April 5 — Parashat Shmini/Shabbat HaChodesh/Mevarchim Chodesh Nisan

Rabbi Eliyahu Tal - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President

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Important Messages

  • Time to Sell Your Chametz Pesach is coming and it's time to get ready. Sell your CHametz right from the webpage at [https://www.etzahaim.org/chametz-2024]. You can also download a paper form and turn that in.
  • Sephardic Soft Handmade Shemura Matzah is made available from Rabbi Tal and Rabbi Abiram Biton. See https://www.etzahaim.org/news/sephardic-matzah-nzgzl-94gbw for more details.
  • Special Program: Why is This Night Different with Rabbi Yakkov Svei. Making Seder with Questions of Faith. April 7th at 7:40pm at Etz Ahaim.
  • Rabbi Tal will be publishing a book on Commentaries for Pesach. For more information see https://www.etzahaim.org/news/commentary-on-pesach
  • New Birday Kiddush will be implemented after Pesach. In these kiddushes, anyone who would like to donate a minimum of $36 will be a sponsor. Let us know whose birthday you would like to honor. Details soon on our website!
  • A List of Wounded Israeli Solders is available at our website at https://www.etzahaim.org/news/wounded-israeli-solders
  • Next Ḥumash and Ḥamin in memory of Eli Bishburg is next Thursday on April 11 at 6:30pm. Contact Leora Wenger at etz@leoraw.com for more information
  • Nominating Committee for Etz Ahaim June Elections has been appointed: Bradley Greenberg (Chair), Chana Bishburg, Behzad Hakakian, Abie Hamaoui, and Moe Yarmush. Contact the committee at nominations@etzahaim.org
  • Sunday Breakfast and Torah is Back After Shacharit Services on Sunday. You can help sponsor the breakfasts by going to https://www.etzahaim.org/news/sunday-breakfast-is-back
  • New families are moving to Highland Park If you hear of any new families moving to Highland Park, please inform the Hospitality Committee.
  • Contact our Hesed Committee at hesed@etzahaim.groups.io if you know of a member or family of a member who is in a local hospital or nursing home.

Friday

  • Shaḥarit: 6:30am
  • Minḥa and Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm
  • Candle Lighting: 7:09pm

Saturday -- Parashat Shmini/Shabbat HaChodesh/Mevarchim Chodesh Nisan

  • Youth Groups for ages 3 to 8 in the Upper Classrooms: 9:30am to End of Shacharit
  • Recite Shema: by 9:10am
  • Shaḥarit: 8:45am
    • Special Qiddush After Services (Sponsored by Isaac Edery in memory of his father, Meir ben Yitzhak)
  • Talmud — Amud HaYomi: 5:55pm
  • Class: 6:05pm
  • Minḥa: 6:55pm — Followed by:
    • Se'udah Sh'lshit (Sponsored by Isaac Edery in memory of his father, Meir ben Yitzhak)
  • Arvit and End of Shabbat: 7:56pm

Sunday

  • Shaḥarit: 8:00am
    • Followed by Breakfast and Torah
  • Minḥa and Arvit: 7:00pm
    • Talmud — Amud HaYomi: After Minḥa/Arvit
  • Special Program: Why is this Night Different: 7:40pm

Monday

  • Shaḥarit: 6:30am
  • Shulḥan Aruḥ Class 6:40pm
  • Minḥa and Arvit: 7:00pm
    • Talmud — Amud HaYomi: After Minḥa/Arvit

Tuesday

  • Shaḥarit: 6:30am
  • Shulḥan Aruḥ Class: 6:40pm
  • Minḥa/Arvit: 7:00pm
    • Talmud — Amud HaYomi: After Minḥa/Arvit

Wednesday

  • Shaḥarit: 6:30am
  • Shulḥan Aruḥ Class: 6:40pm
  • Minḥa/Arvit: 7:00pm
    • Talmud — Amud HaYomi: After Minḥa/Arvit

Thursday

  • Shaḥarit: 6:30am
  • Insights on the Parasha: 6:40pm
  • Minḥa/Arvit: 7:00pm
    • Talmud — Amud HaYomi: After Minḥa/Arvit

Next Friday

  • Shaḥarit: 6:30am
  • Minḥa: 7:00pm
  • Candle Lighting: 7:16pm

News and Events

Community News

Rabbi Reisman will be speaking on The Case of the Starving Ashkenazim on Shabbos day, Parshas Shimini, April 6th, at 5:45pm at Khal Chassidim, 46 N. 8th Avenue.

Topics will include kitniyos, gebroktz, and other Pesach chumras. For more information contact Marsha Eiserman at 347-203-7906.

Kittel Gemach If you need to borrow a kittel, please call Jeff or Lee Ann Schein at 732-545- 9353. Four sizes available. The Kittel Gemach is in memory of Lazar Lipman ben Chaim Yitzhak.

Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society, an organization supporting local patients with an array of services, will be having an event in conjunction with the opening of Giddy’s restaurant. Watch out for the event date coming soon.

A Rally to Free the Hostages will be held on April 7 in New York at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza at East 47th Street and 2nd Avenue across from the UN Plaza.

A Passover Recipe Friendly Cooking Demonstration by the Raritan Valley Hadassah on Sunday, April 7 at 5:00pm by Chef Sharon Heyden, author of A Culinary Journey: Exotic Kosher Cuisine. Zoom option also available. In-person: $18.00 Zoom: Free. Only 20 in-person spots available! For more information or to RSVP, please call 908-227-4869 or email RaritanValleyHadassah@gmail.com.

Scholar in Residence Rabbi Mordechai Becher, Shabbat April 12 and 13. Rabbi Mordechai Becher is an instructor at Yeshiva University and alumni Rabbi of Neve Yerushalayim College.

  • Friday night Dinner at the Bridge following 6:30pm minyan at Ohav Emeth. After Dinner Shiur by Rabbi Becher How can we reconcile civilian casualties and collateral damage in Halacha. $60 per person.
  • Shabbat morning drasha at 7:50am and 9:15am minyan: The Miraculous Survival of the Jewish People.
  • Shiur after Kiddush Shabbat morning, Insights into the Parsha.
  • Seudah Shlishit after 6:45pm Mincha. Shiur Bargaining with Terrorists.

RSVP to Sponsor or for Shabbat Dinner by April 4th at https://www.ohavemeth.org/form/2024-April-Scholar

A Webinar from Techion Institute Can Science Save the Planet? A Technion Earth Day Webinar featuring Technion Professors Noam Adir, Charles E. Diesendruck, Adi Radian, and Charlotte Vogt. For more information, go to https://ats.org/events/technion-earth-day-webinar/

NORPAC’s Mission to Washington is an annual event where we bring close to a thousand citizen activists to Washington, DC, in order to advocate for a stronger U.S.-Israel relationship with Members of Congress.

Join us on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, as we travel Washington, DC. On a single-day trip you will meet with Members of Congress and their staff and share your concerns with them about foreign aid to Israel, Iran, security cooperation, and more. Help us make a difference once again!

Buses will leave for Washington DC from our area at 6:30 AM and return between 9-10 PM. There will be briefings on the bus.  All meals will be provided.

Register now for the Early Bird Discount at www.norpac.net  or call (201) 788-5133. Adults - $180, Full time Students - $100 (must be over 12. Those under 18 must be accompanied by Parent or legal guardian)  After March 12- adults $220, students $135

For more info, contact David Moskovic, Marc Hanfling at docdad@aol.com, Barry Wolf,Yosef Schreiber,Charles Gershbaum 

Rabbi Moshe Rothchild delivered a very inspiring and informative speech regarding helping women who have lost their husbands due to the October 7th massacre and current war. To listen, go to https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B77qxYpYNcc5-ClvJTsel7oGP3KZAy2x/view?usp=sharing

To contribute to this worthy cause, please make out checks to "Global Israel Alliance" and give to Aliyana at 400 North 8th Avenue, Edison or Zelle to rabbirothchild@gmail.com . Tax deductible donations can also be made via the website, https://war-in-israel.org/ . Thank you. Tizcu lmitzvos. Aviva and Barry Siegel

It Takes a Village of Edison/Highland Park is looking for volunteers to join our dedicated network of over 70 local members! We provide support and assistance to single moms and dads with everyday tasks such as babysitting, financial guidance, errands and more. Join us and offer your skills in support of a single parent in our community! We are particularly interested in adding handymen, plumbers, and other home maintenance professionals to our volunteer roster. Please contact Rikki Samel 732 742 4559 - no commitment needed, volunteer when and how works best for you!

Bikur Cholim is looking for more male volunteers to visit seniors and also looking for more seniors to visit. Please contact Cindy Baruch at 908-309-8818 or cindy.baruch@verizon.net