Behzad Hakakian - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President
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Important Notices
Rabbi Eliyahu Tal to Lead Tish B'Av Services
Rabbi Eliyahu Tal will be coming to Congregtion Etz Ahaim on Tish B'Av to lead services.
Rabbi ELiyahu Tal has agreed to be our interim rabbi until we can appoint a full time rabbi. He will be coming officially in mid-August and will lead our High Holiday Services.
We will not be bringing in Rabbi Tessone since we now have a rabbi. Rafi Ishran, our normal cantor for the High Holidays, will also not be coming due to the pandemic and the issues with traveling between the US and Israel.
Friday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm
- Candle Lighting: 8:01pm
Saturday -- Parashat Matot-Masei
- Latest Shema: 8:47am
- Shacharit: 9:00am
- (Seuda Shelishit at Home)
- Mincha and Arvit: 7:50pm
- Shabbat Ends: 9:01pm
- (Havdalah at Home)
Sunday
- Shacharit: 8:30am
- Mincha/Arvit: 7:30pm
Monday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mishna-a-Day via Zoom: 7:30am
- Mincha/Arvit: 7:30pm
Tuesday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mishna-a-Day via Zoom: 7:30am
- Mincha/Arvit: 7:30pm
- Laws of Tisha B’Av: 8:30pm
Wednesday - Erev Tish B'Av
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mishna-a-Day via Zoom: 7:30am
- Mincha/Arvit: 8:00pm
- Followed by Eicha
- Fast Begins: 8:14pm
Thursday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mincha/Arvit: 7:30pm
- Tragedies Throughout Jewish History: TBD
- Fast Ends: 8:51pm
Next Friday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm
- Candle Lighting: 7:55pm
News and Events From our Webpage
The following events and news items can be found on our webpage at http://etzahaim.org
- Names, Not Numbers -- Remembering the Holocaust from those who survived.
- Laws of the Three Weeks
- A Message from Our Local Physicians
- Etz Ahaim is now open for Services Seven Days per Week
- An Important Message from the Vaad About Families In Need
- Shopping Message from the Vaad
- Important News about the Park Mikvah
Bikur Cholim of Congregation Etz Ahaim
- 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 Leiv ben Sara Maya
- Avraham ben Sara
- Linda Balavram (Emuna bat Sarah)
- Clara bat Rachel
- Cochavit bat Victoria
- David ben Farha
- Ephraim Yechezkel ben Devorah Miram (Fred Weissman)
- 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
- 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
ACTT Event: New ACTT module starting 7/5/2020: Bitachon – Trust in Hashem 4
- Source book: Artscroll’s A Life of Bitachon: Stories and insights – connecting with Hashem through faith and trust by Rabbi Yitzchak Dwek. Buy the book at the Judaic Gallery in HP for 25% off through 6/29/2020, 20% off thereafter. Learning Schedule
Rebbitzen Eichenstein’s classes Please contact Aviva at siegelmom@gmail.com or 732-672-7104 for status of classes.
Sh’nainu Shidduch Group of Edison/Highland Park is presenting a free seminar on Zoom on enhancing one's dating potential on Sunday, July 26 at 11:00am. For women only
Presented by Mrs. Sheila Segal, Relationship and Dating Coach. Topics will include Navigating the Dating Process, Understanding How to Progress and Create Emotional Connection, and How to Network Effectively. Question/answer period will follow the talk.
- Zoom Meeting: Meeting ID: 604 010 2521
- Password: 6HBZwU.
No cost. For more info, please text or WhatsApp Ida at:917-439-6163 or Deena at 732-485-682 or email shidduchedisonhp@gmail.com
Help Support a kollel for just $6.99: Yedidya, an amazing Jewish serial novel published in digitized format, is based on "Thanking Hashem When Things Look Bad", a series of shiurim by Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Travis, Rosh kollel of Kollel Toras Chaim in Jerusalem.
Author: Naomi Elbinger. Sign up for 25 weeks of action-packed Torah inspiration at just $6.99! Money is being raised for Kollel Toras Chaim, where my son was fortunate to learn. For more info and to read the first 2 chapters for free, email read@yedidyabook.com. Thank you, Aviva Siegel.
Lefkovits Family Park Mikvah:
Please support the mikvah while purchasing on Amazon. Use the following link: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-7037953. A donation will be made to Lefkovits Family Park Mikvah.
The Mikvah is currently by appointment only. All preparations should be done at home and all appointments must be made via our appointment page. Please read through all instructions prior to making your appointment. A face mask should also be worn at the mikvah. For all comments and questions, please email hpmikvah@gmail.com
Rabbi Yisroel Weiss' Tehillim shiur for men and women on Zoom:
- Wednesday night at 8:00pm
- Meeting ID: 858 5198 8386
- Password: RWTehillim
- To join by phone:
- Dial 408-638-0968, enter meeting ID, use password 705203. Any questions, please contact Marsha Eiserman 347-203-7906.
Tiferes: 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.
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 will take place on ZOOM on Thursday mornings. Please email to receive a link and time.