David Bassous - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President
Visit our Website at https://etzahaim.org for the latest news
NOTE: 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.
NOTE: We’d like to thank all our supporters, and a special Hakarat Hatov to these folks for their generous sponsorships of the Shalom Shabbaton dinner:
Cohen, Palacios, Rushefsky, Teboul, Weinstein, Weintraub, and Widofsky Families
Friday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mishna-a-Day: 7:20am
- Mincha: 4:31pm
- Candle lighting: 4:31pm
Saturday -- Parashat Vayechi
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: 9:14am
- Kiddush sponsored by
- Dr. Haim and Rahel Baruh & Family
- In honor of the birth of a grandson, Tzvi Yedidya
- In honor of the 13th anniversary of Joey’s bar mitzvah.
- To sponsor a kiddush, go to our Kiddush webpage.
- Class: Understanding the Afterlife with Rabbi Bassous: 3:20pm
- Mincha: 4:20pm
- Followed by Seuda Shelishit
- Sponsored by Alez & Carol Kotlyar
- Class: Self-Defense in Halacha
- Arvit: 5:31pm
- Shabbat Ends: 5:31pm
Sunday
- Shacharit: 8:30am
- Women's Class: Boosting Your Prayers: 10:00am
- Shulchan Aruch: 4:00pm
- Mincha and Arvit: 4:30pm
Monday - Thursday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mishna-a-Day: 7:20am
- Shulchan Aruch 4:00pm
- Mincha and Arvit: 4:30pm
- Tuesday: Talmud for Beginners: 8:00pm
- Thursday: Kabbala for Married Men: 8:00pm
Next Friday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mishna-a-Day: 7:20am
- Mincha: 4:38pm
- Candle lighting: 4:38pm
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 32 Gratitude Dinner Honoring Rabbi David and Clara Bassous
- February 29 Park Mikvah Melave Malka for Women
- Etz Ahaim Youth Program Needs Your Help
- 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
Bikur Cholim Annual Breakfast on March 1st 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
Rabbi Reisman will be speaking for men and women on Tefillas Haderech - When, Where and How on Friday night, Parshas Vaeira, January 24th, at 8:30pm at Khal Chassidim, 46 N. 8th Avenue. Topics will include the proper procedure when traveling to Brooklyn or Lakewood; short trips and daily commutes; cruises, trains, planes and spaceships.
Krav Maga self- defense classes: Tuesday nights in Edison for ages 13 and up: Women: 7:15pm: Men: 8:30 PM.
Please call Yisroela Joran for details at 917-834-6665.
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
Shovavim Shiur for Married Women: Lefkovits Family Park Mikvah and Irgun Shiurei Torah present a two part shiur given by Mrs. Debby Selengut, premier Kallah teacher, on Monday, January 13 and Monday, February 10 at 8:30pm in the YFM room at Congregation Ohr Torah.
Rebbitzen Eichenstein’s Classes for Women:
- No classes Sunday, December 22 and Monday, December 23.
For more information, please call/text Aviva at 732-672-7104 or email her.
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: Rabbi Staum’s Kiddush Hashem: the kiddush that never ends
- Talk: http://www.actt613.org/6.html
For more info, e-mail 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: Please call/text Leah at 917-763-1848 for status of class on Tuesday, January 14
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, February 15 at 8:30 PM at the Siegel house.
Weekly teleconferences with topics such as shalom bayis and parenting are available to Tiferes members.
Current teleconference: The building blocks of Shalom Bayis with Mrs. Zehava Lefkovitz.
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.
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