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This Week  
 March 21-27, 2015   
1-7 Nisan, 5775  



Rabbi Fisch's weekly Parshas Vayikra
Rabbi Fisch's Weekly Parshas Vayikra
 
  Parshas Vayikra

Rosh Chodesh Nisan

Shabbos Hachodesh

    

 

-Please note new start times-    

8:15am Daf Yomi Class

9:00am Shacharis   

9:00am Sephardic Minyan in the Mirkis Chapel
10:31am Latest Shema

 

Following services everyone is invited to kiddush in the social hall

sponsored by Fern Estner in memory of Lee Horvitz, Fern's fathers yahrzeit.    

 

    

 

Shabbos Afternoon:

6:10pm Prophetic Vision Class with Rabbi Fisch 

6:55 pm Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishis

8:21pm Maariv and Havdallah  

 

     

We respectfully request that everyone refrain from conversation during the Torah reading, Kaddish, Repetition and Kedushah. Thank you for helping maintain appropriate decorum during services and respecting the Tefilah.

Daf Yomi

Weekdays- 6:00am 

Shabbos- 7:45am  

Sundays & legal holidays -7:15am  

 

Join us each morning  before services in the Mirkis Chapel

Halacha Yomi:

Rabbi Fisch will teach a brief  halacha following  minyan every morning. We are studying the laws of Pesach.   

Mishna Yomi:

Rabbi Fisch will teach a brief mishna between mincha & maariv every evening. We are studying Tractate Maaser Sheini.



Candle Lighting Times


Friday, March 20
Mincha 6:30 pm
Candle lighting 7:20 pm
(Earliest Time to Light 6:21pm)

Friday, March 27
Mincha 6:30pm
Candle lighting 7:24
(Earliest Time to Light 6:24pm)

Services This Week 

  Shacharis

Sunday  8:15 am

Monday-Friday   

6:45am  

 

 Mincha

Sunday-Thursday 7:20pm
 




Shabbos Morning Youth Programs

(Approx.) 8:30am  

Supervised free play for all ages. 

Youth Groups

Approx.) 10:00am  

Gan Shabbat Infant through Pre-K in the school lunchroom. 

  

Tot Shabbat

Kindergarten through 2nd grade in the Torah Academy library

 

Jr Congregation

Grades 3 through 7 in the Stromberg Library  

 

NCSY Teen Workshop

B'nei Mitzvah through 12th grade in the youth lounge. 

6:10 pm Youth Oneg with Rabbi Hamaoui.  





Barry Chefer
Hannah Sedacca
Marie Eisenberg
Sharon Levin
Richard Wolfson
Noah Feldman
















anniversary

Steven & Deborah Shapiro
11 years

Rabbi Avi & Devora Feigenbaum
 9 years






Refuah Sheleimah

Susan Goldman
Sandi Roth
Shirley Mirkis 
Ken Jacobson
Florence Berman
  Bertica Hubsch
 Susie Ehrlich
Lilo Frisch

Nathan Weiss

Robert Feldman

Kathy Osterer

DiDi Jarchower   



Yahrzeit
Mitchell Budin
Jack Friedman
Evelyn Goldman
Sunni Hacker
Mollie Mirkis
Irving Roth
David Saul
Elaine Schwartz
Anna Senkpiel
Lou Shabott



5775 Pesach Schedule 

 

 Rabbi Fisch will be available for you to sell your Chometz prior to Pesach. 


5775 Selling of Chometz Schedule

Monday, March 23-Friday, March 27

8:00am-9:15am

 

Wednesday, March March 25-Thursday March 26

5:15pm-6:15pm

 

Sunday, March 29

9:15am-11:00am

 

Monday, March 30- Thursday, April 2

8:00am-9:15am

 

Tuesday, March 31-Wednesday, April 1

6:15pm-7:15pm

 

Click to Download Chometz Forms

null Thursday Night Mishmar

 March 19 at 8:00pm

Thursday night mishmar program will take place on a monthly basis.
  ...READ MORE
 



 

Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Feigenbaum

Friday, March 20 12:00-1:00 pm

50 North Laura Street

11th floor   

A Journey of Four Through the Seder 

 

Sponsored in loving memory of Bruce M. Stern

 


Unlock the Closed Book with
Rabbi Feigenbaum
 
March 21 
10:00-10:45am
(Every other Shabbos). Men and women welcome. Lively explanatory prayer experience .

 

    
passover
Mini series March 23 6:30pm with Rabbi Fisch   Are you Ready for Pesach ? 
Does your annual Pesach preparation stress you out?  ...READ MORE

 

     

 Talmud Class
March 24 at 8:00pm
   with Rabbi Rabinowitz

 

Learn the Talmud as you never have before!   

...Read More  




Women's Informal Inspiration

Wednesday,  
 March 25  at 9:15am
Rabbi Feigenbaum will teach this class. 
Emily Rosenbaum will host.

 

Weekest Link March 26 at 8:00pm  with  Rabbi Fisch

Do you find yourself sitting in shul wondering what relevance the weekly portion has in your daily life?  

...READ MORE 

 

 
youth

March 23- Mishna Monday March 24-

B'nei/Tues 4:15-5:45pm 
March 25- 

Torah High /Wed 5:15-6:45  

   

 

 


 Torah High workshop open to all teens next Wednesday, March 25. The program will be led up a representative from the Anti-Defamation League and will address issues of anti-semitism that our youth may deal with in school and beyond, giving them the necessary tools to effectively deal with it head-on.










NCSY FNL SHABBATON
March 20-21
Grades 5-12
Members $45
Non Members $55
for more information; 904-598-4324


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2 Easy Ways to save $5 cleaning your car for Pesach while sending teens to Isra el

1. Do it yourself on Facebook 
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2.email  [email protected] 
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Condolences
With profound sorrow, we extend our sincere condolences to Rabbi Avi & Rena Schochet upon the passing of their beloved daughter in law Tichye Esther Schochet.  We extend our condolences to the entire Schochet family.

May the Al-Mighty comfort the family among the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

Honorable Menschen
Special Thanks to Barry Chefer, Irene Attali, Steven Shapiro & Rabbi Fisch for preparing the Jacksonville presentation to the OU Fair. 
Announcements
OU Passover guides available in the shul office
Wednesday,  April 15 at 6:30pm Etz Chaim Synagogue will be hosting the Community Wide Annual Yom Hashoah Commemoration with special guest speaker
Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff

Dr. Kassenoff was born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, fled Nazi Europe in 1941 with her family when she was a small child, after a miraculous escape of hiding and being on the run for seven months. The family, which included her infant brother, the late Honorable Judge Ted Klein, arrived in America in 1941 and then settled in Miami Beach in 1957. Miriam's father Rabbi Maurice Klein, of Blessed memory, was associated with Temple Emanu-El on Miami Beach.
...READ MORE  
 

Looking for Volunteers-
March 22 9am-5pm

 

Looking for a few good men & women to help clean & repair to the home adjacent to the shul. Please let Morris Bendit or Art Rosenthal know what special talents you may have in refurbishing this home.

Morris Bendit-607-6431

Art Rosenthal- 294-2012

 


We are looking for volunteers to lock the shul building at night.  If you are available once a week, please contact the shul office.



Bj's Discount Membership Forms available in the shul office.  
Membership normal price $50 discounted price $35 
Rewards Membership normal price $100 discounted price $75 
 Stop by the shul office to complete your form  

Please help us conserve energy by turning off lights when you leave a room.

The Home Stretch
10 more days to continue showing your tremendous support! Don't stop now!

 Click to view Food Drive Brochure 

 

For more information, contact Yosef Meyer cell/text 904-535-2317

C A M P S H E V E S A C H I M S U M M E R
2 0 1 5

Starts June 15 until July 31, 2015

 

Camp Sheves Achim for children ages 3-10. It will begin Monday, June 15th and continue through Friday, July 31st.   There will be weekly field trips, swimming, sports, baking, wacky science, music, creative arts and crafts and much more. The schedule will be Monday through Friday, 9:00am until 3:00pm at the campus of Etz Chaim Synagogue.   

SEVEN weeks of fun!   

You will feel confident that your children are in a friendly and safe environment. The cost is very affordable and if you register by April 15th we have an early bird special of $129 a week (plus $25 registration fee. Don't let your children miss out on a fun-filled, action packed summer!

 

We are also accepting applications for camp counselors please contact the office for an application.

For registration information contact Devora Feigenbaum email address: [email protected]. / 904-262-3565 ext. 7.

 


Happenings in the Community
Third Annual Model Seder for Holocaust Survivors
Sunday, March 22 2:00-4:00pm
Jacksonville Jewish Center 
CLICK HERE FOR FLYER



Contact Us: Phone: (904)262-3565/Fax: (904) 292-0524

10167 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32257

Rabbi Fisch-ext. 8 (616-8955) [email protected]

Rabbi Hauptman-ext. 5 (598-4324) [email protected]

Rabbi Feigenbaum- ext. 12  (913)-230-6448 [email protected]

Terri Velazquez- ext. 7 [email protected]  

Jeannie Wright-ext. 7 [email protected]

Scot Ackerman, M.D. President  (904)-571-9000

 www.etzchaim.org