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Mazal tov to Elisheva Ciment on becoming a bat mitzvah. Mazal tov to her parents Rabbi and Rabbanit Ciment, her siblings Tziporah, Akiva, Rikki, and Shoshana, and her relatives and friends who are celebrating with us. Kiddush this week is sponsored by Rabbi and Rabbanit Ciment in honor of their daughter becoming a Bat Mitzvah.
By now all members and associate members should have received an email with all of your information from the prior directory, for update, correction, etc. Please reply to that email. If you didn't receive an email, and/or would like to update your membership status in order to be listed in the directory, please send an email to directory@arzeidarom.org. Family Photo This year we are again including the option for you to add a family photo to your listing. Just submit a digital photo of your family for us to include along with your listing. Babysitter Page Do you have children of babysitting age? We are offering them an opportunity for free advertising! We are compiling a list of babysitters for a special page in the directory. If your sons or daughters are interested in participating, please submit the following information to: Stacy Goldstein stacyag@gmail.com. Name of Babysitter: Email address: Phone number: Age: Advertising In The Directory We are also seeking everyone's assistance in soliciting ads for the directory. If everyone brings in one or two ads, this will be an extremely successful project. Remember to ask everyone you encounter for an ad - some suggestions of whom to ask include:
Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. to be held at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun. For dinner journal and reservation information please visit http://www.arzeidarom.org/dinner.html. For any questions about the dinner or your reservation: dinner@arzeidarom.org.
Arzei Darom's 9th Annual Cholent Cookoff will take place on Friday night, January 1, 2016 at 8 p.m. in the Social Hall. Everyone is invited to Taste and Judge. Are you interested in competing/sponsoring/organizing? Please contact Debbie Tyler at debbietyler@yahoo.com. See attached flyer.
We are in the process of setting times for our remaining onegs during the fall and winter. This year we hope to have four onegs and are again looking for sponsors. We have two levels of sponsorship:
Thank you to our sponsors: Alt, Barber, Barta, Blass, Borgen, Borodach, Cohen, Einhorn, Eisenman, Greenberg, Grunstein, Haberman, Levin, Polinsky, Ramirez, Rivkin, Rose, Rosenbluth, Rudman, Segal, Weinberger and Anonymous.
Mommy & Me continues to meet every other Shabbat at 10:30 am. Please contact Shira Silverberg at shirasilverberg@gmail.com if you are interested in leading a session. PoKiZman Club meets every Shabbat at 10:15 am. Please remind your children to be prepared to participate in davening. Regular Groups for children in 3rd grade and up continue to meet at 9:45 am with davening starting at 10:00 am. Children who participate in davening and other activities, as well as help with setting up and clean-up will earn tickets towards prizes. Join the Youth Department for a fun filled Pre-Chanukah Party featuring a pizza dinner and magic show. Wednesday, December 2 at 5:30 pm in the Social Hall. Cost: $10 per child, $20 per family max. Please contact us at youth@arzeidarom.org for more information about these programs.
Our third cycle of our kiddush cooperative is underway. Through the contributions of $200 from about 20 families, 7-8 additional hot kiddushim per year are added. This is an excellent way to sponsor kiddush at a very reasonable price. While we typically order from our local vendors, we welcome feedback from Kiddush Cooperative members on what types of menus they would like to see. Thank you to the following families who have joined this year's Kiddush Cooperative: Adams, Alt, Barber, Barta, Blass, Blum, Borodach,Davidowitz, Distenfeld, Einhorn, Eisenman, Knoll, Levin, Mittan, Rabitz, Rivkin, Rothstein, Rose and Anonymous families for your season sponsorship. We still welcome families to join the Kiddush Cooperative. The more families we have, the more hot kiddushes we can enjoy throughout the year. It is not too late to join! Please email Holly Weiss at holly.ohrenweiss1@gmail.com to add your name to the Kiddush Cooperative.
Families interested in sponsoring a kiddush and/or seudat shlishit should contact Holly so that she can reserve the date on the shul calendar. Please also let Holly know if you would like to participate in an upcoming Crock Pot Challenge which generally takes place around Rosh Chodesh. We've been doing these for a year and are always seeking new families to take the challenge. Kiddush clean up is on a rotating basis, based on your last name. While we recognize that everyone in your group may not be available each Shabbat, we ask that you pitch in if you are assigned in that month so that the same people are not doing the clean-up each week. We all like kiddushes and we all make plans for lunch after shul so please be respectful of your fellow congregants by helping out during your assigned month if you are in shul. We also ask that you please watch your children during Kiddush to the extent possible, and to place their finished items in the garbage cans provided. November:Grunstein, Horowitz, Katzwer, Kreitman For more information on anything Kiddush related, please contact Holly Weiss at kiddush@arzeidarom.org.
Upcoming Yartzeit? Having a simcha? Do you know of a visiting Ba'al Tefilah? Please email our gabbai Dr. David Blass for all of your davening/leining related issues at rituals@arzeidarom.org.
Please join Rabbi Ciment as he leads Arzei Darom in a new year of learning, Shabbat mornings starting at 8:15 am. We will be learning Masechet Sanhedrin. All are encouraged and welcome to attend. Rabbi Ciment is continuing his Sunday morning shiur on the Rambam at 7:50 am (please check the schedule above for confirmation on a given week). We are always looking for opportunities to strengthen our connection to Torah. The more Torah in the shul, the better, so let us know if you have any other suggestions. A number of Hebrew and English seforim are missing from our library. If you have any of them, please return them so that other members will have the ability to use them as well. If you are currently using one of the seforim, and need to continue to use it, please contact Rebecca Segal so that we can keep track of where our seforim are. Thank you.
As a community, we offer assistance with meals to families with new babies, families sitting shiva, and families who need a little help for various reasons, such as a medical emergency. If you are interested in volunteering to help make meals in the future, please contact Adrianne Mittan at agemittan@gmail.com. And if you are in need of our assistance, whether it is for good news or less fortunate news, you can contact Adrianne directly, or speak to Rabbi and Rabbanit Ciment, or Yosef Rothstein.
Bikur Cholim List If you know of someone who would like to be put on the bikur cholim list, please email the name of the person (English and Hebrew w/ Mother's name), and whether or not they are accepting visitors (if so, please include location) or phone calls (if so, please include phone #) and any other details which the person is interested in sharing with the community. The email address is bikurcholim@arzeidarom.org. Bikur Cholim Volunteers Arzei Darom is looking for bikur cholim volunteers to visit the patients at CareOne on Shabbat. For those who have volunteered in the past, the visits are gratefully appreciated. Please volunteer and encourage your children to join you for this great mitzvah. Please e-mail Susan Taubes at bikurcholim@arzeidarom.org, so she can add your name to the rotation list and we can have an organized schedule each Shabbat.
Having a party? Need space for a simcha? Know someone who is? Arzei Darom's social hall is available for rent at reasonable prices. Please send an email to hallrentals@arzeidarom.org for further information. In addition, if you are having a simcha, e.g. a bar or bat mitzvah, you can reserve a shabbat by contacting Valerie Levin or Yosef Rothstein, and asking to have your simcha added to the Arzei Darom calendar. Questions when planning your simcha? Speak to Yosef Rothstein, Miles Levin (Gabbai Rishon) or Valerie Levin.
MTA Palor Meeting - Dec 2 Yeshiva University High School for Boys (MTA) will be a hosting a parlor meeting for the Bergen County Community at the Pfeiffer Residence, 400 Warwick Avenue, Teaneck, NJ, 07666, this Wednesday, December 2nd, at 8 pm. Hear about all the amazing opportunities that MTA has to offer! Prospective parents and students are invited! HFLS - Encore Entrepreneurs - Dec 2 Encore Entrepreneurs is a program for individuals ages 50+ who are looking to launch a business as a path to long-term financial stability. Through hands-on learning with fellow future entrepreneurs, you will: Develop your business concept, Learn about marketing, social media, business financials, and more, Get feedback on your business idea from fellow entrepreneurs, Gain valuable knowledge and insight from expert guest speakers. The 12-week course will meet on consecutive Wednesdays at the UJA-Federation of New York )130 East 59th Street in Manhattan) from 10 am - 2 pm starting on December 2, 2015. Cost is highly subsidized at just $200. For more information visit http://www.hfls.org/encoreentrepreneurs or call 212-687-0188 x212. Rinat Yisrael - Dec 5 On Saturday night, December 5, 2015 at 8:30 pm in our Social Hall, the Adult Education Committee of Cong. Rinat Yisrael will present "Noah's Wine vs. Pharaoh's Beer - the Culture War That Shaped Jewish History." Join renowned lecturer and Biblical botany expert Dr. Jon Greenberg of TorahFlora.org for refreshments (wine, beer, and dessert) as he explains their Biblical, historical, and halachic significance. $15 cover charge per person at the door. 21 and older only please. Kindly RSVP to adulted@rinat.org by November 30, 2015. RYNJ Mommy & Me - Dec 6 Join RYNJ for magical "Mommy and Me" classes with Morah Ronit. You and your children, ages 0-3, are invited for exciting music and movement classes. Bring friends, meet new ones and share a wonderful hour with your child on December 6th, 20th and 27th from 9:30AM - 10:30AM at the RYNJ Preschool. There is no charge for these classes. Please register online at RYNJ.org. For more information please email us at welcome@RYNJ.org. We welcome your family to join our family. Congregation Ahavath Torah - Dec 12 Save the Date - A Chanukah Celebration Featuring the IDF Musical Ensemble in concert. Join us for a festive concert with IDF soldiers performing live Israeli music for the entire family! Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 7:30 pm at Congregation Ahavath Torah, 240 Broad Avenue, Englewood, NJ 07631. For further information or to purchase tickets please contact Cara at 646-274-9646 or visit http://www.fidf.org/hanukkahensemble. Project Ezrah Dinner - Dec 19 Ezrah has meant HELP to over 8000 neighbors in the past 14 years - Help celebrate this commitment to our community: Project Ezrah's Dinner Reception December 19, 2015 at Congregation Ahavath Torah Proceeds from the annual dinner go directly to client support, enabling our clients to put food on their tables, stay in their homes and find meaningful employment so that they can be self-supportive and contributing members of our community. Dinner 2015 will honor: Rabbi Steven Weil, Amy and Joshua Fogelman, Ellen and Richard Gertler, Emily and Eli Isak, Maren and Robbie Scharf, Rivka and Baruch Stein "Meat us in Englewood" for Dinner 2015! For reservations or questions please: Visit http://new.soshul.net/ezrah/cf/dinner_form.cfm, call our office (201) 569-9047 or email dinner@ezrah.org. New Local Mincha Minyan New daily Mincha Minyan. Monday - Thursday 1:30 p.m. Signature Appliances 513 Cedar Lane. Between Estihana and the movie theater Heichal HaTorah Seder Program Heichal HaTorah invites all Jr. High Boys to the Rubenstein Jr. High Night Seder Program on Monday evenings 7:00 - 8:15 PM at the Yeshiva located at 70 Sterling Place, Teaneck, NJ. For more information, visit http://www.heichalhatorah.org/nightseder, call the Yeshiva 201.335.0633 or email Rav Stechler at ras@heichalhatorah.org. Yeshivat Noam Shiur Series Yeshivat Noam is pleased to invite the community to our weekly Tuesday morning parent shiur at 9:30 am in the YN Middle School Beit Knesset. Rabbi Dr. Alex Mondrow, Middle School psychologist and teacher, will deliver an eight-week series of classes called Meaning and Motivations: The Reasons Behind Our Words and Actions. The series begins with a focus on transforming our Shabbat experience by exploring the deeper meaning behind our observance of Shabbat, with special attention to the psychological dimensions of the day. This shiur series is free of charge and is open to the entire community, so bring your friends!. Brought to you by the Yeshivat Noam Parent Education Committee. For questions or more information, please email psp@yeshivatnoam.org. Rebbetzin Kohn Shiur Rebbetzin Leah Kohn gives her weekly shiur for women on Mondays from 9:45am-11am at 1510 Jefferson Street, Teaneck. The current series is "Vayikara: The Guide to Developing a Deep Connection with Hashem". Beth Aaron No Shekel Left Behind Have some shekalim or Euros left over from a recent trip? Your loose change and paper money can add up and will help refurbish the Youth Center in Beit Yatir, Beth Aaron's sister town in Israel. Mail in or drop off your shekalim or Euros at the Beth Aaron office. Donations in dollars also will be accepted. Bikur Cholim of Bergen County seeking volunteers Bikur Cholim of Bergen County (BCBC) provides support, facilities, and services to ease the burden of families during trying times. We partner with our families to relieve some of the stress and effects of illness, with compassion and concern. BCBC is a volunteer driven, not-for-profit organization, guided by the RCBC. We are currently looking for men and women who would like to join our volunteer core of sensitive and caring individuals, so that we can expand our services to those in need. We are looking for volunteers to help with: meal preparation, driving the elderly or ill to local doctor appointments, visiting people in need, or giving respite to a caregiver. As we expand, we are also looking for people with organizational expertise to oversee new projects. Please visit our website at bikurcholimbergencounty.org and visit our VOLUNTEER PAGE or email volunteer@bikurcholimbergencounty.org to sign up to help our efforts. For any questions call us at 201-579-3066. Mikvah appointments now available online! Appointments may now be booked online for the Teaneck Mikvah (http://www.teaneckmikvah.com). You must make an online appointment to use the Mikvah on Friday night or Yom Tov, other times walk-ins are welcomed. If you have a special circumstance, please call Miriam Feman at the Mikvah, 201-837-8220, and she will do her best to accommodate your needs. The Keylim Mikvah is open from 7:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Please call the Mikvah, 201-837-8220, with any questions. Tomchei Shabbos of Bergen County Tomchei Shabbos is desperately seeking drivers for Wednesday night deliveries. Please contact Chani Schmutter 201-833-2320 or email chaniruth@att.net, if you are able to help out. We have many opportunities for volunteers to help out, with anything from deliveries to administrative assistance. For more information, click here. About this messageThis message is being sent to you as a service of Congregation Arzei Darom. 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