Parshat Metzora
Shabbat Hagadol
April 8-9, 2022 | 8 Nisan 5782
Broadcasts
Ukraine:
Please support the work of the OU which is placing a special focus on the shelter and food needs of Jews who have fled the Russian onslaught. Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far. We are 2/3 of the way to our goal of $9,600! Click here to donate.
Mazel Tov:
Mazel Tov to Marcia and David Nimmer and family on the engagement of their daughter Talia to David Stohl!
Support BDJ:
It is through committees that the core activities of the shul happen…from engaging with our fellow members, helping guide our youth and and planning speakers and events that further our BDJ mission. Please sign up here to Get Involved!
Chesed:
Our friend Orli Low broke her wrist and the Feuer/Low family needs help with a few more meals over the coming weeks. Please contribute to their meal train here.
Pesach:









Shabbat This Week:
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Sell your Chametz: Click here to sell your Chametz.
Deadline is April 12th, 2022.

Pesach Resource Page: Click here for resources.

Pesach Zmanim: All times can be viewed here.

Pesach Hosting: Looking to be hosted for Passover meals? Enter your request here. We'll try our best to match you!

Kiddush and seudah shlishit will be served! Come for davening and get in some last chametz goodness!
Sponsorships
Seudah Shlishit sponsored by the Glass and Kotler families in honor of the yahrzeits of Ruth Lakan z’l and Ruth Aronowitz z’l.
Shabbat
6:45 PM
Mincha/Maariv - Abrams-Kanefsky Backyard (1537 Durango)
7:01 PM
Friday Night Candlelighting
8:25 AM
9:00 AM
8:25 Minyan / Beit Midrash. Post Davening learning with Rabbi David Block.
Rechov Yeladim - Ages 6 Months to 6th Grade.
9:15 AM
Shacharit & Musaf / Main Sanctuary
9:45 AM
Teen Minyan / BDJ Projection Room
9:42 AM
Latest Time for Kriat Shema
(Post-Davening)
Kiddush / Social Hall
20 min. after Musaf
Haggadah Seminar with Rav Yosef / Beit Midrash
5:30 pm


5:30pm




6:45pm
Shabbat Hagadol Drasha / Sanctuary - The Privilege of Eating Marror
וְהִגִּיעָנוּ הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה לֶאֱכֹל בּוֹ ... מָרוֹר
Bedikat Chametz Party / Social Hall for kids in 1st-5th grade. Light dinner will be served and feel free to bring some leftover nut-free, dairy-free chametz from your home if you would like. Parents, this overlaps with the Shabbat Hagadol drasha so bring the whole family! Click here to register.
Mincha/Maariv/ Sanctuary
Seudah Shlishit / Beit Midrash 
Nothing But the Pshat with Rabbi Ari Schwarzberg
7:59 PM
Havdalah
If you require an accommodation in order to participate in Shabbat services with BDJ please contact [email protected]. We welcome and support children, teens, and adults with disabilities, mental health conditions, and their families and caregivers. Please reach out if you have any questions and/or would like to request an accommodation.
This Week
Weekday Minyanim: Mincha/Maariv will be at 7:10 PM this week. Friday Shacharit will be at 6:45 am and siyum b'chorim with Adin Kanefsky at 7:15 am. Pesach begins Friday night, April 15th.
Deadline to Sale Chametz | Deadline is April 12th and can be completed on our Pesach website.
Upcoming Events
April 27
Seder Yom Hashoah. We will all gather as a community to commemorate Yom Hashoah. Mincha at 7:15 pm,
program at 7:30 pm.
April 30
Yom Ha'atzmaut Shabbat. Our annual celebration of Israel including visiting scholar Rabbi Elli Fischer, joyous morning tefilla and delicious Israeli kiddush.
May 1
Blood Drive. 10:00 am - 4:00 pm in the Social Hall. Sign up here and use sponsor code BDJ.
May 14
Member Mashups! Stay tuned for more details.
Around the Community
Pesach Kitchen Kashering Service. $225 per kitchen. Call/text Yaakov Bekhor (Jeff Selick's nephew) at 929-444-6560.

ACHI (American Communities Helping Israel) Passover Market. Think Israel. Buy Israeli. Shop www.ACHI613.org.

One Happy Camper Grants. Generous incentive awards for first time campers at Jewish camps from the Jewish Federation and the Foundation for Jewish Camp. More info here.

Moshava Alevy. Summer is right around the corner, don't wait till it's too late! Our wait list is growing, some spots still open for some grades! More availability in second session. Apply today! MoshavaAlevy.org
NewGround's Virtual Community Iftar. April 7th at 7:30 pm. Reflection on what it means to build allyship between Jews and Muslims through the lens of Ramadan and Passover – which overlap this year for the first time since 1991! Co-chaired by our very own Molly Rubin. Register here.

MOT Witness Theater - Created and performed by LA teens and Survivors. Performances on April 28 and May 1. Purchase tickets here.
Misheberach List
Esther bat Devorah Bella (Mayer Schames' mother) * Bella Rivka bat Rosa (Aharon Shimoni's sister) * Shulamit bat Ruchel Sheina (Selma Framson) * Michael ben Malka (Max Wozniak) * Chaya bat Bela (Mayer Bick's mother) * Tziporah bat Tova (Mrs. Sassover) * Chava bat Helen (Eva Magid) * Masha Hinda bat Malke Roisa * Tova Chaya bat Leah Malkah * Hersh Yaakov ben Chaya Leah (David Stein's father) * Saureet bat Yehudit (Saureet Hayill) * Nechama Bracha Bat Yechiela * Moshe ben Shoshana (Martine Porter Zasada's uncle) * Yehezkel ben Kaila (Fred Toczek's father) * Mordechai David ben Margalit (Zev Hurwitz' father) * Sarah Golda bat Fradyl (Rav Yosef's mother) * Shlomo haCohen ben Rachel * Shalom David Ben Feigel (father of Boaz Hepner's friend) * Yair ben Bella Rivka (Sheryl Shimoni's nephew) * Esther bat Liba (Jill Lefferman's mother) * G'dalyah Reuven ben Bracha (Gary Linder) * Miriam Yosefet bat Leah Malka (Tobi Inlender's sister) * Laurie Higashi * Shoshana Raizel bat Chaya (friend of Miriam Katz) * Leah Rivka bat Ada * Shulamit bat Miriam * Yoseph Ben Gittel Pessel * Bracha Merel bat Rivka (Bernice Epstein) * Baruch ben Sara (Rabbanit Alissa's father) * Ida bat Raya * Lev Binyamin ben Masha Libba * Rivka Chanah bat Tziporah (Ariella Moss' mother) * James Schnellbacher (Debra Smith’s grandfather) * Zechariah Ben HaRav veHeChazan Tehillah (R. Alissa's brother) * Yitzchak Shlomo ben Mirel Devorah (Chaim Plotzker’s son) * Leah Chaya bat Basha * Wolf Isaac ben Nediva * Sarah Freida bat Raizel (Rachel Olshin's mom) * Illana bat Elke (Heather Thau's mother) * Gilad Tal (Julie Sugar's cousin) * Baila Malka bat Ada Etti (Ze'ev Korn's mother) * Farah bat Mozelle Tobe (Brenda Robin's mother) * HaRavYitzchak ben Tobeh (Audrey Kraus' father) * Avraham Chaim ben Rivka * Susan Bercovici (Daughter-In-Law of Rica Bercovici) * Sarah Yaffa bat Elka Tzivia * Aaron Ben Mai * Nechemya Ben Gittel (father of Carly Mann) * Aliza Talia Sarah bat Dina Rachel (Rachel Lesin Kasirer's friend) * Gila bat Shoshie (mother of Michaly Lahat) * Avtalyon Zerachyah Ben Miriam Bracha (Avi Goldberg) * Eran Yakov ben Sara (Sara Naor's father) * Aliza Sara bat Miriam Chaya * Reuven Menachem HaCohen ben Chaya Golda (Zane Anthony Mendelson) * Rachel Chana bat Rivka (Rochelle Frimmer, Debi Pomerantz's Aunt) * Daniella Leah bat Zeeva * David Aharon Yizchak Ben Micha’el HaCohen (David Stein) * Miriam Aliza bat Shifrah Chana * Ariella Rivka bat Tzippora * Ronen ben Yehudit * Chaya Rachel Bat Carmi Adina (Hallie Schiff) * Boaz Yaakov Ben Leah Rivkah (Boaz Hepner) * Moshe ben Mildred (Jeff Feuer's Stepfather) * Tova bat Pesche (Tiffany Miller's mother) * Boaz Hepner’s friends - Chava leah bat Shprintze Bluma, Chaya Esther bat Shprintze Bluma, Avrahom Elijah ben Sara Miriam * Chava Leah bat Shprintze Bluma * Chaya Esther bat Shprintze Bluma * Avrahom Elijah ben Sara Miriam *Aharon Ben Rosa (Aharon Shimoni) *