Rabbi Eliyahu Tal - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President
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Important Messages
- Ḥumash and Ḥamin this week on January 18 at 7:00pm. Contact Leora Wenger at etz@leoraw.com for more information and to help sponsor.
- Mission to Israel led by Rabbi Yaakov Luban Can't join us? Consider making a donation to support hosting a BBQ for our IDF heroes. Contact Lynn Hanfling (docdad@aol.com) for Brondy Strassman (barbara.strassman@gmail.com)
- 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
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- Minḥa and Kabbalat Shabbat: 4:30pm
- Candle Lighting: 4:33pm
Saturday -- Parashat Vaera
- Youth Groups for ages 3 to 8 in the Upper Classrooms : 9:30am to 11:00am
- Recite Shema: by 9:15am
- Shaḥarit: 8:45am
- Qiddush After Services (Sponsored by the Congregation)
- Talmud — Amud HaYomi: 3:25pm
- Class: 3:45pm
- Minḥa: 4:25pm — Followed by:
- Se'udah Sh'lshit (Sponsored by Ari Blinder)
- Arvit and End of Shabbat: 5:23
Sunday
- Shaḥarit: 8:00am
- Women's Class: 10:00am
- Minḥa and Arvit: 4:40pmpm
Monday
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- Talmud — Amud HaYomi: 7:45am
- Shulḥan Aruḥ Class 4:10pm
- Minḥa and Arvit: 4:40pmpm
Tuesday
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- Talmud — Amud HaYomi: 7:30am
- Shulḥan Aruḥ Class: 4:10pm
- Minḥa/Arvit: 4:40pmpm
Wednesday
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- Talmud — Amud HaYomi: 7:30am
- Shulḥan Aruḥ Class: 4:10pm
- Minḥa/Arvit: 4:40pmpm
Thursday
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- Talmud — Amud HaYomi: 7:45am
- Insights on the Parasha: 4:10pm
- Minḥa/Arvit: 4:40pmpm
- Ḥumash and Ḥamin: 7:00pm
Next Friday
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- Talmud — Amud HaYomi: 7:30am
- Minḥa: 4:40pm
- Candle Lighting: 4:40pm
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
- Rabbi Tal has a New Book: Minchat Eliyahu
- Kids and Families have a Blast at the Hanukah Carnival
- Shomer Shabbat Scouting for Boys and Girls of All Ages
Community News
The Lefkovits Family Park Mikvah is excited to present Its annual Shovavim shiur for married women on January 15th at 8:00pm. Mrs. Yael Kaisman- veteran teacher, life coach, lecturer and outreach professional will speak about How to make a good marriage great.
For more info, email lynnhanfling@gmail.com
The Lefkovits Family Park Mikvah is excited to present An Evening of CommUNITY 2.0 with Shaindy Plotzker for Women and Girls on Sunday, February 11 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm at the YST Boys School, 71 Ethel Road West, Piscataway Doors open - 6:30pm, Program begins - 7:00pm
Register at https://parkmikvah.org
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
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.