www.ahavatachim.org
Uri Goldstein, Rabbi
Arnie Spier, President
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Friday 3/14 |
Shabbat 3/15 |
Friday 3/21 Purim |
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Mincha |
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Please be respectful. Do not enter or leave
the shul sanctuary during the d’var torah.
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Welcome to all our guests, both from Yavneh and Yachad, who are here for
the Yavneh/Yachad Shabbaton this weekend.
Thank you to the Kor and Lang families for coordinating this annual
event in our shul. Additional thank yous are at the end of this bulletin.
Yeyasher Kochachem.
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Mrs. Jordana Baruchov, faculty member at
Yavneh, will be giving a guest lecture at
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Thank you to the dinner committee, Lori & David Garfunkel, Shelly
& Sam Racenstein, Ilana & Nate Schwitzer and Barry & Mimi Weinraub
for their participation in our Shul Dinner last weekend. Thank you to Melanie Kwestel and Andy Solomon
for their video tribute. It was a truly
beautiful and memorable event.
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Volunteers
are needed to pack and distribute Mishloach Manot. Tuesday night is packing
night. We'll be working at the home of Gail Plotnick, 41-42 Rys Terrace,
beginning at
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Drivers are needed to deliver Mishloach
Manot. Please email or call Shelly Winchester to volunteer
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A
woman’s bracelet was found in the shul.
Please contact Arnie if it is yours.
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OU Pesach books are available in the Shul lobby
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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, Beit Midrash or youth lounge.
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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 David
Garfunkel.
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Kiddush setup this week are the following families:
Finkelstein, Freund, & Gabor.
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Next week’s Kiddush setup are the following
families: Garfunkel, Goldgur and Goldman/Greenbaum.
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Kiddush cleanup for the month of March are the
following families: Schachter, Schwitzer, Smedresman, Sokoloff, Solomon,
Sonnenblick, Sperling, Spier, Stock and Taubes.
PLEASE MAKE EVERY
EFFORT TO ATTEND MINYANIM.
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Thursday Ta’anit Esther |
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Fast Begins |
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Shacharit |
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Mincha/Ma’ariv |
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Ma’ariv/Megillah |
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2nd Megillah reading |
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Fast Ends |
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PIRKEI
AVOT Join
Rabbi Goldstein on Monday mornings at
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
CHUMASH
CLASS Jerry Halpern gives a shiur
every Shabbat morning from
TORAH
LINKS Torah Links presents a Sunday
Morning Bais Midrash featuring Rabbi Moshe
N. Abramczyk at the shul, Sunday Mornings March 9 - April 6. Light breakfast shiur following Shacharit
from
Halacha Hotline, which fields several hundred Halacha questions each week. The first weeks learning is in memory of
Mimi Weinraub's mother Udel bas Yechiel Tzvi a’’h.
A Glimpse Into Our Future
Thursday, March 20 Ta’anit Esther
Friday, March 21 Purim
Shabbat, March 29 Bat Mitzvah of Arielle Kempin
Shabbat, May 3 Sisterhood Book Club Meeting,
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.
YOUTH LEADERS
Jonathan Schwitzer–
Director, Leaders: Debra Garfunkel, Edye Lang, Mathew Plotnick, and Josh
Agress;
Please email
rjsafier@optonline.net the name(s) of those members either going to, or
returning from,
BOOK
CLUB The next book club meeting will take place
on May 3 at
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
BECOME A MEMBER
OF AHAVAT ACHIM If you are not yet a
member of Congregation Ahavat Achim; please speak with Eli Greenbaum
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.
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
SCRIP
is
available from Sisterhood for Food Showcase. To purchase, please speak with Shelly
Winchester at