www.ahavatachim.org
Uri Goldstein, Rabbi
Arnie Spier, President
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Parshat Acharei Mot Shabbat Hagadol |
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April 19, 2008
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Friday 4/18 |
Shabbat 4/19 1st Seder |
Sunday 4/20 2nd Seder |
Monday 4/21 |
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Burn Chametz |
Before
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Shiur |
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Shacharit |
6:25
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7:15
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8:45
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Shiur |
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Mincha |
7:00
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7:15
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7:25
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7:25
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Candles |
7:22
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After
8:26 pm |
After
8:27 pm |
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Ma’Ariv/Havdalah |
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8:28
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Please be respectful. Do not enter or leave
the shul sanctuary during the d’var torah.
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Refuah Shelamah to Murray Chass who is
in the hospital recuperating from surgery.
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Yasher Koach to Marty Sonnenblick for
the Men's Club Kashering last week; Seymour Wigod for cleaning the pews; and to
Rabbi Goldstein for getting the shul ready for Pesach, his Siyum, etc.
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Please submit
all bulletin inclusions to Arnie Spier for the next two weeks and not to the
bulletin email address. – Thank you
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After years as editor of this weekly
bulletin Robyn is stepping down after Pesach. Please see Arnie to volunteer.
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The entire congregation is invited to
attend the Dedication of the Bodoff Jewish Fiction Collection at the
Frisch School Library on Sunday May 4 2008 at 3pm. Rabbi Goldstein will
be the guest speaker, and refreshments will be served. Parents and
students of High School and College age are invited. Please return the
RSVP card enclosed in the invitations you have received.
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Please redeem
your Yachad pledges as quickly as possible. We'd like to send the money
to
Yachad as we made a commitment to send a kid to camp and can't fulfill that
commitment until EVERYONE redeems
his or her pledge.
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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 17th and 24th, 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 12th to the 25th
of May, if you know of a place or a short-term rental available please see
Arnie or Jonathan.
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Throughout the course of the year people
from all over the area and
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As we approach Yom Ha’atzmaut
and
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Please keep Yosef Goldgur’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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No Kiddush this week!
PLEASE MAKE EVERY
EFFORT TO ATTEND MINYANIM.
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Tuesday Chol Hamoed |
Wednesday Chol Hamoed |
Thursday Chol Hamoed |
Friday Chol Hamoed |
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Shacharit |
6:00 am |
6:00 am |
6:00 am |
6:00 am |
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Mincha/Ma’ariv |
7:25 pm |
7:25 pm |
7:25 pm |
7:30 pm |
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Candle Lighting |
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7:29 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.
HISTORY
CLUB History Club will meet on Sunday
June 1 at 8pm at the Kustanowitz home. We will see a film on the
Shanghai Ghetto and discuss Farewell Shanghai by Angel Wagenstein, a
novel about the experience. There are a few interesting memoirs about the
period - the most fact-filled is by Ernst Heppner, the most entertaining is by
Ursula Bacon. Many alumni of that experience went on to significant
success in the
A Glimpse Into Our Future
Shabbat, May 3 Sisterhood Book Club Meeting, 3pm
at the
Wednesday, May 7 Fair
Lawn Families Celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut 6:00 pm at the
Monday, May 12 Shul Board Meeting at the Shul,
following Ma’Ariv
Sunday, June 1 Salute to
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.
Boachem B’Shalom to Gil Adler
who is visiting for Pesach from
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 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
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.
FAIR
LAWN FAMILIES CELEBRATE YOM HA’ATZMAUT Co-Sponsored by Congregation Shomrei Torah, Ahavat
Achim, Fair Lawn Jewish Community Council, Congregation Darchei Noam, Young
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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Shul Member |
Relationship |
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Herbert Sturm |
2 |
Robyn Safier |
Father |
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Joseph Bickel |
2 |
Jack Bickel |
Father |
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Limor Adler |
4 |
Ayala & Gideon Adler |
Daughter |
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Rachel (Risha) Adler |
6 |
Gideon Adler |
Mother |
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Estelle Smedresman |
9 |
Steve Smedresman |
Mother |
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Daniel Mittelpunkt |
13 |
Eita Latkin |
Cousin |
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William Horwitz |
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