WELCOME TO@ BETH JACOB

Sukkot and Shabbat Breishit October 4-14, 201714-24 Tishrei, 5778

MAZAL TOV? To Jillian and Aryeh Katz on the birth of a baby girl.? To Drs. Gilat and Yossi Englanoff on the engagement of their daughter Nicole to Dov Herzberg.

KOL HAKAVOD? To all of the Gabbaim, Chazzanim, volunteers, lay leaders and staff who have gone above and beyond to make this Holiday season so beautiful. Thank you!

FIRST DAYS OF SUKKOTErev Sukkot Wednesday October 4

Shacharit 6:15, 7:00, 7:40am - Eruv Tavshilin Candle lighting 6:15pm Mincha/Maariv 6:15pm

Sukkot Day 1 Thursday October 5Shacharit 7:10, 8:30, 9:00, 9:15 am

Drasha: Rabbi ToppOn the Bimma:

Gabriel Rothberg, Dr. Larry Orbuch, Rabbi Joshua SpodekMincha/Maariv 6:15 pm Candle Lighting after 7:13pm

Sukkot Day 2 Friday October 6Shacharit 7:10, 8:30, 9:00, 9:15 am

Drasha: Rabbi PosyOn the Bimma: Neil Silverstein, Jay Braun, Dr. Steve Tabak Candle Lighting 6:12pm Mincha/Maariv 6:15 pm

Shabbat Chol Hamoed October 7Shacharit 7:10, 8:30, 8:45, 9:15 am

Drasha: Rabbi ToppOn the Bimma: Alan Nesbit, Rabbi Robbie Tombosky,

Ari MillerKiddish sponsored by Rena Slomovic in memory of her beloved

husband Jack Slomovic, Shlomo Yakov ben Ephraim, z"l.In Jacob's Garden

Mincha 5:55pm Seudah 6:15pm Havdallah 7:11pm

SHMINI ATZERET-SIMCHAT TORAH & SHABBATHoshana Rabba Wednesday October 11

Shacharit 5:30, 6:15 & 7:15am-Eruv Tavshilin Candle lighting 6:05pm Mincha/Maariv 6:10pm

Shmini Atzeret Thursday October 12Shacharit 7:10, 8:30, 8:45am - Yizkor

The Young Professionals Minyan will not meet on Shmini Atzeret or Simchat TorahDrasha: Rabbi Topp

On the Bimma: Dr. Eli Baron, Dr. Robert Levine, Moshe GraberChildren's Simchat Torah Event 5:30pm

Mincha/Dvar Torah 6:10 pm Maariv 6:35pm Hakafot 6:45pmRabbi Liebtag's Shiur: 7:00pm Community BBQ 7:45pm

Candle Lighting after 7:04pm

Simchat Torah, Friday October 13Shacharit & Hakafot 8:30am Rabbi Liebtag's Shiur: 10:15am

On the Bimma: Rabbi Menachem Liebtag, Dr. Ira Hofer, Rabbi Eli Broner

Candle Lighting 6:02pm Mincha/Maariv 6:10 pmShabbat Parshat Breishit October 14

Shacharit 7:10, 8:30, 9:00, 9:15 amDrasha: Rabbi Topp

On the Bimma: Natan Bourkoff, Eric Edidin, Hugo RoseMincha 5:50pm Seudah 6:10pm Havdallah 7:01pm

Beth Jacob is delighted to welcome back our Scholar in Residence

RABBI MENACHEM LIEBTAG

Please see flyer for the schedule of Rabbi Liebtag's Shiurim

Simchat Torah Night Children's ProgramThursday evening October 12 at 5:30 pm Soccer Entertainers, Story, Dancing & Treats.Children's Dinner & Candy Extravaganza!!

CLA SSES RESUM E OCTOBER 16M ondays w i th Rabbi Topp

11:00 am - Remarkable Talmudic Passages12:00 pm - Parshat Hashavua: A Fresh Look

Tuesdays w i th Chazan A rik 11:00am - Hidden Women in the Bible Wednesdays w i th Rabbi Posy

10:30 am - Great Jewish Thinkers of the Last MillenniumThursdays w i th Rabbi Gordon

11:00 am - The Weekly Ramban

THE SYLVIA AND DAVID KELLERMAN BEIT MEDRASH PROGRAM

Beth Jacob Young Professionals Sukkot Shmooze-Hang out, nosh and learn with friends!

Shiur given by Rabbi Topp - Modern Lessons from SukkotSunday October 8th at 8pm

At the sukkah of Ariela and Ari Shandling, 1145 S. Clark Drive Co-hosted by Lauren and Daniel Packer & Ashley and Doni Schwartz

AIPAC AWARENESS SHABBAT WITH FORMER MK DR. EINAT WILF

Shabbat, October 21Dr. Wilf will deliver an address after Mussaf in Shapell

sanctuary and speak at a Lunch & LearnReserve your space at the lunch by calling the Shul

office- 310 278 1911.$50 for Members $60 for non-members

$10 discount for attendees of 2017 or 2018 Policy Conference

YOUTH CORNER

REFUAH SHLEIMA Bentzion ben Chaya Yehudit - Sima bat Leeba - Yitzhak ben Raizel - Avram ben

Sarah - Tsipporah Rachel bat Sasha Rivka - Yichel Eliyahu ben Raizel -

Moshe Aaron ben Freida - Chana bat Faiga Bluma - Malka bat Tzuriel - Rivka

Mishket bat Serel - Shalom Raphael Yitzchok ben Chana Gitel - Yaakov ben Bracha - Chana Tova bat Peril - Yitzchak ben Tova - Zev Volf Raanan ben Hinda -

Ruth Tzipporah bat Rivkah - Yisroel Shimon bat Maya Zeecil - Rachel bat

Sarah - Shayna bat Fayga - Tamar Moria bat Ruth - Oren ben Aliza - Barak ben

Zehavit - Chana Rachel bat Sara

CHOL HAMOEDShacharit

Sunday: 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 amMonday & Tuesday 5:45, 6:30, 7:30am

Wednesday: 5:30, 6:15, 7:15amMincha 6:10pm

WEEK OF OCTOBER 15Shacharit

Sunday: 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 amMonday & Thursday: 6:00, 6:45, 7:40am

Tuesday & Wednesday: 6:15, 7:00, 7:40amFriday Rosh Chodesh: 5:45, 6:30, 7:30am

Mincha: 6:15pm

DAVENING TIMES

YULA Girls High School Open House - Monday, November 6 at 6:30pm. For more info. or to RSVP, contact Samira Miller at smiller@yula.org or 310-203-0755 x 309.Bnei Akiva Events: Chevraya Bet (9th-12th grade) Sukkah Hop - Thurs night, Oct. 5 (start location TBD). Contact chesed@bneiakivala.org to bring Arba Minim on Sukkot at Cedars-Sinai. Save the Date for Erev Gevura, Tues Oct. 24th at the Museum of Tolerance. Snif resumes after the chagim.Moshava California: Registration for Summer 2018 Now Open! Reregistration and info at www.moshavacalifornia.org or call 855-MOSHAVA.

Ateres Avigail: the Jewish Healthcare Support Association of Los Angeles has opened a free kosher food pantry at St. John's Medical Center located just left of the Cafeteria. 323-937-8300.American Israel Gap Year Fair on November 16th ,7pm -10pm at YULA Girls School Register at tinyurl.com/Israelfair. For more info www.israelgapyear.org or info@aigya.orgThe Legacy of Hope Gala on Monday, Oct. 30 Chai Lifeline West Coast is honoring, Rabbi & Mrs. Baruch Gradon, Malkiel & Basya Gradon, & Cheston & Lara Mizel. At the Taglyan Complex. For reservations and ads, visit www.wcgala.org or call 310 553-5214.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mitzvah Store Shabbat, October 7Bring your Mitzvah Dollars and buy a prize.

Simchat Torah Program, Thursday, October 12, 5:30 pmSponsored by: Deborah and Shmuel Feinblum

Special Entertainer - FUTBOLEROS - Soccer Entertainers Story, Dancing & Treats

Children's Dinner - Pasta, chicken nuggets, hot dogs & fruitCandy Extravaganza.

Simchat Torah day, Friday October 13Children's dancing and special Kol Ha'nearim.

Areivim Committee Dedicated in memory of

Estelle & Sam Samson, z?l

Shabbat Hospitality If there?s a Shabbat or Holiday meal when you could have extra guests, please email Esther Braun at esthergbraun@gmail.com

Bikur CholimWould you or someone you know

appreciate a visit at the hospital or at home? Is there a need for a ride to a grocery

store or a doctors appointment? Please call the shul office at (310) 278-1911 or contact

Adele Goldsmith at (310) 652-4233 or at adelegoldsmith@gmail.com

----------------------------- Jewish Family Services of LA

We all need some help sometimes; due to economic problems, living with the

challenge of an aging parent or a teen in trouble, etc.

For more info contact Ezra Network Social Worker

Rochelle Shapiro, LMFT 323-229-0235 or rshapiro@jfsla.org who offers 1 on 1 sessions at Beth Jacob every Tuesday.

-----------------------------Book Club

Will resume after the holidays on October 18th, at 7pm in the Ives Lounge.

We will be discussing "The Luminous Heart Of Jonah S." by Gina B. Nahai. For

info, please contact either Stefanie or Harry Feld at 917-363-0190 or

HarryFeld@verizon.net.

SOVAPlease help others celebrate the chagim.We have a SOVA Bin in the lower lobby. Please bring in cans and dry goods which

will be provided to those in need.-----------------------------

SecurityWe thank you for your cooperation

with enforcing entry procedures during the holidays. For security reasonse,

unattended pagages are not allowed at any time. If you see something

suspicious, say something!-----------------------------

ParkingRestrictions have been waived for the

Sukkot Yom Tov Days for the following streets: La Peer, Almont, Wetherly, one block North & South of Olympic, and on Whitworth, between La Peer and

Wetherly. Exemptions apply to overnight parking restrictions, preferential parking zones and

residential parking limits. -----------------------------

LockersBeth Jacob has lockers available for

annual rental for Shul Members at the front of Shapell Sanctuary. To reserve a locker, please contact the front office at 278 1911. The annual rental fee of $75

is tax deductible.

BE IN THE KNOW AT BETH JACOB

HEBREW CLASS Conversational Hebrew with

Bracha Malkin ? via the ?History of the Jews of France.? If you can read & write basic Hebrew, join our friendly

group. Mondays, 9:45? 10:45 AM, starting

October 16. We welcome Bracha back after her convalescence and are very happy that she will be able to resume this wonderful class.

Waff le Party with Rabbi Topp Sunday morning, November 5th

at 9:30am. 2nd-6th grade.

All those who've attended either JUCO or other Shul Group, 3 out of 4

shabbatot from Breishit through Vayera are invited to attend.

Make your own waffles and learnTorah with our Rabbi.

For m ore inform at ion see www.bet hjacob.org

UPCOMING EVENTS

Scholar in ResidenceRabbi Menachem Leibtag

Shmini Atzeret & Simchat TorahOctober 12-14

AIPAC Awareness ShabbatFeaturing former MK Einat Wilf

October 21-Community address after tefilla in

Shapell Sanctuary and Lunch & Learn by reservation.

$50 for Members $60 for non-members$10 Discount for attendees of 2017 or 2018

Policy Conference

Israel PhilharmonicMonday, October 30

Beth Jacob is going to see the Israel Philharmonic at theWalt Disney Concert Hall.

Purchase tickets at bethjacob.org

Enemies: A Love Story A conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi, Imam Abdullah Antepli and David Suissa

Sunday, October 29th at Beth Jacob7:00-9:00pm

Modern Minds LectureEmerging Alliance: The African

American & Pro-Israel CommunitiesReverend Dr. DeeDee Coleman

October 25, 7:30pm

Scholar in ResidenceRabbi Kenneth Hain

November 4-5with Friday night dinner

Rebbetzin Topp's Bat Mitzvah Program

10 Part Series for Mothers & DaughtersFirst Session is October 22

Register at Bethjacob.org/BatMitzvah

Youth Simchat Torah EventThursday, October 12

5:30pm

Waff le Party with Rabbi Topp Sunday, November 5th at9:30am.

2nd-6th grade. All those who've attended either

JUCO or other Shul Groups, 3 out of 4 shabbatot from

Breishit through Vayera are invited to attend.

Make your own waffles and learn Torah with our Rabbi.