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This year's bake sale was a smashing success. Thank you to everyone who came and shopped and to our dedicated bakers who made this event possible. A special thank you to Drorit Beckman, Sheryl Blass, Aliza Goldgewert, Nancy & Sarah Lichtenstein for their help on the prep night and Kol Hakavod to the bake sale committee, Deborah Blaiberg, Emma Horowitz, Valerie Levin , Nancy Rose, Elana Rosenbluth and Valerie Rubenstein, who all went above and beyond in planning and executing this event.
Shabbat Shekalim The Adult Education Committee in conjunction with the Reichman Family is pleased to announce Rabbi Paysach Krohn as Scholar in Residence for Shabbat Shekalim February 28 - March 1. We hope you are able to join us for this very special and inspiring Shabbat in memory of Avraham Reichman.
As you know, every year a very dedicated committee of volunteers works hard to come up with a unique concept for the sisterhood Mishloach Manot project. We do this so that everyone in the shul can easily and inexpensively send Mishloach Manot to each other, enjoy the results, and help the shul with one of its most important fund raising projects. For only $120 you can send Mishloach Manot to everyone in the shul, resulting in a cost to you of about $1 for each family you are sending to! By now, you should have gotten an email with the order form. Please complete and return it by February 21, 2014 to participate in this wonderful project! You may also reply via email to purim@arzeidarom.org with how you want your name to appear, and including how you intend to pay (through the shul PAYPAL account, credit card, check, etc). Please also let us know if you are willing to help with packing or delivering the Mishloach Manot. - The Mishloach Manot Committee
We will be having our next Simcha Kiddush on March 22nd celebrating birthdays and anniversaries in the months of January, February and March. If you're celebrating a birthday and/or anniversary, please email the names and date(s) of the celebrant(s) to Holly Weiss at holly.ohrenweiss1@gmail.com. The cost to participate is $25 per name. All participants will be recognized in the weekly announcements as well as on Shabbos morning following davening. Thanks again for your participation.
Mommy and Me will now be regularly meeting EVERY OTHER Shabbat at 10:30 am. Join Emma Horowitz for games, stories, songs and snacks. For children ages 0-3 with a parent, siblings welcome. Questions? send an email to mommyandme@arzeidarom.org. UPCOMING DATES 2/22 3/8 3/22
Two years ago, all the shuls in the Teaneck and Bergenfield areas jointly decided to help our eruv which was deeply in debt. It is now paying back its debts, but still has a way to go. Although we agreed to put in a budget item, we are the only shul that did not raise dues. This is because the Board felt that it was the duty of each member family to assess the level of tzedakah it wishes to give, and to which causes. We do hope that 100% of the membership will participate, at least minimally, to the upkeep of the eruv, and that those families who can afford to will consider giving more. Please make your checks out to the shul, and mark them clearly that they are for the eruv. The shul will then transfer those funds to the Eruv Corporation.
Junior congregation starts at 9:45AM. There will be two age groups: Group 1: 1st - 3rd graders will meet in the social hall Group 2: 4th and 5th graders will meet in the back left room of the social hall Following junior congregation, both groups will join together for a small Youth Kiddush. After Kiddush, the kids will be offered an opportunity to pick from two to three structured activities/games lead by one of our group leader. Nursery, Pre K and Kindergarten groups start at 9:45AM in the back right room of the social hall. This group has their own davening and snacks will be provided. At the end of shul it is required a parent picks up their child from this group. If your child(ren) do not wish to participate in youth groups, we request that they sit with you in shul. We are asking that children do not walk/run around shul, play by the stairs, in the corner alcoves or play unsupervised outside the building. While most children are quiet and respectful, their lack of participation detracts from the atmosphere the group leaders are trying to create. Sponsor the Youth Kiddush for $30 to celebrate a Child's birthday, recognition of achievements or in support of our Youth Groups. To schedule your week to sponsorship please email youth@arzeidarom.org. Please be advised that the Arzei Darom does not provide any supervision of children outside of the building, outside of structured activities. We are very concerned about the safety of all of the children and ask that no children be permitted to stay outside on their own, climb on the trees or fence, or run into the street. We also ask that all parents remind their children to be respectful of the property and cars and not participate in any destructive behavior. Please join Bnei Akiva Snif Chadash (South of Route 4) this Shabbat, January 11th from 4:15 - 5:30 p.m. for snif (Shabbat afternoon groups) at Netivot Shalom located at 811 Palisade Avenue. Please note that snif will take place on the following Shabbatot at Netivot Shalom: Shabbat, March 1st from 5:15 - 6:30 p.m. Shabbat, March 22nd from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Shabbat, April 5th from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Shabbat, May 3rd from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Shabbat, May 17th from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Shabbat, June 14th from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. We ask that families who participate in Bnei Akiva consider an annual contribution of $50-100 to help defray the cost of running this program. For more information or to contribute, please contact Pam Scheininger at pscheininger@hotmail.com. Please click and "friend" Bnei Akiva's new facebook page to get schedule and other special goings on from Bnei Akiva Snif Chadash: http://www.facebook.com/BneiAkivaSnifChadash.
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.
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 and Holy Name Medical Center 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. Care One Care One at Teaneck is seeking Shabbos host families to provide hospitality for our patients' relatives. When illness or post surgery rehabilitation at our facility requires a patient’s stay over Shabbos, we often receive requests for accommodations for a spouse, adult child, friend, or other family member. We gladly provide on site RCBC supervised meals, a beautiful Shul and most other requirements. However, when our facility is full, we try to arrange nearby off-site accommodations for sleeping. As a token of our appreciation, we will gladly provide delicious Shabbos meals for the host family, as well. To pre-register as a Shabbos host, please contact Laurie Kleid at 201-287-8560.
Having a party? Need space for a simcha? Know someone who is? Arzei Darom's social is available for rent at reasonable prices. Please send an email to hallrental@arzeidarom.org for further information.
PLEASE DO NOT BLOCK the doorways or the walkway leading to the doors to the shul with your baby carriage. We understand that if it is raining or snowing you do not want your carriage to get wet, but this is a safety issue. The doorways MUST NOT BE BLOCKED AT ANY TIME. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.
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. February: Rose, Rothstein, Rubenstein, Ryp, Sarue For more information on anything Kiddush related, please contact Holly Weiss at kiddush@arzeidarom.org.
A Sefer Or A Volume Of Shas A wonderful way to commemorate an anniversary, honor a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, a significant birthday, marriage, or birth, or in memory of a loved one, is to dedicate a sefer. In addition to the label that is placed in the volume, an acknowledgement card is mailed out.
Or click this link to be taken to the form: http://www.arzeidarom.org/pdf/seforim.pdf.
Davar Shiurim - Feb 21-22 Davar is pleased to host a scholar-in-residence Shabbat Feb 21 & 22 with husband-and-wife team Yehuda Mirsky and Tamar Biala. Tamar will be speaking on Friday night at services and Yehuda will speak during Shabbat morning services and again at mincha. Tamar will speak on creative midrash, and Yehuda’s talks will focus on the legacies of Rav Amital and of Rav Kook and contemporary religious Zionism. His new biography of Rav Kook, published by Yale University Press, will be on sale prior to Shabbat, Friday anytime after 1pm at Davar. 5:25pm Friday night mincha, kabalat shabat, Tamar Biala will speak and then mariv 8:15am Saturday morning tfila and Yehuda Mirsky will speak after kiddush 4:45pm Saturday afternoon mincha followed by seudah shelishit and 2nd talk by Yehuda Mirsky Tamar Biala is a writer and educator, who has taught at the Hartman Institute, in pluralistic batei midrash and for the IDF. She has written in feminist theology and is the co-editor of Dirshuni: Midrashei Nashim (Yediot Acharonot, 2009), the first-ever collection of Midrashim written by contemporary Israeli women. Yehudah Mirsky is an Associate Professor at Brandeis University. He served in the State department's human rights bureau in the Clinton Administration, was on the faculty of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and a fellow in several Jerusalem research institutes, and is active in Ha-Tenuah Ha-Yerushalmit, the movement for a pluralist Jerusalem. His biography of Rav Kook is published by Yale University Press. Rav Meir Soloveichik at Beth Aaron - Feb 21/22 The Beth Abraham Adult Ed committee is excited to announce that R’ Meir Soloveichik will be joining us as Scholar-in-Residence for Shabbos, Parshas Vayakhel, February 21 – 22, 2014. The schedule of events is as follows: Friday night oneg at 8.15 PM - "The Yiddish Letter and the Declaration" Shabbos morning derasha in the main shul before mussaf - "Shatnez at the Nobel Prize: A Reflection on Faith and Reason" Shabbos before mincha at 4.15PM – "Purim Drinking: A Less than Sober Reflection" Shabbos after 5:05 PM mincha – "The Yibbum of Henry VIII" We would like to thank the following families for generously sponsoring the Shabbos: Aviva and Gershon Distenfeld in memory of Reizel Shoshana bas Gershon, Gershon's mother. Elizabeth and Alexander Kratz and the Book family in memory of Sholom ben Chaim Mendel haLevi z"L, Dr. Stephen A. Book z"l, Elizabeth's father. Joy and Barry Sklar in honor of the 25th yahrzeit of Gittel bas Zanvil Dov, Joy's mother. RYNJ Variety Show - Feb 23 Join the RYNJ Family for a Variety Show on Sunday, February 23rd starting at 11:30 in the Bergenfield High School Auditorium 80 South Prospect Ave Featuring: Bubble Mania...learn the science behind making the bubbles while being entertained with bubble tricks Pirate School...learn how to be a pirate. Pirate costume are welcome! RYNJ Boys Choir...listen to our own talented choir sing our favorite songs. It will be a fun experience for the whole family! Tickets: Regular seating:$12 before February 10, $15 after Silver seating: $22 before February 10, $25 after For tickets, please contact Karen Rubin: krubin613@gmail.com or Shoshana Moskowitz 201-841-8581 Open House Discussion with Queens College Hillel - Feb 23 WHAT: QUEENS COLLEGE HILLEL Open House Discussion with Current Students & Hillel Executive Director “Turning Commuter into Community” WHO: High School Juniors & Seniors and Parents WHEN: Sunday, February 23, 2014 10:30 AM WHERE: Rena and Menachem Schnaidman 333 Ogden Ave. Teaneck, NJ For more information, please contact: Uri Cohen, Executive Director – uri@qchillel.org 718-793-2222 or Rena Levin – renatlevin@gmail.com Yad Eliezer for Babies Annual Tea - Feb 24 Please join us for an evening dedicated to meetng our children's needs at the Yad Eliezer for Babies 7th Annual Tea Featuring Rabbi Yanky Horowitz who will be speaking on the topic of Helping Your Children Succeed in School and Life by Understanding Their Learning Profiles Honoring Alyssa Coltn OTR/L and Aviva Lipner OTR/L for years of dedicated service to the children of the Teaneck/Bergenfield community At the home of Yitzi and Terri Karasick 75 Thames Boulevard, Bergenfield, New Jersey, 07621 Monday, February 24, 2014, 7:30 pm $25.00 Suggested Couvert. Dessert Reception and Raffles wil be available To donate in honor of Aviva and Alyssa please visit: http://www.yadeliezer.org Ma'ayanot Annual Scholarship Dinner - Mar 8 The Ma'ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls Annual Scholarship Dinner will take place on Saturday night, March 8, 2013 at Congregation Keter Torah in Teaneck. Please join us in honoring Mark and Bracha Bluman with our Keter Shem Tov Award, Ernie and Sallie Levi as Parents of the Year, and Abbie Rabin with our Faculty Appreciation Award. Please call Pam Ennis at 201-833-4307, ext. 265 for more information. Women's Empowerment Seminar @ JFNNJ - Mar 18 "How Religion and Faith Informs and Guides Women Facing Life Challenges". March 18, 7-9 pm at the Federation, 50 Eisenhower Drive, Paramus. For more informatin, contact Natalya Taleysnik at 201-820-3944. Israeli Film Festival - Mar 22 - Apr 10 Films to include "The Prime Ministers" and "Under the Same Sun". For more information, visit www.jfnnj.org/filmfestival. Project S.A.R.A.H. Annual Breakfast - Mar 23 The entire community is encouraged to attend the 8th Annual Project S.A.R.A.H. (Stop Abusive Relationships At Home) Breakfast on Sunday, March 23rd, 9:30-11:30 AM at Congregation Rinat Yisrael. Project S.A.R.A.H. will honor Senator Loretta Weinberg, Rabbi Neil and Andrea Winkler, Mollie Kidorf Fisch, and Sara Schlussel, with special keynote speaker Dr. David Pelcovitz. Project S.A.R.A.H is a domestic violence and sexual abuse project that supports all members of the Jewish community throughout NJ. For more information please contact Project S.A.R.A.H at 973-777-7638 or visit http://projectsarah.org/ TABC dinner - Mar 30 Please join TABC at its 31st Annual Dinner on Sunday, March 30th at Congregation Keter Torah as we honor a group of very special individuals. The theme of this year's dinner "Building our Future," acknowledges the tremendous contributions of our honorees; Wendy and Isaac Shulman, Alisa and Stephen Levy, Dr. Garry Katz and Yaacov Apfelbaum who have all contributed in significant ways to the growth of our Yeshiva. For reservations or to make a donation, please go to tabc.org/dinner. Shirat Devorah In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, a woman in our community was diagnosed with ALS. Unable to move, talk, or function on her own, we are raising money to help her with her many daily and lifelong challenges with a new charity organization called "Shirat Devorah." We are selling bracelets for $2 to support her and if you would like to purchase one or make a donation please contact me, Shabbi Kestenbaum at shashabbi2@aol.com or 1-917-446-4625 Yeshivat Noam Adult Education: Weekly "Women in Tanach" Shiur Yeshivat Noam's Parent Education Committee invites the community to attend "Prophetesses, Queens, and Villains: Exploring Women in Tanach," a weekly shiur taught by Aliza Weinberg, 8th Grade Tanach teacher and Tanach Enrichment Coordinator. Dedicated to the memory of Rochi Lerner, z"l, the shiur is held on Tuesday mornings, 9:45-10:30 am, in the Yeshivat Noam Middle School, 70 West Century Road, Paramus, NJ. The weekly shiur has been generously sponsored by an anonymous donor and is free of charge. For more information, please contact Amy Vogel, avogel@yeshivatnoam.org. Neighborhood Shiurim at BCBM BCBM.org - Go to www.BCBM.org for the latest shiurim in the neighborhood, including recent shiurim by R' Weiss, R' Sobolofsky, R' Godwicht, R' Adler, R' Pruzansky, R' Taubes, R' Weinberg, R' Cohen, R' Sacks, R' Neuburger, R' Feldman and many others, as well as a large archive of shiurim of Rav Soloveitchik zt'l. Also, please record shiurim from your shul and forward to shiurs@bcbm.org Mikvah appointments now available online! Appointments may now be booked online for the Teaneck Mikvah, which is open from 5:00 p.m. until 9:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. for a shower. On Saturday night, the Mikvah will open 20 minutes after Shabbat ends, remaining open until 9:15 p.m. for a bath and 9:30 p.m. for a shower. You must make an online appointment (www.teaneckmikvah.com) to use the Mikvah on Friday night or Yom Tov. There will be a late fee of $25 if you arrive after closing hours. 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. Friday Night Mikvah Now Open The Teaneck Mikvah Association is proud to announce that the new Friday Night Mikvah serving the south side of Teaneck is now open. The new Mikvah is located at 87 Sterling Place, directly across the street from the Teaneck Jewish Center. Appointments are required and should be made on our website, http://www.teaneckmikvah.com. 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