18-25 Saddle River Road    Fair Lawn, New Jersey 07410    201-797-0502

www.ahavatachim.org

Uri Goldstein, Rabbi

Arnie Spier, President

 

 

Parshat Vayakhel					March 1, 2008
	Friday 2/29		Shabbat 3/1	Friday 3/7 Rosh Chodesh
Shiur			8:00 am
Shacharit	6:25 am		8:45 am	6:25 am
Shiur			4:20 pm
Candles	5:29 pm			5:37pm
Mincha	5:30 pm		5:20 pm	5:40 pm
Ma’Ariv/Havdalah			6:33 pm

 

Please Do Not Speak During The Davening

 

Please be respectful. Do not enter or leave

the shul sanctuary during the d’var torah.

 

Things To Know This Shabbat

 

v      Mazal Tov to Joyce and Arnold Sperling on the engagement of their daughter Shari to Ari Katz.

 

v      Mazal Tov to Janie and Chaim Kirschenbaum on Steven’s marriage to Keli last weekend in LA.

 

v      The Sisterhood Book Club is today at 3:15pm at the Agress home

 

v      Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by Ben Lang in memory of his brother, Rav Yitzchak Moshe ben Shlomo Yaakov

 

v      This year’s 30^th Anniversary Dinner is honoring 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, on next Saturday night. 

 

v      Mishloach Manot order forms were recently sent out.  Order generously!  Deadline is February 29.

 

v      Torah Links presents Simcha Dancing for girls grade 1-8 – Saturday night at 8:00 pm in the David Schwitzer Social Hall. Refreshments will be served. Suggested donation- $4.00 per session.

 

v      The next Yavneh Yachad Shabbaton will take place on Friday March 14th and Shabbat March 15th. We will be hosting the Yachad children and their chaperones and the Yavneh eight grade students.  We are looking for housing volunteers for our guests.  Please contact Hazkiel Kor to volunteer your home for this most worthwhile event.  Hazkiel can be reached at 1-888-567-2663 or via e-mail, hazkiel.kor@paetec.com. Sponsorships for Kiddush and Seudah Shlishit are available at the following amounts: YACHAD $22; OHEV YACHAD  $36; YAVNEH $67; YAVNEH V’YACHAD $95 and SUMMER & KIDDUSH for YACHAD = $136 - where $100 will be designated for sending a Yachad member to camp and $36 will help sponsor Kiddush.    Our goal is to reach $4000 to sponsor a summer program for one month at Camp.

 

v      Thank you to the following sponsors of the Yachad Kiddush and Seuda Shlishit: Summer Camp & Kiddush –  Ayala & Gideon Adler, Amy & Steve Agress, Irene & Howie Komet, Sheree & Hazkiel Kor, Andrea & Greg Riskin, Arielle & Jonathan Schachter, Audrey & Jack Bickel, Lisa & Aryeh Brenenson, Lori & David Garfunkel, Debbie & Ben Lang, Eita & Richard Latkin, Sara & Kenny Levine, Randi & Arnie Spier, Sarah & Henry Stanger, Linda & Michael Stock, Joyce Heller, Heidi & Avi Oster and The Wigod Family. Yavneh & Yachad -  Joyce & Charles Matkowsky. Yavneh – Melanie Kwestel, Gail & Steve Plotnick, Betsy & Marty Sonnenblick, Ron Sokoloff and Andrew Wigod.  Ohev Yachad – Susie Berber, Meri & Lippman Bodoff, Michelle & Tzvi Dubin, Joanne & Stu Oppenheim, Elyce & Steve Smedresman, Ilana & Nate Schwitzer, Joyce & Arnie Sperling, Shirley & Avi Vann, Mimi & Barry Weinraub, Naomi & David Graber and Shelly & Steve Winchester.  Yachad – Shuly & Al Kustanowitz and Ruchama & Jerry Halpern.

 

v      Ahavat Achim is in the process of acquiring its third Yahrzeit Memorial Tablet to hold future Yahrzeit plaques.  This is a perfect dedication opportunity to memorialize a loved one.  The cost to dedicate the third tablet is $7,500, most of which will go towards covering the cost of the Tablet itself.  The entire list of currently is available from Steven Plotnick.  If you would be interested in dedicating the third Yahrzeit Memorial Tablet, or dedicating any other honorarium, please call Steven at 201-703-8858, or e-mail him at seplotnick@aol.com.

 

v      Please keep Gil Adler's safety in the Israeli army in mind when you light your Shabbat candles.

 

v      Please daven for the soldiers: Gilad (ben Aviva) Shalit, Ehud (ben Malka) Goldwasser and Eldad (ben Tova) Regev.

 

v      The shul has Siddurim & Machzorim ($36) and Chumashim ($54) available to be donated.  Please contact Eli Greenbaum for details

 

v      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

 

v      Please remember that no food or drinks are permitted in the classrooms, Beit Midrash or youth lounge.

 

v      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.

 

v      If you would like to sponsor a Kiddush, contact Gail Plotnick. If you would like to sponsor a Seuda Shlishit, please speak to David Garfunkel.

 

v      Kiddush setup this week are the following families: Bodoff, Brenenson, & Chass.

 

v      Next week’s kiddush setup are the following families: Dubin, Dworkis, & Eis

 

v      Kiddush cleanup for the month of March are the following families: Schachter, Schwitzer, Smedresman, Sokoloff, Solomon, Sonnenblick, Sperling, Spier, Stock and Taubes.

 

Weekday Davening Schedule

PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND MINYANIM.

 

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Shacharit	8:15 am	6:15 am	6:25 am	6:25 am	6:15 am
Mincha/Ma’ariv	5:30 pm	8:00 pm	8:00 pm	8:00 pm	8:00 pm

 

Adult Education at Ahavat Achim

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.

 

A Glimpse Into Our Future

Friday, March 7             Oneg Shabbat/Tish at 8:30 pm at the shul with Dr. Elie Kranzler and Rabbi Uri Goldstein.

Shabbat March 8           Special Shabbat of Song with Dr. Elie Kranzler

Saturday, March 8         Annual Shul Dinner, honoring our Shul’s founding families

Monday, March 10         Shul Board Meeting, after Ma’ariv in the shul

Fri-Shabbat, Mar 14-15   Yachad Shabbaton at the Shul

Thursday, March 20       Ta’anit Esther

Friday, March 21            Purim

Shabbat, March 29         Bat Mitzvah of Arielle Kempin

 

Gita Cooperwasser Youth Program

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 2^nd grade through pre-K to be led by Julie Goldstein.  Younger children are welcome when accompanied by a parent.

JUNIOR CONGREGATION The new Junior Congregation for boys in grades 3-6 takes place in the Beit Midrash at 10:15am led by Stu Oppenheim and some of our older boys.

TORAH LINKS FOR BOYS Torah Links Father and Son Learning Saturday nights at 8 PM at the Sephardic Center of FL.

Tzeitchem L’Shalom/Boachem B’Shalom

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.

 

Tehillim List

Please say Tehillim for the following people: Ariel Ben Vera (Ariel Sharon), Yaakov ben Sarah (Paul Sanemeterio), Menachem Manis ben Sarah Raizel, Yehudah Shlomo ben Yehudis Shosha, and Taibi Yehudit bat Tama Gossya.

 

If you would like to add/delete a name from this list, please contact rjsafier@optonline.net

 

Sisterhood and Men’s Club

BOOK CLUB The next book club meeting will take place on Shabbat March 1st 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 forwarded 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.

 

Easy Ways To Support Your Shul

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.

 

And We Remember…  During Adar I

 

Name	Hebrew Date	Shul Member	Relationship
Reuvain OH ben Chaim	2	Aryeh Brenenson	Father
Gerrard Berman	5	Mark Berman	Grandfather
Rita Fialko	7	Esther Miller	Mother
Bert Vann	10	Avi Vann	Father
Charles Cooperwasser	10	Seymour Wigod	Uncle
Irving Rothschild	10	Jay Rothschild	Father
Herman Klein	14	David Garfunkel	Grandfather
Morris N. Matkowsky	15	Charles Matkowsky	Father
Helen Garfunkel