Rabbi Eliyahu Tal - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President
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Important Messages
- High Holiday Seat Reservations are now available on our website. You can download the form or make reservations on line from https://www.etzahaim.org/news/high-holiday-seat-reservations
- High Holiday Pledges and Women's Donations can be done directly from our webpage under the High Holidays link on the top of the webpage. Go to https://www.etzahaim.org/high-holiday-pledge and https://www.etzahaim.org/womens-donations
- Seeking Donations of Cellphones. We are looking for donations of old cellphones with chargers that can be staged around our synagogue as emergency phones.
- We are pleased to introduce our new Shabbat and Yom Tov morning youth programs. Children will enjoy games, stories, puppets, and music, including songs from tefila, Shabbat and Yom Tov songs, and more.
Friday
- Seliḥot 6:00am
- Followed by Shaḥarit
- Shir HaShirim: 6:45pm
- Minḥa and Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm
- Candle Lighting: 7:00pm
Saturday — Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeleḥ
- Youth Groups for ages 3 to 8 in the Upper Classrooms: 9:30am to 11:00am
- Recite Shema: 9:05am
- Shaḥarit: 8:45am
- Kiddush After Services (Sponsored by the Congregation)
- New Levona Tzavan Memorial Women's Tehillim Class: 5:00pm
- Sefer Shoftim Class: 6:15pm
- Minḥa: 6:45pm — Followed by:
- Se'udah Sh'lshit (Sponsored by Reiḥman family. Last week’s Se’udah Sh’lishit was sponsored by Rabbi and Mrs. Behzad Hakakian in memory of Behzad’s mother, Tova bat Rachel)
- Arvit and End of Shabbat: 7:45pm
Sunday
- Seliḥot: 7:15am
- Followed by Shaḥarit.
- Women's Class: 10:00am
- Class: 6:40pm
- Minḥa and Arvit: 7:00pm
Monday
- Seliḥot 6:00am
- Followed by Shaḥarit
- Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:40am
- Shulḥan Aruḥ Class 6:40pm
- Minḥa and Arvit: 7:00pm
Tuesday
- Seliḥot 6:00am
- Followed by Shaḥarit
- Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
- Shulḥan Aruḥ Class: 6:40pm
- Minḥa/Arvit: 7:00pm
Wednesday
- Seliḥot 6:00am
- Followed by Shaḥarit
- Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
- Shulḥan Aruḥ Class: 6:40pm
- Minḥa/Arvit: 7:00pm
Thursday
- Seliḥot 6:00am
- Followed by Shaḥarit
- Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:40am
- Insights on the Parasha: 6:40pm
- Minḥa/Arvit: 7:00pm
Next Friday — Erev Rosh Hashanah
- Seliḥot 6:00am
- Followed by Shaḥarit
- Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
- Minḥa: 6:30pm
- Candle Lighting: 6:48pm
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
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
- September 10: Ohav Emeth's Pre-Chaggim Boutique
- September 10: Mitzvah Fair at Ahavas Achim
- High Holiday Seats Reservation
- Help Us Welcome New Members to Our Community
Community News
Kittel Gemach: If you – or someone you know--needs to borrow a kittel, please call Jeff or Lee Ann Schein at 732-545- 9353. Four sizes available.
Kittel gemach is in memory of Lazar Lipman ben Chaim Yitzhak.
Rabbi Eli Reisman will be speaking for men and women at Khal Chassidim, 46 N. 8th Avenue on Shabbos afternoon, September 9 at 5:55m on Yayin Nesech II. Topics will include sherry casks, tartaric acid, grapeseed oil & flour and more. For more info, please contact Marsha Eiserman at 347-203-7906.
The Bikur Cholim Melava Malka on Motzei Shabbos, October 21, 2023 at the Pines Manor. Featuring: Ronnie Baras, Famous Hypnotist. Honoring: Dr. Arkady Broder and Dr. Aliza Leiser. For men and women. More details to follow. For more info, please contact Bikur Cholim at 732-572-7181
Join Raritan Valley Hadassah for a Grandparents Day Discussion on Sunday, September 10 from 7:30pm to 9:00pm at the Highland Park Community Center, 220 S. 6th Ave. For more information contact Marnie Kean at marniek18@gmail.com or 732-816-4712.
The Bikur Colim of Raritan Vally needs volunteers of all ages. We have many elderly people in our community who are seeking friendly visitors. Come be a part of this beautiful mitzvah in the month of Elul and start your year off with a HIT!!!! For more information please call Cindy Baruch @ 908-309-8818 or email cindy.baruch@verizon.net
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!
Ḥaverim 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.
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