January 20 — Parashat Vaera

Rabbi Eliyahu Tal - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President

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Important Messages

  • Rabbi Tal will not be here from Sunday to Tuesday. His classes are canceled on those days.
  • Support Our Eruv: Until February 13, Congregation Etz Ahaim is having a fund raising to help support the Highland Park Eruv. We are asking every member to please donate $36.00 to help keep our eruv up. Details can be found at https://EtzAhaim.org/events/support-our-eruv
  • Hevruta Learning Program on the laws of Issur v’Heter (prohibited & permissible foods) on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings following ‘Arvit.
  • The Orthodox Forum of Highland Park and Edison is hosting Mrs. Miriam Dobin Mossaei Shabbat, February 11, 8:00pm at Congregation Etz Ahaim on the lecture “Rebuilding Life After the Holocaust – A Second Generation Perspective”.
  • The Jewish Community Relations Council is hosting a panel discussion commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day the evening of January 26th at Middlesex College. Registration and additional information is available at https://www.jcrcsnj.org/canwetalk

Friday

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Shir HaShirim: 4:25pm
  • Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat: 4:40pm
  • Candle Lighting: 4:43pm

Saturday -- Parashat Vaera

  • No Youth Groups
  • Recite Shema: 9:12am
  • Shacharit: 8:45am
    • Kiddush After Services (Sponsored by Shalom and Yardena Cohen in memory of his father, Aharon ben Miriam haCohen, Zichrono liVrachah)
  • Sefer Yehoshua Class: 3:45pm
  • Mincha: 4:30pm — Followed by:
    • Se'udah Sh'lshit (Sponsored by Ari Blinder in honor of his birthday and the Yahrtzeit of HaRav Shimshon Rephael Hirsch, and by Richard & Liba Shakarchi in honor of Yisrael's 12th birthday)
  • Arvit and End of Shabbat: 5:35pm

Sunday

  • Shacharit: 8:00am
  • No Women's Class:
  • Mincha and Arvit: 4:45pm

Monday

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Mincha and Arvit: 4:45pm

Tuesday

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Mincha/Arvit: 4:45pm

Wednesday

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • The Doctor Edward Nawy Memorial Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
  • Ben Ish Chai: 4:25pm
  • Mincha/Arvit: 4:45pm

Thursday

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • The Doctor Edward Nawy Memorial Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:40am
  • Insights on the Parasha: 4:00pm
  • Mincha/Arvit: 4:45pm
  • Talmud Class in Hebrew: 7:40pm
    • Followed by Chavruta Learning
  • Chumash and Hamin: 8:00pm

Next Friday

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • The Doctor Edward Nawy Memorial Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
  • Mincha: 4:50pm
  • Candle Lighting: 4:51pm

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:

  • Liba Shaindel bat Chava Sachs
  • Gershon ben Sara
  • Dvorah Shahala bat Sarah Parvin
  • Chava bat Esther
  • Lita Greenberg (Tzvia Sarah bat Golda)
  • Linda Balavram (Emmunah bat Sara)
  • Sara Shifra bat Yehudit
  • Sharona Bella bat Malka
  • Yosef Daniel ben Feige
  • Michaelyn Steinmetz (Nechama bat Sarah)
  • Leah Chana bat Batya Chaya
  • Leah Chava bat Shayna

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.

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