Community Announcements

Community Announcements

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This shabbos is Tomchei Shabbos awareness shabbos.  Tomchei Shabbos of Bergen County is a volunteer-run charitable organization devoted to delivering Shabbos and Yom Tov food packages to those in need.  As we begin our annual fund-raising campaign, our goals are to raise enough money to provide meals for the over 175 families we currently serve and to ensure that anyone who needs assistance will have it readily available.

We ask you to open your hearts and give generously so that your friends and neighbors in need can celebrate Shabbos and Yom Tov with greater ease.  Please see our website at www.tomcheishabbosofbergencounty.org for more information or to make a donation.

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This Tuesday, at 8:00pm at Keter Torah, Rabbi Norman Lamm will sign Copies of his new book, “The Megillah: Majesty and Mystery.” Prior to The signing, Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb will speak on “Hope in a Darkening Landscape- Strategies Suggested by the Purim Story,” and Ari Lamm will offer Remarks, “In Honor of My Grandfather.”

Rabbi Yisroel Reisman’s weekly Navi shiur, via satellite, continues This Motzei Shabbat at 8:00pm at Keter Torah.

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Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School and AllChesed.com invite you to join them at their annual blood and bone marrow drive taking place on Sunday, March 4th from 12:45-6:45 at Ma’ayanot (1650 Palisade Ave.). Walk ins are welcome and those who wish to sign up ahead of time for a slot can do so at http://tinyurl.com/7xsztxq.  For more information contact Ariella Steinreich at Ariella@allchesed.com.

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Torah Academy of Bergen County wishes a Mazal Tov to our honorees –  Rabbi Yosef Adler, Rabbi Josh Kahn, Betsy Levy, Yaakov Lisker (’97), Marcy Zecher and Rebecca Zirman. Our 29th Annual Dinner will take place on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 6:00 pm at Congregation Keter Torah, Teaneck, NJ. Please visit our website at www.tabc.org to make a contribution to TABC in honor of our honorees. For information please contact Ryan Hyman, Director of Community Relations, at 201-837-7696 ext 150 or atryan.hyman@tabc.org.

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Purim is almost here! Once again, American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro is selling adorable, completely assembled mishloach manot packages with net proceeds going to tzedakah. The boxes have been redesigned since last year and are very cute.
Each box will include some delicious treats as well as a donation card for the special children of Beit Issie.
Boxes are $100 for 15 or $8 each, payable to AFOBIS (American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro). Cash, check, or credit card payments, are accepted.
Beit Issie Shapiro, based in Ra’anana, is a leading organization providing a range of services for children with developmental disabilities and their families in Israel. Here is a link to their website: http://www.beitissie.org.il.
If you are interested in purchasing, please reply via email to gzwmom@yahoo.com or call me at 201-928-0542.

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Upcoming Adult Education Programs at Cong.  Rinat Yisrael:

Shoshana Samuels, Yoetzet Halacha, will deliver the Drasha this Shabbat, Parshat Yitro, February 11, immediately following Musaf

Topic: The Tap on Your Face(book): The Difference Between Us and the Angels

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On Sunday, 2/26 the Teen Zone of Beth Abraham has rented out MacKay Ice Arena (130 West Englewood Ave, Englewood NJ)  for the evening for High School Boys.  The event will start at 6:30 (ma’ariv) and have open skating, pizza and drinks until 8:45pm.  Cost for the evening is $25 a head all inclusive.  Please RSVP toteenzone.bethabraham@gmail.com.  Supervision by Beth Abraham Teen Zone and Rav Tanchum Cohen.

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The Teaneck Mikvah Association’s annual women’s event is scheduled for Monday night, November 19, 2012 at Keter Torah. This entertaining and inspirational occasion unites the women of the community across shul and school affiliation and raises much needed funds for the Mikvah’s operating expenses.  The past two events have been huge successes and we look forward IY”H to another terrific event.  Please mark your calendars and consider this event when scheduling your calendar in order to avoid any unecessary conflicts.

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New Adult Ed program in Tanach:

The Adult Education Committee is pleased to announce that we are planning to present a multi-semester course in Tanach. The course will feature a variety of leading teachers of Bible and will meet every two- three weeks, for a total of seven sessions during each semester. It will be run like a college course, with preparation and homework.  The books of Tanach to be studied are envisioned to be drawn primarily from Neviim Rishonim.  In order to engage the very best teachers, we will charge students an affordable fee per semester.  If you are interested in this new program, please email David Jacobowitz atdjacobow@gmail.com by February 11, 2012.  If we have a sufficient number of students, we plan to move forward.

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The Moriah School will be holding its 46th Annual Dinner on Saturday evening, February 25,2012 ; 2 Adar 5772, at 8:30 pm at Keter Torah, Teaneck, NJ.

This year we have the privilege of honoring

Alyssa ’83 & Jay Goldberg – Guests of Honor

Mr. Joseph Gitler ’88, President and Founder of Leket Israel – Alumni Award

Mrs. Marie Doench – Rabbi J. Shelley Applbaum Service Award

Couvert $250 per person.  You may register and place your online journal ad at www.moriahdinner.org or by calling Nila Lazarus, Director of Development 201-567-0208 ext. 373.

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Torah Academy of Bergen County will hold its Annual Dinner on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 6:00 pm at Congregation Keter Torah, Teaneck, NJ. We are excited to honor Rabbi Yosef Adler for 20 years of leadership, as well as Rabbi Josh Kahn, Betsy Levy, Yaakov Lisker (’97), Marcy Zecher and Rebecca Zirman. For information and reservation please contact Ryan Hyman, Director of Community Relations, at 201-837-7696 ext 150 or atryan.hyman@tabc.org.

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The Holocaust Commemoration Committee of The Jewish Community Council of Greater Teaneck is currently seeking six families for “candle lighters” to participate in the program on Thursday, April 19th at 7:30pm to 9:30pm at the Teaneck High School auditorium. To qualify as a candle lighter, there must be three living generations (including a survivor) from each family who are willing and able to participate in the ceremony on stage. For more information, contact Reggie Koenig at 201-838-5466 or regimk325@aol.com, Phyllis Eisenman at 201-838-5873 or pgjseise@aol.com, or Jeannette Malca atjeanettemalca@yahoo.com or 201-248-4648.

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BPY to Celebrate Mr. Stanley Fischman’s new book – Seven Steps to Mentchhood

Please join BPY on Saturday night, February 4th - 8:15 PM at Ben Porat Yosef (E. 243 Frisch Court, Paramus) to celebrate the outstanding accomplishment of new author, Mr. Stanley Fischman, Director of General Studies, whose book, which guides children on the path to becoming “mentchen”, Seven Steps to “Mentchhood”, has just been released.  Mr. Fischman will speak on “The Virtue of a Principle- Driven Life”, and his book will be available for purchase and signing.

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The Hebrew Free Burial Association has designated the week of Parshat Chayei Sara for their annual campaign to raise awareness for their mission of ensuring that every Jew receives a proper and dignified Jewish funeral and burial.  They will be having a Community Chesed Day on Sunday, November 20 at 10 AM at Silver Lake Cemetery, 926 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY (weather permitting).  For more information, or to make a donation, please visit www.hebrewfreeburial.org.

 

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Dear Friends,

The Men’s and Women’s Chevra Kadisha seudah will take place at Congregation Rinat Yisrael, 389 West Englewood Ave., Teaneck, on Zayin (7) Adar, Thursday evening, March 1, 2012 at 6:30 PM, on theYahrzeit of Moshe Rabbeinu, a”h, a traditional day of introspection for members of the Chevra Kadisha

Davening & Seudah
Fast Begins                                                                                        5:17 AM
Special Mincha and Torah reading Vayechal                   5:15 PM
Shkiah                                                                                                  5:47 PM
Fast ends                                                                                            6:17 PM
Seudah to follow                                                                             6:30 PM

The cost of the seudah will be $15 per person.  Everyone is invited to the seudah. Membership in the Chevra Kadisha is not required.

Please have one member of your Shul consolidate a list of attendees, collect the attendance fee and send one check to “Rinat Yisrael – Chevra Kadisha”

WE NEED THE ATTENDANCE LIST NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2012 !!!

KINDLY ANNOUNCE THE SEUDAH IN YOUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SUCH THAT YOUR MEMBERSHIP IS KNOWS THEY ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.

With kindest regards,
Chevra Kadisha
Congregation Rinat Yisrael

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As you may know, in June of 2007, Congregation Rinat Yisrael began its Yoetzet Halacha program.   At this time, Netivot Shalom is proud to partner with Rinat Yisrael in supporting the position of a Yoetzet Halacha in Bergen County.

Yoatzot Halacha are women certified by a panel of Orthodox rabbis to be a resource for women with questions regarding Taharat Hamishpachah (an area of Jewish Law that relates to marriage, sexuality and women’s health). This role was devised to assist women who are more comfortable discussing very personal issues with another woman.

Rinat Yisrael’s goals in establishing this position are:
* To encourage women to feel comfortable asking all of their questions in Hilchot Niddah in a way that also enables them to share all of the relevant details.
* To give a woman not only a specific response to the issue she is dealing with at that moment but to give her the guidance and general advice that will help her get from Point A to Point B in dealing with her overall situation at the present time and in the future.
* To provide education through shiurim, lectures, and long one on one phone calls so that women understand Hilchot Niddah, feel more in control of what is happening to them and are therefore better equipped to ask good questions.
* To engender positive feelings about the laws of Taharat Hamishpacha, the sensitivity of Rabbanim and how the halachic system works so that couples can observe these laws with greater commitment and less resentment.

Shoshana can be reached at (201) 655-2180 or sfruchter@gmail.com.  For opportunities to contribute to the Yoetzet Halacha program, please contact David Montag at djmontag@gmail.com.

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