Rabbi Eliyahu Tal - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President
Visit our website for the latest news and copies of the bulletin.
Important Messages
- Need Help Getting a Vaccine Appointment? A group of Highland Park Volunteers will help: Fill out the online help form. They'll contact when you have an appointment.
- Next Week, All Adults Can Get Vaccinated: Now What?: On Sunday, April 18 at 7:30pm, experts will answer your questions about the vaccine and how to register. Join them on Zoom.
Friday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:15pm
- Candle Lighting: 7:19pm
Saturday -- Parashat Tazria Metzora
- Shacharit: 8:45am (Hodu)
- Mincha: 7:15pm — Followed by:
- Class with Rabbi Tal
- Arvit
- Shabbat Over: 8:21pm
Sunday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Pirkei Avot Class for Women on Zoom: 10:00am
- Children's Torah Reading Class: 6:05pm
- Pirkei Avot Class: 6:55pm
- Mincha and Arvit: 7:15pm
Monday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Talmud: 8:00am
- Pirkei Avot Class: 6:55pm
- Mincha and Arvit: 7:15pm
Tuesday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Talmud: 8:00am
- Pirkei Avot Class: 6:55pm
- Mincha/Arvit: 7:15pm
Wednesday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Talmud: 8:00am
- Pirkei Avot Class: 6:55pm
- Mincha/Arvit: 7:15pm
Thursday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Talmud: 8:00am
- Pirkei Avot Class: 6:55pm
- Mincha/Arvit: 7:15pm
Next Friday
News and Events From our Webpage
The following events and news items are on our webpage at http://etzahaim.org
- April 18: Sixteen or Older? You're Eligible for the Vaccine: Now What?
- New Daily Pirkei Avot Class
- Purchasing Chametz After Pesach
- Need Help Getting a Vaccine Appointment?
- Sign up With the State for the Covid Vaccine
Bikur Cholim of Congregation Etz Ahaim
- Seeking volunteers to visit 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 refua shelema wishes to:
- Lyudmila Chaya bat Riva
- Moshe ben Rachel Monavar
- Liba Shaindel bat Chava Sachs
- Chava bat Esther
- Sarah Leah bat Shifra
- Yocheved bat Itka
- Nili Feda bat Yaffa
If you like to add someone to this list, or merely want the Rabbi to say a Mi Shaberach on someone after Torah reading on Shabbat, please go to our webpage and fill out the form.
Community News
Chug Ivrit for Intermediate to Advanced Hebrew Speakers will meet on Sunday, April 25 at 11:00am socially distanced in Rachel Weintraub’s backyard, 120 Highland Ave., Edison. We read a Hebrew article or story and chat in Hebrew. We’d love to have you join us. To RSVP, Contact Rachel at by email, telephone, or text.
The Sh’nainu Shidduch Group of Edison/Highland Park presents Shidduch Zoom Event - Enhancing One's Dating Potential on Sunday, April 25 at 11:00 AM featuring: Aleeza Ben Shalom. Free Live Zoom Event for Jewish Singles of all ages and hashkafas. Followed by a Q and A session with Aleeza.
- Dating Tips,
- How to Progress and Create Emotional Connections
- Letting Go of Preconceived Notions
Meeting ID: 604 010 2521.
For more info, please email us.
Lefkovits Family Park Mikvah presents a virtual evening of commUNITY. An entertaining Q&A program with:
- Rebbetzin Chaya Drucker
- Rebbetzin Surele Eichenstein
- Rebbetzin Tamar Feldman
- Rebbetzin Rivka Jaffe
- Rebbetzin Debbie Kaufmaan
- Rebbetzin Faigie Luban
- Rebbetzin Dr. Shoshi Malitzky
- Rebbetzin Gila Miodownik
- With opening Divrei Chizuk from Rebbetzin Cyrel Brudny
Sunday, April 25 at 8:30pm. Couvert $25
Rebbitzen Eichenstein’s Classes for Women
On Zoom: For both classes:
- Meeting ID: 474 278 7632
- Passcode: 1
Or dial 929-205-6099,4742787632# (New York).
Sunday, April 18 at 11:00 AM, Tefilla class.
- Monday, April 19 at 8:00 PM, Parsha class
For more info, please contact Aviva at siegelmom@gmail.com
Tiferes: Weekly teleconferences with topics such as shalom bayis and parenting are available to Tiferes members.
- Iyar DVD: "Gates of Glory & Growth", featuring Rabbi Ephraim Eliyahu Shapiro and Mrs. Shira Smiles. Weekly teleconferences with topics such as shalom bayis and parenting are available to Tiferes members.
- Current teleconference: "Finding Simcha Within," features Mrs. Miryam Swerdlov
For more info or to become a member, please contact Aviva.
The Highland Park/Edison Group of Tiferes is zecher l'nishmas Malka bas Shalom.
Lefkovits Family Park Mikvah
The Mikvah is currently by appointment only. All preparations should be done at home. No showers or baths at the mikvah.
All appointments must be made via our appointment page
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 take place on Zoom on Tuesday mornings. Please text (732) 710-6932 for the time and Zoom link.
ACTT: "The Six Constant Mitzvos 2" is the Achieving Change Thru Torah’s current module.
Watch the inspiring shiur by Rav Nachman Elsant. Go to our website for the learning schedule for source book: Artscroll’s "Constant Connection - Deepening your Emunah through the Six Constant Mitzvos" by Rabbi Yitzchak Coopersmith.
Bikur Cholim new website provides information regarding Bikur Cholim services, including how to access our local hospitals on Shabbat, how to borrow medical equipment, and how to get prescription medication on Shabbat.
Rabbi Yisroel Weiss' Tehillim Shiur for Men and Women in on Zoom on Wednesday night at 8:00pm
- Meeting ID: 858 5198 8386
- Password: RWTehillim
To join by phone:
- Dial 408-638-0968
- Enter meeting ID
- Use password 705203
Any questions, please contact Marsha Eiserman.
Re-Pleat - Gemach of outfits for dressy occasions! New in Edison / Highland Park! Have something to donate? Have a special occasion and need something to wear? Open by appointment only. Text 732-267-3216