March 11 — Parashat Vayikra/Shabbat Zachor

Rabbi Eliyahu Tal - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President

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Important Messages

  • Kiddush Reservations are back on our webpage!. Go to our webpage at https://etzahaim.org and click on the Sponsor a Kiddush link.
  • Reminder that adults and children who are fully vaccinated, or who have fully recovered from COVID-19, are not required to wear masks inside the building. All other are required to wear masks unless eating at Kiddush or Se’udah Sh’lishit.
  • All children attending Youth Groups are required to wear masks while attending the groups, regardless of vaccination status. You may attend services inside without a mask.

Friday

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:40pm
  • Candle Lighting: 5:42pm

Saturday -- Parashat Vayikra/Shabbat Zachor

  • Youth Groups for Ages 3 to 8 in the Upper Classrooms: 9:30 - 11:00am Masks are required.
  • Recite Shema by 8:33am
  • Shacharit: 8:45am
    • Kiddush After Services (Sponsored by the Congregation)
  • Ben Ish Chai Class: 4:45pm
  • Mincha: 5:30pm — Followed by:
    • Se'udah Sh'lshit (Sponsored by sponsored by Richard and Liba Shakarchi in honor of Eliezer’s 14th birthday.)
  • Arvit and End of Shabbat: 6:31pm
  • No Avot U'Banim this week
  • REMINDER: Deylight Saving Time Starts at 2:00am. Set your clocks forward one hour before going to bed.

Sunday

  • Shacharit: 8:00am
  • Women's Class: 10:00am
  • Children's Torah Reading Class: 6:25pm
  • Mincha and Arvit: 6:45pm

Monday

  • Shulchan Aruch Yomi Zoom: 5:30am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
  • Mincha and Arvit: 6:45pm

Tuesday

  • Shulchan Aruch Yomi Zoom: 5:30am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
  • Mincha/Arvit: 6:45pm
  • Chavruta Learning: 7:30pm

Wednesday -- Ta'anit Esther

  • Fast Begins: 5:55am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
  • Mincha: 6:35pm
  • Arvit: 7:05pm
  • Megilla Reading: 7:15pm
  • Fast Ends: 7:31pm

Thursday -- Purim

  • Shulchan Aruch Yomi Zoom: 5:30am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Megillah Reading: 7;15am
  • Second Megillah Reading: 9:00am
  • Mincha/Arvit: 6:45pm

Friday

  • Shulchan Aruch Yomi Zoom: 5:30am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
  • Candle Lighting: 6:49pm
  • Mincha: 6:50pm

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)
  • Gloria Morris (Gittel bat Leah)
  • Linda Balavram (Emmunah bat Sarah)
  • Isaac Selton (Yitzak ben Esther)
  • Sara Shifra bat Yehudit

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.

News and Events

Community News

The Orthodox Union is Collecting Money for Ukraine to help with the Jewish community and refugee crisis. Please donate

Matonot L'evyonim Collection will be done by Rabbi Brudny as he has done in previous years. He will be at his home until late Purim afternoon to receive and distribute the matonot.

Checks can be sent to his home at 331 North 8th Ave in Edison. Make checks out to him or to Toras Chesed. Funds can also be sent via Zelle to matevyon@gmail.com.

Chug Ivrit for Intermediate to Advanced Hebrew Speakers, sponsored by Raritan Valley Hadassah, will meet on Sunday, March 20 at 11:00 a.m. via Zoom. To join the group, please contact Rachel by text or email for Zoom link.

Rabbi Daniel Feldman, a Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University, as well as an instructor in the Sy Syms School of Business and the Wurzweiler School of Social Work will be speaking at the Bridge Turkish Grill as the Scholar in Residence at Ohav Emeth's Shabbat HaChodesh Parsha Tarzria on April 1st and 2nd.

The cost of the dinner is $60 per person. Reservations can be made on Ohav Emeth's website

Any questions please contact Michael Garber.

Congregation Ahavas Achim will sponsor a Purim Carnival on March 17th from Noon to 1:30pm. Carnival will take place in the parking lot.

Pesach is Coming Already? Time to order your OU Pesach Guide.

Employment Network of Raritan Valley

Looking for work? We can help. Email Bob Lansey if you would like to receive our job postings and/or would like help with your resume and search strategies.

Please help: If you know of any professional, part-time, or temporary job openings, email us the information.

Mission to Israel: Yom Yerushalayim and Shavuot in Jerusalem May 25, 2022 through June 7, 2022.

$5,070 per person based on double occupancy: (Price includes current airport taxes & airline fuel surcharge).

The Mission will include: round trip flight on El Al Israel Airlines, hotel in Jerusalem including Shabbat and Chag meals, two nights in Tel Aviv including two days of touring, a day of leisure on the coast in Tel Aviv, and one dinner in Tel Aviv restaurants. Optional day in Chevron at no additional cost.

If you have any questions, or to confirm the number of people in your party, please email: aamission@arieltours.com.

ACTT (Achieving Change Thru Torah) has a new module:

  • Title: SHALOM – PEACE 1
  • Source Book: Artscroll’s Live the Blessing – Daily wisdom on how to live in peace with family, friends, and yourself by Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation.

Learning Schedule, etc. at their Website. Email for more information.

Rebbitzen Eichenstein’s classes for women: Contact Aviva for more information.

Tiferes

Chodesh Adar Beis DVD for women

  • Motzai Shabbos, March 12 at 8:45pm at the Siegel house
  • "The Back Story: The glory of seeing Hashem in our lives"
  • featuring Rabbi Eli Mansour and Rabbi Yaakov Moskowitz.

Weekly teleconferences with topics such as shalom bayis and parenting are available to Tiferes members.

  • Current Weekly Teleconference for Tiferes Members:
    • Topic: Free to Be Me: An exploration of true freedom
    • Speaker: Mrs. Rochel Goldbaum

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.

The Lefkovits Family Park Mikvah is by appointment only. All appointments should be made via MikvahCloud or via the iPhone or Android app.

Regular services, baths and showers, are being offered.

A face mask should be worn at the mikvah. For all comments and questions, please email the Mikvah.

Women's Learning Initiative Offers customized Torah learning partners and chavrusas. For a personalized study program of your choice, email your contact information to The Women's Learning Initiative.

  • Parsha class by Mrs. Miri Cohen: Please contact Leah for time, location &/zoom link for shiur on Tuesday.

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.