Etz Chaim Newsletter 
November 19, 2016
16 Cheshvan,  5777
Upcoming Events

THIS SHABBAT
Nov. 19 
Shabbat with Jewish National Fund featuring 
Guest Speaker Yedidya Harush
Yedidya will speak after services in our Limmud format.

Nov. 19
New Beginner Tefillah Class with Rabbi Bendory 
9:45-11:00am

Dec. 16-17
Scholar in Residence with Nachum Segal & 
Community Friday Night Dinner
Women's Kabbalat Shabbat

Dec. 23-24
The Mikdash Project comes to Etz Chaim in Preparation 
for Chanukah

Jan. 17
Sisterhood Book Club Event
Modern Girls by Jennifer S. Brown
Mazal Tov!

Mazal Tov to Lana & Yoni Glatt on the birth of their daughter Dahlia Rena 
Mazal Tov to big sisters Ariella & Sophia.

Melissa Kapustin is coordinating meals for the family.  
If you would like to contribute , please  click here. 

Melissa may be contacted directly at melissa@injurylawyer.com or 973-668-6872
Mazal Tov!

Mazal Tov to Rosalyn & Michael Grad 
on the engagement of their son 
Robbie to Chana Friedman of Teaneck
K iddush Sponsor

Kiddush this week is sponsored by the 
Etz Chaim community

Message from the Rabbi
Parshat Vayera
At the conclusion of this week's Parsha we read of Akeidat Yitzchak.  It was not too long ago (though it feels like it) that we read this portion on Rosh Hashanah.  
Avraham, in what many consider to be his tenth and final test, goes to Mount Moriah to offer his beloved son Yitzchak as an offering.  I do not need to tell you how this episode is fraught with so many theological challenges and issues.
When it is all said and done, the theme is of the story is about sacrificing what you are comfortable with for a higher purpose.  
This Shabbat we are privileged to host my dear friend, Yedidya Harush, from Halutza.  When we think of Israel, we think of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and all the densely populated areas of our small country.  Seldom do we think of the communities that are in the middle of nowhere.  I mean nowhere. Literally!
Yedidya has dedicated his life to sacrificing his comfort for the higher purpose of settling in our Holy Land of Israel.  I am not talking about any areas which some may deem as "Troublesome" or "Questionable."  I am speaking of uncontested, wide open swaths of land that few are interested in. 
I have been there and it is something to see.  The Chalutzim - Pioneers of old, are alive and well.  

Come this Shabbat and you will hear all about it.

Shabbat Shalom
JNF Joins Etz Chaim 
This Shabbat, November 19

With Guest Speaker Yedidya Harush

Yedidya Harush was born and raised in Gush Katif on the Gaza Strip. 

He currently serves as the community representative for Israeli residents living on the border in the Halutza region, which was established after Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005. 

One year later, Yedidya was recruited to play basketball in the United States.  He lived in central New Jersey from 2006-2007 before returning to his roots in Israel. 

Soon after, he assumed a key leadership role in the joint effort to help the children and young adults of Gush Katif evacuees lead a normal life while their families and homes were in distress. 

During Operation Protective Edge in 2014, when repeated rocket attacks struck southern Israel, Yedidya's reserve elite IDF unit and Halutza's residents helped secure the local border and protect the country. 

Yedidya is inspired to make Ben Gurion's dream in the Negev a reality by working to develop Halutza into a thriving community in partnership with  Jewish National Fund.
New Beginner Tefillah Class Begins
November 19



New Beginner Tefillah Class

Have you ever found yourself a little lost during services?  
Are you intimidated by what goes on each week in Shul while you try to keep up?  
Does this prevent you from attending Shul at all?
Fear no more!  
Led by our very capable Rabbi David Bendory, we now offer a beginner's learning prayer service open to men and women.

Rabbi Bendory will take you on a journey through our Siddur as you will learn the ins and outs of Davening.  

Y ou will become experts at knowing all the key parts of our prayers, including: When to sit, stand, bow, take steps backward, take steps forward, and so much more.

The first class will meet on Shabbat morning, Nov. 19th 
at 9:45 am in the Beit Midrash.

Please encourage anyone whom you think may benefit from this new initiative.
Save the Date and Start Reading!

Tuesday, January 17

 Etz Chaim Sisterhood
Book Club Event

Modern Girls  
by Jennifer S. Brown



Moderated by Chana Krasnjanski
dynamic high school teacher
             Community Events

Baby Bop Shabbat Music Class
Third Class - November 18
Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy 
Open House Family Fun Day
November 20

Please bring your family and join JKHA on Sunday, November 20th at 10 am 
to experience the JKHA difference.  

Children will enjoy interactive activities, cultivate their curiosity, and participate in chesed programs.  
In addition, you will have the opportunity to experience our state-of-the-art campus. 

Please pre-register at http://www.jkha.org/jkhaopenhouse

For more information, please contact Shawn Tarzik at starzik@jkha.org or 862-437-8064

2016 ATID SOCIETY Concert
November 20


Kick off the 2016-17 JKHA/RKYHS Annual Campaign by joining the ATID SOCIETY and attending the gala concert featuring Simcha Leiner.
Sunday, November 20, 2016

6:00 PM - Deluxe dinner for ATID SOCIETY members
7:30 PM - Concert 
Dessert reception for all attendees following the concert

For tickets and ATID sponsorship information, please visit www.jkha.org/ATID or contact Sarah Levinson at slevinson@jkha.org or 862-437-8001.


Jewish History Miniseries 
with Melissa Kapustin
Next Class is November 21

 
Davening Schedule
Parshat 
Vayera 

  SHABBAT 
 Davening Times

Friday 
 
Candle Lighting
4:18pm

Mincha 
 4:20pm

SHABBAT DAY 
 
Shiur - 8:30am

Shacharit 
9:00am

Z'man Kriat Shema
   9:16am  

Mincha 
4:15pm

Shabbat Ends
5:19pm


  Weekday Services
      Nov. 20 - 25

Sunday

Shacharit 
8:30am

Mincha/Ma'ariv 4:20pm

Monday - Wednesday
Shacharit - 6:45am

Thursday/Friday - Thanksgiving -Shacharit -8:30am


















 
 

WE HAVE MOVED TO OUR WINTER SCHEDULE. 
WE WILL HAVE MA'ARIV ONLY ON
 MONDAY-
THURSDAY EVENINGS AT 6:45PM.

MINCHA/MA'ARIV SERVICES AT SUBURBAN TORAH ARE AT 4:20PM

Rabbi's Classes
Women's class
with Rabbi Klibanoff

Study of the 
weekly Haftorah

Tuesday mornings
10:30 - 11:30

Talmud Shiur in 
Masechet Sotah

Tuesday evening after Mincha/Maariv
Kiddush Sponsorship

  Sponsoring a kiddush is wonderful way to commemorate a loved one's yahrzeit or celebrate a simcha.  

If you would like to sponsor please 

Etz Chaim Youth


Parshat Vayera


Updating
Cholim list
Prayer for the Ill
To add or remove a name from the cholim list, please contact Shelley Paradis at shel4p@aol.com. 

 

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