David Bassous - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President
Visit our Website at https://etzahaim.org for the latest news
Important Notices
- Due to increase security concerns, the front door of the synagogue is now locked on Shabbat. We have posted a security guard inside the Kiddush room by on the side door by the parking lot. Knock on that door, and you'll be let in.
Friday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mishna-a-Day: 7:20am
- Mincha: 5:20pm
- Candle lighting: 5:20pm
Saturday -- Parashat Mishpatim
We now have a complete Shabbat Children's Program with our new Youth Directors: Please bring your children
- Rabbi Hakakian's Parasha Class: 8:00am
- Shacharit: 8:45am
- Latest Shema: 8:53am
- Kiddush sponsored by
- The Congregation for the good health of all our members
- To sponsor a kiddush, go to our Kiddush webpage.
- Class: The Torah's Impack on Civilization (Part 2) with Rabbi Bassous: 4:10pm
- Mincha: 5:10pm
- Followed by Seuda Shelishit
- Sponsored Anonymously in Honor of Rabbi David and Clara Bassous
- Class: The Secret Chambers of the Temple Mount
- Arvit: 6:20pm
- Shabbat Ends: 6:20pm
Sunday
- Shacharit: 8:30am
- Women's Class: Boosting Your Prayers: 10:00am
- Shulchan Aruch: 4:30pm
- Gratitude Dinner Reception: 4:00pm
- Mincha and Arvit: 4:45pm
- Gratitude Dinner: 5:00pm
Monday - Thursday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mishna-a-Day: 7:20am
- Shulchan Aruch 4:45pm
- Mincha and Arvit: 5:15pm
- Tuesday: Talmud for Men: 8:00pm
- Thursday: Kabbala for Married Men: 8:00pm
Next Friday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mishna-a-Day: 7:20am
- Mincha: 5:28pm
- Candle lighting: 5:28pm
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.
- February 23 Gratitude Dinner Honoring Rabbi David and Clara Bassous
- February 29 Park Mikvah Melave Malka for Women
- March 1 Bikur Cholim Annual Breakfast
- March 6 A Shabbat to Rememeber with Rabbi Bassous
- Etz Ahaim Youth Program Needs Your Help
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
Diabetic Supplies Gemach: Providing diabetic Supplies- Insulin, test strips, meters etc. for those who ran out/waiting for insurance approval or guests who left supplies at home. Please text Deutsch family at 646-683-7394
Rabbi Eli Reisman will be speaking for men and women on Tefillas Haderech - When, Where and How, Part 2, on Friday night, Parshas Mishpatim, February 21st, at 8:30pm at Khal Chassidim, 46 N. 8th Avenue. Topics will include is it said standing, sitting or driving; variations in the text; being yotzei with someone else. For more info, please contact Marsha Eiserman at 347-203-7906.
Annual Bikur Cholim Breakfast: March 1st at 9:30 AM at the Pines Manor, 2085 Route 27, Edison. Guest speaker will be Rabbi Shmuel Marcus, Rabbi of the Young Israel of Queens Valley and Rebbe at Lander College for Men. Honorees will be Dr. & Mrs. Josh Segal and Dr. & Mrs. Aviv Orani. Couvert is $54 per person, sponsorships are available. Babysitting is available. For more information, RSVP, or request an invitation, please call 732-572-7181.
Bikur Cholim is also seeking volunteers to visit residents at the Regency Jewish home in Somerset. If you would like to volunteer or know a resident that would like visitors, please text Aviva at 732-672-7104 or siegelmom@gmail.com
Rebbitzen Eichenstein’s classes for women: Please call/text Aviva at 732-672-7104 or siegelmom@gmail.com for status of classes on Sunday, February 23 and Monday, February 24.
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 Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 9:30 AM at the home of Leah Epshteyn, 253 Lawrence Avenue, Highland Park. Please call or text Leah at 917-763-1848 to confirm.
Israel May Mission 2020
Join Congregation Ahavas Achim on our first Israel May Mission from May 19-June 1, 2020. The mission will include roundtrip nonstop flights on El Al Israel Airlines from Newark, 8 nights at the Leonardo Plaza Hotel, 3 nights at the Carlton Hotel in Tel Aviv, 3 day touring excursion with experienced guides, full Israeli breakfast daily, three dinners in Tel Aviv, Friday night and Shabbat lunch on both Shabbatot, lunch and dinner meals on Shavuot, tips, transfers, and handling.
The cost per person (based on double occupancy) is $4858. Registration is now open. Prices guaranteed through February 17. Sign up now. Feel free to email any questions you may have.
Diabetic Supplies Gemach: Providing diabetic Supplies- Insulin, test strips, meters etc. for those who ran out/waiting for insurance approval or guests who left supplies at home. Please text Deutsch family at 646-683-7394.
ACTT (Achieving Change Thru Torah): module: Kiddush Hashem; source book: Artscroll’s “A Life Worth Living - Stories and Ideas for Constant Kiddush Hashem” by Rabbi Shraga Freedman; Module packet: www.actt613.org/3.html; Rabbi Staum’s “Kiddush Hashem: the kiddush that never ends” talk: www.actt613.org/6.html or https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=95621. For more info, e-mail info@actt613.org or call Phil Rosen (732) 572-8762
Tiferes: DVD for women on Saturday, March 7 at 8:30 PM at the Siegel house. Weekly teleconferences with topics such as shalom bayis and parenting are available to Tiferes members. Current teleconferences: “Making a Good Marriage Great” with Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein and Dr. David Lieberman. For more info 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.
Lefkovits Family Park Mikvah Presents an evening with famous Israeli news anchor and lecturer, Mrs. Sivan Rahav Meir, popular Israeli news anchor and journalist who gives a weekly Torah shiur to 1000 people in Israel, at the annual Women’s Melavah Malka on February 29, 2020 at 8:30 PM at Congregation Ohr Torah.
Lefkovits Family Park Mikvah
- February hours:
- Sunday – Thursday: 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM
- All Motzai Shabbos 7:30 – 10:00
- March hours:
- Sunday – Thursday: 8:30 PM – 10:30 PM
- Monday, March 9 (Megilas Esther): 9:00pm – 10:30pm
- Tuesday, March 10 (Purim): 9:00pm – 10:30pm
- Motzai Shabbos, March 7: 8:00pm – 10:30pm
- Motzai Shabbos, March 14, 21, 28: 9:00pm – 11:pm
Rabbi Weiss's shiur on Tehillim for men and women: Wednesday evenings at 7:00PM at 154 N. 10th Avenue, Highland Park. For further information, please contact Marsha Eiserman at 347-203-7906.