Rabbi Eliyahu Tal - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President
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Important Messages
- If anyone knows of a member or family of a member who is in a local hospital or nursing home, please inform Rabbi Tal and the newly-reconstituted Ḥesed Committee. Please contact Leora Wenger.
- With the summer vacation season upon us, many of our regular minyaneers will be away the next two months. Please make every effort to attend our morning and evening minyanim.
- Security Information: As a reminder, please do not use the main/front door when there is no security person present. Once the guard has left, you need to use the downstairs door. If you cannot use the stairs, please check the camera monitors before exiting to make sure it is safe. AND have someone lock the door behind you.
Friday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Shir HaShirim: 6:45pm
- Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm
- Candle Lighting: 8:09pm
Saturday -- Parashat Matot-Masei
- Youth Groups for ages 3 to 8 in the Upper Classrooms: 9:30am to 11:00am
- Recite Shema: 8:36am
- Shacharit: 8:45am
- Kiddush After Services (Sponsored by Beverly and Peter Spool, for the good health of all of the Members and with wishes for a long and vibrant future for the Congregation)
- Sefer Shoftim Class: 7:20pm
- Mincha: 8:00pm — Followed by:
- Se'udah Sh'lshit (Sponsored by Ari Blinder, in memory of his grandfather Nosson ben Yehuda HaLevi z”tl)
- Arvit and End of Shabbat: 8:59pm
Sunday
- Shacharit: 8:00am
- Women's Class: 10:00am
- Mincha and Arvit: 7:00pm
- Followed by Chavruta Learning Program
Monday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- The Doctor Edward Nawy Memorial Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:40am
- Shulchan Aruch Class 6:40pm
- Mincha and Arvit: 7:00pm
Tuesday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- The Doctor Edward Nawy Memorial Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
- Shulchan Aruch Class: 6:40pm
- Mincha/Arvit: 7:00pm
- Followed by Chavruta Learning Program
Wednesday — Erev Rosh Ḥodesh Av
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- The Doctor Edward Nawy Memorial Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
- Shulchan Aruch Class: 6:40pm
- Mincha/Arvit: 7:00pm
Thursday — Nine Days
The Nine Days Begin. See our webpage for details on the restrictions.
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- The Doctor Edward Nawy Memorial Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:40am
- Insights on the Parasha: 6:20pm
- Mincha/Arvit: 7:00pm
- Followed by Chavruta Learning Program
Next Friday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- The Doctor Edward Nawy Memorial Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
- Mincha: 7:00pm
- Candle Lighting: 8:05pm
Bikur Cholim 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:
- Liba Shaindel bat Chava Sachs
- Gershon ben Sara
- Dvorah Shahala bat Sarah Parvin
- Chava bat Esther
- Lita Greenberg (Tzvia Sarah bat Golda)
- Linda Balavram (Emmunah bat Sara)
- Sara Shifra bat Yehudit
- Sharona Bella bat Malka
- Yosef Daniel ben Feige
- Leah Chana bat Batya Chaya
- Leah Chava bat Shayna
If you like to add someone to this list, or merely want the Rabbi to say a Mi Shaberach on someone after Torah reading on Shabbat, please go to our webpage and fill out the form.
News and Events
- Help Us Welcome New Members to Our Community
- July 18: Rosh Ḥodesh Women's Event for Av
- Women's Rosh Ḥodesh Event a Great Success
- Chevruta Learing
- Laws of the Three Weeks
Community News
Emergency Contacts for Our Community
- Hatzalah of Middlesex County: 732-456-6666
- Chaverim of Middlesex County: 732-844-3577
Rabbi Eli Reisman: Rabbi Horowitz’s Shteible/Khal Chassidim, 46 N. 8th Avenue on Shabbos, July 15, Parshas Matos Masei, at 7:00pm for men and women. Halachos and Minhagim of Tachanun:
- Why some shuls so often skip it
- Unusual situations: Davening alone, traveling, etc.
- A problem or a privilege?
For more info, please contact Marsha Eiserman at 347-203-7906.
The 2023/2024 Highland Park First Aid Squad Discount Cards are now available. Help support the Highland Park First Aid Squad by purchasing its discount cards.
There are 2 cards: one for $30 or both for $50. The cards may be purchased at Jerusalem Pizza and the Ahavas Achim office as well as from Deborah and Ari Lewitter and Yossi Bendek.
The Bikur Cholim of Raritan Valley is excited to announce a Senior Visitation Program. This program will provide weekly or biweekly visitation to members of our community. We are looking for community members who are 18 years and older to volunteer.
If you would like to volunteer or to hear more information about this program please contact Cindy Baruch at 908-309-8818 or email her at cindy.baruch@verizon.net