Rabbi Eliyahu Tal - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President
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Important Messages
- The next Shabbat Mevarchim luncheon will be on Shabbat Parashat Shemot, January 6, 2024. Sponsors welcome. Thanks again to Rabbi and Rabbanit Tal for spearheading the effort and donating towards it.
- New families are moving to Highland Park If you hear of any new families moving to Highland Park, please inform the Hospitality Committee.
- The wooden main/front door should be used only when security is present. When the guard is not there or once he has left, that door must remain locked and the downstairs side door used instead.
- 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 — Fast Day - Asara beTevet
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- Minḥa and Kabbalat Shabbat: 4:00pm
- Candle Lighting: 4:16pm
- Fast Ends: 5:18pm
Saturday — Parashat Vayigash
- Youth Groups for ages 3 to 8 in the Upper Classrooms: 9:30am to 11:00am
- Recite Shema: by 9:09am
- Shaḥarit: 8:45am
- Qiddush After Services (Sponsored by the Congregation)
- Talmud — Amud HaYomi: 3:00pm
- Class: 3:30pm
- Minḥa: 4:00pm — Followed by:
- Se'udah Sh'lshit (Sponsored by the Congregation)
- Arvit and End of Shabbat: 5:06pm
Sunday
- Talmud — Amud HaYomi: 7:30am
- Shaḥarit: 8:00am
- Women's Class: 10:00am
- Minḥa and Arvit: 4:15pm
Monday — Legal Holiday
- Talmud — Amud HaYomi: 7:30am
- Shaḥarit: 8:00am
- Shulḥan Aruḥ Class 3:55pm
- Minḥa and Arvit: 4:15pm
Tuesday
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- Talmud — Amud HaYomi: 7:30am
- Shulḥan Aruḥ Class: 3:55pm
- Minḥa/Arvit: 4:15pm
Wednesday
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- Talmud — Amud HaYomi: 7:30am
- Shulḥan Aruḥ Class: 3:55pm
- Minḥa/Arvit: 4:15pm
Thursday
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- Talmud — Amud HaYomi: 7:45am
- Insights on the Parasha: 3:55pm
- Minḥa/Arvit: 4:15pm
Next Friday
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- Talmud — Amud HaYomi: 7:30am
- Minḥa: 4:15pm
- Candle Lighting: 4:20pm
Bikur Ḥolim of Congregation Etz Ahaim
The Regency Nursing Home is currently closed to visitors. Drivers and coordinators needed. Call (732) 572-7181 for more information. The congregation extends refua shelema wishes to:
- Asher ben Mazel
- Yacov Gideon ben Miriam
- Liba Shaindel bat Chava Sachs
- Gershon ben Sara
- Dvorah Shahala bat Sarah Parvin
- Chava bat Esther
- Jacob Krief (Yacov Gideon ben Miriam)
- Lita Greenberg (Tzvia Sarah bat Golda)
- Linda Balavram (Emmunah bat Sara)
- Sara Shifra bat Yehudit
- Sharona Bella bat Malka
- Yosef Daniel ben Feige
- Leah Chava bat Shayna
- Keren Noar bat Chana
If you like to add someone to this list, or merely want the Rabbi to say a Mi Shaberaḥ on someone after Torah reading on Shabbat, please go to our webpage and fill out the form.
News and Events
- January 4: Chumash and Chamin
- January 6: Shabbat Mevarchim Luncheon
- Kids and Families have a Blast at the Hanukah Carnival
- Daughters of Etz Ahaim Dinner a Success
- Shomer Shabbat Scouting for Boys and Girls of All Ages
Community News
Donation to aid fallen soldier’s family: Elisha Loewenstern z"l, 38 years-old from Harish, Israel, was killed in Gaza on December 13 by an anti-tank missile fired by Hamas. He was on a mission to rescue wounded soldiers.
The Loewenstern family made Aliyah from Highland Park in 1993 with Elisha, 8 years old, and his 3 siblings at the time. Elisha's dad, Rabbi Heshy Loewenstern, worked as a rebbe at RPRY and his mom, Sharon, was a labor and delivery nurse at RWJ hospital. Elisha leaves behind a wife, Hadas, and six children ages 10 months to 12-years.
Your donation will go directly to assist Elisha's family in the challenging years ahead. https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/peer-to-peer/b19e505e-b2a2-4e10-beb6-3278a7795765
A Kosher Wine and Food Expo will be held on December 24 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at 501 Green Lane, Union, NJ. Food is under hashgacha of the Vaad of Elizabeth and CRC.
Featuring: wines from 35 different Israeli wineries, foods, and flavors from the Golan to Eilat. $72 per person. Visit our website or email: travelisraelthroughwine@gmail.com or call Ariella (516) 946-4550.
Mystical Zionism's Surprising Origins: Rav Kook's Early Decades By: Prof. Yehuda Mirsky (Brandeis University) on January 31 at 7:00pm
Presented by the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers University. Free and open to the public. Advance registration is required.
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
Rartian Valley Hadassah
Book Club: New Book: A Bride for One Night by Ruth Calderon, paperback, 184 pp. This book club has no homework as we read the book aloud together. Now is a great time for new members to join. The next meeting will be on Sunday, January 7 at 1:00pm in the home of Rosey Bell. For the address and to order a book, contact Rosey at roselynbe@aol.com.
Chug Ivrit for Intermediate to Advanced Hebrew Speakers is reading מגולה לגאולה: מבבל לירושלים by Flora Taasan. It is Flora’s autobiography about her life growing up in Baghdad, and then making Aliyah in 1950. The next meeting will be on Sunday, January 14 at 11:00 a.m. in the home of Rachel Weintraub. For the address Please contact Rachel at 732-819-9298 or rachel@weintraubworld.net.
Tu Bishvat Seder on Wednesday, January 24 at 7:00pm at the Highland Park Community Center at 220 South 6th Avenue. Contact Raritan.Valley.Hadassah@gmail.com for more information. RSVPs encouraged but not required.
Shomer Shabbat Scouting is available for boys and girls of all ages. If you are interested, contact Steve Springer.
Rebbetzin Eichenstein Classes for Women
Please text Nechama at 347-909-2755 for information.
Jack of all Trades: If anyone needs help with Home Maintenance, Repairs, or Improvements, Curt and Erika Leviant would highly recommend their friend Larry, whom they've have been counting on to take care of everything at their house for more than 20 years.
Larry also handles our landscape needs, such as hedge and tree trimming, gardening, etc.
You can contact him at: 609 672 5933.
Please leave him a brief voicemail including your phone number and mention Curt and Erika Leviant's name.