Click on image to hear Rabbi Weinstock's Shiur from this week.

WHEN TISHA B'AV FALLS ON MOTZEI SHABBOS

We do not say “Tzidkascha Tzedek” during Mincha nor Pirkei Avos after Mincha. Shalosh Seudos has none of the restrictions of Seudah Hamasekes, and may include meat and wine. However, the mood should be somber, should not include invited guests, and eating must stop before sundown.

From sunset to Tzais {“stars out”}, we observe some of the Tisha B’Av restrictions but not others. We can still wear leather shoes and sit in a regular chair but we don’t eat, drink, wash ourselves below the knuckles, have marital relations  nor put on perfume/makeup (even those that are permitted on Shabbos). Deodorants are permissible all day on Tisha B’Av. Torah study during this time should only be of the type permitted on Tisha B’Av.

Ma'ariv on Saturday night is delayed, so that everyone can say "Boruch Hamavdil bein kodesh l’chol," then remove their leather shoes and come to shul. Havdallah on Saturday night is recited only over a candle, without wine or spices. On Sunday night, Havdallah is then said over wine.

Since we should not divert our attention from mourning on Motzei Shabbos and Sunday to at least after Chatzos, we should not do housework or wash the Shabbos dishes until then.

Unlike most of the occasions when Tisha B’Av is observed on Sunday, the restrictions of the Nine Days and Three Weeks remain in effect until 1:00pm on Monday. That’s because this year is one of those rare times that Sunday is actually the 9th of Av (and not the 10th, as is it when the fast is pushed off a day from Shabbos to Sunday).

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WELCOME BACK

Welcome back Rabbi and Mrs. Moishe and Hindy Brull from their well-deserved vacation in Lakewoood, NJ. We look forward to his Divrei Torah beginning immediately with this Shabbos.

WELCOME

We would like to welcome LINK’s newest Kollel couple, Rabbi Yosef and Mrs. Goldie Petlak and their two children, who will be arriving in LA this coming Thursday. Rabbi Petlak was learning in a Kollel in Chicago until now. He is a native of LA, having attended YULA. Mrs. Petlak is a native of Chicago. We look forward to many years of productive learning with them.

TISHA B’AV BEGINS ON MOTZEI SHABBOS

When Tisha B’Av falls on Motzei Shabbos, the schedule for Shalosh Seudos, Maariv, and Havdalah is very different than usual. Please see the attached Tisha B’Av schedule which details all of these important changes for this Shabbos afternoon/Motzei Shabbos schedule.

Friendly Reminders for Shabbos Morning Children’s Groups

1. Parent(s) MUST remain in the LINK building for the entire duration of the time that they leave their children at Shabbos Groups. 

2. For everyone's safety as well as for our congregants’ ability to be to daven with kavanah, please make sure that your child is either in their designated group or in the shul sanctuary supervised by you. We cannot have children roaming the hallways, or running in and out of the sanctuary, kitchen or classrooms.

3. As soon as davening ends, please go to your child's group and pick them up from the designated room.

The above rules will be strictly enforced

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 Torah Tuesday & Thursday Learning program

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