Etz Chaim Newsletter 
   
August 11, 2016
7 Av,  5776
Etz Chaim Events & Updates

Etz Chaim Events & Updates
Still time to Register for Summer Sisterhood Trip
9/15 Sisterhood Rosh Hashanah Seder
Kiddush Sponsor
  
Etz Chaim Membership
Message from the Rabbi
Parshat Devarim
Tisha B'Av is hard.  There is just no getting around that fact.  For us in the Diaspora it is difficult to feel the loss of the Beit Hamikdash in a land where the Holy Sanctuary never existed.  It is a huge challenge to feel communal mourning in America where we have seen perhaps the greatest prosperity and freedom of religion in our storied history.  The fact that Tisha B'Av is in the middle of the summer and on what is inevitably the hottest day of the year certainly does not help.
A few short days ago (though it sadly seems like so much longer) I walked back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem.  I never lose sight of the amazing miracle in our time that we have the ability to roam freely around our holy city.  I looked at the names of the streets with great curiosity and admiration.  I wept for those who gave so much so that I could enjoy a simple "Shaptzir" around town.
Despite all my trips to Israel, I have never been there for Tisha B'Av.  However, this does not prevent me from experiencing Israel on that fateful day.  When I think of the loss and destruction  of two Batei Hamikdash, I can recall from near and distant memory those locations and all that I have learned first hand about our destiny in the Holy Land.
I sincerely hope that this Tisha B'Av will be the last of the mournful variety and that we all merit to see the rebuilding of Zion and Jerusalem in all her glory. 
 
Shabbat Shalom

Wishing you all and easy and meaningful fast.
Tisha B'Av Schedule
Sunday, August 14

Shacharit - 9:00am 
followed by Explanatory Kinnot
 
Chatzot - 1:02pm
 
Mincha - 7:30pm with Taalit & Tefillin
 
Fast Ends - 8:40pm
 

LAWS OF TISHA B'AV THAT FALLS ON SUNDAY (2016-5776)
 
Usually on Erev Tisha B'Av, there is a final meal before the fast that is called the Seudah Ha-mafseket.  At this meal one may not eat more than one cooked food (usually a hard boiled egg).  When Tisha B'Av falls out on Shabbat (as is the case this year) or Sunday, the final meal is the Seudah Shelishit.  SinceTisha B'Av falls out this year on Shabbat, Aug. 13th, none of the usual restrictions applies.  One may even eat meat and drink wine at the Seudah Shelishit, BUT one must stop eating before sunset.  We will be having one early minyan for Mincha at 1:37pm to allow everyone sufficient time to eat before the fast. This year the time of sunset on Shabbat is at 7:57 P.M., at which time one must stop eating.
 
We do not, however, remove our shoes until after Shabbat.  This week Shabbat ends at 8:42 pm  At the close of Shabbat, one should recite the following:Baruch hamavdil bein kodesh le-chol, then remove one's shoes and put on sneakers or any other footwear that contains no leather.
 
We will be davening Maariv on Motzaei Shabbat at shul at 9:00 pm so that we can first change our shoes after Shabbat and then travel to shul with our families.  This year on Saturday night (Motzaei Shabbat), the customary Havdalah is NOT recited.  Just the blessing Borei meorei ha-esh, will be recited in shul after Maariv.  The Havdalah on the cup of wine is postponed this year until Sunday night after the fast. On Sunday night, only the blessing on the wine and the blessing of Hamavdil are recited.
 
May we all merit to see the rebuilding of the 
Beit Hamikdash speedily in our time.
Summer Sisterhood Trip
Tuesday, August 16
Registration Deadline Extended
Summer Sisterhood Trip

3  hour Guided Walking Tour
by Levy's Unique New York
Lunch at Mocha Burger 
 
Lower East Side
Little Italy
China Town
 

TUESDAY, AUGUST 16 
 
Meet at 10:45am at the corner of
Allen and Houston Streets
Walk will start at 11:00

REGISTER HERE 
 

Cost: $40 per person for the tour,
lunch cost not included.
 
Carpools will be arranged. 

Levy's Unique New York, with a Five Star Trip Advisor Rating, provides entertaining, educational and unique tours. Join us for a few hours of fun, learning and camaraderie.

Questions?
    Contact Barbara Berger at [email protected] 

SAVE THE DATE

Save the Date
 
for Sisterhood's
 
Rosh Hashanah Seder


Thursday, September 15, 2016

Learn about the different symbolic foods, simanim, that are eaten at the evening Rosh Hashanah
meal by various Jewish communities.
We will also enjoy an ethnic Sephardic meal. 
 
 


 
             Community Events

The 26th Annual Mayor's 5K Run/Walk
Sunday, September 25, 2016

Davening Schedule
PARSHAT Devarim-Chazon
Davening Times

Friday  
Candle Lighting
7:41pm

*Mincha 7:00pm*

 SHABBAT DAY 

 PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN NORMAL SCHEDULE
Shiur 9:00am 

Shacharit 9:30am

Z'man Kriat Shema 9:34am  

Kiddush

Rabbi's Pre- Tisha B'Av Shiur -1:00pm

Mincha 1:37pm

Last Time To Eat Before Fast 7:57pm

Shabbat Ends 8:42pm

Maariv Followed by Eicha 9:00pm

For the Week of
Aug. 15 -Aug. 19 

SHACHARIT
Monday - Friday 
6:45am
 
Please note that we are now on our 
"Plag Hamincha Zeman"  
  summer schedule for daily  Mincha/Ma'ariv.  
 
MINCHA/MAARIV
 Monday -Thursday
6:15pm
New Topic
 Class for Women
Women's class
with Rabbi Klibanoff

Study of the 
weekly Haftorah

Tuesday mornings
10:30 - 11:30.

PLEASE NOTE...
Class will not meet in July but will resume
in August.
Kiddush Sponsorship
candles,challah,cup
  Sponsoring a kiddush is wonderful way to commemorate a loved one's yahrzeit or celebrate a simcha.  

If you would like to sponsor please  contact the office.

Youth Newsletter
Youth Newsletter
will be back after the Summer. 
Updating
Cholim list
Prayer for the Ill
To add or remove a name from the cholim list, please contact Shelley Paradis at [email protected]

 

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