KJ Happenings
1 Tishre 5781 | 19 September 2020

Shana Tova
Tizku LeShanim Rabbot, Ne'imot, V'tovot

Happy New Year!
May you enjoy an abundance of pleasant & good years
Shana Tova from
Rabbi Halevy & Family
We wish the entire congregation a sweet year full of health, revealed blessings and goodness
Amen
Shana Tova from the President of the Board
To our dear members and community,
 
We wish you and your families continued health and blessings. May the year 5781 bring the best of everything to you.
 
We miss being at Kahal, greeting everyone in person, but this year it was not meant to be. This too will pass, and we will come out stronger as a community.
 
Thank you for your support and involvement in Kahal Joseph,
 
Shana Tova , Gmar Hatima Tova
Tizku Leshanim Rabbot ve Neimot

Yvette Dabby, President
Weekly Schedule

EREV ROSH HASHANA &
EREV SHABBAT (Fri 9/18)
Minha & Arvit – at Home
Candle Lighting, RH I 6:36 pm

ROSH HASHANA I &
SHABBAT (9/19)
Shaharit & Musaf – at Home
Candle Lighting for RH II at 7:31 pm

ROSH HASHANA II (Sun 9/20)
Shaharit & Musaf – at Home
Minha & Arvit – at Home
RH Havdallah 7:29 pm

TZOM GEDALIAH (Mon 9/21)
Fast Begins 5:22 am
Fast Ends 7:16 pm

EREV YOM KIPPUR (Sun 9/27)
Fast Begins &
Candle Lighting 6:24 pm

YOM KIPPUR (Mon 9/28)
Fast Ends & Havdallah 7:18 pm
Membership & Sponsorship
Call 310.474.0559 or click here to email Sarah.
Rabbi's Message
by Rabbi Natan Halevy

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Shalom U'vracha,
 
This Rosh Hashanah is a monumental one. So many changes have been occurring in our World. On Rosh Hashanah, the energy and life force of the world is renewed for the entire upcoming year. It is a memorial of the beginning of creation. Rosh Hashanah is the “head of the year.” Just as the blueprint of our body resides in our brain, so too, on Rosh Hashanah, Hashem is empowering us to design a blueprint of our upcoming year.
 
For this reason we place a tremendous focus on blessing our year on these two days. Hashem has given us the gift of knowledge of how to prepare for the new Jewish year.
 
We fill our New Year with prayers and blessings to increase the blessings for our year. We have special meals on Rosh Hashanah to renew our faith in Hashem and request His blessing so that we and our families merit sweet years. We eat spiritually symbolic foods in order to draw down blessings connected to all our needs.
 
We focus on that which strengthens us and our spiritual fortune and well-being.
 
The Torah says 3 things remove the evil decree: teshuva, tefila, and tzedaka. Teshuva signifies returning to Hashem. Tefila requires praying to Hashem from the depths of our beings. Tzedakah involves sharing our gifts and giving charity and our time to others.
 
Spiritually, Rosh Hashanah is a combination of opposites. We feel awe and trepidation in anticipation of the judgement that takes place. Yet at the same time we feel joy and hope that the year will be a sweet and blessed one. Hashem is directing us to feel the whole spectrum of emotions. When we are able to feel opposing emotions, and they reside in us simultaneously, we can have a full life unencumbered by the psychological and emotional protective defenses we put up in our lives. Hashem wants us to be whole and complete people.
Shofar Blowing for Rosh Hashana
Sunday, September 20th, 5:00 pm

Holmby Park is located at 646 Comstock Avenue, LA CA 90024
Rosh Hashana Learning & Melodies at Kahal
with Rabbi Natan Halevy and Hazzan Saeed Jalali
A Class Recording with Bracha Halevy
The Scribe
A Magazine for Babylonian Jewry

Debuting the newest issue of The Scribe, the premiere magazine for Babylonian Jewry. The journal is celebrating 50 years of publication, and this beautiful, inviting anniversary issue includes articles about Iraqi culture, Israel, Jewish identity, modern day mitzvot, and more. Enjoy!
Mazal Tov
Mathew Darwish
on your Bar Mitzvah

Congratulations
to your parents, Julie and Mark Darwish
your brother, Zachary
your grandparents, Miri & Ehud Benami
and the whole Family
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Refuah Shelema

Sassoon Ezra
Sally Amron
Sylvia Cohen
Esther Duke
Mehry bat Miriam Hakimipour
Tilda Levy
Yvonne Moalim
Florice Newberry
Aliza bat Rahel
Aliza bat Victoria
Chaya Chana bat Batya
Katie bat Farha
Miriam bat Yetta
Miryam bat Malka
Moshe Ezra ben Mazal Tov
Chaya Rachel bat Simcha Ruhama
Dina bat Rahel
Rahel bat Ramah Regina
Karen bat Chana Meir
Eti Esther bat  Fortuna
Eliahu Shalom ben Avigayil
Ezra ben Rahel
Albert Nissan ben Victoria
Mark Jonah
Reuven Halevi ben Batsheva
David ben Tova
Joseph Sassoon
Yosef Haim ben Aharon Elisha
Odette bat Louise
Dina bat Simha / Diana Solomon
Rachel Bakhash / Rahel bat Dina


 

In Memoriam

We remember these yahrzeit anniversaries from September 19th to 26th 2020. We light memorial candles, donate tsedaka, and attend Shabbat services to honor the memory of our loved ones.

1 Tishre / Shabbat, September 19th
Aaron Aslan
Hannah Cohen Chana bat Rachel
Mozelle Elisha Mozelle bat Elisha
Julian Raymond Kelly Yacob Rahamim ben Saleh Moshe Kadoorie
Edward Sassoon
Farha Sassoon Farha bat Aziza
Ellis Kooby Eliahu ben Margalit v'Salim

4 Tishre / Tuesday, September 22nd
Naima Atraghji
George Sassoon Aaron

5 Tishre / Wednesday, September 23rd
Seemah Manasseh Simhah bat Salha Ekaireb
Naim Mezrahi Naim ben Ephraim
Ester Sarne Ester bat Toba

8 Tishre / Shabbat, September 26th
David Sassoon David Hai Menashe ben Sasson


KAHAL JOSEPH CONGREGATION
Rabbi Natan Halevy
Sassoon Ezra, Senior Hazzan
Saeed Jalali, Hazzan

Yvette Dabby, President
Orly Kattan, Senior Vice President

Sarah Bouchoucha, Administrator
Dafna Ezran-Young, Editor
Penina Meghnagi Solomon, Administrative Assistant