Mazal tov to Jane and Jon Medved on their new granddaughter, the second in two weeks — Ashira Tzion — born to new parents Nina and Yoni Tokayer.
Mazal tov to Rebeca and Steve Zerobnick — also to Daniel and Yaelle Lehmann — on their new joint granddaughter, born to Maytal and Hillel Lehmann.
Mazal tov to Lila and Yitzhak Korn on the birth of a granddaughter to Ora and Aitan Weinberg in Palo Alto, California.
Mazal Tov to Rabbi Aaron and Pearl Borow and family upon the birth of a great-grandson. The grandparents are Joe and Becky Zimmerman, the parents Shmuel and Jessica.
Please see minutes of the Va'ad meeting this week.
Kimcha d'Pascha: Those wishing to contribute should write Beit Knesset Emek Refaim on the check and give it to Marty Weissberg, Menachem Zer Kavod, Nisim Avitzur, or Kal Feinberg. The contributions will be distributed as vouchers for Pesach food to the needy, as determined by the Department of Social Services, in Bakaa and Katamon. We are hoping to raise ₪15,000 to be allocated in vouchers of ₪200.
Times
Early kabbalat shabbat: 5:38pm
Shabbat candle-lighting: 6:33pm
Daf yomi 50 minutes before mincha
Mincha and HaRav Vilk's d'var Torah for Shabbat HaGadol: 6:25pm
