August 6 — Parashat R'eh

Rabbi Eliyahu Tal - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President

Visit our website for the latest news and copies of the bulletin.

Important Messages

  • S'lichot is starting Tuesday, August 10
  • Kiddush is back indoors.
  • We are now taking reservations for seats during the High Holidays. You can go to our website under High Holidays to get the form.

Friday

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm
  • Candle Lighting: 7:48pm

Saturday -- Parashat R'eh

  • Youth Groups for Ages 3 to 8 in the Upper Classrooms: 9:30 - 11:00am
  • Junior Congregation for ages 6 to 12 in the Beit Midrash: 10am - 10:30am
  • Shacharit: 8:45am
    • Kiddush After Services
  • Avot Ubanim: 6:20pm
  • Rashi Class: 6:50pm
  • Mincha: 7:20pm — Followed by:
    • Se'udah Sh'lshit (Sheva’ B’rachot for Josh and Esther Tallis (Baruh), sponsored by friends of the Baruh family)
  • Arvit & Shabbat Over: 8:56pm

Sunday

  • Shacharit: 8:00am
  • Nach Class for Women on Zoom: 10:00am
  • Children's Torah Reading Class: 6:20pm
  • Halachot Class: 6:40pm
  • Mincha and Arvit: 7:00pm

Monday -- Rosh Hodesh

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
  • Halachot Class: 6:40pm
  • Mincha and Arvit: 7:00pm

Tuesday

Wednesday

  • S'lihot: 6:00am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:45am
  • Rabbeinu Bahya: 6:40pm
  • Mincha/Arvit: 7:00pm

Thursday

Next Friday

  • S'lihot: 6:00am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:45am
  • Mincha: 7:00pm
  • Candle Lighting: 7:45pm

News and Events

Bikur Cholim of Congregation Etz Ahaim

  • The Regency Nursing Home is currently closed to visitors.
  • 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
  • Gershon Ben Sara
  • Chava bat Esther
  • Chaya Sarah Leah bat Shifra
  • Nili Feda bat Yaffa
  • Linda Balavram (Emmunah bat Sara)

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

Rabbi Reisman will be speaking on Halachos of Shmittah, on Shabbos day, August 7 at 6:50pm at Khal Chassidim, 46 N. 8th Avenue. Topics will include:

  • Calculating the calendar: Are we sure next year is Shmittah?
  • Does shmittah apply after the churban?
  • Arbah minim this year, shmittah and the year after.

For more information, please contact Marsha Eiserman at 347-203-7906.

Netivot presents the first annual Dr. Aryeh Zinkin Memorial Scholarship Brunch featuring renowned Jewish Montessori educator, Rabbi Jonathan Rietti. They are honoring Morah Niza Kassin with the faculty award, and Ms. Rhea Zucker with the volunteer award.

The breakfast will take place on Sunday, August 15 at 10:00 a.m. at Ohr Torah. Visit: their website to RSVP.

Jewish Family Services urgently needs volunteers to deliver meals to homebound seniors in Edison and East Brunswick on Monday and Friday mornings.

Volunteers would, preferably, make deliveries every week, but every other week would also be helpful. Volunteers are vital to this service, ensuring that vulnerable, elderly adults do not go hungry.

If you delivered Kosher Meals on Wheels meals in the past and took a break during the pandemic, JFS would be most eager and grateful to have you back! email Family Services to find your place on the schedule.

Raritan Valley Hadassah Presents Rabbi Bryan Kinzbrunner, BCC Renewal and Redesign—How to Invigorate Our Celebration of the High Holidays Wednesday, September 1, 2021 7:30 PM, on Zoom.

Rabbi Kinzbrunner is the Director of Religious and Spiritual Services for the Oscar and Ella Wilf Campus for Senior Living in Somerset, NJ and the President of Neshama, the Association of Jewish Chaplains.

Lev LaChayal is a program that provides housing and support to lone solders (solders with no family in Israel) while they're on their army breaks. You can help support this program by going to their webpage.

Tiferes

  • Elul DVD on Motzai Shabbos, August 14 at 10:00pm at the Siegel house. For women only.
  • 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.

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

ACTT

  • Current Module: The Six Constant Mitzvos 2
  • Source Book: Artscroll's Constant Connection -- Deepening Your Emunah through the Six Constant Mitzvos by Rabbi Yitzchak Coopersmith

Rabbi Yisroel Weiss' Tehillim Shiur for Men and Women:

On Zoom:

  • Wednesday night at 8:00pm
  • Meeting ID: 858 5198 8386
  • Password: RWTehillims
  • To join by phone:
    • Dial 408-638-0968
    • Enter Meeting ID
    • Use Passcode 705203.

Any questions, please contact Marsha Eiserman 347-203-7906.