The following messages were sent on 01 May 2008:

[1] funeral/l'vaya and shiv'a for the sister a'h' of y'lch't' Scott Rosenwald

[2] Kiddush, Kiddush!

 

The following messages were sent on 02 May 2008:

[3] UPDATE#1 re: hosts wanted for Perek on the Lawn

[4] funeral/l'vaya and shiv'a for the sister a'h' of t'lch't' Beverly Winter

 

The following message was sent on 05 May 2008:

[5] Mazal Tov!

 

The following messages were sent on 07 May 2008:

[6] message from the Kiddush Committee

[7] message from the Sisterhood

 

The following message was sent on 08 May 2008:

[8] Siyum TaNaCH and subsequent S'udas Mitzvah/N'ilas haChag (10 Jun 2008)

 

The following messages were sent on 09 May 2008:

[9] upcoming events this weekend (10&11 May)

[10] upcoming Youth events (10 & 17 May 2008)

 

The following messages were sent on 11 May 2008:

[11] funeral/l'vaya and shiv'a for the father a'h' of t'lch't' Hindy Hecht and Adina Twersky

[12] Re: upcoming events this weekend (10&11 May)

 

The following messages were sent on 15 May 2008:

[13] funeral/l'vaya and shiv'a for the sister a'h' of y'lch't' Michael Roth

[14] message from Rabbi Jonathan Schwartz (Rav, JEC Adath Israel)

 

The following message was sent on 18 May 2008:

[15] request from the Shiv'a Home Setup Committee

 

The following message was sent on 19 May 2008:

[16] Re: Siyum TaNaCH and subsequent S'udas Mitzvah/N'ilas haChag (10 Jun 2008)

 

The following messages were sent on 21 May 2008:

[17] Re[2]: Siyum TaNaCH and subsequent S'udas Mitzvah/N'ilas haChag (10 Jun 2008)

[18] upcoming Youth events (25 & 26 May 2008)

 

The following message was sent on 27 May 2008:

[19] funeral/l'vaya and shiv'a for the father a'h' of y'lch't' Robbie Fixler

 

The following messages were sent on 28 May 2008:

[20] UPDATE#1 re: funeral/l'vaya and shiv'a for the father a'h' of y'lch't' Robbie Fixler

[21] Kiddush, Kiddush!

 

The following message was sent on 29 May 2008:

[22] guest Chazzan for 2nd day of Chag haShavuos

 

The following message was sent on 30 May 2008:

[23] gentle reminder re N'ilas haChag reservations

 

The following message was sent on 31 May 2008:

[24] funeral/l'vaya for Sam Verstaendig a'h'

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[1]

The l'vaya and funeral for Rebecca Ann (Rachel Chaya) Rosenwald a'h' will begin at 10:30AM tomorrow, Friday, May 2nd, in the JEC Reibel Beis Medrash.  Scott, as well as his parents, Alice and Mike Rosenwald, will sit shiv'a through Thursday morning at 108 Glenwood Road in Elizabeth, NJ (tel#: 908-351-6605; ZIP: 07208-1113).  Davening times are as follows:

  • Shacharis: Sun @ 8AM, Mon-Thu @ 7AM
  • Mincha, followed by a short shiur and then Ma'ariv: Sun-Wed @ 7:50PM

 

Sincerest condolences to the entire mishpachah, including the Rosenwald family.  May we have the opportunity to share better news in the future and witness the era of "bila hamaves lanetzach."

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[2]

This coming Shabbos, please join us after the Main-Shul Mussaf for this year's Shabbos M'var'chim Chodesh Iyyar Kiddush in the JEC Levy Auditorium.

If you would like to sponsor/upgrade any future Kiddush (sponsorship details can be found in an earlier issue of HaMagid, our newsletter) in honor of someone, to commemorate someone, or for any other excellent reason, please contact Sarah Karp at 908-352-2679 or Vivi Singfer at 908-558-0878.  Thank you, and a guten Shabbos and Chodesh!

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[3]

Rabbi Avrohom Herman's annual "Perek on the Lawn" series will i'y'H' commence this coming Shabbos, May 3rd, at Rabbi Herman's residence, 939 Harding Road, beginning at 5PM.  If you would like to host this shiur on a future Shabbos, please contact Rabbi Herman at 908-355-4850 x104 or via e-mail.  Thank you!

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[4]

The l'vaya and funeral for Arlene Mansdorf a'h' will take place today, Friday, May 2nd, at the JEC Cemetery, beginning at 3PM.  Beverly Winter will sit shiv'a through Thursday morning at 348 Monmouth Road in Elizabeth, NJ (tel#: 908-527-9815; ZIP: 07208-1447).  The family asks that visitors come only between Sunday and Wednesday (04-07 May) during the following times: 10AM-12PM, 1PM-6PM, and 7PM-9PM.

Sincerest condolences to the entire mishpachah, including the Mansdorf, Winter, Ben-Baruch, and Brown families.  May we have the opportunity to share better news in the future and witness the era of "bila hamaves lanetzach."

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[5]

Heartiest congratulations to grandparents Ruthy and Steve Mandel on the birth in eretz Yisrael of a son to their children, Rebecca and Avi Hochman (and Mazal Tov to Big Sister Shira, too!).  May the bris occur b'sha'ah tovah umutzlachas, and may we continue to hear and pass on good news!

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[6]

The Kiddush Committee is looking for volunteers to help set up the monthly Kiddush on the morning that the Kiddush is being held.  If you are available to be at the JEC Levy Auditorium at 9AM on the morning of a Kiddush, please click on this link to e-mail Miriam Reisman (or call her at 908-353-0029).

Our next Kiddush (on Shabbos M'var'chim Chodesh Sivan, May 31st), i'y'H', will celebrate this year's graduates.  Sponsorships to celebrate any graduate are available at $25, $36, and $54 levels.  As noted in the online flyer, if you wish to sponsor a graduate, please drop off relevant information, including your name and the graduate's name and school, along with your payment, at Miriam Reisman's residence, 865 Livingston Road, by Wednesday, May 21st.

If you would like to sponsor/upgrade any future Kiddush (sponsorship details can be found in an earlier issue of HaMagid, our newsletter) in honor of someone, to commemorate someone, or for any other excellent reason, please contact Miriam (contact details listed above) by the Monday of the week of that Kiddush (which usually occurs on Shabbos M'var'chim haChodesh or on Rosh Chodesh).  Please remember that Kiddush dues, which are included in your Shul membership, only pay for basic Kiddush expenses.  Thank you.

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[7]

The Sisterhood of the JEC Elmora Shul is continuing to set hosts up with new community members as guests for Shabbos meals, but we need the help of the whole community to continue this important function.  If you are available to host a new family at your Shabbos table, please click on this link to e-mail Syndi Romanoff (or call her at 908-447-8211).

The Sisterhood is looking for someone with experience directing a school or camp play.  If you would like to volunteer to help with this fun and exciting project, please click on this link to e-mail Miriam Reisman (or call her at 908-353-0029).

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[8]

The entire community is cordially invited to join us on the second day of Chag haShavuos, June 10th, when we will i'y'H' commemorate the Mercaz haRav students H'y'd', murdered while learning Torah, with a Siyum of the entire TaNaCH in the Main Shul, followed by a gala Neilas haChag meal/Seudas Mitzva in the JEC Levy Auditorium.  Full details are in the online flyer.  Whether or not you are participating in the learning for the Siyum, please join us for the Siyum and at the Seudas Mitzva and thereby give proper honor to the memory of those young men, slain al Kiddush HaShem.  The cost for the meal is $10 per person or $36 for the entire family, and $100 sponsorships are available.  Please bring your check to the JEC Business Office before June 3rd.  For more information about this event, please contact Board member Rabbi Steven Hirschey (click here to e-mail him).  Thank you for reading, and we look forward to seeing you!

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[9]

This coming Shabbos, May 10th, our Shul's Youth Minyan will lead the davening and leining in the Main Shul.  Please encourage and appreciate their efforts!

Rabbi Avrohom Herman's annual "Perek on the Lawn" series will i'y'H' continue this coming Shabbos at the residence of Shari and Mark Bloomberg, 924 Park Avenue, beginning at 5:15PM.  If you would like to host this shiur on a future Shabbos, please contact Rabbi Herman at 908-355-4850 x104 or via e-mail.

This coming Sunday night, May 11th, the first Contemporary Issues Discussion Group meeting (a new group suggested by a community member and noted in the recently-mentioned [and online] list of new and ongoing shiurim and classes), led by Rabbi Herman, will i'y'H' take place after Ma'ariv in the JEC Board Room.  The topic will be "Yeshiva and/or College" (understanding the choices facing our children after high school).  Parents "in the parsha" are urged to attend.

Thank you for reading, and have a wonderful Shabbos!

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This coming Shabbos, all young men and women of HS age are cordially invited to a Teen Center in the JEC Goldfischer Gym, beginning at 5:15PM.  Next Shabbos, May 17th, get-togethers for MS-age kids are planned between 5:30PM and Mincha (for the boys, in the downstairs-classrooms area of the JEC; for the girls, in the Gym).  If you have any questions, please contact Youth Director Elie Bodner at 917-583-5963.  Thank you!

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[11]

The l'vaya and funeral for Sol Kalish a'h' took place earlier this evening.  K'vurah will i'y'H' take place tomorrow, Monday, May 12th, at the Eretz HaChaim cemetery in Beit Shemesh, beginning at 10PM.  Hindy and Adena will begin sitting shiv'a at the home of their brother, Jay Kalish, 617/2 HaDaf HaYomi, Ramot 01, Y'rushalayim, Israel (tel#: 011-972-2-586-0119) and, beginning Wednesday morning, will resume sitting shiv'a at the home of their mother, 27-22 Coldspring Road in Far Rockaway, NY (tel#: 718-471-9461; ZIP: 11691-1732).

Sincerest condolences to the entire mishpachah, including the Kalish, Hecht, and Twersky families.  May we have the opportunity to share better news in the future and witness the era of "bila hamaves lanetzach."

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[12]

> This coming Sunday night, May 11th, the first Contemporary Issues Discussion Group meeting..., led by Rabbi Herman, will i'y'H' take place after Ma'ariv in the JEC Board Room.... <
This meeting has been postponed to this coming Sunday night, May 18th.  Our apologies for the sudden change in plans.  Thank you.

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[13]

The l'vaya and funeral for Ilona Ungar (Michael Roth's sister) will take place today, Friday, May 16th, in Toronto.  Michael Roth will sit shiv'a until Thursday morning (May 22nd).  He can be reached by telephone at 416-663-6469/6207.

Sincerest condolences to the entire mishpachah.  May we have the opportunity to share better news in the future and witness the era of "bila hamaves lanetzach."

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Dear Friends:

I write to you today to request assistance with our need to grow our community.  Baruch Hashem we have experienced steady growth throughout the Hillside/Elizabeth/ElmoraHills community in the last few years but today I want to discuss the maintenance of that growth and to request your participation in helping it happen.

 

You see, the Chofetz Chaim records (Kuntress Ma'amarim vekol Korei p.26) that it is forbidden to live in a city that has no Mikvah.  Rav Moshe Feinstein notes (Teshuvot Igrot Moshe C.M. 1:42) that the sanctity of Marriage is based upon the sactity of Mikvah, and since one may sell a Sefer Torah in order to facilitate a marriage, it would follow that he could sell a Sefer Torah in order to facilitate a functioning Mikvah.  Without a functioning Mikvah system, it would be asur for a community to florish.

 

This is not to suggest that our Mikvah system is in a state of dysfunction -- it is merely a reminder of the great importance of Mikvah maintenance and support.  The Rema (Choshen Mishpat 163:3) notes that the entire community is responsible to pay for a Mikvah and ostensibly would obligate us all to support her maintenance as well.

 

Twice a year, the Mikvah system runs major events to raise funds for the upkeep, staff, education and enhancement of the Mathilda Goldflies Mikvah Tomer Devorah system.  As Rav Teitz noted at the Melaveh Malka, the system is also working on building a much needed Keilim Mikvah for the community.  But for these things to happen we need your support.

 

The Mikvah will be hosting its annual brunch for women this Sunday -- the guest speaker is the always-entertaining Dr. Yael Respler.  Caterers must be called within the next 48 hours with numbers -- please respond today.  And if you cannot actually attend the Brunch, please consider support for the Mikva today.  You can contact Shira Platnick (sdplatn...@yahoo.com) to make a reservation and/or direct questions to Rachie Niren at the Business Office (908-355-4850).

 

I thank you for your swift response to this issue and look forward to continual growth together.

 

Sincerely,

Rabbi Jonathan Schwartz
Rav
Congregation Adath Israel of the JEC
1391 North Ave.
Elizabeth, NJ 07208

(908) 354-7318

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Tremendous thanks to the Shiv'a Home Setup Committee (chaired by Barry Wacholder) for the crucial work they perform when, lo aleinu, someone is sitting shiv'a in our community.  If Home Setup items (siddurim, chairs, pushke, etc.) were inadvertently not yet picked up from your home, please reply to this message or contact Barry on his cellphone at 917-373-3022 so that we can rectify the situation as soon as possible.  Thank you!

P.S. Also, many thanks to the community member who ably handled this list's messages for a few days last week.

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[16]

> ...The cost for the [gala Neilas haChag] meal is $10 per person or $36 for the entire family, and $100 sponsorships are available.... <

Please indicate in your reservation (which, as previously noted, should be handed in to the JEC Business Office before June 3rd) how many adults (including children above Grade 5) and/or children (up to and including Grade 5) will i'y'H' be attending.  Children are encouraged to attend the concurrent Youth program.  Again, for more information about this event, please contact Rabbi Steven Hirschey (click here to e-mail him).  Thank you.

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> ...$100 sponsorships are available.... <

By community request, $180 sponsorships are also available.  For more information about this event, please contact Rabbi Steven Hirschey (click here to e-mail him).  Thank you.

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Two events coming up this Memorial Day weekend:

  • This coming Sunday afternoon, May 25th, all young men and women of HS age are cordially invited to a sports-oriented BBQ in Warinanco Park, beginning at 12:30PM; cost: $10 ($2 extra for boating).
  • The next day, May 26th, beginning at 10:30AM, we're organizing a Father-Son Baseball Game, also in Warinanco, for boys in Grades 5 through 8, to be followed by another BBQ; cost: $7 per person for Shul members, $10 p.p. for non-members.  Please call Elie (see contact info. below) to reserve!

Full details on both events, as well as a Park map which highlights the baseball fields to be used for them, are attached and also available online.  If you have any questions, please contact Youth Director Elie Bodner at 917-583-5963.  Thank you!

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[19]

The l'vaya and funeral for Mr. Jeffrey Fixler a'h' will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, May 28th, at Shomrei HaDas, 3803 14th Avenue at 39th Street in Brooklyn, beginning at 10AM.  Beis-aveil/shiv'a details will be announced at the l'vaya.

Sincerest condolences to the entire mishpachah, including the Fixler family.  May we have the opportunity to share better news in the future and witness the era of "bila hamaves lanetzach."

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The l'vaya and funeral for Mr. Jeffrey Fixler a'h' took place earlier today.  The family (including Robbie, his stepmother, Leah Hirsch, and his brother, Mike Fixler) will sit shiv'a through Friday at Leah's residence, 240 Central Avenue #3A in Lawrence, NY (tel#: 516-371-5877; ZIP: 11559-1560).  From motzoei Shabbos through the end of shiv'a on Tuesday morning, Robbie will sit at his residence, 135 Springfield Road in Elizabeth, NJ (tel#: 908-397-6975 or 908-354-7525; ZIP: 07208-1323); Leah will complete shiv'a at her residence; and Mike will fly home and, beginning Sunday night, complete shiv'a at his residence, Rechov Aliyat HaNoar 29/5 in Y'rushalayim.  Further details will be sent if and when they become available.

Once again, sincerest condolences to the entire mishpachah, including the Fixler and Hirsch families.  May we have the opportunity to share better news in the future and witness the era of "bila hamaves lanetzach."

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[21]

This coming Shabbos, please join us after the Main-Shul Mussaf for this year's Shabbos M'var'chim Chodesh Sivan Kiddush (celebrating a wonderful group of graduates) in the JEC Levy Auditorium.  A big THANK YOU to its sponsors!  In appreciation of their respective donations, we have posted the list of sponsors onto the Shul Website.

If you would like to sponsor/upgrade any future Kiddush (sponsorship details can be found in an earlier issue of HaMagid, our newsletter) in honor of someone, to commemorate someone, or for any other excellent reason, please contact Miriam Reisman at 908-353-0029 (or click here to e-mail her).  Thank you, and a guten Shabbos and Chodesh!

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[22]

Hertzie Mueller, who learns at Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok and is known for his beautiful voice and inspiring davening as well as for his menschlichkeit, will be the guest ba'al t'fila for Shacharis and Musaf on the second day of Chag haShavuos.  Please join us!  Thank you.

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Please hand in reservations for what promises to be a wonderful event (for full details, click here) before this coming Tuesday so that we can appropriately arrange it for the benefit of all...and may we again note that sponsorships are most welcome, whether or not you can attend.  Thank you!

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The l'vaya and funeral for Mr. Verstaendig a'h' will take place Monday, June 2nd, at Adath Israel, beginning at 11AM.   Beis-aveil/shiv'a details will be announced at the l'vaya.

Sincerest condolences to the entire mishpachah, including the Verstaendig family.  May we have the opportunity to share better news in the future and witness the era of "bila hamaves lanetzach."

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