www.ahavatachim.org
Uri Goldstein, Rabbi
Arnie Spier, President
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Parshat Tazria Parshat Hachodesh |
April 5, 2008
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Friday 4/4 |
Shabbat 4/5 |
Friday 4/11 |
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Shiur |
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Shacharit |
6:25
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8:45
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Shiur |
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Mincha |
7:00
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7:00
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Candles |
7:07
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Ma’Ariv/Havdalah |
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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 Lori and David Garfunkel on
the birth of a grandson, a son to Alyssa and Daniel. Mazal Tov as well to Jacob and Esther Barzideh
who are here with us for Shabbat. The
Garfunkel and Barzideh families invite the members of Ahavat Achim to a Shalom
Zachor at the Garfunkels- 12-56 Lyle Terrace at 915 PM on Friday night.
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Kiddush this week is sponsored by the
Brenenson & Riskin families in honor of the births of their daughters,
Julia Brenenson and Eden Riskin.
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This
week is the Pre-Pesach Q & A with Rabbi Goldstein on Thursday April 8, at
8:30 pm at the Shul
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Eita Latkin would like to thank the
membership for their kind words and thoughts conveyed to her on the loss of her
cousin Bernard this past week.
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This
Shabbat has been dedicated by the Federation of North Jersey to honor the
volunteers within our shul. Rather than list the names of individuals, I
have tried to list the functions that get done in our shul by volunteers, which
is virtually everything. If I missed anything you may do for Ahavat Achim
I apologize. I thank everyone for your efforts that may not be thanked
during the year. Thank you and Yasher Koach to all. – Arnie – The list
includes: Accounting & Bookkeeping; Baal Koreh; Baal Tefillah; Board
Member; Bond Appeal; Bulletin; Chevra Kadisha; Constitution; Education; Event
Chairs; Executive Board; Gabbaim; Honorariums; House; Journal Dinner; Kiddush;
Kiddush Clean Up; Kiddush Set UP; Labels for library books, Siddurim,
Chumashim, etc; light setting; mail; membership; men’s club; Minyan; Pesach
koshering; pew cleaning for Pesach; purchasing of Siddurim and Chumashim;
putting away Siddurim and Chumashim; security; Seudot Shlishit; silver
polishing; sisterhood; Sukkah building; thermostat setting; Tzedakah; Yom Tov
seating; yahrzeit board and reminders; and Youth.
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Throughout the course of the year people
from all over the area and Israel approach Rabbi Goldstein for
assistance. As Pesach gets closer, I am asked for assistance on virtually
a daily basis. Please help support those who are in need-contribute
generously to the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund.
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Please note that the Rabbi will be
available to sell your Chametz as of April 6.
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As we approach Yom Ha’atzmaut
and Israel's 60th birthday we would like to have another Yom Ha’atzmaut
BBQ. Please see Arnie if you can chair this event.
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It's a great time to purchase Food
Showcase scrip before Pesach and that people should contact Shelly Winchester
if interested.
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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:
L. &M. Greenberg, Halpern, Heller
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Next week’s Kiddush setup are the following
families: Infield, Kempin and Kirschenbaum
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Kiddush cleanup for the month of April are the
following families: Vann, Weinraub, Wigod, Winchester, Adler, Agress, Amrani,
Banner, Baron, Bickel, and Bodoff.
PLEASE MAKE EVERY
EFFORT TO ATTEND MINYANIM.
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Sunday Rosh Chodesh |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
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Shacharit |
8:00 am |
6:15 am |
6:25 am |
6:25 am |
6:15 am |
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Mincha/Ma’ariv |
7:10 pm |
8:00 pm |
8:00 pm |
8:00 pm |
8:00 pm |
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.
TORAH
LINKS Torah Links presents a Sunday
Morning Bais Midrash featuring Rabbi Moshe
N. Abramczyk at the shul. Light
breakfast shiur following Shacharit from 9:15-10:15 am. Topics are: April 6 Something to say
at the Seder. This week’s learning is
sponsored by Norman Baron. Rabbi Abramczyk is a lecturer at Torah Links. He
is a musmach of Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood New Jersey where he directs a
research group (Chabura). He also serves as the director of Rabbi Shmuel Meyer
Katz's Halacha Hotline, which fields several hundred Halacha questions each
week.
HISTORY
CLUB Our next History Club will be on
the subject of the Shanghai Ghetto, the story of the 20,000 Jews who managed to
survive the Holocaust in Japanese- occupied Shanghai because it was the only
place in the world that did not require papers to be admitted. On a date
in May to be announced, we will see a film on the subject narrated by Martin
Landau, and, for those who want to start reading, the following books:
Farewell Shanghai by Angel Wagenstein, a very interesting novel, and 3
memoirs: Shanghai Refuge by Ernst Heppner, the one with the most facts,
including those about the contribution of Sugihara and Jan Zwartendyke in providing
visas to Curacao, and Shanghai Childhood by Sigmund Tobias, describing his
education at the Mir Yeshiva which had relocated to Shanghai, and Shanghai
Diary by Ursula Bacon, who in a totally charming writing style describes her
teen-age experiences teaching English to the three concubines of General Yi and
other adventures! Reviews of the movie: Academy Award-winner actor Martin Landau narrates
this riveting documentary about Shanghai's little-known Jewish ghetto, settled
in the 1930s by Jews who fled Nazi Germany. SHANGHAI GHETTO recalls the
strange-but-true story of thousands of European Jews who were shut out of
country after country while trying to escape Nazi persecution in the late
1930s. Left without options or entrance visas, a beacon of hope materialized
for them on the other side of the world, and in the unlikeliest of places,
Japanese-controlled Shanghai. Fleeing for their lives, these Jewish refugees
journeyed to form a settlement in the exotic city, penniless and unprepared for
their new life in the Far East. At the turn of the new millennium, filmmakers
Dana Janklowicz-Mann and Amire Mann boldly snuck into China with two survivors
and a digital camera to shoot at the site of the original Shanghai Ghetto,
unchanged since WWII. Their never-before-seen recordings--along with interviews
of survivors and historians, rare letters, stock footage, still photos, and an
original score depicts an incredibly moving portrayal of a rich cultural life,
bravely constructed under enormous hardship. The books are available at Amazon
- I will try to attach reviews to a subsequent bulletin.
A Glimpse Into Our Future
Sunday, April 13 Men’s
club sponsors Kashering at the Shul
Sunday, April 13 Pre-Pesach
Food Drive at the Bickel home from 8:00am – 7:00 pm. Details to follow.
Monday, April 14 Shul Board Meeting at the Shul,
following Ma’Ariv
Thursday, April 17 BeDikat Chametz
Friday, April 18 Burn the Chametz
Saturday Night, April 19 First Seder
Shabbat, May 3 Sisterhood Book Club Meeting, 3pm
at the Winchester home
Monday, May 12 Shul Board Meeting at the Shul,
following Ma’Ariv
Monday, June 16 Sisterhood Annual Spring Dinner, honoring Gail Plotnick. Details to follow
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 Junior Congregation for those children in pre-K through 2nd
grade to be led by Julie Goldstein. Younger children are welcome when
accompanied by a parent.
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.
BOOK
CLUB The next book club meeting will take place
on May 3 at 4:00 PM at the home of Shelley Winchester 19-18 Angelo
Terrace. Shelley will be reviewing the book The
Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman. From Publishers Weekly:
Starred Review. "Ackerman (A Natural History of the Senses)
tells the remarkable WWII story of Jan Zabinski, the director of the Warsaw
Zoo, and his wife, Antonina, who, with courage and coolheaded ingenuity,
sheltered 300 Jews as well as Polish resisters in their villa and in animal
cages and sheds. Using Antonina's diaries, other contemporary sources and her
own research in Poland, Ackerman takes us into the Warsaw ghetto and the 1943
Jewish uprising and also describes the Poles' revolt against the Nazi occupiers
in 1944. She introduces us to such varied figures as Lutz Heck, the duplicitous
head of the Berlin zoo; Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, spiritual head of the
ghetto; and the leaders of Zegota, the Polish organization that rescued Jews.
Ackerman reveals other rescuers, like Dr. Mada Walter, who helped many Jews
pass, giving lessons on how to appear Aryan and not attract notice. This
suspenseful beautifully crafted story deserves a wide readership." All are
welcome!! For further information contact DonnaJGree@aol.com
SPRING
DINNER Save the Date! The sisterhood
annual Spring Dinner honoring Gail Plotnick will take place on Monday, June 16th.
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.
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. Please note that as of July 1, 2008 the price will increase to $300 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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Hebrew Date |
Shul Member |
Relationship |
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Charles Feldman Frankel |
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Elyce Smedresman |
Uncle |
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Edna Kerin Shimoff |
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Melanie Kwestel |
Mother |
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Louis Strausberg |
22 |
Seymour Strausberg |
Father |
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Sofie Levitskaia |
29 |
Yuliya Perchuk |
Mother |
This
section is published each month before Rosh Chodesh to remember the yahrzeit of
those listed on memorial plaques in the shul, and to memorialize members'
immediate relatives who have passed away. If you would like the yahrzeit
of a family member to be included in this section, please contact rjsafier@optonline.net.
PASSOVER SPECTACULAR AT SIX FLAGS GREAT ADVENTURE
NCSY’s 27th
Annual event will take place on all three days of Chol Hamoed – Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, April 22, 23 and 24! Park open 10:30 AM to
6 PM. Wild Animal Safari open 9 AM to 4PM. Tickets: $30 if ordered by April 14, $36 for tickets at the park
(from the Group Sales window.) Contact NCSY at 201.862.0250 or visit www.ncsygreatadventure.com. Buses
for students in grades 6-12: Leaving Fair Lawn on Tuesday @ 9 AM - $70 includes
seat and ticket. Special: $60 if paid by April 11. Sign up online.
COMPUTER
TRAINING COURSES FROM JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES Small classes, Personalized attention. SCHONY.COM is offering: Ms Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Quickbooks,
Internet & Email. Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced Level
Training. Certified Microsoft Master
Instructor. Register
for classes by contacting Laura 201-837-9090 LauraI@jfsbergen.org.
BEN YEHUDAH STREET FAIR In celebration of Israel at
60! Sunday, April 6, 2008 from Noon – 5pm. West Englewood Avenue off
Queen Anne Road, Teaneck, NJ – Free Admission – Rain or Shine – Israeli
vendors, food, live music, entertainment, family fun. For more info and sponsorship – contact David
Hyman – 201-488-3953 - Sponsored by UJA/NNJ.
YOM HASHOAH PROGRAM The Holocaust Memorial Committee
of UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey announces that the 65th Anniversary of
the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the Annual Holocaust Commemoration will take
place on Thursday, May 1, 2008, at Temple Sholom, 385 Howland Avenue, River
Edge, NJ at 7 PM. The media
exhibit will be open for viewing at 6:15 PM.
The facility is handicap accessible. Our
distinguished keynote speaker will be Julius Berman, Chairman of the Conference
on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
The community speaker will be New Milford High School teacher Colleen
Tambuscio who has implemented a Holocaust education program that includes a
student trip to Eastern Europe. Temple Sholom clergy will participate in the
program, which will include a children's candle lighting procession. The moving stories of six Holocaust survivors
will be told as each light a candle in memory of the Six Million Jews. Other
speakers will include a child of survivors and a Yiddish reading. For additional information can be obtained by
contacting Dr. Wallace Greene at (201) 488-6800, x. 207. For directions call (201) 891-4466.
RIDE WITH ISRAEL On Sunday,
May 18th 2008, the Fair Lawn Jewish Community Council in conjunction
with the UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey will hold “RIDE WITH ISRAEL AT
60,” a bike ride in Fair Lawn in honor of Israel's 60th
birthday. This community-wide bike ride will coincide with bike rides
across Israel that will take place May 18-May 22nd. Please mark the date
on your calendar. Details will follow. In addition
to participants, we are looking for volunteers for the event. Please
contact Eileen Dubin at 201-797-3717 or at erdubin@optonline.net if you can
volunteer. Registration on May 18th will begin at 9:30am, the ride will start
at 10:00am and the program will conclude at approximately 12noon. We look
forward to hearing from you, Linda and Eileen.
ERUV UPDATE – 797-0502
MIKVAH – 796-0350 located at Congregation Shomrei Torah in
Fair Lawn. Weekday 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm,
Motzai Shabbat - 1 hour 15 minutes after Shabbat, open for 2 hours. Kaylim Mikvah: Sundays only 10:00 am - 3:00
pm.
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Shirley Vann has donated this week’s d’var Torah in memory of her beloved mother, Necha bas Yitzchok. |