September 16 — Parashat Ki Tavo

Rabbi Eliyahu Tal — Rabbi
Ray Morris — President

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Important Messages

  • The High Holidays are nearly here; if you have not mailed in your seat reservations, we cannot guarantee an assigned seat, please contact us immediately.
  • Please join us for this year’s I. David and Miriam Goldstein Teshuvah Lecture, featuring Rabbi David Ashear – author of the well-known “Living Emunah” series published by Artscroll, and an in-demand inspirational speaker. The lecture will be held at 8pm on Sunday, September 18, at Congregation Ohr Torah.
  • We are looking for volunteers to be founding members of the Highland Park Sukkah Squad to help people in the Highland Park community put up their Sukkahs. It’s a great way to contribute to the community, good exercise, and a fun way for teens to earn school Chessed hours. Please contact visit our website or David Weintraub if you or your teen is interested.

Mazel Tovs and Announcements

  • Mabruk and Mazal Tov to Rabbi and Rabbanit Tal and family on the borth of their daughter Rivkah.

Friday

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Shir HaShirim: 6:30pm
  • Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:45pm
  • Candle Lighting: 6:46pm

Saturday -- Parashat Ki Tavo

  • Youth Groups for Ages 3 to 8 in the Upper Classrooms: 9:30 - 11:00am
  • Recite Shema: 9:08am
  • Shacharit: 8:45am
    • Kiddush After Services (Sponsored sponsored by the Congregation)
  • Sefer Yehoshua Class: 5:45pm
  • Mincha: 6:30pm — Followed by:
    • Se'udah Sh'lshit (Sponsored by Bradley Greenberg in honor of his wife Judy and three sons Harry, Henry, and Jeremy)
  • Arvit and End of Shabbat: 7:33pm

Sunday

  • Sellichot: 7:15am
  • Shacharit: 8:00am
  • Women's Class: 10:00am
  • Children's Torah Reading Class: 6:15pm
  • Mincha and Arvit: 6:35pm

Monday

  • Selichot: 7:15am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:40am
  • Mussar: 6:15pm
  • Mincha and Arvit: 6:35pm

Tuesday

  • Selichot: 6:00am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
  • Ben Ish Chai: 6:15pm
  • Mincha/Arvit: 6:35pm
  • Chavruta Learning: 7:30pm

Wednesday

  • Selichot: 6:00am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
  • Ben Ish Chai: 6:15pm
  • Mincha/Arvit: 6:35pm

Thursday

  • Selichot: 6:00am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:40am
  • Insights on the Parasha: 6:00pm
  • Mincha/Arvit: 6:35pm
  • Talmud Class in Hebrew: 7:40pm
  • Chumash and Hamin: 7:00pm

Next Friday

  • Selichot: 6:00am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
  • Mincha: 6:35pm
  • Candle Lighting: 6:35pm

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 Sara)
  • Sara Shifra bat Yehudit
  • Sharona Bella bat Malka
  • Yosef Daniel ben Feige
  • Michaelyn Steinmetz (Nechama bat Sarah)
  • Leah Chana bat Batya Chaya
  • Leah Chava bat Shayna

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

Bilner Center

Special Bilner Center 25th Anniversary Events

The Bildner Center kicks off its 25th anniversary year with a special lecture and program featuring Gal Beckerman, Senior Editor at the Atlantic on Spetember 18th at 4:30pm

What does it mean to have a Jewish perspective on the news while maintaining objectivity? Beckerman will share stories and insights from his years as an editor and writer, covering international news as well as art and culture. Free and open to the public.

In their timely new book, American Shtetl, Nomi Stolzenberg of the Nathan and Lilly Shapell Chair in Law, USC Gould School of Law and David Myers, Distinguished Professor and Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History, UCLA unravel the strands of cultural and legal conflict that gave rise to one of the most vibrant religious communities in America, revealing a way of life shaped by both self-segregation and unwitting assimilation. Free and open to the public](October 27 at 7:00pm.

Raritan Valley Hadassah

Rosh Hashanah Cards for Sale. Cost is $30 per 25 card package. To order cards, please email Marsha Hines and put Hadassah in subject, or call her at 732-271-2932.

Raritan Valley Hadassah presents: Jewish Travel: The Sephardic Jews of the Balkans. The presentation will be on Zoom on Wednesday, October 26 at 7:30pm. Meeting ID: 838 9865 4828 Passcode: 12345

Preparing for college is not easy, but we are here to help you and your family prepare for the experience. Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, and StandWithUS, an organization that fights antisemitism and anti-Zionism and supports Israel on high school and college campuses, are joining together for a dynamic day of education. We are calling this day Being Jewish on Campus: Empowering Teens and Parents for Today’s Challenges.

December 11, at 10:00am, Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville NJ 08648. $18 for Adults. $10 for Students.

RPRY PLUS (PTA) creates and prints a school calendar each year that is provided to every family, educator, and staff member in the school, and made available to the community. The top page of each month is filled with ads from local businesses. For a Full Year Ad, which costs $360, your business card will appear on the page for each month. For a Half Year Ad, which costs $260, your business card will appear every other month. Register at: https://rpry.forms-db.com/view.php?id=70635

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.

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.

Rebbitzen Eichenstein’s classes for women: Contact Ricki 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.

  • 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.