As we do every year, We are once again making available for download a chart to help you remember to count Sefirat HaOmer. If you would like to print it out to keep in your siddur or on your fridge. You can download it from https://shalmon.com/sefira (pick your nusach). If you go to this page you will also see the current day’s count, with the beracha.
You can also get a Sefirat HaOmer app from Rusty Brick for your smartphone.:
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Enclosed is a list of solders who are wounded and need our prayers for complete healing.
The names are in Hebrew. You can download the list by clicking on the button below.
Just in time for Pesach, Rabbi Tal has published a set of English commentaries on the halachots of Pesach and commentary on the Seder. These commentaries were compiled by his students at Yeshivat Torat Emet from their classes they took at Congregation Etz Ahaim after Shacharit.
A PDF of the book is available from our website at https://www.etzahaim.org/s/Haggadah-2021-5784.pdf.
The book is free. However, if you’d like to help underwrite the cost of this book, please contact Rabbi Tal at rabbi@etzahaim.org for more information, or click on the link below.
What should someone do on Chol Hamoed Pesach if they find chametz in their house or see chametz lying in the middle of a street or sidewalk where it can be crushed, and thus be disrespectful to the food.
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Monday, April 22 from 9:30am to 11:30am
There will be a communal burning of chametz available in Congregation Ahavas Achim’s parking lot.
Please save a very small amount of chametz from the bedikah the night before and burn it. Please do not place plastic bags with the chametz into the fire. If burning is not possible, one may flush the chametz down a drain.
Monday, April 22 from 7:00am to 11:30am
Kehilla of Raritan Valley has B’H once again arranged for Biyur Chametz and Pesach Waste Disposal in Edison.
Garbage, recycle trucks and chametz burning will be available at the corner of North Eighth Avenue and Edgemount Road (Tennis Courts/Earl Schenck Miers Park).
Please limit chametz burning to what is ritually necessary and note that this is for Edison residents only.
Monday, April 22 from 6:30am to 1:00pm
A Chometz disposal drop-off service is offered for any resident to drop off garbage and recycling materials, the morning before Passover (Wednesday, April 5, 2023). Chometz disposal will be offered during the hours of 6:30am to 1:00pm at the Department of Public Works building, 444 Valentine Street in Highland Park.
Please follow our regular recycling rules and separate garbage and chometz from recycling items such as glass, plastic, paper and cardboard
Please note: All Chometz should be dropped off by 1:00pm. Please do not leave items after this time, as there is no garbage storage at this location.
For additional information please call (732) 247-9379.
We like to thank our two municipalities for offering these services for their Jewish residents. Please be respectful of the workers and follow the rules and regulations.
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Kimcha d’pischa, also known as maot hitim in Ladino, to ensure that all Jews have the ability to celebrate Pesach. This custom involves providing financial assistance to those in need to ensure they can celebrate the holiday with dignity and joy. The literal translation of kimcha d’pischa is "flour for Passover," symbolizing the assistance given to purchase essential food items for the holiday.
Rabbi Tal is collecting Kimcha D’Pischa for Jews in our community who are having financial difficulties with the expenses associated with Pesach. Your generousity not only continues this wonderful Sephardic tradition but brings all Jews closer together.
(If the link button doesn/t work, go to https://donate.stripe.com/eVa2bu4uG3Z88z64gk)
With Passover fast approaching us, we now have the various guides available right from our webpage. Take a look at the Pesach section of our menu.
Rabbi Yehuda Boroosan, Rabbi Emeritus of Netzach Israel in Atlanta, Georgia.
This guide was created by Rabbi Yehuda Boroosan who works for the Orthodox Union, the largest Kosher certification agency in the world, as the Rabbinic Field Representative and Mashgiach for the southeast region of the United States. He has over 20 years of experience working in the food industry and has extensive knowledge regarding the commercial production of food and household products.
Read MoreAs it is written in the Shulcan Aruch, one way to beautify the mitzvah of the Seder is to use fancy tableware. Many people may also buy new cookware and appliances for Pesach. All of these items may need to be toveled.
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Pesach is coming quickly on the heels of Purim, and it’s time to think about cleaning and kashering your kitchen. Rabbi Tal has written a comprehensive guide availble for download here.
This guide can also be downloaded by going to our Pesach Menu on our webpage
