Rabbi Eliyahu Tal - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President
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Important Messages
- Please see our website for details on the laws of Tish B'Av
- 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.
- Attention Single Parents If you are in need of assistance, please WhatsApp/text: Julia 917-847-0171, Rikki 732-742-4559, Rivka 732-762-0490. We will connect you with a volunteer who is available to help out!
- Chaverim of Middlesex County is a volunteer non-profit organization committed to helping community members in their time of need. Members respond to all non-medical emergencies including automotive help and house emergencies. Their phone number is 732-844-3577.
- The weekly bulletin is also available on our website? Go to the News menu item on the top of our page, and Select Weekly Bulletin. We have the whole archive to all of our bulletins stored there. Or just go to https://etzahaim.org/bulletin
Friday
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- Shir HaShirim: 6:45pm
- Minḥa and Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm
- Candle Lighting: 8:04pm
Saturday -- Parashat Devarim - Shabbat Ḥazon
- Youth Groups for ages 3 to 8 in the Upper Classrooms: 9:30am to 11:00am
- Recite Shema: by 8:41am
- Shaḥarit: 8:45am
- Kiddush After Services (Sponsored by the Congregation)
- Sefer Shoftim Class: 7:15pm
- Minḥa: 7:55pm — Followed by:
- Se'udah Sh'lshit (Sponsored by Anonymous)
- Arvit and End of Shabbat: 8:54pm
Sunday
- Shaḥarit: 8:00am
- Women's Class: 10:00am
- Minḥa and Arvit: 7:00pm
- Followed by Ḥavruta Learning Program
Monday
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- The Doctor Edward Nawy Memorial Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:40am
- Shulḥan Aruch Class 6:40pm
- Minḥa and Arvit: 7:00pm
Tuesday
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- The Doctor Edward Nawy Memorial Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
- Shulḥan Aruch Class: 6:40pm
- Minḥa/Arvit: 7:00pm
- Followed by Ḥavruta Learning Program
Wednesday — Erev Tish'a B'Av
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- The Doctor Edward Nawy Memorial Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
- Shulḥan Aruch Class: 6:40pm
- Minḥa/Arvit: 7:55pm
- Fast Begins: 8:10pm
- Al Neharot Bavel and Kinot: 8:25pm
Thursday — Fast of Tish'a B'Av
- Shaḥarit: 8:00am (No Talit or Tefilin)
- Ekha and Kinot: 9:10am
- Inspiring film on Iron Faith: 6:20pm
- Minḥa/Arvit: 7:45pm (Mincha with Tallit and Tefillin)
- Fast Ends: 8:49pm
Next Friday
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- The Doctor Edward Nawy Memorial Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
- Minḥa: 7:00pm
- Candle Lighting: 7:58pm
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:
- 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 Shaberaḥ 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
- Another Wonderful Rosh Ḥodesh Evening
- Ḥevruta 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
The 2023/2024 Highland Park First Aid Squad Discount Cards are now available. Help support the Highland Park First Aid Squad by purḥasing its discount cards.
There are 2 cards: one for $30 or both for $50. The cards may be purḥased 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