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Mazel tov to Atara and Meir Szegedi on their marriage this week. Mazel Tov to their parents Julie and Shabsi Polinsky and Thomas Szegedi and Eva Fischer and to the grandparents Rose Lefkowitz and Harriet and Gil Polinsky and to the siblings and other family members who are with us celebrating the Shabbat Sheva Brachot. Mazel Tov to Malka Kahn on her recent engagement to Yitzchak Handel of Teaneck. Mazel Tov to parents Eli and Shaina Kahn, and parents Len & Betty Handel, and Jean Handel, and to children David, Ari, T'chaylet and Ayelet.
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.ohrenweiss1@gmail.com. The cost to participate is $25/name. Thank you in advance for your participation.
Arzei will hold a teen minyan on Feb 6 in the social hall, starting at 8:30 am. Hot kiddush immediately following davening. All 6th-12th graders are invited. Please contact Moshe Blech to help lead parts of davening or with leining mblech@deloitte.com.
We are wrapping up the Membership Directory to send to the printer. LAST CALL!! If you haven’t responded and you still want to be included, send an email to: directory@arzeidarom.org. We will be including: FAMILY PHOTOS – If you still want to include yours, send a jpg or similar to directory@arzeidarom.org. BABYSITTER PAGE – if your children of babysitting age wish to be included, email Stacy Goldstein stacyag@gmail.com. Name of Babysitter: Email address: Phone number: Age: ADVERTISING – we still have one or two ad spaces available, but you must get your ad copy and payment in to ads@arzeidarom.org. You can download an ad order form from the shul website http://www.arzeidarom.org/directory-5776.html. ALL MATERIALS MUST BE IN BY Wednesday, January 27, 2016. The Arzei Darom Directory Committee
Our next Oneg will be February 12. 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. Please contact us at youth@arzeidarom.org for more information about these programs.
We are excited to start the new cycle of the Kiddush Cooperative! The Kiddush Cooperative has enabled our congregation to enjoy hot kiddushes throughout the year. We are looking for new members to join our 2016 cycle. The cost is $200 per family. If at least 24 families join we will be able to have 8 hot kiddushes! Please consider joining as our first Kiddush is scheduled for February. Please email Holly Weiss at holly.ohrenweiss1@gmail.com to add your name to the Kiddush Cooperative. Thank you to the following families who have renewed for this cycle: Adams, Alt, Barber, Barta, Blass, Borodach, Distenfeld, Einhorn, Eisenman, Knoll, Levin, Mittan, Rabitz and Rose.
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.
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.
Rinat Adult Education Shiur - Jan 31 Cong. Rinat Yisrael Adult Education Program Presents Rabbi Michael Taubes, Head of School - YUHS for Boys, Rabbi - Congregation Zichron Mordechai "The Transgender Individual in the Eyes of Halacha". Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 8:00pm. Issues addressed: Does the Torah permit transgender operations? What is the halachic gender of such individuals? What are the ramifications regarding marriage, davening, inheritance, burial, etc? How should the Jewish community relate to such individuals? Lamdeinu Spring Semester - Feb 1 Lamdeinu's exciting new Spring semester begins on Monday, February 1. Classes taught by renowned rabbis and educators are offered Monday through Thursday mornings and Tuesday evenings. You may register for Parshanut HaMikra on Bereishit, Talmud Berakhot, Parashat HaShavua, Sefer Shoftim, Yeshayahu, and some smaller mini-courses on the various holidays and Jewish Philosophy. All classes cover new topics. New students are welcome to join any class. Holiday programming and special events will be announced on the website. Lamdeinu, a center for Jewish learning founded by Dean Rachel Friedman, is located at Congregation Beth Aaron, 950 Queen Anne Rd., Teaneck, NJ. For more information and registration, please visit us at www.lamdeinu.org. Yeshivat Migdal HaTorah - Feb 4 Yeshivat Migdal HaTorah welcomes prospective students and parents to a parlor meeting on February 4th, at 8 pm at the home of Paul & Serena Koppel, 35 Thames Blvd, Bergenfield where Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Dr. Darrell Ginsberg will provide an overview of the program and answer all your questions. See http://www.migdalhatorah.org/parlor-meeting for more details. JEC Annual Melava Malka - Feb 13 The JEC Alumni Network proudly invites everyone to its 4th annual Melava Malka honoring Bruriah's late principal, MRS. CHAYA NEWMAN, A”H. World-renowned guest speaker RABBI JONATHAN RIETTI will be giving a presentation entitled, "THE GREATNESS OF BEING TESTED: Infusing An Extra Dose of Emuna During Challenging Times." Bruriah High School, 35 North Ave. Elizabeth. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH 8:30 p.m. (Motzei Shabbos Teruma). Doors open 8:15 p.m. Event begins 8:30 followed by catered seuda. 7:45 exclusive "Meet & Greet" reception with Rabbi Rietti for 2015-16 JEC Donors of $365+ $10 cover. Open to men and women. AIPAC Briefing - Feb 17 Please join us for an AIPAC Briefing on Wednesday, February 17 at 7:30PM at Congregation Rinat Yisrael. The evening will feature Bret Stephens, Pulitzer Prize winner and columnist at The Wall Street Journal, as he discusses the latest developments in the Middle East and their impact on America and Israel. For security purposes, please RSVP at http://www.aipac.org/teaneckcommunityevent. For more information, please contact Ayelet Kahane at akahane@aipac.org. SINAI Annual Dinner - Feb 28 SINAI Dinner - Please help change the life of a child with special needs! SINAI Schools cordially invites you to our 2016 Annual Benefit Dinner Each year we rely on the community to make a difference in the lives of this community's special needs children who otherwise could not afford to attend our schools. With our incredibly individualized programs designed to meet each child's specific needs, the 1:2 staff-to-student ratio, and intense therapeutic supports within the classrooms, our costs per child are staggeringly high. Tuition reflects these costs, and without significant financial aid is beyond the reach of all but a handful of families. Funds raised at the Benefit Dinner enable us to continue to say “yes” to the children who need a special education, regardless of financial circumstances. Your compassion and generosity allows SINAI Schools to continue to provide an outstanding special education to our community's Jewish children with special needs. Please join us on Sunday Evening, February 28, 2016 HONORING Rena and Jerry Barta, Eve and Heshy Feldman, Karen and Rabbi Steven Finkelstein, Rosalyn and Stephen Flatow, Annette and Jerry Kranson. Receiving our Community Partnership Award: Alfred Sanzari Enterprises, celebrating 30 years of SINAI dinners at Glenpointe. Marriott Glenpointe Hotel, Teaneck NJ Buffet Dinner 4:45PM Program Promptly at 6:30PM To make reservations or a donation, please visit http://www.sinaidinner.org or call 201-833-1134 x105 Ma'ayanot Annual Dinner - Mar 5 Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls invites the community to join us in celebrating Ma'ayanot's 20th anniversary at our Annual Dinner, which will take place on Saturday night, March 5, 2016 at 8:30 p.m. at Congregation Keter Torah in Teaneck. This year's dinner is dedicated to the memory of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, zt"l, Ma'ayanot's posek from the school's inception. In addition, please join us in honoring Ria and Tim Levart with our Keter Shem Tov Award, Chumi and Rabbi Mark Gottlieb as our Amudei Ma’ayanot Honorees, Shera and Doug Dubitsky as Parents of the Year, and Dr. Julie Goldstein as Teacher of the Year. For more information or to make a reservation, please call Pam Ennis at 201-833-4307, ext. 265. 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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