Rabbi Eliyahu Tal - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President
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Important Messages
- Time to Sell Your Chametz Pesach is coming and it's time to get ready. Sell your Chametz right from the webpage at [https://www.etzahaim.org/chametz-2024]. You can also download a paper form and turn that in.
- Our Webpage is full of Passover Information including several guides on cleaning and food acceptable for Pesach, pet food, cosmetics, etc. Go to our webpage at https://EtzAhaim.org and select the Pesach menu on the top of the page.
- Rabbi Tal will be publishing a book on Commentaries for Pesach. For more information see https://www.etzahaim.org/news/commentary-on-pesach
- New Birthday Kiddush will be implemented after Pesach. In these kiddushes, anyone who would like to donate a minimum of $36 will be a sponsor. Let us know whose birthday you would like to honor. Details soon on our website!
- A List of Wounded Israeli Solders is available at our website at https://www.etzahaim.org/news/wounded-israeli-solders
- Next Ḥumash and Ḥamin in memory of Eli Bishburg is Thursday on May 9 at 6:30pm. Contact Leora Wenger at etz@leoraw.com for more information
- Nominating Committee for Etz Ahaim June Elections has been appointed: Bradley Greenberg (Chair), Chana Bishburg, Behzad Hakakian, Abie Hamaoui, and Moe Yarmush. Contact the committee at nominations@etzahaim.org. Nominations will be published soon.
- New families are moving to Highland Park If you hear of any new families moving to Highland Park, please inform the Hospitality Committee.
- Contact our Hesed Committee at hesed@etzahaim.groups.io if you know of a member or family of a member who is in a local hospital or nursing home.
Friday — April 19
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- Minḥa and Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm
- Candle Lighting: 7:23pm
Saturday — April 20: Parashat Metzora/Shabbat HaGadol
- Youth Groups for ages 3 to 8 in the Upper Classrooms: 9:30am to End of Shacharit
- Recite Shema: by 8:57am
- Shaḥarit: 8:45am
- Class: 7:30pm
- Minḥa: 8:10pm
- Arvit and End of Shabbat: 8:12pm
Sunday — April 21
- Shaḥarit: 8:00am
- Minḥa and Arvit: 7:00pm
- Search for Chametz: After 8:13pm
Monday — April 22: Erev Pesach and Fast of the First Born
No eating matzhot until the seder
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- Siyum Masechet for the Bechorot: 7:20am
- Stop Eating Chametz: 10:40am
- Burn/Destroy/Remove Chametz: until 11:48am
- No work after: 12:56am
- Stop eating Mezonot: 4:20pm
- Minḥa and Arvit: 7:00pm (including Hallel)
- Candle Lighting: 7:26pm
- Seder starts after candle lighting
- Eat Afikoman: before 12:55pm
Tuesday — April 23: First Day of Pesach
Recite Shema before: 9:31am
- Shaḥarit: 8:45am
- Class on Haggadah by Rabbi Tal: 6:30pm
- Minḥa/Arvit: 7:00pm (including Hallel and Omer day)
- Candle Lighting: 8:15pm
- Seder starts after candle lighting
- Eat Afikoman: before 12:55pm
Wednesday — April 24: Second Day of Pesach
Recite Shema: by 9:30am
- Shaḥarit: 8:45am
- Class on Halacha by Rabbi Tal: 6:30pm
- Minḥa/Arvit: 7:00pm (followed by Counting Omer)
- Chag is over: 8:16pm
Thursday — First Day of Chol Hamoed
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- Minḥa/Arvit: 7:00pm
Next Friday — Second Day of Chol Hamoed
- Shaḥarit: 6:30am
- Minḥa: 7:00pm
- Candle Lighting: 7:30pm
News and Events
- May 15: NORPAC Mission to Washington
- Rabbi Boroosan's Pesach List — List for Sephardi Tradition
- Time to Sell Your Chametz — You can do it via the webpage or download a paper form.
- Cleaning and Preparing for Pesach Guid by Rabbi Tal
- New Book Published by Rabbi Tal on Pesach
- List of Wounded Israeli Solders Who Need Our Prayers
Community News
Kittel Gemach If you need to borrow a kittel, please call Jeff or Lee Ann Schein at 732-545- 9353. Four sizes available. The Kittel Gemach is in memory of Lazar Lipman ben Chaim Yitzhak.
A Webinar from Techion Institute Can Science Save the Planet? A Technion Earth Day Webinar featuring Technion Professors Noam Adir, Charles E. Diesendruck, Adi Radian, and Charlotte Vogt. On April 17. For more information, go to https://ats.org/events/technion-earth-day-webinar/
NORPAC’s Mission to Washington is an annual event where we bring close to a thousand citizen activists to Washington, DC, in order to advocate for a stronger U.S.-Israel relationship with Members of Congress.
Join us on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, as we travel Washington, DC. On a single-day trip you will meet with Members of Congress and their staff and share your concerns with them about foreign aid to Israel, Iran, security cooperation, and more. Help us make a difference once again!
Buses will leave for Washington DC from our area at 6:30 AM and return between 9-10 PM. There will be briefings on the bus. All meals will be provided. Register now for the Early Bird Discount at www.norpac.net or call (201) 788-5133. Adults - $180, Full time Students - $100 (must be over 12. Those under 18 must be accompanied by Parent or legal guardian) After March 12- adults $220, students $135
For more info, contact David Moskovic, Marc Hanfling at docdad@aol.com, Barry Wolf,Yosef Schreiber,Charles Gershbaum
It Takes a Village of Edison/Highland Park is looking for volunteers to join our dedicated network of over 70 local members! We provide support and assistance to single moms and dads with everyday tasks such as babysitting, financial guidance, errands and more. Join us and offer your skills in support of a single parent in our community! We are particularly interested in adding handymen, plumbers, and other home maintenance professionals to our volunteer roster. Please contact Rikki Samel 732 742 4559 - no commitment needed, volunteer when and how works best for you!