Rabbi Shimoni is once again making lulav and etrogim available in our community. The prices are the same as last year. Chazan Ish etrogim, Muucharim etrogim, and Deri Lulavim are available. Download the form and send it into Rabbi Shimoni.
Pick up your order by October 16th, Erev Sukkot, at 431 Raritan Avenue, where the old bike shop use to be.
Sorry, cash and checks only. We thank you for your understanding.
Meet at Etz Ahaim Cemetary, New Brunswick: 11:30am — 12:00pm
Meet at Floral Park Cemetary: 1:30pm
Seliḥot and Shaḥarit: 6:00am
Hatarat Nedarim: 7:10am
Minḥa and Arvit: 6:40pm
Candle Lighting: 6:19pm
Youth Program (Ages 3 to 8): 10:00am to 1:00pm
Shaḥarit
Korbanot: 8:30am
Hodu: 8:45am
Shofer: 12:15pm
Second Shofer Blowing: 6:10pm
Tashlich (Donaldson Park Boat Ramp): 5:10pm
Minḥa and Arvit: 6:20pm
Candle Lighting: after 7:03pm (No cooking until after candle lighting)
Youth Program (Ages 3 to 8): 10:00am to 1:00pm
Shaḥarit
Korbanot: 8:30am
Hodu: 8:45am
Shofar: 12:15pm
Makeup Shofer Blowing: 5:15pm
Minḥa, Kabbalat Shabbat, and Arvit: 6:20pm
Shabbat Candle Lighting: 6:15pm
Youth Program (Ages 3 to 8): 10:00am to 1:00pm
Shaḥarit: 8:45am
Minḥa and Seudah Shelishit: 5:50pm
Shabbat Ends: 7:00pm
Fast Begins: 5:39am
Seliḥot and Shaḥarit: 7:15am
Minḥa and Arvit: 6:05pm
Fast Ends: 6:58pm
Selichot and Shacharit: 5:50am.
Hatarat Nedarim: 7:20am.
Mincha: 2:00pm
Fast Starts and Candle Lighting: 6:04pm
Kabbalat Shabbat and Kal Nidre: 6:15pm
Youth Program (3 to 8 Years Old): 10:30am to 1:30pm
Shacharit:
Akeidat Yitzchak: 8:30am
Hodu: 8:45am
Sermon: 11:45am
Yizkor: 12:30pm
Mincha: 3:40pm
Ne'ilah: 5:40pm
Shofar Followed by Arvit: 7:02pm
Fast Ends: 7:021pm
Shaḥarit: 6:30am
Minḥa and Arvit: 6:00pm
Candle Lighting: 5:57pm
Shaḥarit: 8:45am
Minḥa and Arvit: 6:00pm
Candle Lighting: after 6:43pm (No cooking until candle lighting)
Shaḥarit: 8:45am
Minḥa, Kabalot Shabbat, and Arvit: 5:50pm
Candle Lighting: 5:54pm
Shaḥarit: 8:45pm
Followed by Kiddush Sponsored by the Daughters of Etz Ahaim
Minḥa and Arvit: 6:00pm
Shabbat Ends: 6:39pm
Tikkun/Learning Program: 11:30pm
Shaḥarit: 6:30am
Minḥa and Arvit: 5:45pm
Candle Lighting: 5:47pm
Shaḥarit: 8:45am
Yizkor: 10:30am
Minḥa and Arvit: 5:45pm
Followed by Dancing, Kiddush, and Festivities
Candle Lighting: after 6:33pm (no cooking until candle lighting)
Shaḥarit: 8:45am
Followed by Kiddush and Hakafot (Special Hakafa for our brothers and sisters murdered on October 7)
Second Hakafot: 5:30pm
Minḥa, Kabbalat Shabbat, and Arvit: 5:40pm
Candle Lighting: 5:54pm
Dear Friends,
This past year has been one of the most difficult periods in recent Jewish history. The ferocious attack on Israel on Simchas Torah 5784 and the war in its aftermath have turned our world upside-down, and galvanized us as a broader Jewish family. In light of the threat being faced both in Israel and abroad, it is more important than ever for us to find opportunities to grow together, in solidarity.
In that spirit, we’d like to encourage you to participate in a communal learning initiative that will begin on Rosh Hashanah and conclude on Shmini Atzeres. The goal is to complete Shas Mishnayos as well as Chamisha Chumshei Torah and Sefer Yehoshua in memory of all those tragically murdered on that fateful day.
The learning has been divided up between Ahavas Achim, Ahavas Yisrael, Etz Ahaim, Ohav Emeth, Ohr Torah, and Young Israel of East Brunswick,. Each shul will complete one Seder of Mishnayos, one book from Tanach, and will make their own siyum on Shemini Atzeres.
Sign up at the link below:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qHm3P6uA1P6PctTIOSXklS0Fx-VQCEUOXCHfz0T-WrQ/edit?usp=sharing
We hope that our communal learning initiative will serve as an Iluy for the Neshamos of those who were tragically taken from us and a meaningful way to honor their memories. May our learning also serve as a Tefilla to Hashem to bring victory to Am Yisrael and the safe return of the hostages.
Rabbi Yehoshua Hess
Rabbi Gedaliah Jaffe
Rabbi Eliyahu Kaufman
Rabbi Sariel Malitzky
Rabbi Steven Miodownik
Rabbi Eliyahu Tal
Seleichot Services will start on Thursday, September 5 and will go through to Yom Kippur. Selichot will start on Weekdays at 5:50am followed by Shacharit at 6:30pm. Selichot on Sunday is at 7:15am followed by Shacharit at 8:00am.
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Etz Ahaim’s Kiddush is a time for getting together and connecting with friends. It’s a way of introducing new people to Etz Ahaim in a relaxed atmosphere. It is a way we represent ourselves to the rest of the Jewish community.
However, the Kiddush doesn’t appear magically, it takes volunteers to set it up, to do clean up, to do shopping and planning. We need your help.
Fortunately, it doesn’t take hours of planning and executing. However, we do need people who can setup the tables before Shabbat, to help plate and put food on the tables, and to clean up. It takes about an hour or two of your time each week, and the more people who volunteer, the less time each of us have to commit to make sure Etz Ahaim has the most wonderful kiddushes in town.
Please volunteer. We’d really appreciate it if you can pick up a few items while shopping, or stay afterwards to toss a few things in the trash and wipe down tables. Or, help us setup before the Kiddush. And the more volunteers, the less time and effort each of us has to do.
So please sign up below. And thank you for taking your time to make Etz Ahaim a better place.
Tomchei Shabbos needs your help! In recent weeks, there has been a significant increase in the number of families seeking assistance from Tomchei Shabbos.
They need your help to ensure that Tomchei Shabbos can continue to provide the vital support that these families in our community depend on.
Please visit: http://www.tomcheimc.org to donate or click on the button below.
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are around the corner, and it's time to purchase your high holiday seats. Click below to download the form. This form must be filled in and seats paid for by August 26, 2024.
You may purchase your high holiday seats directly from our webpage, or download the paper form and mail it in or return it to Congregation Etz Ahaim with your payment.
Members must be current in their dues as of August 2024 to receive a seat assignment
NOTE: We never want to let financial considerations prevent anyone from attending. If you need financial help to pay for High Holiday seats, contact President Ray Morris at 732-985-5648 evening or 732-744-4403 daytime.
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