David Bassous - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President
Visit our Website at https://etzahaim.org for the latest news
NOTE: This Shabbat, we will have another rabbinical candidate join us to lead services, read the Torah, deliver the morning sermon, and give classes.
Please make every effort to attend beginning Friday night through Seudah Shelishit.
Friday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mishna-a-Day: 7:20am
- Mincha: 4:12pm
- Candle lighting: 4:12pm
Saturday -- Parashat Vayetze
We now have a complete Shabbat Children's Program with our new Youth Directors: Please feel free to bring your children
- Rabbi Hakakian's Parasha Class: 8:00am
- Shacharit: 8:45am
- Latest Shema: 8:54am
- Kiddush sponsored by the Congregation
- To sponsor a kiddush, go to our Kiddush webpage.
- Class with our Rabbinical candidate: 3:05pm
- Mincha: 4:05pm
- Followed by Seuda Shelishit
- Sponsored by Dr. Richard and Liba Shakarchi and Family iho her birthday
- Class with our Rabbinical candidate
- Arvit: 5:12pm
- Shabbat Ends: 5:12pm
Sunday
- Shacharit: 8:30am
- Women's Class: Boosting Your Prayers: 10:00am
- Shulchan Aruch 3:45pm
- Mincha and Arvit: 4:15pm
- Mussar Class: Orchot Tzaddikim: 5:00pm
Monday - Thursday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mishna-a-Day: 7:20am
- Shulchan Aruch 3:45pm
- Mincha and Arvit: 4:15pm
- Tuesday: Talmud Class: 8:00pm
- Thursday: Kabbala for Married Men: 8:00pm
Next Friday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mishna-a-Day: 7:20am
- Mincha: 4:13pm
- Candle lighting: 4:13pm
News and Events From our Webpage
The following events and news items can be found on our webpage at http://etzahaim.org
- Help Us Welcome New Members to Our Community - We are looking for people to host new community members.
- December 9: Rabbi Rafael Abraham HaCohen Soae
- January 4 Park Mikvah Melave Malka for Women
- Updated Minyan Map and Shiur Directory Available -- There is treasure here for those who seek it!
- Help Support the Daughters of Etz Ahaim with Grocery Script
Bikur Cholim of Congregation Etz Ahaim
- Contact Rose Reiss at (732) 828-7415 in order to volunteer.
- 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:
- Avishai ben Esther
- Avraham ben Sarah
- Linda Balavram (Emuna bat 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)
- Lita Greenberg (Tzvia Sarah bat Golda)
- Keren bat Orly
- Liba Shaindel bat Chava
- Lidia bat Paulina
- Millie Hakim (Miriam bat Sarah)
- Mary Naar (Miriam bat Yitzchak)
- Miriam Devorah bat Bracha
- Penina Rachel bat Bracha
- Perla bat Leah
- Rosa bat Rachel
- Shaul ben Regina
- Velvel ben Chana
- Yehuda Reich (Yehuda ben Hermina)
- Lilas Saltiel (Leah Saltiel)
- Sheva bat Merel
- Yaakov Chaim ben Sarah
- Zimbul bat Vida
Community News
Lefkovits Family Park Mikvah
- December Hours
- Sunday – Thursday: 8:00pm – 10:30pm
- After Shabbat: 7:30pm -- 10:00pm
All Friday night appointments should be made online. Alternatively they can be made by texting/calling (732) 221-8155
Enhance your Relationships: New Mrs. Tammy Karmel video series on Relationships: Tammy is a young mother from Yerushalayim who is living – and thriving – with the debilitating disease of ALS. Hear Tammy’s unique take on relationships and be surprised at how easy it is for anyone to improve any relationship.
Monday evenings, December 11 and 16 at the home of Debbie Schneider, 19 Harrison St, Edison at 9:00pm sharp. Minimum donation: $10 per person. For more info, please call Zehava Feuer 917-583-2756
Rebbitzen Eichenstein’s Classes for Women:
- Please call/text Aviva at 732-672-7104 or siegelmom@gmail.com for information about this week's classes.
ACTT says Thank You to all the sponsors and attendees for making the ACTT November 24th event with Rabbi Doniel Staum so successful and meaningful!
The current source book is The Glittering World of Chessed by Rabbi Paysach Krohn. The audio of Rabbi Fingerer’s insightful and inspiring How the Enormous Power of Ahavas Chesed Transforms You and Others presentation is now available for listening or downloading from the Audio page of the ACTT website or from Torah Anytime's website. For more info, e-mail ACTT or call Phil Rosen (732) 572-8762.
Women's Learning Initiative offers customized Torah learning partners/ chavrusas! For a personalized study program of your choice, email your contact information.
Parsha class by Mrs. Miri Cohen: Class on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 9:30 AM at the home of Leah Epshtein, 253 Lawrence Avenue, Highland Park. Please call / text Leah to confirm. Babysitting is now available at the shiur. Call/text Leah at 917-763-1848 to reserve.
Ahavas Achim invites you to join the Goldberg family on our 18th annual Israel Mission from January 15-27, 2020. The mission will include roundtrip non-stop flights on El Al Israel Airlines from Newark, 8 nights at the Leonardo Plaza Hotel, 2 nights at the Carlton Hotel in Tel Aviv, 3 day touring excursion with experienced guides, full Israeli breakfast daily, two dinners in Tel Aviv, Friday night and Shabbat lunch on both Shabbatot, tips, transfers, and handling.
The cost per person (based on double occupancy) is $3,491. Registration is now open. Sign up at https://arieltours.com/aamission. Questions can be directed to: aamission@arieltours.com.
Tiferes: DVD for women Motzai Shabbos, December 7 at 8:30pm at the Siegel house: The Alef-Beis of Faith: Emunah and Bitachon. Speakers: Rabbi Dov Brezak and Mrs. Miryam Swerdlov.
Weekly teleconferences with topics such as shalom bayis and parenting are available to Tiferes members. Current teleconference is Strengthening their Core – Instilling Emunah in our Children with Mrs. Ayala Berney.
For more information or to become a member, please contact Aviva at siegelmom@gmail.com. The Highland Park/Edison group of Tiferes is zecher l'nishmas Malka bas Shalom.
Rabbi Weiss's shiur on Tehillim for men and women: Wednesday evenings at 7:00pm at 154 North 10th Avenue, Highland Park. For further information, please contact Marsha Eiserman at 347-203-7906.
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: Class on Tuesdays at 9:30am at the home of Leah Epshtein, 253 Lawrence Avenue, Highland Park. Please call/text Leah to confirm. Babysitting is now available at the shiur; call/text Leah at 917-763-1848 to reserve.
The Women's AMEN Group meets monthly on the Sundays following the Shabbos in which one bensches Rosh Chodesh, at 9:30am 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.
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.
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. Go to http://hperuv.org/status for more information.
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.
Collecting Sheitels: Collecting Sheitels: Donated custom sheitels, some brand-new, some gently worn, are sold to women in Israel who would not otherwise have the funds to buy a quality wig Sheitels can be dropped off by Aviva, 16 Edgemount Road, Edison. For more info, please see contact Aviva Siegel (732) 572-4408 siegelmom@gmail.com