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Parashat Shemot


Friday, Jan 1
New Year's Day
Shacharit 8:30 am
Candles 4:20 pm
Mincha 4:25 pm


Shabbat, Jan 2
Masechet Sanhedrin Shiur 8:15 am
Shacharit 9:00 am
Kriat Shma 9:41 am
Mommy & Me 10:30 am
Mincha 4:15 pm
Ma'ariv 5:24 pm
Havdalah 5:30 pm
Parent Child Learning 6:30 p.m.


Sunday, Jan 3
Rabbi Ciment's Rambam Shiur 7:50 am
Shacharit 8:30 am
Mincha/Ma'ariv 4:25 pm
Shul Dinner 6:00 pm


Monday, Jan 4
Shacharit 6:35 am
Ma'ariv 8:30 pm


Tuesday, Jan 5
Shacharit 6:45 am
Ma'ariv 8:30 pm


Wednesday, Jan 6
Shacharit 6:45 am
Ma'ariv 8:30 pm


Thursday, Jan 7
Shacharit 6:35 am
Ma'ariv 8:30 pm


Contact Us

CONGREGATION
ARZEI DAROM


725 Queen Anne Road
Teaneck, NJ 07666

Rabbi Aharon Ciment
rabbi@arzeidarom.org
Study: 201-530-0043

President: Yosef Rothstein
president@arzeidarom.org

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Events

Arzei Darom Fourteenth Annual Dinner

Arzei Darom Fourteenth Annual Dinner honoring Rabbi Aharon and Rachel Ciment Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. to be held at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun.

For any questions about the dinner or your reservation: dinner@arzeidarom.org.

Emerald

Sam and Patty Borodach

Akiva and Rachel Distenfeld

Mark and Linda Karasick

Miles and Valerie Levin

Cedar Market

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Sapphire

Howard and Elaine Alt

Shlomo and Sarah Barber

Ann Lewkowitz

Oleg and Cheryl Rivkin

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Pearl

Jerry and Rena Barta

Yussie and Merna Davidowitz

Alan and Rochel Feld

Evie and Alden Leifer

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lewkowitz

Sarah Okonz

Shabsi and Julie Polinsky

Steven & Yael Rabitz

Doug and Nancy Rose

Benjy and Elana Rosenbluth

Yosef and Elisheva Rothstein

Moshe and Debbie Weinberger

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Opal

Howard & Carol Bienenfeld of BLS Financial

David and Sheryl Blass

Moshe and Ali Blech

Elie Ciment

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Eis

Jody and Toby Eisenman

Donny and Melissa Furer

Joel and Rachel Getzler

Aliza and Ron Goldgewert

Ira and Francine Greenberg

Robi and Shira Grunstein

Adina & Michael Littwin

Moshe and Marga Marx

David and Elana Pollack

Marty Ramirez and Lori Fein

Your Extended Miami Beach Family

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Amethyst

Fischel and Rachel Bensinger

Rocky and Ita Cohen

Abie and Leora Cohen

Daniel and Nancy Edelman

Mark and Myriam Einhorn

Yitzi and Talia Flynn

Allen and Rachel Friedman

Alon and Michelle Frumer

Seth and Stacy Goldstein

Marty and Jeanette Heistein

Eric and Jennifer Horn

Uri and Emma Horowitz

Ephraim and Devorah Kanarfogel

Donny and Sandra Knoll

Rebecca and Benjy Lopkin

Paul and Rani Lustiger

Dr. and Mrs. Randy Makovsky

Jonathan and Rachel Margolin

Jarrod and Adrianne Mittan

Mr. & Mrs. Melvin M. Ness

Dr. Yisroel and Dr. Simcha Okon

Avrami and Valerie Rubinstein

Michael and Arlene Sand

Carlos Sarue

Bruno and Rebecca Segal

Allan and Rina Schwartz

Jeff and Sariva Sklar

Ilana Sperling and Boaz Vega

Perry and Miriam Tirschwell

David and Debbie Tyler

Randolph and Holly Weiss

Sandy and Phyllis Zlotnick

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Topaz

Rabbi Tavi Koslowe

Jay and Dori Haberman

Stuart and Sherri Krupnick

Mikey and Ilana Lehrer

Benjamin and Shira Leifer

Ilene and Mark Pollack

Leonard and Alla Rivkin

Matthew and Lisa Root

Ben and Shoshana Ryp

Susan Taubes

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Friend

Doug Blumenfeld

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ciment

Larry and Helen Ciment

Sholom Ciment

Richard and Gail Dukas

Judy Eiger

Ira and Roz Friedman

Shmuel and Miriam Glazer

Ken and Lena Goffstein

David and Shira Greenberg

Judah Grunstein

Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot and Rachel Brenner

Tami Hyatt

Shuey Jacoby

Jonathan and Jessica Landa

Steven and Shulie Kirshner

Irina Shapiro

Abraham and Thelma Stern

David and Barbara Waldman

Paul and Chaya Weinrib

Stephen and Amy Zide

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Listing

Joel and Deborah Blaiberg

Jason and Aviva Esses

Steven and Edith Gruen

Mark and Tami Hikind

Steve and Joyce Kreitman

Rabbi Gil and Sarah Simchi

Martin & Brooke Strazynski

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**As of Dec 24


Cholent Cookoff - Jan 8

Arzei Darom's 9th Annual Cholent Cookoff will take place on Friday night, January 8, 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.


Parent Child Learning - Jan 2

Everyone is welcome to join us this Saturday night at 6:30 pm for self directed parent-child learning followed by pizza and raffle prizes. Thank you to the Wagh-Silverberg family for the sponsorship on Dec. 19.
Sponsorships for this week are still available.


Membership Meeting - Sunday, January 10 7:30 p.m.

The annual membership meeting will take place on Sunday, January 10 at 7:30 p.m. Please make every effort to attend the membership meeting so that we can have a quorum.


Sisterhood Painting Night - Feb 6

The Arzei Darom Sisterhood Presents: Paint with Me! with Nikki Sausen. Saturday Night, February 6, 2015 at 7:45 pm. PAINT WITH ME! with Nikki Sausen is a chance to meet your inner artist in a relaxed, fun setting. The artist will guide you step-by-step through the process of replicating the event’s featured painting. No right or wrong! The event is perfect for beginners, as well as more advanced artists. Participants will learn technique and art terms along the way. Bring your friends and RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/ArzeiPaintNight.


Membership Directory


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:
  • your beautician/barber/nail salon
  • your electrician/plumber/other contractor or handyman
  • your favorite store
  • your doctor/dentist
  • your car mechanic/car salesman
  • your realtor
  • your attorney
  • your favorite restaurant/caterer/kosher store
  • your jeweler
Every little bit helps, and makes it possible for us to issue a beautiful directory. You can download an ad order form from the shul website http://www.arzeidarom.org/directory-5776.html


Fall/Winter Onegs

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:
  • Single Oneg Sponsor - $45
  • Season Sponsor - $150
If you would like to become a sponsor of this terrific mix of Torah and social activity, or if you would like to help organize the onegs, please contact Howard Alt at howard.m.alt@gmail.com.

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.


Youth Department

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.

Please contact us at youth@arzeidarom.org for more information about these programs.


Simcha Kiddush - Jan 30

Our next Simcha Kiddush is scheduled for January 30th celebrating birthdays and anniversaries in the months of November, December and January. Please send all submissions including the name and date of the simcha to Holly Weiss at holly.ohrenweiss@gmail.com.
The cost to participate is $25/name. Thank you in advance for your participation.


Kiddush Cooperative 2015

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.


Kiddush Committee News

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.

January:Blaiberg, Blass, Blech, Borgen, Borodach

For more information on anything Kiddush related, please contact Holly Weiss at kiddush@arzeidarom.org.


Gabbai's Corner

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.


Learning Opportunities

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.


Meals for Community Members

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.


Chesed Opportunities

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.


Social Hall Rentals & Simchas

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.


Community Events

Ma'ayanot Shiur Series
The Ma'ayanot Continuing Education committee is pleased to present a shiur series by Rabbi Jay Goldmintz, Tanakh and Jewish Philosophy teacher, on the topic: The Meaning of Praying and Praying with Meaning: An Exploration of Tefilla and the Siddur. Shiur will take place from 12:15 - 1:15 in the Ma'ayanot beit midrash on the following date: Jan. 7. Men and women welcome. For more information please contact Pam Ennis at 201-833-4307, ext. 265.


Rinat Israeli Film Festival
On Saturday night, January 2, 2016, from 8:00-10:00 pm, we will hold an Israeli Film Festival featuring four films from the Maale Film School. Admission is $7 in advance at http://www.rinat.org/filmfestival or at the door. Come early for a good seat!

Do Wonders Dinner - Jan 3
Do Wonders is a local charity, run entirely by volunteers, which donates wigs to women and young ladies with cancer who could not otherwise afford a beautiful, human hair wig. Each wigs is personally chosen for each recipient, and then cut, styled, colored, and re-sized as needed to make it perfect for each recipient. Night of Wonders is being held to raise funds to buy new wigs for our youngest recipients. Do Wonders & Lillian Lee Salon invite you to join us at the Third Annual Night of Wonders Benefit Concert Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 5:00 pm at the Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe, 100 Frank W. Burr Ave, Teaneck, NJ 07666. For ticket pricing and sponsorship opportunities please visit www.DoWondersCharity.org. For questions, please email DoWondersCharity@gmail.com or call (201)837-6770.

Yeshivat Noam Shiur - Jan 14
Save the date! Yeshivat Noam's Parent Education Committee is pleased to present an exciting evening event with renowned scholar Dr. Yael Ziegler, who will be speaking on "Ten Plagues on Pharaoh's House: Making Sense of the Makkot," on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 8:30 PM in the Yeshivat Noam Middle School Beit Knesset. The entire community is invited, and the event is free of charge. For more information contactpsp@yeshivatnoam.org. Dr. Yael Ziegler is a lecturer in Tanakh at Herzog College and Matan. She received her B.A. from Stern College and an M.A. and Ph.D. From Bar Ilan University. Dr. Ziegler has lectured widely on various Tanakh topics in Israel, the United States, South Africa, Australia, and Europe. She lives in Alon Shvut, Israel, with her husband and their five children. Dr. Ziegler is the author of "Promises to Keep: The Oath in Biblical Narrative" and "Ruth: From Alienation to Monarchy."

Yavneh Academy Dinner - Jan 16
Yavneh Academy will hold its 73rd Annual Dinner on Saturday evening, January 16 at 7:45 p.m. at the Marriott at Glenpointe, Teaneck, NJ. This year’s honorees are Yavneh Academy Director of Special Services and Yavneh alumna, Dr. Sarah Feit, Faculty Service Award and Paramus Mayor Richard LaBarbiera, Community Service Award. Co-chairs for the Annual Dinner are Yavneh parents Moshe Weinberger, Michael Wimpfheimer, and Keith Zakheim. To RSVP or make a donation, please contact Michelle.Weinraub@yavnehacademy.org or visit yavnehdinner.com.

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.

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".

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.


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