Schedule of Services, Shabbos
Candle Lighting: 4:56 PM
January 24, 2020 Candle Lighting 4:56 PM
5 Shevat 5780
Congregation Ohav Emeth Announcements
Parshas Bo
Friday Night
Mincha/Maariv 5:00 PM
Shabbat
Kriat Shema M”A 9: 03 AM
Kriat Shema Gr”A 9:39 AM
Hashkama Minyan
7:00 AM
Early Minyan 7:50 AM
Regular Minyan 9:00 AM
Teen Minyan 9:30 AM
Shabbos Mincha 4:50 PM
Maariv 6:00 PM
Shabbos Ends 6:05 PM
Week of Febrary 2nd
Daily Mincha/Maariv Late Maariv, M-Th Kollel Mincha Sun-Thurs. Friday
Shacharit
5:05 PM 7:50 PM 1:00 PM 12:40 PM
Sunday Monday
6:30 & 8:00a 5:50, 6:25, 7:20a
Tuesday 5:55, 6:40, 7:20a
Wednesday
5:55, 6:40, 7:20a
Thursday
5:50, 6:30,7:20a
Friday
5:55, 6:40, 7:20a
Shabbat Shiurim
8:30 AM Mishnayot in memory of Danny Ravitz z”l
8:45 AM Rabbi Zvi Weiss, Parsha Hashavua
3:30 PM Shaar HaBitachon
4:00 PM Dr. Presby’s Shiur
B/w Mincha & Maariv
Rabbi Kaufman’s Shiur and/or Dvar Torah
Sunday
9:00 AM Rabbi Botnick
8:00 PM Rabbi Klaughaupt Gemorah Meseches Taanis
Monday
10 a– 12p
8:00 PM
Kollel Balabatim, (Rabbi Tzvi Hoff) Mas Shabbos Tefillah shiur by Leon Glaser
Tuesday
11a-12p Kollel Balabatim , (Rabbi Tzvi Hoff) Mishanyos Seder Taharos
1:30 am R’Kaufman’s shiur Women’s Shiur
8:30 pm Dr. Presby’s Shiur
8:00 pm R’Kaufman: Bava Basra
MAZEL TOV
Mazal Tov to Marilyn & Yehuda Berger on the birth of a daughter to their children, Elizabeth & Zvi
Berger. Mazal Tov to great-grandmother Malka Berger
in Israel and to the extended Selesny and Berger families.
Mazel Tov to Denise and Dr. Irwin
Hametz on the birth of a granddaughter to their children Tzvi and Malka Hametz of Los
Angeles , California.
Mazal Tov to Rabbi & Mrs. Yisroel Hoffman on the engagement of their daughter, Bracha, to Meir Weiss of South Fallsburg, NY.
Mazal Tov to Dr. Michael and Toby Eleff on the birth of a grandson, to
their children Rabbi & Mrs. Ariel and Avigail Fogel of Baltimore.
Mazel Tov to Mr. & Mrs. Woitovich
in honor of their daughter, Naomi’s Bas Mitzvah.
Mazel Tov to Moshe & Susan
Weisel for Moshe receiving the “Guest of Honor Award” at the Annual H.P. Kollel Breakfast this
Sunday.
Candle lighting for next
Shabbos is 5:04 PM.
Coming up at OE
February 10 at 8 PM (See page 2) Mark Weitzman of the Simon Weisenthal
Center speaking on Anti-Semitism .
Shabbat February 29, 2020
Shul Annual Dinner
Saturday Night March 7 Night of Laughter
Ashley Blaker—Broadway Comedian
Sunday April 26, 2020 Family Fun at Golf Cave
Wednesday 10a-12p Kollel Balabatim, (Rabbi Tzvi Hoff) Mas Shabbos 7:30 pm R’Ziegler: Gemara Menachos
Thursday 11a-12p Kollel Balabatim , (Rabbi Tzvi Hoff ) Mishanyos Seder Taharos 7:30 PM Dr. Presby’s Shiur
Friday 10a-12p Kollel Balabatim, (Rabbi Tzvi Hoff) Mas Shabbos
Daily Daf Yomi Shiurim Shabbos 10:00 AM (after 7:50 Minyan) Between Shabbos Mincha & Maariv Sunday 7:05 AM Mon—Fri 5:05 AM
Seudat Shlishit Sponsors We are in need of sponsors for the weekly
Seudat Shlishit. If interested, please contact the office (732-247-3038 /
[email protected]) or Rich Kollmar
Highland Park Community Kollel Breakfast
Kollel Breakfast this Sunday morning at 9:30 A.M.
APPEAL FOR TZEDAKAH from OE Tzedakah Fund.
The demand for tzedakah in our com-munity and others remains as strong as
ever. The Rabbi’s Tzedakah Fund is being depleted to meet these needs.
Please be so kind as to contribute to this fund to enable those in need to
continue to receive the help that they require. Please make checks payable to
Ohav Emeth and indicate “Tzedakah Fund” in the memo. Thank you for your
generosity.
7:50 Minyan is sponsored by: Allan & Helene Lockspeiser in memory of Allan’s beloved mother,
Sylvia Lockspeiser, A’H.
and
Liz & Murray Katz to commemorate the first yahrtzeit of Murray's brother Rabbi Dr Norman Katz (Harav Yisroel Nachmun ben Usher
Anschel Hacohen A"H") *******************************************************
This week we will have the Postponed Monthly Kiddush for Shabbos Mevarchim (Sushiana) sponsored by:
Marilyn & Yehuda Berger in honor of the recent birth of their grandson, Yehonasan Yosef, to their children Rabbi Baruch
and Yehudeet Gore and in honor of the birth of their granddaughter to their children Elizabeth & Zvi Berger.
Jeff & Blanche Leichtman in honor of their daughter Laura’s birthday. Eugene & Michelle Klechevsky in honor of Jonah completing his
studies of the Taryag mitzvot. Yitz & Miri Goldberg in honor of their son, Aryeh Shalom’s birthday.
Rabbi Alan & Jacqueline Pruss Moshe & Shira Sheldon
Debbie Zelingher in honor of Joey & Sammy’s birthday and Mommy and Daddy’s anniversary.
Dr. Steven Zarny in honor of his mother’s, Margot Zarny, .4th yarzheit מירל בת נפתלי הערץ
Dr. Stanley & Joanne Zimmerman. Good luck and hug a tree on Tu B’Shvat.
Laini & Allan Weitz in memory of Allan’s father, Moshe Meir Ben Avraham’s A’H yahrzeit.
Mr. & Mrs. Simcha Woitovich in honor of their daughter, Naomi’s Bas Mitzvah.
SAVE THE DATE
Annual Bikur Cholim Breakfast March 1st at the Pines Manor, 2085
Route 27, Edison.
Guest speaker will be Rabbi Shmuel Marcus, Rabbi of the Young Israel of Queens Valley and Rebbe at Lander
College for Men.
Honorees will be Dr. & Mrs. Josh Segal and Dr. & Mrs. Aviv Orani.
Mark Weitzman of CJJPAC to speak on Antisemitism Central Jersey Jewish Public Affairs Committee (CJJPAC) is honored to welcome Mark
Weitzman of the Simon Weisenthal Center to address the community on “Antisemitism- The Evil in our midst" on Monday February 10th at 8 pm at
Congregation Ohav Emeth, 415 Raritan Ave., Highland Park, NJ..
Weitzman is the Director of Government Affairs for the Simon Wiesenthal Center and is member of the official US delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance
Authority (IHRA) where he chairs the Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial. He has been called “the architect” of the
internationally recognized Working Definition of Antisemitism which has been adopted by 31 countries, The UN, US State Department, over 20 States and 22 NJ Towns.
He will address the rising threats of Antisemtism around the world as well as in our own backyard. This important program is free and open to the whole community. For more
information, please contact Michael Gordon at [email protected].
Members
Please be aware that the shul will shortly be
sending you two items – a tax statement for 2019, and an
account statement reflecting dues for 2020. It will be arriving via email, unless you have specifically requested paper documents, or
unless we do not have an email address for you on file. Please look for these
documents in your in box.
Mishnayos for Sam Blumenfeld.
Sign up here: https://www.lzechernishmas.com/
signup.php?id=7151
Rabbi Kaufman Shiur No Seudat Shlishit this week. The Rabbi will be giving a shiur on Mitzvos of the
Parsha.
COMING TO OE SATURDAY NIGHT MARCH 7TH
SAVE THE DATE: Performing at OE, Saturday night, March 7th. Call to reserve: 732-247-3038 or email Lilah Braun at [email protected].
COMING TO OE
SATURDAY NIGHT
MARCH 7TH
COMING TO OE
SATURDAY NIGHT
MARCH 7TH
OE has hired R’ David Blum to serve as chaplain in Middlesex County via the R’ Chaim Yosef Furst Chaplaincy Program. For more info, and to donate, visit the OE website and click on “CHAPLAINCY
PROGRAM”.
HOSTING OPPORTUNITY
Do you enjoy having company on Shabbat or yom tov? Do
you enjoy meeting new people. Sign up to be a host/hostess and
will send them your way. Sign up at [email protected]
Edison / HP Community Wide Concert
Featuring Simcha Leiner to benefit our very
own Tomchei Shabbos of Middlesex County.
Motzei Shabbos, February
1, 2020 @ 8:00PM at Highland Park High School (102 North 5th Ave, Highland Park,
NJ 08904)
Tickets prices available are:
$100, $50, & 36. To purchase
tickets,visit tomcheimc.org or email [email protected]
Highland Park Eruv
The Highland Park Eruv has a webpage which includes a map and the most recent status of the eruv. You can even use the webpage to find out if someone’s house is inside the er-uv. You can get automated notifications of
the eruv’s status each Friday via Twitter, text, Facebook, or email. Go to http://hperuv.org/
Save the Dates OE’s 13th Annual Purim Costume
Gemach
Sunday - 2/23 Wednesday- 2/26
Sunday- 3/1 Wednesday- 3/4
Yeshiva Netivot Montessouri Tour
February 4th from 9:15-11:00 AM.
Sign up on our website www.mynetivot.com or
call 732-985-4626 or
Park Mikvah: Jan./Feb. Hours
Sun.-Thurs.: 8:00-10:30 PM Motzai Shabbos:
7:30 PM—10:00 pm All Friday night appts should be
made online at www.parkmikvah.org, or by text/calling (732-221-8155).
ONGOING/WEEKLY
R’ BASSOUS’ PIRKEI AVOS Sundays 10am. For information, call Etz Ahaim, 732-247-3839.
Rabbi Kaufman’s ladies shiur this week is at 1:30 PM. Rebbetzin Eichenstein’s classes for women: Jan. 26 at 11:00 A.M.. Parsha class on Monday, Jan. 27 at 8:00 PM at Ohr Torah. Women’s Amen Group The Women's AMEN Group meets month-ly on the Sundays following the Shabbos in which one bensches Rosh Chodesh, at 9:30 AM in a downstairs classroom at O.T.
Women's Annual Melava Malka Lefkovits Family Park Mikvah presents an evening with famous Israeli news anchor and lecturer, Mrs. Sivan Rahav at the annual Wom-en’s Melavah Malka on February 29, 2020 at 8:30 PM at O.T.
WOMEN’S LEARNING INITIATIVE Offers customized Torah learning part-ners / chavrusas! For a personalized study program of your choice, email your con-tact information to [email protected] HIGHLAND PARK.EDISON CONNECTS: Free parenting series for women, Monday Feb 3rd at Shira Shenkman’s home, 26 Leslie St. Edison. PARLOR MEETING: Wednesday, Feb. 12th at 8PM at the home of Aviva & Barry Siegel, 16 Edgemount Road, Edison.
BIKUR CHOLIM bikurcholimrv.com
732-572-7181 Hospitality Room: at RWJ Univ. Hosp.
Main floor opposite ICU.
Homebound Visits: Volunteers needed 11th grade+.
Nursing Home Visitation: Seeking volunteers to visit residents of
the Regency Nursing Home, in Somerset, NJ
O.W.L.S.: Overnight childcare for laboring moms; To receive
or volunteer, call 732-249-5116.
TRANSPORTATION Drivers, coordinators needed. Each
coordinator serves for 2 weeks at a time.
Peace of Night HP/Edison presents:
A night of comedy with Talia Reese. Sat. night, Feb. 15th at 8:30 P.M.
Tickets: $40.00 RSVP: Debbie Teitz,
7324764677
Rabbi Avraham Gorlin is now offering private instruction in Tanakh,
Mishnah, Gemara, Rambam, Tur/Shulchan Aruch and Jewish philosophy. He is also available to learn Mishnayos in the merit
of a departed loved one. Fees are negotiable. Rabbi Gorlin is a
student of the great gaon Rav Moshe Feinstein Z"L
and of the great Gaon Rav Yosef Eliyahu Henkin Z”L, as well as the founder of the prestigious
halachic journal Kuntres L’Torah V’Horoah. He can be reached at 212-721-3830 or at
BIKUR CHOLIM: -SAVE THE DATE!
Annual Bikur Cholim Breakfast on March 1st at the Pines Manor,
2085 Route 27, Edison. Guest speaker will be Rabbi Shmuel
Marcus, Rabbi of the Young Israel of Queens Valley and Rebbe at
Lander College for Men. Honorees will be Dr. & Mrs. Josh Segal and
Dr. & Mrs. Aviv Orani.
ACTT (Achieving Change Thru Torah): module: Kiddush Hashem; source
book: Artscroll’s “A Life Worth Living - Stories and Ideas for Constant Kiddush Hashem” by
Rabbi Shraga Freedman; Module pack-
et: ww.actt613.org/3.html; Rabbi Staum’s
“Kiddush Hashem: the kiddush that never ends” talk: www.actt613.org/6.html or https://
www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=95621. For more info, e-
mail [email protected] or call Phil Rosen (732)
Reserve the date 2020 NORPAC Washington mission
Tuesday May 19
Ashley Baker
To all my friends in Ohav Emeth, you may be aware I am performing at your comedy night later this year. I wanted to personally invite you all to my new Off-Broadway show, ‘Ashley Blaker: Goy Friendly’, which opens at SoHo
Playhouse on February 3rd and runs to February 23rd.
Member of the shul can also use the
code OHAV to get a discount on tickets https://www.sohoplayhouse.com/
ashley-blaker-goy-friendly
Congregation Ohav Emeth
415 Raritan Avenue,
Highland Park, NJ
08904
Let Us Know
Hospitality Rabbi Kaufman
Jay Dobin, president presi-
Misheberach List Rabbi Kaufman, rabbi [email protected]
Sofia Matskin
Office Manager [email protected]
Administration 732-247-3038
SEE YOUR AD IN THE PAGES OF OE’S
ANNOUNCEMENTS! CONTACT SOFIA FOR
INFO:732-247-3038 [email protected]
OFFICE HOURS Monday 10:00—2:00 PM Tuesday 10:00—2:00 PM
Wednesday 10:00 - 2:00 PM Thursday 10:00—2:00 PM
Friday 9:00 - 12:00 PM