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Congregation Ohav Emeth
Announcements
Shabbat Parashat Beha’alotcha
June 6, 2015
Schedule of Services
Friday
Mincha/Maariv
8:36 AM M”A
9:12 AM Gr”A
Hashkama Minyan 7:00 AM
Early Minyan
7:50 AM
Regular Minyan 9:00 AM
Teen Minyan
9:30 AM
Mincha
8:00 PM
Maariv
9:10 PM
Shabbat Ends
9:15 PM
6:30, 7:00, 8:00 AM
5:45 PM Kollel
8:15 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
5:45 PM Kollel
Mincha/Maariv
8:15 PM
Late Maariv
9:45 PM
Friday
Shacharit
Candle Lighting
Mincha/Maariv
5:55, 6:40, 7:00, 7:20 AM
7:00/8:10 PM
7:00/8:15 PM
UPCOMING CHODESH
TAMMUZ KIDDUSH
JUNE 20TH
CELEBRATE THE GRADUATION OF A
LOVED ONE OR SPONSOR FOR ANY
OTHER OCCASION
PLEASE SEND ALL NAMES, SCHOOLS
AND/OR OCCASIONS TO THE
OE OFFICE ASAP
Rabbi Kaufman, rabbi
[email protected]
Jeremy Safran, president
[email protected]
Misheberach List
Rabbi Kaufman, rabbi
[email protected]
Announcements
[email protected]
Office
Light refreshments will be served
Shabbat
8:30 AM
Mishnayot in memory of
Danny Ravitz z”l
8:45 AM
Rabbi Zvi Weiss
Parashat Hashavua
Dr. Presby’s Nach Shiur will
resume on June 20th
Between
Shiur or D’Var Torah by
Mincha/Maariv Rabbi Kaufman
Sunday
Rabbi Botnick will resume 6/14
Rabbi Klughaupt-there will be a
break taken for Mincha/Maariv
8:00 PM
Felice Berk, administrator
[email protected]
Mazal Tov
Mazal Tov to Dr. Herman and Shelly
Presby on the upcoming marriage of
their grandson, Yaakov Freeman, to
Batsheva Myers. Mazal Tov to the
parents of the Chosson and Kallah,
Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Freeman and
Mr. and Mrs. Nuta Myers.
Monday
After Maariv
Tuesday
5:15 AM
Thank you to the almost 200
attendees at our 30th annual
journal dinner. It was a most
beautiful and inspiring evening.
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU AND
YASHER KOACH TO THOSE WHO
WORKED SO HARD BEHIND THE SCENES
TO MAKE THE EVENING SO SPECIAL:
Sharon & Michael Garber
Rabbi Eliyahu Kaufman
Natalie Leichtman
Karen & Eugene Rosenthal
Honorable mentions and appreciation to
all those who prepared the invites for
mailing and made phone calls, to
Shmuel Garber for the dinner music
and to Simone Fisch and Rivka Steinberg
for helping to type up ads.
Mr. & Mrs. Josef and
Olga Blonder
Mr. Sam Blumenfeld
Mr. Ernest Boda
Mrs. Mina Bodner
Mr. Alan Braun
Mrs. Chaya Gurkov
Mr. Zev Krautwirth
Mrs. Regina
Mermelstein
Mr. Jack Nasielski
Mrs. Rose Niederman
Mrs. Ethel Roth
Mrs. Frida Rydzinski
Mrs. Frieda Stein
Mr. Leslie Torok
Mrs. Ethel Weisberger
Mrs. Renee Silverstein, a”h
Rabbi Erlanger’s Gemara
Shiur on Brachot in Hebrew
Rabbi Reisman’s Chaburah on
Gemara Brachos
Rabbi Kaufman’s Parshat
Hashavua Shiur (for women)
Dr. Presby (for Women)
Rabbi Kaufman’s Gemara
Shiur: Baba Basrah, Perek Yesh
Nochalim, dealing with the laws
of inheritance
1:30 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
Thank You
Of course, Mazal Tov to our very worthy
and esteemed honorees. OE would not
be what it is today without you.
CONTINUES THIS SHABBAT JUNE 6th
FEATURING:
RABBI ELIYAHU KAUFMAN
6:30 PM
HOSTS: JEREMY & LAURA SAFRAN
1009 S. Park Avenue, HP
Schedule of Shiurim
Let Us Know
Hospitality
7:00/8:10 PM
Shabbat
Kriat Sh’ma
Sunday
Shacharit
Mincha
Mincha/Maariv
Late Maariv
19 Sivan 5775
Candle Lightning This Shabbat: 7:00/8:06 PM
Wednesday
After Maariv
Thursday
5:15 AM
After Maariv
Rabbi Ziegler’s Gemara Shiur
Rabbi Reisman’s Chaburah on
Tefillah
Dr. Presby’s Gemara Shiur
on Megillah
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
PEREK LENASHIM
CONTINUES
THIS SHABBAT
SIX PIRKEI AVOT SHIURIM
FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS
BY DR. CHANI MILLER
June 6, June 13,
Jun 20, June 27, July 4
5PM in the OE Ladies’ Section
Members of the Highland Park-Edison ‫בּס״ד‬
community are cordially invited to attend
Please join us for our next
Perek on the Lawn featuring:
RABBI ELIYAHU KAUFMAN
Outsourcing The Satan To Work For You:
Secrets How To Get The Satan To Work Hard For You and For Free
(Come to the class because the Devil is in the details! )
Shabbat June 6th at 6:30 PM
At the home of:
Jeremy and Laura Safran
1009 South Park Avenue
Highland Park, New Jersey
Light refreshments will be served
Please contact Steve Deutsch with any questions
Condolences
Condolences to Ben Chanowitz on
the passing of his mother, Mrs. Anita
Chanowitz, a”h.
Condolences to Bernice Shapiro on
the passing of her mother, Mrs. Shirley
Kelman, a”h.
May the families be comforted among
the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
This Shabbat at OE
7:50 Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by
the OG Chabura in honor of Eli Genack
passing his Bechina in Hilchos Shabbos.
Main Minyan Kiddush is sponsored by
Eddie and Lilah Braun in honor of the
14th yahrzeit of Esther Gittel (Tova)
bas Dov, a”h.
Perek on the Lawn
The Highland Park-Edison Community is
invited to attend our next Perek on the
Lawn THIS Shabbat, June 6th, at 6:30
PM. Rabbi Eliyahu Kaufman is our
featured speaker on the topic of Outsourcing The Satan To Work For You:
Secrets How To Get The Satan To Work
Hard For You and For Free (Come to the
class because the Devil is in the details! )
is our first featured speaker. Hosts are
Jeremy and Laura Safran at 1009 South
Park Avenue, Highland Park.
Perek LeNashim
Women and girls of the Highland ParkEdison Community are invited to
attend the next in a series of Pirkei Avos
shiurim given by Dr. Chani Miller THIS
Shabbat June 6th, and continuing on
June 6, 13, 20, 27 and July 4. All shiurim
will take place at 5PM in the OE Ladies’
Section.
Rosh Chodesh Kiddush
UPCOMING YOUTH EVENT
BACKYARD BBQ BASH!
THIS Sunday, June 7th
@ Elisheva Dietz’s House
110 South 11th Avenue in HP
Girls in Grades 1-6:
1:00-3:00 PM
BBQ! Machanayim! Friends!
Watermelon! More!
Boys in Grades 1-6:
3:30-5:30 PM
BBQ! Dodge Ball! Friends!
Watermelon! More!
No charge for OE Groupies
Friends are $5 each
RSVP to [email protected]
Thank you from OE Youth
Thank you to Lilah and Eddie Braun
for their generous donation to the
youth department. We were able to
buy some beautiful new toys for our
youngest "groupies" to enjoy!
Community Happenings
Hatzolah Announcement
Please note that we have changed
our name to Chevra Hatzolah of
Middlesex County. If you have a
medical emergency, please call
732-640-5545. Additionally, we are
always seeking additional responders
and dispatchers. To apply, please visit
www.hatzolahmc.org and select
"Contact us/Membership". Please
note that Hatzolah stickers are available at Glatt 27, Jerusalem Pizza,
Mordy's, Sushianna, and Park Place
Grill.
ATTN SINGLES:
A WEEKEND BASH(EIRT) is continuing
their fun, relaxed singles shabbatons in
Edison/Highland Park. Find your basheirt
without traveling far. Shabbos #2: June
12-13th for singles ages 35-50; Shabbos
#3: Sept 11-12th for singles ages 50 &
over. Please visit our website to register and learn about the event: aweekendbasheirt.com. Questions? Please
feel free to contact Leale Cohen at
[email protected].
Bikur Cholim Request:
COORDINATORS AND DRIVERS NEEDED
FOR BIKUR CHOLIM TRANSPORTATION
The Bikur Cholim Transportation Committee coordinates rides to and from
medical appointments. The coordinator
matches requesters with an available
driver. Each coordinator serves for two
weeks at a time. To volunteer to coordinate or drive, contact the Bikur Cholim
hotline at (732) 572-7181 or fill out the
volunteer form on the website
bikurcholimrv.org.
VISITORS WANTED ‐ Bikur Cholim
Bikur Cholim is seeking volunteers to
visit Ms. Mollie Reuben, Sara Genchik,
and Ms. Esther Tucker at the Regency
nursing home on DeMott Lane and Dr.
Miriam Engelsohn at Care One, 599
Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. If you
are able to help out, please call Rahel
Baruh at 732-672-4673 or email
[email protected]. Tizku l'mitzvot!
Rabbi Weiss Weekly Shiur
Shiur for men and women on the
Parsha, focus on Emunah and Bitachon
– Wed. nights at 9:15 PM at the
Eiserman home, 154 N. 10th Ave, HP.
UNVEILINGS FOR RENEE SILVERSTEIN,
A”H, AND SHIRLEY BARLAZ, A”H
SILVERSTEIN UNVEILING:
THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 7 ‐ 11:30 AM
The next Rosh Chodesh Kiddush in
Washington Cemetery
honor of Chodesh Tamuz AND
Deans Rhode Hall Road, Monmouth Jct
Graduation will take place on Shabbat,
BARLAZ UNVEILING:
Parashat Korach, June 20th. Just $25
JUNE 14 ‐ 9:30 AM
per family to sponsor. Please be sure
Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
to send all relevant names and info to
189 Gil Lane, Iselin, NJ
[email protected] or 732-247-3038.
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!
732 952 8384 or go online to
ytncnj.org
RJX Breakfast THIS Sunday
The 6th annual Rutgers Jewish Xperience Breakfast will be this Sunday,
June 7 at Ohr Torah, at 9 am, honoring
Rabbi and Mrs. Abraham Mykoff.
Babysitting will be available. For more
info or to be listed on the Scroll of
Honor, please contact Jack Atkin, Alan
Borck, and David Waizer, or visit
Rutgersjx.com.
Yeshiva Tiferes Naftoli Annual Dinner
The 10th Annual Dinner of Yeshiva
Tiferes Naftoli (Chofetz Chaim HS)
will be held on Monday, June 15, 2015
at the Radisson Hotel in Freehold. This
year's honorees include Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Rabinowitz as Parents of the
Year. For ads/reservations, please call
A Taste of Ben Ish Chai
Come and learn about the famous
Sephardic Rabbi, kabbalist and
author, Rav Yosef Hayim (Ben Ish
Hai), ‫ז״ל‬, with Dr. Shalom Abboudi,
next Sunday, June 14, at 8:00 p.m.
at Etz Ahaim (230 Denison St). For
more info, call 732-247-3839.
ACTT:
Lecture by Mr. Charlie Harary, Esq.,
"Gratitude: The Secret of Jewish
Success", can be downloaded from
the Audio page of the ACTT web
site: www.actt613.org/6.html. The
current ACTT module is “Hakaros
Hatov - Gratitude”. Source book:
Let There Be Rain - making Gratitude a part of our lives by Rabbi
Shimon Finkelman and Rabbi
Zechariah Wallerstein - ArtScroll
publisher. For more info on ACTT,
email [email protected], see
www.actt613.org, or call Phil
Rosen (732) 572-8762.
Father’s Day Blood Drive
The temperatures have finally started to
rise, and matzoh is but a memory for
now. Mothers have been celebrated,
and Shavu'ot will be over in May. What
shall we do with June? Bleed our fathers dry, I say! No, not with camp/
tuition bills, but by participating in the
Fathers Day blood drive on Sunday,
June 21. Sure, it's not like going to a ball
game or a barbecue, but you get to relax and lie down while giving, and there
are snacks. Bring dad, and we'll try to
arrange simultaneous donations. Now
that's a fulfilling way to spend part of
the day! The blood drive will be held at
Congregation Ahavas Achim, 216 S. First
Ave. in Highland Park. Babysitting is
available. For more information, please
contact Ira Rosen at 732-393-1018 or
[email protected]. You can also
call my dad if you'd like - he'll completely endorse this endeavor - he
gives blood more than anyone I know.
June 11th. Ma’ayanot is located at 1650
Palisade Avenue, Teaneck. For information please contact Pam Ennis at 201
-833-4307, ext. 265. All are welcome.
JEC / RTMA Gala Event
Please join us for the Jewish Educational
Center’s upcoming gala celebrating 60
years of excellence and Torah learning
at the Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy at the
Venetian in Garfield, NJ on June 17th,
2015. This year’s honorees include:
RTMA Alumnus Rabbi Mordechai Tokarsky (class of '88), National Director of
RAJE (Russian American Jewish Experience); RTMA Alumnus and Rhodes
Scholar Rabbi Chaim Strauchler (class
of'95, formerly of West Orange, NJ),
Rabbi of Toronto's Sha'arei Shomayim
Congregation; Howard and Charlotte
Block of Springfield, NJ - The Lev Tov
Award; Dr. Brian and Shoshana Allen
(nee Dessau) of Highland Park, NJ - Parents of the Year. The gala will culminate
with a community-wide Siyum Mishnayot in honor of the 60th anniversary
of the Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy. Reservations are currently being taken and
journal ads may be placed online by visiting TheJEC.org . Sign-up for participation in the siyum is also available online
at the same site.
JRecovery Program
Are you addicted? Family member or
Friend? Join us at JRecovery: free,
anonymous, and safe. Jewish, self-help
group to complement 12-step
programs. Monday nights 7:30-8:30 PM
at Jewish Family and Vocational
Service, 32 Ford Ave., 2nd fl., Milltown,
NJ. More info: JFVS@ 732-777-1940 or
www.jfvs.org/JRecovery
Ma’ayanot Shiur Series
The Ma'ayanot Continuing Education
committee is pleased to present a shiur
series presented jointly by Mrs. Rivka
Kahan, Principal, and Dr. Rayzel Yaish,
Director of Guidance, on the topic:
Bekhol Levavkha Uvekhol Nafshekha:
The Interplay of Torah and Psychology.
The series will take place at 11:00 a.m. in
the Ma’ayanot Library. Final shiur is on
The 2nd Annual Raritan Valley
Community Poland Pilgrimage
Join us this July 12-20, 2015 with Rabbi
Shraga Gross for an uplifting, inspiring
and unforgettable journey through
hundreds of years of Jewish history
and heritage. We will visit the cities of
Warsaw, Krakow, Lodz and Lublin as
well as the Chassidic centers of Gur and
Lezajsk. We will also tell the story of
TorahKid Leagues
TorahKid Leagues is back again for its
6th exciting season! Sunday morning
sports fun for area children at the local
Highland Park High School field. Separate programs for boys (ages 4-13 with
3 divisions; 11:00-12:30) and girls (ages 5
-13, all-female staff; 9:30-10:45). Skillbuilding instruction, with an emphasis
on middos development in a Torahfriendly environment. Competitive play
in different sports. Spring and Summer
Sessions -- Opening Day is May 31. For
more information, please contact
Rabbi Lasar at [email protected] or
at (732) 985-1050.
the Shoah visiting Auschwitz, Majdanek,
Belzec, and other moving and significant sites. We wish to preserve the intimacy of this experience and so space
will be limited. There will also be an opportunity to personalize the itinerary if
requests are received early enough. For
more information, contact: Nitza Adler
at: (732) 670 4649 or email [email protected] or Miriam Dobin at
732-819-8715 or email
[email protected]
For Women and Girls
Rabbi Kaufman’s Tuesday afternoon
Parashat Hashavua Ladies Shiur will
Take place on Tuesday, June 9th at
1:30 PM.
Rebbitzen Eichenstein’s classes for
women: No class on Sunday, June 7.
Please contact Aviva for status of class
on Monday, June 8 at 732-572-4408
[email protected].
Women's Learning Initiative: Mrs. Miri
Cohen’s Parsha class: Please call
206-376-9027 on Tuesday evening
for status of the shiur.
Women's Learning Initiative: SemPlus
shiur for post seminary girls - For more
info on Wednesday night class, please
call 732-841-1885.
Rabbi Bassous: Women’s class on Sunday morning at 10:00 AM at Cong. Etz
Ahaim. Class will be based on his new
book, "The Key to a Successful Life".
Israeli Dancing at Etz Ahaim
After a long hiatus, women's beginner
Israeli Dancing is back at Etz Ahaim this
Sunday, June 7, at 11 a.m., immediately
following Rabbi Bassous’ 10 a.m.
Women’s Shiur “The Key to a Successful
Life.” All women and girls are invited to
join us for the shiur and/or the dancing.
Dance Teacher Elyse Litt is fantastic! If
you’ve never attended one of her
classes, you are in for a major treat!
Dance costs $10/per session made out
to Daughters of Etz Ahaim!
Tiferes DVD for women:
Motzai Shabbos, June 6 at 10:15 PM at
16 Edgemount Road, Edison. Title: “The
Gift of a Torah Life – For You, For Your
Children, Forever”. Speaker: Rabbi
Sadya Grama and Mrs. Shaindy Kleinman. Weekly teleconferences with topics such as shalom bayis and parenting
are available to Tiferes members. For
more info, please contact Aviva at 732572-4408. The Highland Park / Edison
group of Tiferes is zecher l'nishmas
Malka bas Shalom.
Highland Park Mikvah Tzedakah Boxes
and Amazon Donations
The Highland Park Mikvah now has
Tzedakah boxes! Please contact
Aviva at [email protected]
to obtain one. If you are purchasing
from Amazon, please consider signing
up with www.amazonsmiles.com – a
donation will be made to Park Mikvah.
Park Mikvah Hours
The Highland Park Mikvah hours for
daylight savings time: Sunday –
Thursday evenings from 9:00 PM –
11:00 PM; Friday nights by appointment only. June 6, 13, 20, 27: 10:00 –
11:30 PM. Please arrive with enough
time to be out before closing time.
For more info, call 732-249-2411 or
email [email protected].
New Gown Gemach in Edison!
Looking for donations! L'iluy Nishmas
R' Yitzchok Ben Binyomin. For more
information, please call Sara Scott at
516-526-0941
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. Thank you.
The Women's AMEN Group meets
weekly on Sundays at 9:30 AM in a
downstairs classroom at Congregation
Ohr Torah. The group meets in the
zechus of a refuah shelaimah for
Menachem Mordechai ben Ophira
and other Cholim in the community.
Upcoming Raritan Valley Hadassah
Events
*“Chicks With Sticks” Knitting Group
Chicks With Sticks, Raritan Valley Hadassah’s Knitting group will meet at the
Highland Park home of Phyllis Pollak, on
Tuesday, July 7 at 7:30 p.m. Questions:
Phyllis at 732-246-7366 or email her at
[email protected]. Everyone is
welcome!
*Book Club: The Raritan Valley Hadassah Book Club will meet on Sunday,
June 21 at 7:00 p.m. We are reading the
book, Like Dreamers by Yossi Klein
Halevi, a winner of the National Jewish
Book Award. All are welcome! Please
contact Gustine Matt at 732-545-3147 or
[email protected] to find out
where.
*‫ חוג עברית‬The Raritan Valley
Hadassah Chug Ivrit: for intermediate to
advanced Hebrew speakers will meet on
Sunday, June 21 at 11:00 a.m. at the
home of Frank Stechel, 329 Valentine
St., Highland Park. We chat in Hebrew
and read a short Hebrew story or article. We’d love to have you join us!
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FROM OE FOR MAZAL TOV, REFUAH
SHLEIMA AND CONDOLENCES
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CONTACT FELICE FOR INFO
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closed/unused non-perishable food
items and toiletries.
PLEASE DO NOT DEPOSIT OPEN
FOODS OR MATZAH IN THE BIN!
732-247-3038
Please remind your children not
to place any trash in the food
collection bin.
[email protected]
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at [email protected].
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