April 5 - Parashat Tazria / Shabbat HaChodesh / Rosh Chodesh

David Bassous - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President

Visit our Website at http://etzahaim.org for the latest news

Friday

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Mishna-a-Day: 7:20pm
  • Candle lighting: 7:07pm
  • Mincha and Arvit: 7:00pm

Saturday - Parashat Tazria / Shabbat HaChodesh / Rosh Chodesh

NOTE: It's a mitzvah for everyone to listen to this week's special Torah reading of Parshat HaChodesh.

Full Range of Children's Groups: 9:45am - 11:30am

  • Boys 6 and up in the Library.
  • Girls 6 and up upstairs left classroom.
  • Boy's tefilla group meeting at 9:30am
  • Children 3 - 5 upstairs right classroom.
  • Rabbi Hakakian's Parasha Class: 8:00am
  • Shacharit: 8:45am
  • Latest Shema: 9:09am
  • Kiddush sponsored by Dr Yehiel and Zita Weinstein
    • In Honor of Tzuriel's Birthday and To express our gratitude to Rabbi Bassous for guiding Shmuel Chaim to the completion of Mishna Shabbat
    • To sponsor a kiddush, go to our Kiddush webpage.
  • Zera Shimshon: 4:45pm with Rabbi Weintraub
  • Women's Tehillim Group: 4:45pm
  • Understanding Pesach with Rabbi Bassous: 5:45pm
  • Mincha: 6:45pm
  • Seuda Shelishit
    • Yehudis & Moshe Moratov & Family in Honor of Their Children
      • Class: How, When, and Where to Check for Chamatz
  • Arvit: 8:07pm
  • Shabbat Ends: 8:07pm

Sunday

  • Shacharit: 8:30am
  • Women's Class: Pirke Avot: 10:00am
  • Shulchan Aruch: 6:40pm
  • Mincha and Arvit: 7:10pm
  • Nefesh HaChaim Class: 7:50pm

Monday - Thursday

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Mishna-a-Day: 7:20am
  • Shulchan Aruch: 6:40pm
  • Mincha and Arvit: 7:10pm
  • Tuesday: Talmud for Men: Berachot: 8:00pm

Next Friday

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Mincha: 7:00pm
  • Candle lighting: 7:15pm

News and Events From our Webpage

The following events and news items can be found on our webpage at http://etzahaim.org

  • If you have an outstanding balance with Etz Ahaim, please send in your payment to help the Synagogue. Your help is appreciated.
  • If you are the last person to leave the building (except on Shabbat and Chaggim) make sure all the lights are out.
  • If you are celebrating a simcha or want to remember a loved one, sponsoring a kiddush is one of the best ways to mark the occasion. To sponsor a Shabbat Kiddush, please go to our Kiddush Sponsorship Page on our website and fill out the on line form.
  • To sponsor a seuda or a Sunday morning breakfast, call the shul at 732-247-3839.

Bikur Cholim of Congregation Etz Ahaim

  • Contact Rose Reiss at (732) 828-7415 in order to volunteer.
  • Seeking volunteers to visit: Shirley Cohena and others at the Regency Nursing home on DeMott Lane in Somerset. For more info, contact Rahel Baruh.
  • Drivers and coordinators needed. Call (732) 572-7181 for more information.

The congregation extends get-well wishes to:

  • Avishai ben Esther
  • Avraham ben Sarah
  • Amos ben Galina
  • Linda Balavram (Emuna bat Sarah)
  • Chaim Yaakov Ben Sarah
  • Clara bat Rachel
  • Cochavit bat Victoria
  • David ben Farha
  • Esther bat Liba
  • Galina bat Riva
  • Gittel bat Leah
  • Bradley Greenberg (Yehuda Dovid ben Tzvia Sarah)
  • Keren bat Orly
  • Liba Shaindel bat Chava
  • Lidia bat Paulina
  • Lita Greenberg (Tzvia Sarah bat Golda)
  • Millie Hakim (Miriam bat Sarah)
  • Benny Mayo (Bentzion ben Avraham)
  • Mary Naar (Miriam bat Yitzchak)
  • Penina Rachel bat Bracha
  • Perla bat Leah
  • Rosa bat Rachel
  • Shaul ben Regina
  • Yehuda Reich (Yehuda ben Hermina)
  • Lilas Saltiel (Leah Saltiel)
  • Sheva bat Merel
  • Zimbul bat Vida

Community News

Highland Park/Edison Connects invites you to join us for our (free!) weekly Wednesday Lunch and Learn program!! Every Wednesday join other women in our community for words of inspiration and chizuk over a dairy buffet lunch!

For more information or to RSVP, please email Rachelle Stern or visit the HP/Edison Connect Website

The ACTT (Achieving Change Through Torah) program helps individuals succeed in making meaningful and lasting changes in their lives.

  • Module: Ahavas Chessed -- Loving Kindness (Module 5)
  • Source book:
    • The Glittering World of Chessed by Rabbi Paysach Krohn
  • Speaker Rabbi Yizchock Fingerer, Rabbi at Aish HaTorah in New York

Download or listen to from the Audio page of the ACTT web site. For more info, email or call Phil Rosen (732) 572-8762.

Rebbitzen Eichenstein’s classes for women:

  • Classes will continue after Pesach

  • For more info, please call/text Aviva at 732-672-7104 or siegelmom@gmail.com

The Kinder Fund in memory of Dina Eisner, a"h, is selling Purim Mishloach Manos cards for $2.00 each. The cards are perfect to send to all friends & relatives. All proceeds from the sale enable The Kinder Fund to help subsidize needed services for many local children. To obtain cards, contact Tova Josefovitz at 732-572-9432, Shoshana Diskind at 732-572-7755, Lani Eisner at 732-572-1087 or Janice Lustiger at 732-819-4919 or email your request to thekinderfund@gmail.com.

Women's Learning Initiative:

  • Offers customized Torah learning partners / chavrusas! For a personalized study program of your choice, email your contact information to womenslearninginitiative@gmail.com
  • Parsha class by Mrs. Miri Cohen will resume after Pesach
  • Shimiras Haloshon Class by Mrs. Leah Drillman will resume after Pesach

Tiferes: Weekly teleconferences with topics such as shalom bayis and parenting are available to Tiferes members. Current teleconferences: “If I Am Not Me, Who Is?” with Mrs. Yael Kaisman, "Parents & Children, 3 Pillars of a Great relationship" with Mrs. Rochel Benstein, "The Giving Tree" with Mrs. Chaya Breindy Kenigsberg, and "Shalom Bayis - Getting it Right" with Mrs. Rivka Katz.

Weekly teleconferences with topics such as shalom bayis and parenting are available to Tiferes members.

For more info or to become a member, please contact Aviva Siegel.

The Highland Park / Edison group of Tiferes is zecher l'nishmas Malka bas Shalom.

Rabbi Weiss' shiur on Tehillim: for men and women on Wednesday nights at 7:30pm, at Eiserman home, 154 N. 10th Ave., Highland Park. For more info, please call 347-203-7906.

Park Mikvah:

  • Hours: Sunday - Thursday hours are 8:30pm – 10:30pm.
  • Friday night or out of hours appointment via the website.
  • Motzi Shabbat and Holidays:
    • April 6 and 13: 9:15pm - 11:15pm
    • April 19 and 20: By Appointment Only
    • April 21: 9:30pm - 11:30pm
    • April 25 and 26: By Appointment Only
    • April 27: 9:30pm - 11:30pm
  • For the mailing list for mikvah updates and hours subscribe on the website.

The Women's AMEN Group meets monthly on the Sundays following the Shabbos in which one bensches Rosh Chodesh, at 9:30 AM in a downstairs classroom at Congregation Ohr Torah. The group meets in the zechus of a refuah shelaimah for Menachem Mordechai ben Ophira and the other Cholim in the community.

Bikur Cholim OWLS (Overnight Women Labor Support): A complimentary service for maternity situations whereby volunteers will come to stay with your kids during the night. For more info on receiving this service or becoming a volunteer, please contact Rikki at 732-249-5116. Thank you.

Donations of diapers, pull-ups, and wipes are currently being accepted for the new HP/Edison Diaper Gemach. Please email diapergemach@gmail.com for more information.

Appeal from an OE Member Family: Update - Thank you to all who have contributed to raise funds for a community member to attend a rehab program. This person has completed the first and most expensive part of the program, and is, thank G-d, doing well. Even with the generous donations shared by community members, the family was forced to borrow thousands of dollars each month to pay $6,000 monthly for the program. They are struggling with significant accumulated debt, and our help is still needed. Please help this local family recover from extreme financial burden. They have generously supported our community in the past and never though they would need to ask for themselves. Please visit https://thechesedfund.com/cause/please-help-us-afford-rehab-to-save-our-son to donate by credit card or if you wish to make out a check instead of contributing online, please make it out to Congregation Ohav Emeth and in the memo write Rabbi’s Charity Fund. On a separate note (NOT IN MEMO), write that it is for the rehab campaign.

ERUV: The Highland Park Eruv has a webpage which includes a map and the most recent status of the eruv. You can even use the webpage to find out if someone’s house is inside the eruv. You can get automated notifications of the eruv’s status each Friday via Twitter, text, Facebook, or email.

Gemachs Abound in Highland Park: A Gemach is sometimes thought of a free loan organization, but these organizations can lend way more than just money. For example, if you have a large simcha at your house and need tables, center pieces, and tablecloths, a gemach can help you out. Etz Ahaim has a complete listing of all local area gemachs.