www.ahavatachim.org
Uri Goldstein, Rabbi
Arnie Spier, President
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Please be respectful. Do not enter or leave
the shul sanctuary during the d’var torah.
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Mazal
Tov to Sarah Yehaskel on the engagement of her son Josh to Ilana Schechtman of
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Seudah
Shlishit is being sponsored by the Brenenson family in memory of the yahrzeit
of Aryeh's father, Reuvain ben Chayim.
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Ilana Schwitzer’s family is planning a Hazkarah (memorial) for her mother, a”h,
this Saturday night, at 8 P.M. at the home of my brother, Joseph Rahabi, 145
Falmouth Street, Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, for those who wish to come.
Members may call Ilana at any time for any further information.
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Thank you in advance to the following beginning list of sponsors for
next Saturday night’s event – Improvodoxication: "Chicago City
Limits" Plotnick, Garfunkel, Stock,
Spier, Riskin, Eis and Winchester Families; "Second City" Komet
and Brenenson families, Michael Dworkis; "Saturday Night"
Sonnenblick, Amrani, Lang, Vann, Agress, Smedresman, Latkin, Bernstein,
Dworkis, Bickel, Lewissohn, and Graber Families. Please contact Steve Winchester to sponsor or
RSVP for this event next Saturday night.
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Parents please be advised that the Youth
Lounge is open for youth Minyan aged young adults only, following
Davening. It is not to be used by younger children. Younger
children belong either in groups or with their parents in shul, but not in the
Youth Lounge unsupervised.
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This year’s 30th
Anniversary Dinner will honor our Founding Members: Hilda a”h & Richard
Aarenau, Edith & Paul Cooper, Margo & Norman Greenstein, Irene &
Howie Komet, Eita & Richard Latkin, Hanna & Jacob a”h Lewinson, Esther
& Nathan a”h Miller, Sandy & Jay Rothschild and Sarah & Henry
Stanger, at our annual Journal Dinner on Saturday March 8, 2008. The
journal deadline is rapidly approaching so please solicit ads and
submit your vendor and personal ads as soon as possible.
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Paul SanEmeterio is back in the hospital and is
scheduled for a risky procedure on Friday. Paul is not able to have
visitors but the family has requested that Tehillim be recited for Yaakov ben
Sarah and that we help brighten his room and spirits by sending him get well
cards. Cards should be sent to his home at 4 Godwin Ave.
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Please keep Gil Adler's safety in the Israeli army
in mind when you light your Shabbat candles.
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Please
daven for the soldiers: Gilad (ben Aviva) Shalit, Ehud (ben Malka) Goldwasser
and Eldad (ben Tova) Regev.
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The
shul has Siddurim & Machzorim ($36) and Chumashim ($54) available to be
donated. Please contact Eli Greenbaum for details
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If you know anyone who could use
a visit or assistance from the Bikkur Cholim/Chesed Committee please contact
the Rabbi or Heidi Oster.
Kiddush/Seuda
Shlishit
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Please
remember that no food or drinks are permitted in the classrooms or Beit
Midrash.
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An anonymous sponsor has stepped forward and has
offered to sponsor one Kiddush a month provided the other 3 Kiddushim in the
month are sponsored. Please don’t let us lose this generous opportunity.
Thank you to our anonymous sponsor.
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If you would like to sponsor a Kiddush, contact
Gail Plotnick. If you would like to sponsor a Seuda Shlishit, please speak to
Barry Weinraub.
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Kiddush setup this week are the following families:
Spier, Stock, Winchester
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Next week’s kiddush setup are the following
families: Sokoloff, Weinraub, Wigod
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Kiddush cleanup for the month of February are the
following families: Neiger, Oppenheim, Oster, Perchuk, Plotnick, Racenstein,
Reichardt, Rein, Riskin & Safier.
PLEASE MAKE EVERY
EFFORT TO ATTEND MINYANIM.
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
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Shacharit |
8:15 am |
6:15 am |
6:25 am |
6:25 am |
6:15 am |
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Mincha/Ma’ariv |
4:50 pm |
8:00 pm |
8:00 pm |
8:00 pm |
8:00 pm |
Saturday, Feb 9 Men’s
Club presents Improvodoxication: Jewish Improv You Can’t Resist, 8:00 pm at the
shul
PIRKEI
AVOT Join
Rabbi Goldstein on Monday mornings at 9:15 am for a class on Pirkei Avot.
GEMARAH SHIUR Join Rabbi Goldstein every Shabbat afternoon approximately one hour before Mincha.
PARSHA
CLASS A
weekly Parsha class with the Rabbi takes place every Tuesday evening at 8:30
pm.
CHUMASH
CLASS Jerry Halpern gives a shiur
every Shabbat morning from 8:00 – 8:45 am. Men and women are invited to
attend. We are studying Toldos.
SPECIAL SHABBAT OF SONG In conjunction with our annual journal dinner, we will
have a celebratory Shabbat, March 7-8 with the renowned Baal Tefillah
and singer, Dr. Elie Kranzler, who will lead us in inspiring Shabbat Tefillot
and a Friday night Oneg. Look for
further information in the coming weeks.
A Glimpse Into Our Future
Monday, Feb 11 Shul Board Meeting, after Ma’ariv at the Shul
Friday, Feb 15 Oneg Shabbat, seeking a home
volunteer. Please contact Lori Garfunkel.
Shabbat, Feb 16 Aufruf of Steven Kirschenbaum
Shabbat March 7-8 Shabbat with Dr. Elie Kranzler. Look for further information in the coming
weeks.
Friday, March 7 Oneg Shabbat is being sponsored by
Elie Kranzler.
Saturday, March 8 Annual Shul Dinner, honoring our Shul’s
founding families
Fri-Shabbat, Mar 14-15 Yachad Shabbaton at the Shul
Shabbat, March 15 Sisterhood Book Club, 3:15pm at the
Agress home
Shabbat, March 29 Bat Mitzvah of Arielle Kempin
The Gita Cooperwasser Youth
Program appreciates your ideas and suggestions. The committee is focusing
on creating a meaningful Shabbos in the Shul experiences for our kids.
Any thoughts how to accomplish this - programming ideas, references material,
good books to learn from, or books to read the kids, meaningful experiences to
pass on to the children of the shul - are more than welcome. Please contact
someone on the committee: Ilana Schwitzer at ilanatree@aol.com, Renee Freund,
Eli Greenbaum, Sara Bernstein, Arnie Spier and/or the Rabbi.
PRE-K MINYAN
We are proud to announce
that have a new Junior Congregation for those children in 2nd grade
through pre-K to be led by Julie Goldstein. Younger children are welcome
when accompanied by a parent.
TORAH LINKS presents
Simcha Dancing for
girls grade 1-8 - Motzai Shabbos Feb 16, 23-
7:45-8:45 PM & March 1- 8:00-9:00 PM
at Cong. Ahavat Achim 18-25 Saddle River
Rd. Fairlawn, NJ. Refreshments will be served. Suggested donation- $4.00
per session. For more information, please call Laya Weinberger at 732-901-5051
Please email
rjsafier@optonline.net the name(s) of those members either going to, or
returning from, Israel so they can be included in the weekly bulletin.
IMPROVODOXICATION
– JEWISH IMPROV YOU CAN’T RESIST –
Improvodox, New York City’s Jewish Longform Improv Team is coming to Ahavat
Achim on Saturday, Feb 9 at 8:00 pm at the shul. A Shomer Shabbat comedy troupe that explores
both Jewish and secular themes in the famed tradition of Chicago-style longform
comedy improvisation (i.e. Second City, Upright Citizens Brigade.) A Men’s Club 30th Anniversary
celebration. Admission fee: $18/members
$23/Non-members (sponsors are welcome.)
Sponsorships including two tickets are available: “Saturday Night Live”
- $54, “Second City” - $72, and “Chicago City Limits” - $100. To sponsor or RSVP, contact Steve Winchester
at Mensclub@ahavatachim.org.
BOOK
CLUB The next book club meeting will
take place on Shabbat March 15 at 3:15 PM in the home of Amy Agress.
Donna Greenberg will be reviewing the book The Man In the White Sharkskin Suit by Lucette Lagnado.
This is a fascinating memoir, which tells the story of Lucette's family's
exodus from Old Cairo to the New World. In graceful prose, the author recreates
the majesty and glamour of Cairo in the years between World War II and Gamel
Abdel Nasser's rise to power. Her father, dressed in a white sharkskin suit,
conducted business along the boulevard in elegant hotels and cafes. With
Nasser's nationalization of industry, the family is forced to leave and depart
for any land that might take them. The poverty and hardships they encounter in
their flight from Cairo to Paris to New York are strikingly juxtaposed against
the beauty and comforts of the lives left behind. This book is a must
read! All are welcome. For more
information, contact DonnaJGree@aol.com.
Please contact Steve
Winchester at swinchman@aol.com to join the Men’s Club. To join Sisterhood, please contact Gail
Plotnick or Andrea Riskin at ajriskin@aol.com.
Ahavat Achim Misc.
RABBI
GOLDSTEIN’S OFFICE HOURS
Although Rabbi Goldstein is always
available to the membership; he will be maintaining office hours in the shul
every Wednesday evening from 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm. Those wishing to make an
appointment to speak to him during this time may contact him in advance
either via e-mail rabbi@ahavatachim.org or by phone
201-794-3927. Please note that the Rabbi's e-mails are fowarded to his home PC
and to his blackberry.
BECOME A MEMBER OF AHAVAT ACHIM If you are not yet a member of Congregation Ahavat Achim; please speak with Eli Greenbaum (796-7081) or email eligreenbaum@yahoo.com for details on membership.
NOTICE
TO THOSE RECEIVING ALIYOT At the
conclusion of your Aliyah, you are asked whether you would like to make an
optional Mishebayrach for your family. As part of that additional Mishebayrach,
you pledge to give Tzedakah in any amount of your choosing in behalf of those
for whom you have asked Hashem's blessing. Contributions to the shul
can be made on-line via Paypal to treasurer@ahavatachim.org, or via MasterCard,
Visa or check by sending the information to Aryeh Brenenson and indicating
on the note or check "Aliyah Donation." Thank you for
your generosity and continued support of Ahavat Achim.
TEFILLIN AND SHOES FOR NEEDY KIDS IN
ISRAEL There are Bar
Mitzvah boys in Israel whose families don't have the resources to purchase a
pair of tefillin. Many go to orthodox yeshivas. Without your help they
will have the ability to fulfill an important mitzvah that is the obligation of
every Jewish man. There are thousands of boys and girls in Israel who have
never had a new pair of shoes. The hand-me-downs don't fit and/or are in
disrepair. Wearing these poorly fit shoes can cause foot injuries. A pair of
tefillin costs $160. A pair of shoes costs $36 or 3 for $100. It is our
intention to donate tefillin through the scholarship fund led by Rabbi's Rivlin
and our own Rabbi Yasgur. We will purchase shoes for girls at the Bayit
Lepleitot Orphans Home, and for boys and girls through Mesamche Lev. Through
these two organizations, 50,000 pairs of children’s shoes were given to
indigent children in 2006. So far thirteen member families have donated seven
pairs of tefillin and twenty-three pairs of shoes. More are needed. Please send
your generous donations made payable to Cheryl Wigod z"l Cong. Ahavat Achim
Tzedakah fund to Jack Bickel at 36-02 Hale Place Fair Lawn, New Jersey 07410.
BAR/BAT
MITZVAH The Fair Lawn Jewish
Community Council gives a book as a present to all Bat and Bar Mitzvah children
in each Shul. If your child is going to
be a Bar or Bat Mitzvah (or if they were recently a Bar or Bat Mitzvah), please
contact Shirley Vann to receive the book.
BOOK
THE DAVID SCHWITZER SOCIAL HALL FOR A SHUL OR PERSONAL EVENT All bookings must be cleared through our calendar
person, Steve Winchester. Please contact him at 796-1766 or swinchman@aol.com.
SCRIP
is
available from Sisterhood for Food Showcase. To purchase, please speak with Shelly
Winchester at 796-1766. Scrip is also
available from the Men’s Club for Pathmark and Shop Rite. To purchase, please speak with David
Garfunkel at 791-1205. You can pay for Scrip via Paypal to
Treasurer@ahavatachim.org or MasterCard or Visa, by giving that information to
Aryeh Brenenson.
YAHRZEIT PLAQUES Memorialize a loved one and receive written notice of your upcoming yahrzeit every year. In addition, your loved one’s name will be mentioned during the public yizkor we recite on Yom Kippur. Plaques are $250 for members and $350 for non-members. For more information, contact Sophie Infield at 791-5518.
MITZVAH
CARDS
Contact Eita Latkin at
791-8940 or via email at parentsof3@aol.com.
Mitzvah cards sent through Eita cost $3 and those sent to shul members
will be acknowledged in the shul bulletin.
Mitzvah cards can also be ordered in bulk. Ten cards will be sent to your home for
$25. These cards (which you send out
yourself) cannot be acknowledged in the bulletin.
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Haim Amrani |
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Neil Amrani |
Grandfather |
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Lenny Garfinkel |
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Shelly Winchester |
Brother |
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Rabbi Samuel Rosenberg |
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Jeff Safier |
Grandfather |
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Gloria Bader |
18 |
Seth Bader |
Mother |
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Gloria Bader |
18 |
Sheree Kor |
Mother |
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Herman Levine |
20 |
Naomi Levine |
Husband |
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Herman Levine |
20 |
Kenny Levine |
Father |
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Esther Rozenfeld |
21 |
Zehava Baron |
Mother |
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William Brody |
21 |
Ron Sokoloff |
Grandfather |
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Isidore Irving Freilich |
23 |
Eita Latkin |
Father |
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Leon Srebnick |
23 |
Sophie Infield |
Friend |
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Goldi Smedresman |
27 |
Steven Smedresman |
Grandmother |
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Jonas Zuckerberg |
28 |
Sophie Infield |
Father |
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Joseph Mandel |