Congregation Ohav Emeth

Congregation Ohav Emeth
Announcements
Parashat Metzorah
Shabbat HaGadol
April 16, 2016
Schedule of Services
Let Us Know
Hospitality
Friday
Mincha/Maariv
7:00 / 7:25 PM
Shabbat
Kriat Sh’ma
9:01 AM M”A
9:37 AM Gr”A
Hashkama Minyan 7:00 AM
Early Minyan
7:50 AM
Regular Minyan 9:00 AM
Teen Minyan
9:30 AM
Mincha
7:00 PM
Maariv
8:23 PM
Shabbat Ends
8:28 PM
Sunday
Shacharit
Mincha/Maariv
Late Maariv
6:30, 7:00, 8:00 AM
7:25 PM
9:45 PM
Monday ~ Thursday Shacharit
Monday
5:50, 6:30, 7:00, 7:20 AM
Tuesday
5:55, 6:40, 7:00, 7:20 AM
Wednesday
5:55, 6:40, 7:00, 7:20 AM
Thursday
5:50, 6:30, 7:00, 7:20 AM
Monday ~ Thursday Mincha / Maariv
Mincha/Maariv
7:25 PM
Late Maariv
9:45 PM
Thursday
Bedikat Chametz After 8:24 PM
Friday
Ta’anit Bechorim
Shacharit
Eat & Sell
Chametz
Burn Chametz
Candle Lighting
Mincha/Maariv
and Hallel
First Seder:
Kiddush
Eat Afikoman
Erev Shabbat / Erev Pesach
Fast Begins 4:56 AM
5:45, 6:20, 7:10 AM
Until 10:16 AM (M”A);
Until 10:40 AM (GRA)
Before 11:36 AM (M”A);
Before 11:48 AM (GRA)
7:26 PM
7:30 PM
After 8:35 PM
Before 12:56 AM
COMPLETE PESACH SCHEDULE WILL
APPEAR IN NEXT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Save the Date!
FIRST ANNUAL HIGHLAND PARK
CONFERENCE FOR JEWISH WOMEN
Sunday morning, May 15th
Keynote speaker: Mrs. Yael Kaisman
Sponsorship opportunities available.
THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE
THIS Sunday/9:00 am ‐ 3:30 pm
Drop Off / Pick Up at OE
Ages 4-12 / $35 by 4/16
See inside for details
8 Nisan 5776
Candle Lighting This Shabbat: 7:00 / 7:19 PM
Rabbi Kaufman, rabbi
rabbi@ohavemeth.org
Jeremy Safran, president
president@ohavemeth.org
Misheberach List
Rabbi Kaufman, rabbi
rabbi@ohavemeth.org
Announcements
office@ohavemeth.org
Office
Felice Berk, administrator
office@ohavemeth.org
Mazal Tov
Mazal Tov to Saul and Georgie London
on the marriage of their son, Jack, to
Chana Gleich, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Doniel Gleich of Monsey.
Mazal Tov to Jack’s grandparents,
Rabbi and Mrs. Fabian Schonfeld and
Mrs. Susanne London and to Jack and
Chana on their celebration of Sheva
Brachot.
Mazal Tov to Aliza and Teddy Scher &
family on the birth of a baby boy!
Shalom Zachor will take place Friday
night at 20 Ely Place, Edison after the
seudah. The bris will take place, B"EH,
Monday morning, April 18th, following
the 7:20 AM Shacharit Minyan at OE.
Mazal Tov to Yankie and Esty Fried on
the engagement of their son, Eliezer,
to Kayla Berkowitz of Monsey.
Mazal Tov to Kayla’s parents,
Dovid and Shira Berkowitz.
Schedule of Shiurim
Shabbat
8:30 AM
Mishnayot in memory of
Danny Ravitz z”l
8:45 AM
Rabbi Zvi Weiss
Parashat Hashavua
4:00 PM
Dr. Presby’s Nach Shiur
Between
Shabbat HaGadol Drasha
Mincha/Maariv with Rabbi Kaufman
Sunday
Rabbi Botnick’s shiur will resume May 15th
Rabbi Klughaupt’s shiur will resume May 8th
Monday
10 AM-12 PM Kollel Balabatim Program-Men
After Maariv
Rabbi Erlanger’s Gemara
Shiur on Brachot in Hebrew
After Maariv
Rabbi Glaser’s Tefilah Shiur
Tuesday
5:15 AM
Rabbi Reisman’s Chaburah on
Tefillah
Rabbi Kaufman’s Shiur for Women is in recess
until after Yom Tov
8:30 PM
Dr. Presby (for Women)
Rabbi Kaufman’s Gemara Shiur is in recess until
after Yom Tov
Wednesday
10 AM-12 PM
After Maariv
Thursday
5:15 AM
After Maariv
Kollel Balabatim Program-Men
Rabbi Ziegler’s Gemara Shiur
Rabbi Reisman’s Chaburah on
Tefillah
Dr. Presby’s Gemara Shiur
on Taanis
Friday
Kollel Balabatim Program for Men will not meet
today
Daf Yomi
Shabbat
Sunday
Mon - Thurs
Friday
9:55 AM and between M/M
7:05 AM
5:05 AM and after Maariv
5:05 AM
Mazal Tov to Rabbi and Mrs. Yirmiyahu
Lebowitz on the engagement of their
daughter, Eliana, to Shmuly Reich.
SHABBAT HAGADOL DRASHA
with Rabbi Kaufman
Maot Chitim is currently
being collected for Pesach.
The Meaning of Leaning
Please make checks payable to
Congregation Ohav Emeth and
indicate “Maot Chitim” in the
memo section.
‫ענין הסיבה בסדר‬
This Shabbat, following
Mincha at 7:00 PM
All are welcome!
Thank you for your generosity!
MAOT CHITIM
MAOT CHITIM IS NOW BEING
COLLECTED TO HELP THOSE
IN NEED FOR PESACH.
Please make checks payable to
Congregation Ohav Emeth and indicate
“Maot Chitim” in the memo section.
Thank you for your generosity!
The Meaning
of Leaning
Shabbat HaGadol Drasha
By Rabbi Eliyahu Kaufman
‫ענין הסיבה בסדר‬
This Shabbat
Parashat Metzorah
April 16, 2016
Following Mincha at 7:00 PM
All are welcome!
This Shabbat at OE
7:50 Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by
Yehoshua and Esther Lewis in Honor
of Mesorah NJ and its Volunteers and
Partners.
THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS
OF OUR MAIN MINYAN SHABBAT
HAGADOL KIDDUSH:
Howard and Rena Blau
Norman and Sharon Heyden
in memory of the yahrzeit of Sharon's
grandmother, Baila bat Anshel, a”h
Shabbat HaGadol Drasha
with Rabbi Kaufman
All are welcome to attend the Shabbat
HaGadol Drasha with Rabbi Kaufman
entitled, The Meaning of Leaning. This
Shabbat following Mincha at 7:00 PM.
Upcoming Youth Event
*THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE*
THIS Sunday, April 17/9-3:30
Ages 4-12 / $35 by 4/16
Snacks provided/Bring bag lunch
RSVP to oechildren@gmail.com
Mechirat Chametz
Rabbi Kaufman will be available for the
sale of chametz Sunday after 6:30 AM
Shacharit and before and after 8AM
Shacharit until 9:30 AM. He will also
be available during the week before
the 7:20 AM Shacharit and before and
after Mincha/Maariv or by appointment.
To schedule an appointment, please
contact Rabbi Kaufman by email at
rabbioe@aol.com. The Mechirat
Chametz form is available within
these announcements.
We warmly welcome all newcomers
to our shul and our community. If the
rabbi, Rabbi Kaufman, or the president,
Jeremy Safran, have not come to greet
you personally, please come and
introduce yourself.
We’d love to meet you!
Next Tefilah Shiur
The next Tefilah Shiur by Leon Glaser
will be on Monday evening, April 18th
after Maariv. Please bring a Haggadah,
thanks!
Upcoming OE
Congregational Meeting
(with new time)
Thank you to all of our members who
participated in the congregational
meeting on Sunday April 3rd to nominate our 2016/2017 board of directors.
The congregational meeting to elect
officers and members of the board of
directors will be held on Sunday May
1st, starting about a half hour before
mincha (at approximately 7:10 pm).
The time of the meeting, initially set
for 10:00 am, was changed based on
comments from our members. Only
full shul members may vote at this
meeting. Please see below for a list of
the nominees. For more information
on the nominations or the election
process, speak with nominating committee chair Harry Glazer or send him
email at harryglazer615@gmail.com.
Nominations for shul officers and
board members 2016/2017
President: Steve Deutsch
Vice Presidents: (3)
> First VP Jay Dobin - Overseeing the
Beit midrash library, education, &
youth committees
> Ritual VP Yaakov Gorlin - Serves as
liaison for all gabbaim to the board of
directors
> House VP Harry Glazer- Overseeing
the facility maintenance, fire safety &
security, and renovation committees
Financial secretary: Rich Kollmar
Treasurer: Rafie Miller
Recording Secretary: Ted Scher
Board Members, with portfolios:
 Eddie Braun, Chair - Facility
Maintenance
* Ken Dietz, Chair - Education
* Norman Heyden, Co-chair - Renovation Committee (w/co-chair, and past
president, Michael Garber)
* Joe Friedman, Chair - Beit Midrash
Library
Cont’d
* Ken Shlian, Chair - Fire Safety & Security
* Zev Weiner, Chair - Youth
Community Happenings
Bikur Cholim Announcements:
*Homebound Visitation: Seeking adults
and 11th graders and older who would be
interested in volunteering to visit homebound people in our community. For
more info, please call Bikur Cholim at
732-572-7181.
*Nursing Home Visitation: Seeking volunteers to visit at the Regency nursing
home on DeMott Lane in Somerset.
For more info, please call Rahel Baruh
at 732-672-4673 or email
rbaruh@yahoo.com
*Transportation Committee: Drivers and
coordinators needed. Coordinate rides
to and from medical appointments match requesters with an available
driver. Each coordinator serves for two
weeks at a time. To volunteer, please call
Bikur Cholim hotline at 732-572-7181 or fill
out the volunteer form on the website
bikurcholimrv.com
*New Website: bikurcholimrv.com.
The new website provides information
regarding Bikur Cholim services, including how to access our local hospitals on
Shabbat, how to borrow medical equipment, and how to get prescription medication on Shabbat.
RPRY Annual Dinner
Save the date! RPRY's Annual Dinner will
be held on Sunday, May 22nd. Please join
us in celebrating our Guests of Honor Susan and Hillel Raymon, our Community
Leadership Awardees - Melissa and Leeor
Jerushalmy and Distinguished Alumna
Awardee - Ariella Noveck, as well as the
RPRY Class of 1986. Stay tuned for reservation and ad journal details.
RPRY Parlor Meeting
Please join us for a RPRY Parlor Meeting
on Tuesday, May 3rd, at 8pm, at the
home of Deena & Adam Schindelheim,
2 Franklin Court, East Brunswick. Come
meet our administrators and current parents, and find out the details of "Why
RPRY?" For more information, please
contact Chaye Kohl, Director of Admissions, at ckohl@rpry.org.
ACTT
"The Secret to More Powerful Prayer"
with Rabbi Heshy Kleinman can be
downloaded from the Audio page of the
ACTT web site at:
www.actt613.org/6.html. The current
ACTT module is “Kavanah during Davening”. Source book: Praying with Meaning by Rabbi Kleinman. For more info
on ACTT, email info@actt613.org, see
www.actt613.org, or call Phil Rosen
(732) 572-8762.
sanctions, security cooperation, and
more. Make a difference ! Buses
leave for Washington from our area
at 6:30 AM and return between 9-10
PM .There will be briefings on the
bus. All meals will be provided.
www.norpac.net or call
(201) 788-5133.
YIEB Yom Hashoah Program
The Young Israel of East Brunswick’s
“Yom Hashoah Program” will be held
at 7:30 p.m. on May 5, 2016. The program will include a candle lighting to
honor victims and survivors and feature speeches by two Holocaust survivors: Rachel Sambul, a Polish Jew
who fled with her family to Russia
and endured horrific conditions in
Rabbi Yisroel Weiss Shiur
Siberia, and Saul Graf, a Hungarian
Rabbi Yisroel Weiss' shiur for men and
Jew who was transported to Auschwomen on the Parsha, with a focus on
witz in 1944 and also survived other
Emunah and Bitachon, will be on hold
labor camps. The Young Israel is lountil further notice.
cated at 193 Dunhams Corner Road,
Miriam Dobin to Speak at Yom Hashoah East Brunswick, NJ 08816. For more
information, please contact Debbie
Program
Miriam Dobin will be speaking at Temple Chustckie at chustckie@gmail.com.
Beth El in Somerset on Sunday May 1 at
1:30 PM. She will be discussing her memoir, I Am Because of You, and her family's
experiences during the Shoah. A slide
show and video will be included in this
presentation. This program is free of
charge and open to the public.
NORPAC Mission
Join us on our annual Mission to Washington event to support the U.S.-Israel
relationship on Wednesday, May 18,
2016. On a single-day trip you will meet
with Members of Congress and their
staff, and share your concerns with
them about foreign aid to Israel, Iran
Message From Laura Safran, Jewish
Federation in the Heart of NJ
Dear Parents, The Jewish Federation in the
Heart of New Jersey is highly invested in
inspiring our next generation to embrace
Jewish life and make our Jewish community
a vibrant one that provides vital connections, friendships, and enriching opportunities for Jewish children living in Greater Middlesex and Monmouth Counties. I'm reaching out to make sure you know that The
Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey offers a variety of scholarships: Camp
scholarships for youngsters with special
needs; Need-based scholarships for Jewish
day and overnight camp; Israel teen grants.
The Federation is proud to make these Jewish immersive experiences more affordable.
Learn more and apply at jewishheartnj.org/
help. Those with questions may directly contact me at 732-588-1804 or
lauras@jewishheartnj.org
All the best,
Laura, Director, Community Impact
Chevra Hatzolah of Middlesex County
If you have a medical emergency, please
call 732-640-5545. We are always seeking
additional responders and dispatchers. To apply, please visit
www.hatzolahmc.org and select
"Contact us/Membership".
Highland Park First Aid Squad
For medical emergencies in Highland
Park call 9-1-1. The Squad has been serving Highland Park for nearly 70 years
24/7. We accept volunteers from age 16
and provide free EMT training. For
additional information, please call
732-985-8960, visit
www.highlandparkfas.com or speak
with Leale Cohen, Ari and
Deborah Lewitter or Yossi Benedek.
For Women and Girls
Rabbi Kaufman’s Tuesday afternoon
Parashat Hashavua Shiur for Women
is in recess until after Yom Tov.
Rebbitzen Eichenstein’s Classes for
Women: Classes will resume after
Pesach. For more info, please contact
Aviva at 732-572-4408 or siegelmom@optonline.net
Women's Learning Initiative: Mrs. Miri
Cohen’s Parsha class and SemPlus shiur
will resume after Pesach.
Women's Learning Initiative: Mrs. Leah
Drillman’s Shimiras Haloshon class will
resume after Pesach. For more info,
please call Ellen at 201-410-1893 or
732-777-6787.
First Annual Highland Park Conference
for Jewish Women ‐ Save The Date!
Join us at OE for our first annual Highland Park Conference for Jewish Womena unique event where women convene
for a day of study, dialogue and reflection. Sunday morning, May 15th.
Keynote speaker: Mrs. Yael Kaisman.
Sponsorship opportunities available.
More details to follow.
Park Mikvah Hours
The Highland Park Mikvah hours for
Daylight Savings Time: Sunday–Thursday
evenings 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM; Friday
nights by appointment only. Motzai
Shabbos April 16: 9:30 – 11:30. April 22, 23,
28, 29: by appointment only. April 24:
9:30 – 11:30. April 30: 9:45 – 11:30.
Please arrive with enough time to be
out before closing time. For more
info, call 732-249-2411 or email
hpmikvah@gmail.com.
Tiferes Women
Weekly teleconferences with topics
such as shalom bayis and parenting are
available to Tiferes members. Current
teleconference: “Beyond Giving – 3
Pillars of a Happy Marriage” with Mrs.
Debbie Greenblatt. For more info or to
become a member, please contact
Aviva siegelmom@optonline.net. The
Highland Park / Edison group of Tiferes
is zecher l'nishmas Malka bas Shalom.
Women’s Parsha Discussion
Steinsaltz Ambassador, Betzalel
Strauss, will be conducting discussions
based on the essays of Rabbi Adin
Steinsaltz, every Monday at 1:00PM
in the Ahavas Achim Beit Midrash.
Contact Cynthia with any questions
at cynthiaandlloyd@yahoo.com.
Rabbi Bassous' Women's class:
Sundays at 10:00 AM at Etz Ahaim.
Class will be based upon the book
“100 Brachos, Counting your Blessings
100 Times a Day” by Rabbi Moshe
Goldberger.
Women's beginning Israeli Dancing
Women's beginning Israeli Dancing will
resume after Lag B’Omer. We hope to
start up again with lots of ruach on
Sunday, May 29! For more information,
please contact Rachel at 732-819-9298
or rachel@weintraubworld.net.
Bikur Cholim OWLS (Overnight
Women Labor Support): A complimentary service for maternity situations
whereby volunteers will come to stay
with your kids
during the night.
For more info on
receiving this service or becoming
a volunteer, please
contact Rikki at
732-249-5116.
Edison/Highland Park Gown Gemach
The Edison/Highland Park gown
Gemach, L'iluy Nishmas R' Yitzchok Ben
Binyomin, is open for business!
The Gemach houses a wide selection
of gowns for children, pre-teen, teens
and adults. Please note the Gemach is
still looking for donation of gowns in
very good condition. Tax deduction is
given and pick up of the gowns can
also be arranged. For more information and/or to schedule an appointment
please call Sara Scott at 516-526-0941.
Hadassah of Raritan Valley Events:
*The Book Club is reading the book,
Like Dreamers by Yossi Klein Halevi.
A winner of the National Jewish Book
Award, this book tells the fascinating
story of seven paratroopers who liberated Jerusalem and divided the nation.
All are welcome! Please contact Gustine
Matt at gustinematt@gmail.com or
732-545-3147 for more information.
*Chug Ivrit for intermediate to advanced Hebrew speakers meets
monthly on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. We
chat in Hebrew and read a short Hebrew story or article. We’d love to have
you join us! Please contact Rachel at
732-819-9298 or
rachel@weintraubworld.net to find out
where and when it will meet in May.
*Chicks With Sticks: Our next meeting
will be held on Tuesday, July 19 at 2:00
p.m. at the home of Phyllis Pollak, Knitting Group Chair, 209 North 4th Avenue,
Highland Park. Come to learn, come to
teach or just come to socialize with our
knitters. If you have any questions, feel
free to contact Phyllis at
732-246-7366/cell 732-853-6058
or phypollak@yahoo.com
‫שבת שלום‬
To all of our
members and friends
OE IS PEANUT
AND
TREE NUT
FREE!
NO PEANUTS OR TREE NUTS ARE
PERMITTED ON THE PREMISES.
TRIBUTE CARDS ARE AVAILABLE
FROM OE FOR MAZAL TOV, REFUAH
SHLEIMA AND CONDOLENCES
JUST $5.00 EACH
CONTACT SUSAN KOLLMAR
TO PURCHASE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COOPERATION!
OE FOOD BANK CLOSED
UNTIL AFTER PESACH
The Food Bank will not be
accepting any food or other
items at this time so please do
not leave anything in the
collection area.
We will notify you once the
Food Bank re-opens after Pesach.
Any questions, contact Alice Gordon
at chasachana@aol.com.
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