September 9 — Parashat Ki Teitzei

Rabbi Eliyahu Tal - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President

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Important Messages

  • Special Rosh Hashanah Youth Group on Sunday, September 18 at 11:30am. There is no charge. However, we ask that everyone please register on our webpage.
  • The High Holidays are fast approaching, and seat reservations were due August 30. If you have note mailed yours in, please do so ASAP to give our volunteers enough time to put the seat plans together.
  • 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 go to Our Sukkah Helper page and fill out the form. Contact David Weintraub for more information.
  • Selichot Every weekday at 6:00am
  • Etz Ahaim is a proud to co-sponsor The Women’s Achdus Event 2022 on Sunday, September 11, supporting the Park Mikvah. Visit https://parkmikvah.org/events/ to register for a night of unity (Achdus), Chizuk and connection for women and girls of all ages! For more info, please contact Marla Rottenstreich at (646) 785-7453.

Mazel Tovs and Announcements

  • Mabruk and Mazal Tov to Dr. Haim and Mrs. Rahel Baruh and family on the marriage of their son Joey to Dr. Golda Aharon. We also extend Mabruk and Mazal Tov to Dr. Raphy and Mrs. Joy Aharon and family. And of course, we wish Joey and Golda much B’rachah, happiness, and success in building their lives together as a Bayit Ne’eman b’Yisrael.
  • Mabruk and Mazal Tov to David and Yehudit Tawil and family on celebrating the Bat Misvah of Tova Sophia Tawil. May she continue to grow in Torah, Misvot, good Middot, and Ma’asim Tovim.

Friday

  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Shir HaShirim: 6:30pm
  • Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:45pm
  • Candle Lighting: 6:58pm

Saturday -- Parashat Ki Teitzei

  • Youth Groups for Ages 3 to 8 in the Upper Classrooms: 9:30 - 11:00am
  • Recite Shema: 9:05am
  • Shacharit: 8:45am
    • Kiddush After Services (Sponsored by Baruh family in honor of Joey’s marriage to Dr. Golda Aharon, daughter of Dr. Raphy and Mrs. Joy Aharon)
  • Sefer Yehoshua Class: 5:45pm
  • Mincha: 6:30pm — Followed by:
    • Se'udah Sh'lshit (Sponsored by friends of the Baruh family in honor of Joey and Golda’s wedding)
  • Arvit and End of Shabbat: 7:45pm

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) 7:40am
  • Mussar: 6:25pm
  • Mincha and Arvit: 6:45pm

Tuesday

  • Shulchan Aruch Yomi Zoom: 5:30am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
  • Ben Ish Chai: 6:25pm
  • Mincha/Arvit: 6:45pm
  • Chavruta Learning: 7:30pm

Wednesday

  • Shulchan Aruch Yomi Zoom: 5:30am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
  • Ben Ish Chai: 6:25pm
  • Mincha/Arvit: 6:45pm

Thursday

  • Shulchan Aruch Yomi Zoom: 5:30am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:40am
  • Insights on the Parasha: 6:25pm
  • Mincha/Arvit: 6:45pm
  • Talmud Class in Hebrew: 7:40pm
  • Chumash and Hamin: 8:00pm

Next Friday

  • Shulchan Aruch Yomi Zoom: 5:30am
  • Shacharit: 6:30am
  • Talmud: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
  • Mincha: 6:45pm
  • Candle Lighting: 6:46pm

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

Toiletries Drive in conjunction with Jewish Family Services of Middlesex County. We are collecting: baby wipes, bar soap, body wash, deodorant, dental floss, feminine hygiene products, hairbrushes and combs, lotion, makeup wipes, shampoo and conditioners, tissues, toilet paper, toothbrushes, and toothpaste.

The collection runs from now until September 15. The collection box is located on the porch of Iris Jacobs, 224 N. 2nd Ave., Highland Park.

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.

Field Trip to the Jewish Heritage Museum in Freehold Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. Meet us at the Museum. Carpools will be available. Contact Ruth Fineberg for more information.

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.