May 27 — Parashat Bechukotai

Rabbi Eliyahu Tal - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President

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Important Messages

  • Due to on going formuala shortage there will be a temporary formula gmach opening in Edison/HP. For the next week, donations will be collected and then the gmach can open to all those that need baby formula. Please text Rivky to arrange drop off of any unused formula that you may have. More details to follow regarding distribution.

  • Shloshim-Mishnayos are being organized for Rabbi Baruch Goodman's mother, Yenta Rochel Bas Dovid HaCohen, A"H (Joan Goodman). To sign up, go to Hadran Alach. We are asking that everyone complete their mishnayos by the 6th of Sivan 5782 (Sunday, June 05, 2022). Tizku l'mitzvot.

  • Etz Ahaim is helping out the Jewish Community in Ukraine under the Synagogues for Ukraine Initiative by the OU. We've pledge to raise $3,600 as a synagogue. Please help out. To contribute, go to our special webpage.

Mazel Tovs and Announcements

  • Mabruk and Mazal Tov to Stuart and Linda Balavram on the B’rit Milah of their grandson Ze’ev Shamai ben Yosef Yitzchak.

  • Mabruk and Mazal Tov to Rabbi David and Clara Bassous on the B’rit Milah of their grandson.

Friday

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm
  • Candle Lighting: 8:00pm

Saturday -- Parashat Bechukotai

  • Youth Groups for Ages 3 to 8 in the Upper Classrooms: 9:30 - 11:00am
  • Recite Shema: before 8:27am
  • Shacharit: 8:45am
    • Kiddush After Services (Sponsored by Gluzman family in memory of Eliran's father, Zalman ben Sima A”H)
  • Ben Ish Chai Class: 6:15pm
  • Mincha: 7:00pm — Followed by:
    • Perchi Avot
    • Se'udah Sh'lshit (Sponsored by Ariel Reichman in memory of Zalman ben Simah A”H and Chaim David Shlomo ben Pinchas Levi A”H)
  • Arvit and End of Shabbat: 8:55pm

Sunday – Yom Yerushalayim

No Tachanun Today

  • Shacharit: 8:00am
  • Women's Class: 10:00am
  • Children's Torah Reading Class: 6:40pm
  • Halachot Class: 6:40pm
  • Mincha and Arvit: 7:00pm

Monday — Memorial Day

  • Shacharit: 8:00am
  • Talmud: 9:00am
  • Mussar: 6:40pm
  • Mincha and Arvit: 7:00pm

Tuesday

  • Shulchan Aruch Yomi Zoom: 5:30am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
  • Ben Ish Chai: 6:40pm
  • Mincha/Arvit: 7:00pm
  • Chavruta Learning: 7:30pm

Wednesday

  • Shulchan Aruch Yomi Zoom: 5:30am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
  • Ben Ish Chai: 6:40pm
  • Mincha/Arvit: 7:00pm

Thursday

Next Friday

  • Shulchan Aruch Yomi Zoom: 5:30am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
  • Mincha: 7:00pm
  • Candle Lighting: 8:05pm

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 Sarah)
  • Sara Shifra bat Yehudit
  • Sharona Bella bat Malka
  • Yosef Daniel ben Feige

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 Jewish Federatgion in the Heart of New Jersey's Annual Campaign If you care about Jewish life, if you feel for vulnerable community members, if you wish hate and bias would stop hurting people you know and love, if you'd like to imagine a bright Jewish future for generations to come, then give to Jewish Federation. To donate please visit: https://jewishheartnj.org/email-donate

RPRY Annual Dinner will take place on Thursday, May 31 at 6:30pm at Rutgers Hillel. They are priviledged to honor Dr. Sandra & Dr. Raymond Cypress and Dr. Rebecca * Rabbi Dr. Johua Cypress as guests of honor.

Please RSVP at: https://www.wizevents.com/rpry2022/. Email: dinner@rpry.org for questions.

The 2022/2023 Highland Park First Aid Squad discount cards are now available. The cards provide discounts to many local businesses including Jerusalem Pizza, Sushiana, Bridge, Dunkin Donuts, Dairy Deluxe, China Lee, Orchid and Giddy’s Pizzeria.

There are 2 cards this year: one for $30 or both for $50. The cards may be purchased at Jerusalem Pizza, the Ahavas Achim office, or by contacting any Squad member including: Ari and Deborah Lewitter or Yossi Benedek.

Rabbi Eli Reisman will be speaking on Maaser Kesafim May 28th at 7:00pm at Khal Chassidim, 46 N. 8th Avenue.

Topics will include:

  • What does one have to take Maaser from - wages, gifts, stocks, tax refunds etc.
  • How much does one have to give.
  • What can Maaser be spent on.

For more info, please contact Marsha Eiserman at 347-203-7906.

Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion PTA invites all women and post high school girls in the community to join us at our annual Shavuos event on the first day of Shavuos, Sunday June 5th in the YST preschool. Kiddush at 10:15am followed by speakers Mrs. C. Brudny and Mrs. S. Scott at 11:00am.

To register your child for babysitting, go to http://ystnj.org before May 30th.

Raritan Valley Hadassah presents:

  • Raritan Valley Hadassah invites you to join us for Israeli Dancing with Donna Hendel on Sunday, June 26 at 4:00 p.m. at Congregation Ahavas Achim, 216 S. 1st Ave., Highland Park. $18 registration fee; masks required. Minimum 20 participants needed for class to take place (women only). Zoom option also available. Please send your $18 registration fee, payable to Raritan Valley Hadassah, to: Sara Goodman Hand, 311 Montgomery Street, Highland Park, NJ 08904. For more information, please contact Neshama Marcus at 908-227-4869 or nmarcus928@gmail.com

  • Your People Shall be My People on Wednesday, June 15 with Rabbi Maury Keiman. Rabbi Kelman is the director of the organization Route 613 - Your Route to GeRut (conversion).

    He will be discussing various aspects of conversion and will be joined by some of those who have completed the conversion process and some of those who are on the road to becoming Jewish. Hear from the students themselves – why do they want to be Jewish and what are the rewards and challenges of being a Jew By Choice. On Zoom: Meeting ID: 826 3795 6724; Passcode: 355214.

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.

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

Mrs. Miri Coehn's Shuir: Please Concact Leah at 917-763-1848 for more information.

Tiferes

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: Transform Yourself and Your Relationships through a Deep Understanding of the Sefiros
  • Speaker: Mrs. Avigayil Brailofsk
  • 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.