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

www.ahavatachim.org

Uri Goldstein, Rabbi

Arnie Spier, President

 

Parshat Metzora					April 12, 2008
	Friday 4/11		Shabbat 4/12	Friday 4/18 Erev Pesach Burn Chametz
Burn Chametz				Before 11:45 am
Shiur			8:00 am
Shacharit	6:25 am		8:45 am	6:25 am
Shiur			Shabbat Hagadol Drasha 6:00 pm
Mincha	7:00 pm		7:10 pm	7:00 pm
Candles	7:15 pm			7:22 pm
Ma’Ariv/Havdalah			8:19 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      On Shabbat morning we will review the procedure and Halachot that pertain when Erev Pesach coincides with Shabbat, as it does this year. 

 

v      The Shabbat Hagadol Drasha will be this Shabbat afternoon at 6:00pm.  The topic is  “Tell Me Why… The Jewish Love Affair With Questions”

 

v      Rabbi Goldstein will be available to sell Chametz, beginning Sunday, April 6, after Shacharit each morning, and 10 minutes before and after Ma’ariv each evening.  Additionally, he will be available in the Shul Wednesday evenings until 10:00 pm.  If you cannot make it during these times, please call him at home: (201) 703-2458.

 

v      It's a great time to purchase Food Showcase scrip before Pesach. Contact Shelly Winchester to make your purchase.

 

v      Please redeem your Yachad pledges as quickly as possible.  We'd like to send the money to
Yachad before Pesach as we made a commitment to send a kid to camp and can't fulfill that
commitment until EVERYONE redeems his or her pledge.

 

v      We are remembering our Hero - Mary Ann Collura April 17th @ 7:00 pm - 5 years from the day she was taken away from us by a drug dealer - gang member. Event will take place at the Mary Ann Collura Memorial - front of Fair Lawn Municipal Building 8-01 Fair Lawn Ave. Please feel free to join us that night. She is forever remembered in our hearts and is a constant reminder to delicacy of the life we live.   Any questions please contact Det David Boone 201-794-5412
or Sgt Derek Bastinck 201-794-5365

 

v      We have a family looking to move here with 3 children ages 1, 5 and 9.  They are seeking to purchase preferably a Colonial with 4 or 5 bedrooms.  If you know of a house on or going on the market please see Arnie.  The family wishes to spend two Shabbatot with us May 17^th and 24^th, if you could house or host the family for a meal please see Jonathan Schachter.  The family is also looking for a place to stay during the week from the 12^th to the 25^th of May, if you know of a place or a short-term rental available please see Arnie or Jonathan.

 

v      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.

 

v      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.

 

v      OU Pesach books are available in the Shul lobby

 

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: Infield, Kempin and Kirschenbaum

 

v      No Kiddush next week!

 

v      Kiddush cleanup for the month of April are the following families: Vann, Weinraub, Wigod, Winchester, Adler, Agress, Amrani, Banner, Baron, Bickel, and Bodoff.

 

Weekday Davening Schedule

PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND MINYANIM.

 

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday Fast of First Born & Bedikat Chametz
Shacharit	8:15 am	6:15 am	6:25 am	6:25 am	6:05 am – followed by Siyum and Breakfast
Mincha/Ma’ariv	7:20 pm	8:00 pm	8:00 pm	8:00 pm	8:00 pm
Bedikat Chametz					After 8:22 pm

 

This Week at Ahavat Achim

Sunday, April 13            Men’s club sponsors Kashering at the Shul –9:30 am – 12:00 pm

Sunday, April 13            Pre-Pesach Food Drive at the Bickel home from 8:00am – 7:00 pm.

Monday, April 14            Shul Board Meeting at the Shul, following Ma’Ariv

Thursday, April 17          Bedikat Chametz

Friday, April 18              Burn the Chametz

 

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.

 

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

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

 

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

JUNIOR CONGREGATION The Junior Congregation for boys in grades 3-6 takes place in the Beit Midrash at 10:15am led by this week’s group leaders.

 

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), Menachem Manis ben Sarah Raizel, Yehudah Shlomo ben Yehudis Shosha, Taibi Yehudit bat Tama Gossya and Frumit Bat Yakira.

 

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 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 16^th. 

 

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.

 

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.  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.

 

And We Remember…  During Nissan

 

Name	Hebrew Date	Shul Member	Relationship
Herbert Sturm	2	Robyn Safier	Father
Joseph Bickel	2	Jack Bickel	Father
Limor Adler	4	Ayala & Gideon Adler	Daughter
Rachel (Risha) Adler	6	Gideon Adler	Mother
Estelle Smedresman	9	Steve Smedresman	Mother
Daniel Mittelpunkt	13	Eita Latkin	Cousin
William Horwitz	14	Hanna Lewinson	Father
Yetta Mittelpunkt </