Rabbi Eliyahu Tal - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President

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Important Messages

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 visit our website to register.

Friday

Shacharit: 6:30am
Shir HaShirim: 6:20pm
Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:35pm
Candle Lighting: 6:35pm

Saturday -- Parashat Nitzavim

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 by the Congregation)
Getting Ready for Rosh Hashanah: 5:45pm
Mincha: 6:30pm — Followed by:
- Se'udah Sh'lshit (Sponsored by Doron Shalmon & family in memory of Sara Leah bat Shifra A”H)
Arvit and End of Shabbat: 7:33pm

Sunday — Erev Rosh Hashanah

Selichot and Shacharit: 7:15am
Hatarat Nedarim: 8:40am
Women's Class: No Class
Children's Torah Reading Class: No Class
Mincha and Arvit: 6:30pm
Candle Lighting: 6:31pm

Monday — First Day of Rosh Hashanah

Youth Groups for Ages 3 to 8 in the Upper Classrooms: 9:30 - 1:00pm

Shacharit: 8:30am
Shofer Blowing: 10:30am
Second Shofer Blowing: 5:00pm
Tashlich (at Donaldson Park Boat Dock): 5:40pm
Mincha and Arvit: 6:30pm
Candle Lighting: after 7:18pm

Tuesday — Second Day of Rosh Hashanah

Youth Groups for Ages 3 to 8 in the Upper Classrooms: 9:30 - 1:00pm

Shacharit: 8:30am
Shofer Blowing: 10:30am
Second Shofer Blowing: 6:00pm
Mincha and Arvit: 6:30pm
Rosh Hashanah Ends: 7:16pm

Wednesday — Fast of Gedaliah

Fast Starts: 5:37am
Selichot: 6:00am
Shacharit: 6:30am
Dr. Edward G. Nawy Memoria Talmud Class: 7:30am
Ben Ish Chai: 6:00pm
Mincha/Arvit: 6:20pm

Thursday

Shulchan Aruch Yomi Zoom: 5:30am
Shacharit: 6:30am
Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:40am
Insights on the Parasha: 5:45pm
Mincha/Arvit: 6:20pm

Next Friday

Shulchan Aruch Yomi Zoom: 5:30am
Shacharit: 6:30am
Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
Mincha: 6:20pm
Candle Lighting: 6:23pm

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

The Bikur Cholim of Raritan Valley has arranged services in the community for your convenience over Shabbos and Yom Tov:

We have an account with AA Checker cab 732-545-2300 (you can reimburse Bikur Cholim at a later time)
We have an account with Rite Aid in Highland Park to get prescriptions filled (you can reimburse with a Rite Aid gift card at a later time)

Wishing you and your families a Kesiva Vechasima Tova, Bikur Cholim Of Raritan Valley, 732 572 7181

Rabbi Eli Reisman will be speaking to men and women at Khal Chassidim, 46 N. 8th Avenue on Shabbos, September 24, Parshas Nitzavim, at 5:30pm on The Laws and Customs of Kaddish.

Topics will include:

Why a mourner says Kaddish for relatives
Why Ashkenazim have no Chaim Tovim
Understanding the text.

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

ACTT (Achieving Change Thru Torah): Checkout the new ACTT website which has been reorganized topically to provide all the ACTT material in an easy to use way. We look forward to continuing to grow in our commitment to Torah and to getting closer to Hashem. K’sivah V’chasimah Tovah!

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. October 27 at 7:00pm. Free and open to the public.

Raritan Valley Hadassah

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.

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.

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