Behzad Hakakian - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President
Visit our Website at https://etzahaim.org for the latest news
Important Notices
- Due to the threat of the Corona Virus, the building is closed. However, we are now offering Mincha/Arvit on weekdays at Etz Ahaim. You must sign up to attend each day at our website.
- Please attend our classes. We would like to offer more classes. If you would like to lead a class, please get in contact with David Weintraub. We'll put it on the webpage and let other people in the community know about it.
Friday
- Candle Lighting: 8:10pm
Saturday -- Parashat Beha'alotcha
- Latest Shema: 8:36am
- Shabbat Ends: 9:11pm
Sunday
- Mincha/Arvit: 7:30pm
Monday - Thursday
- Mishna-a-Day: 7:30am
- Mincha/Arvit: 7:30pm
Wednesday
- Tomer Devorah chapter 1: 9:00pm
Thursday
Next Friday
- Candle Lighting: 8:10pm
News and Events From our Webpage
The following events and news items can be found on our webpage at http://etzahaim.org
- Message from the Vaad
- Mazel Tov to Marc Kolb and Arielle Fagan on the Birth of Their Daughter
- The Rabbinical Council of America's Statement on the Death of George Floyd
- Etz Ahaim's Slow Process of Reopening
- 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
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Names, Not Numbers Tuesday, June 23, live streaming 4:00 PM – 12:00 midnight.
Names, Not Numbers©, created by Tova Fish-Rosenberg, is an interactive, multi-media Holocaust Oral History Film documentary project that gives RPRY students the unforgettable experience of interviewing and filming Holocaust survivors and gives viewers a rare opportunity to hear directly from the following Holocaust survivors: Mrs. Irene Balsam, Mr. George Blank, Mrs. Mina Brenman, Mrs. Sylvia Kagan, Mr. Pierre Taubenblat.
After Sunday, June 21, please visit RPRY's Website for the "Not Numbers" YouTube link
For sponsorship opportunities, please visit RPRY's Names Not Numbers Webpage.
Rebbitzen Eichenstein’s classes for women on ZOOM:
For both classes:
- Meeting ID: 474 278 7632 or +19292056099, 4742787632# (New York).
- Sunday, June 14 at 11:00 AM, Tefilla class.
- Monday, June 15 at 5:00 PM, Parsha class.
For more info, please contact Aviva at siegelmom@gmail.com
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. Email if you have any questions or comments.
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. For more info, e-mail info@actt613.org or call Phil Rosen (732) 572-8762.
Rabbi Yisroel Weiss' Tehillim Shiur for men and women on Zoom:
- Wednesday night at 8:00 PM
- 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 at siegelmom@gmail.com. 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.
- Parsha class by Mrs. Miri Cohen will take place on ZOOM on Thursday mornings. Please email to receive a link and time.
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.
The Women's AMEN Group meets monthly on the Sundays following the Shabbos in which one bensches Rosh Chodesh, at 9:30 AM 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.