November 15 — Parashat Vayera

David Bassous - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President

Visit our Website at https://etzahaim.org for the latest news

Friday

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Mishna-a-Day: 7:20am
  • Mincha: 4:22pm
  • Candle lighting: 4:22pm

Saturday -- Parashat Vayera

We now have a complete Shabbat Children's Program with our new Youth Directors: Please feel free to bring your children

  • Rabbi Hakakian's Parasha Class: 8:00am
  • Shacharit: 8:45am
  • Latest Shema: 8:43am
  • Kiddush jointly sponsored by the Tawil and Rushefski Families
    • In honor of Ralph Tawil's First Bar Mitzvah Anniversary
    • In memory of Daniel's parents Hatoun Hannah bat Mazal and Eliezer ben Yishaya David, a"h.
    • To sponsor a kiddush, go to our Kiddush webpage.
  • Class with Rabbi Bassous: The Importance of A Sense of Humor and Serving God with Joy 3:10pm
  • Mincha: 4:10pm
    • Followed by Seuda Shelishit
      • Sponsored Dr. & Mrs Nir Even-Chen and Family
      • Class: How Not To Be An Am Haaretz
  • Arvit: 5:22pm
  • Shabbat Ends: 5:22pm

Sunday

  • Shacharit: 8:30am
  • Women's Class: Boosting Your Prayers: 10:00am
  • Shulchan Aruch 3:45pm
  • Mincha and Arvit: 4:15pm
  • Mussar Class: Orchot Tzaddikim: 5:00pm

Monday - Thursday

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Mishna-a-Day: 7:20am
  • Shulchan Aruch 3:45pm
  • Mincha and Arvit: 4:15pm
  • Tuesday: Talmud Class: 8:00pm
  • Thursday: Kabbala for Married Men: 8:00pm

Next Friday

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Mishna-a-Day: 7:20am
  • Mincha: 4:17pm
  • Candle lighting: 4:17pm

News and Events From our Webpage

The following events and news items can be found on our webpage at http://etzahaim.org

Bikur Cholim of Congregation Etz Ahaim

  • Contact Rose Reiss at (732) 828-7415 in order to volunteer.
  • 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 ben Sarah
  • Linda Balavram (Emuna bat Sarah)
  • Clara bat Rachel
  • Cochavit bat Victoria
  • David ben Farha
  • 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
  • Millie Hakim (Miriam bat Sarah)
  • Mary Naar (Miriam bat Yitzchak)
  • 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

Lefkovits Family Park Mikvah

November Hours

  • Sunday – Thursday: 8:00pm – 10:30pm

All Friday night appointments should be made online. Alternatively they can be made by texting/calling (732) 221-8155

Sh’nainu Edison/Highland Park Shidduch Group presents a speed dating event on Saturday night, November 23 at Congregation Ohav Emet, Highland Park, NJ. The event is for Orthodox Jewish singles ages 23- 50. Singles will be strategically divided by age groups. Details to follow. Please email for more information.

Enhance your Relationships: New Mrs. Tammy Karmel video series on Relationships: Tammy is a young mother from Yerushalayim who is living – and thriving – with the debilitating disease of ALS. Hear Tammy’s unique take on relationships and be surprised at how easy it is for anyone to improve any relationship.

Sunday evening, November 24, Monday evenings, December 2, 9, 16 at the home of Debbie Schneider, 19 Harrison St, Edison at 9:00pm sharp. Minimum donation: $10 per person. For more info, please call Zehava Feuer 917-583-2756

Rabbi Reisman will be speaking for men and women on the kashrus of milk. Second part of series will be on Friday night at 8:30, Parshas Chayei Sorah, November 22nd, at Khal Chassidim, 46 N. 8th Avenue. Topics will include cow sugar controversy, the Indian micro-farm investigation cheese butter and milk powder, and halachic considerations of modern dairy production. For more info, please contact Marsha Eiserman at 347-203-7906

Rebbitzen Eichenstein’s Classes for Women:

  • Tefilla class on Sunday, November 17 at 11:00am at the Aguda Synagogue
  • Parsha class on Monday, November 18 at 8:00pnm at Congregation Ohr Torah
  • Please call/text Aviva at 732-672-7104 or siegelmom@gmail.com for information about this week's classes.

Bruriah High School for Girls Open House on Sunday, November 17th at 9:30am at Bruriah High School, 35 North Avenue, Elizabeth NJ. Please register on line if you are interested in attending.

ACTT: Come hear Rabbi Doniel Staum, (noted author, speaker, Heichal HaTorah Rebbe, Yeshiva Ohr Naftoli Principal) speak about Kiddush Hashem: the Kiddush That Never Ends at the ACTT (Achieving Change through Torah) Kiddush Hashem 2 kickoff event, Sunday, 11/24/2019 @8:00PM at Congregation Ahavas Achim.

Source book: Artscroll’s A Life Worth Living - Stories and Ideas for Constant Kiddush Hashem by Rabbi Shraga Freedman. Available at event & Judaica Gallery.

Free admission. Donations encouraged. More info: email ACTT or call Phil Rosen (732) 572-8762

Women's Learning Initiative offers customized Torah learning partners/ chavrusas! For a personalized study program of your choice, email your contact information.

Parsha class by Mrs. Miri Cohen: Tuesdays at 9:30am at the home of Leah Epshtein, 253 Lawrence Avenue, Highland Park. Please call/text Leah to confirm. Babysitting is now available at the shiur; call/text Leah at 917-763-1848 to reserve

The 17th Annual Yarzeit Rachel Imeinu Video Your Inner Spark: Finding the True You a video to be shown at the home of Zev and Rachelle Stern, 27 Brookdale Court, Highland Park on Motzei Shabbos November 9, 8:00 PM (worldwide event).

With an introduction by HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky, shlita, featuring words of inspiration from Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, Rabbi Paysach Krohn, Rabbi Ephraim Shapiro and Rebbitzen Tehila Jaeger. For women and girls only. Raffles will be sold at the event for a trip to Eretz yisrael. Donations requested. All proceeds go to Aniyei Eretz Yisroel (the poor and needy of Eretz Yisroel). For more info please email Rachelle Stern

Ahavas Achim invites you to join the Goldberg family on our 18th annual Israel Mission from January 15-27, 2020. The mission will include roundtrip non-stop flights on El Al Israel Airlines from Newark, 8 nights at the Leonardo Plaza Hotel, 2 nights at the Carlton Hotel in Tel Aviv, 3 day touring excursion with experienced guides, full Israeli breakfast daily, two dinners in Tel Aviv, Friday night and Shabbat lunch on both Shabbatot, tips, transfers, and handling.

The cost per person (based on double occupancy) is $3,491. Registration is now open. Sign up at https://arieltours.com/aamission. Questions can be directed to: aamission@arieltours.com.

Tiferes: DVD for women Motzai Shabbos, November 16 at 8:30pm at the Siegel house: Maximizing Menuchah—Making the Most of the Gift of Shabbos, featuring Rabbi Benzion Klatzko and Mrs. Dina Schoonmaker. Weekly teleconferences with topics such as shalom bayis and parenting are available to Tiferes members. Current teleconference: Mastering your emotions – How your emotions serve you with Mrs. Dina Friedman.

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.

The Highland Park/Edison group of Tiferes is zecher l'nishmas Malka bas Shalom.

Rabbi Weiss's shiur on Tehillim for men and women: Wednesday evenings at 7:00pm at 154 North 10th Avenue, Highland Park. For further information, please contact Marsha Eiserman at 347-203-7906.

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: Class on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 9:30 AM at the home of Leah Epshtein, 253 Lawrence Avenue, Highland Park. Please call / text Leah to confirm. Babysitting is now available at the shiur; call / text Leah at 917-763-1848 to reserve.

The Women's AMEN Group meets monthly on the Sundays following the Shabbos in which one bensches Rosh Chodesh, at 9:30am 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.

The Highland Park Eruv has a webpage which includes a map and the most recent status of the eruv. You can even use the webpage to find out if someone’s house is inside the eruv. You can get automated notifications of the eruv’s status each Friday via Twitter, text, Facebook, or email. Go to http://hperuv.org/status for more information.

Gemachs Abound in Highland Park: A Gemach is sometimes thought of a free loan organization, but these organizations can lend way more than just money. For example, if you have a large simcha at your house and need tables, center pieces, and tablecloths, a gemach can help you out. Etz Ahaim has a complete listing of all local area gemachs.

Collecting Sheitels: Collecting Sheitels: Donated custom sheitels, some brand-new, some gently worn, are sold to women in Israel who would not otherwise have the funds to buy a quality wig Sheitels can be dropped off by Aviva, 16 Edgemount Road, Edison. For more info, please see contact Aviva Siegel (732) 572-4408 siegelmom@gmail.com