David Bassous - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President
Visit our Website at http://etzahaim.org for the latest news
Friday - Erev Pesach
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Siyum for the Fast of the First Born: 7:15am
- Last Chance to Sell Your Chametz: 8:00am
- Finish Eating Chametz: by 10:42am
- Burn Chametz: by 11:49am
- NOTE: Both Edison and Highland Park are setting up chametz disposal stations. Please utilize this service to safely dispose of your chametz
- Mincha and Arvit: 7:00pm
- Candle lighting: 7:22pm
- Start Your Seder: After 8:22pm
Saturday - First Day of Pesach
- Rabbi Hakakian's Parasha Class: 8:00am
- Shacharit: 8:45am
- Latest Shema: 8:53am
- Seuda Shelishit should be eaten at home before 4.22 pm
- Zera Shimshon: 5:20pm with Rabbi Weintraub
- Women's Tehillim Group: 5:20pm
- Ideas for Your Second Seder with Rabbi Bassous: 6:20pm
- Mincha followed by Arvit: 7:20pm
- Shabbat Ends: 8:22 pm followed by Second Seder
Sunday -- Second Day of Pesach
- Shacharit: 8:45am
- Pesach Ideas with Rabbi Weintraub: 6:20pm
- Mincha: 7:20pm
- Followed by a Dvar Torah and Aliya Experiences with Hillel Krief
- Arvit: 8:20pm
Monday - Wednesday (Chol Hamoed)
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mishna-a-Day: 7:20am
- Shulchan Aruch: 6:55pm
- Mincha and Arvit: 7:25pm
- Tuesday: Talmud for Men: Berachot: 8:00pm
Thursday - Evening of Seventh Day of Pesach
NOTE: Don't forget to make an [eruv tashillin]!
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mincha: 7:00pm
- Candle lighting: 7:29pm
Friday -- Seventh Day of Pesach
- Shacharit: 8:45am
- Latest Shema: 8:48am
- Mincha: 7:00pm
- Candle lighting: 7:29pm
Saturday -- Eighth Day of Pesach
- Shacharit: 8:45am
- Latest Shema: 8:47am
- Seuda Shelishit should be eaten at home
- Zera Shimshon with Rabbi Weintraub: 5:30pm
- Women's Tehillim Group: 5:30pm
- Rabbi Akiva and his Students with Rabbi Bassous: 6:30pm
- Mincha: 7.30 pm
- Dvar Torah with Adin Bodzin
- Arvit, Shabbat and Pesach Ends: 8:29pm
News and Events From our Webpage
The following events and news items can be found on our webpage at http://etzahaim.org
- Help Us Welcome New Members to Our Community - HP/Edison Connection welcomes new members to our community. Our laison is looking for people to host new community members for Shabbat dinner. Please sign up to help out.
- Help Us Replace Our Women's Seating in Our Sanctuary
- Tomchei Shabbos Pesach Campaign -- Help those who don't have the funds to have a seder.
- Sell Your Chametz -- We're the only Congregation in town where you can sell your chametz over the Internet.
- Star-K's Allowed for Pesach Pet Food -- Your pets should be chametz free too.
- Congregation Netzach Israel's 2019 Pesach List and Guide
- JSOR's Sepharidic Kosher for Pesach List -- The Jersey Shore Orthodox Rabbinate.
- The Laws of Pesach -- Now that Purim is over, we can start thinking about Pesach.
- April 19: Burn Your Chametz
- May 21: Join Rabbi Basous for This Year's NORPAC Mission to Washington
- May 24: Rabbi Stephen Baars -- Scholar in Residence -- Join us and help us welcome Rabbi Stephen Baars this Shabbat. Registar Now!
- If you have an outstanding balance with Etz Ahaim, please send in your payment to help the Synagogue. Your help is appreciated.
- If you are the last person to leave the building (except on Shabbat and Chaggim) make sure all the lights are out.
- If you are celebrating a simcha or want to remember a loved one, sponsoring a kiddush is one of the best ways to mark the occasion. To sponsor a Shabbat Kiddush, please go to our Kiddush Sponsorship Page on our website and fill out the on line form.
- To sponsor a seuda or a Sunday morning breakfast, call the shul at 732-247-3839.
Bikur Cholim of Congregation Etz Ahaim
- Contact Rose Reiss at (732) 828-7415 in order to volunteer.
- Seeking volunteers to visit: Shirley Cohena and others at 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 get-well wishes to:
- Avishai ben Esther
- Avraham ben Sarah
- Amos ben Galina
- Linda Balavram (Emuna bat Sarah)
- Chaim Yaakov Ben 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)
- Keren bat Orly
- Liba Shaindel bat Chava
- Lidia bat Paulina
- Lita Greenberg (Tzvia Sarah bat Golda)
- Millie Hakim (Miriam bat Sarah)
- Benny Mayo (Bentzion ben Avraham)
- Mary Naar (Miriam bat Yitzchak)
- Penina Rachel bat Bracha
- Miriam Devorah bat Bracha
- Perla bat Leah
- Rosa bat Rachel
- Shaul ben Regina
- Yehuda Reich (Yehuda ben Hermina)
- Lilas Saltiel (Leah Saltiel)
- Sheva bat Merel
- Zimbul bat Vida