat Dinner in a member’s home and experience

the warmth of belonging to our very special Jewish community.

Please sign up during services. Your host will be appreciative if you will kindly contribute a dish to the meal.

For further information please contact Andrea Yahudian at Andrea1818@att.net

LAST SHABBAT

It was nice to have Mike Sternfeld with us.

LAST FRIDAY’S SOUL SHABBAT

We had a small (14 people) but intimate and  lovely gathering for our last Soul Shabbat .  Rev Shayna and Rev Eli did a beautiful job of leading the "service" and singing all the great songs that have been the staple for these Soul Shabbat gatherings.  We discussed some of the background for Tu B'Av and Shayna read a very informative e-mail from her daughter-in-law who lives in Jerusalem about the background and modern day interpretations of Tu B'Av.  All the food offerings that people brought were delicious.  It seemed that when  9PM arrived and it was closing time, people were still hanging around schmoozing and reluctant to leave! 

Helene sure looks happy. Stuart Lutz and Frank seemed to be enjoying their conversation.

Mother Andrea Yahudian sure looks happy after Hannah’s

recent wedding.

Nice to have Leslie and Paulette Rochelle-Levy and Yaniv represent the Jewbilation Choir when so many others

were out of town.

Catered Aufruf Lunch

4:00 pm Celebrate Rabbi Miriam’s 70th Birthday on the Beach with Cindy Paley