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Dear Elmora Hills Minyan family,

The week began with our participation, along with our friends and neighbors at the JEC Elmora Avenue Shul, in the OU Jewish Communities Fair this past Sunday (see below for a photo of our community logo) where we proudly presented the Elizabeth Jewish Community to dozens of prospective families. Over the past few days we have spoken with many couples who are interested in visiting for Shabbos so that they can see firsthand what living here would be like for them and their families. If you know of any families that are looking to relocate and are considering our community, please let me know, we’d be happy to invite them and host them for a Shabbos.

As we move to the next step of our outreach efforts, we need families who are willing to volunteer to provide exceptional hospitality for visiting families for sleeping and meals. We will make every effort to match the compatibility of the guests with host families. As this is a joint outreach effort for the continued growth and success of our community, all visiting families will be introduced to both the Elmora Hills Minyan and the JEC Elmora Avenue Shul over the course of Shabbos.

We encourage you to sign up and indicate how many bedrooms you have, how many guests you can host and the number and ages of children you have as well an any other important information we and/or guests should know (i.e., you have pets). The more volunteers we have, the easier it will be to provide for the many guests we hope to host in the weeks ahead.

You can register to host a family at this link: https://docs.google.com/a/thetekmonster.com/forms/d/1oj5v4-WBsmQje9kp5cHBrU27V5q378An6bZHZybZ8Nw/viewform

Thank you to the dozens of members who Voted Torah to support Torah programming in Israel and throughout the world. Our shul qualified for several entries in the OU’s raffle to win up to $15,000.

A huge yasher koach to our security committee, including Shlomo Blashka, Tzvi and Yehudit Schlissel and Josh and Naomi Stroock for preparing and submitting our shul’s application for a federal Department of Homeland Security grant earlier this week. The application process is an arduous and tedious one and their dedication and diligence in collecting all the data and submitting the application within just a few weeks is an impressive reflection of what our shul can accomplish with the diligent support of our members. We are still collecting funds from our Pesach appeal to upgrade our shul's security; please contribute as soon as possible (click here to donate online) so that we can budget accordingly.

The weather looks absolutely perfect for a terrific Shabbos featuring our Scholar-in-Residence, Rabbi Shalom Hammer. Rabbi Hammer was very well received by the students of JEC when he spoke at their program on Yom Ha’Atzmaut last week and many community members are looking forward to putting a face with the rabbi whose books they already enjoy. This Shabbos is your opportunity to hear him in person for yourself!

Rabbi Hammer has lived in Israel for over 25 years. He served in the Rabbinate Division of the Israeli Defense Forces and currently serves as a lecturer for the IDF to help motivate troops in all divisions and infuse Jewish Identity. Previously, he served as a Ra"M in the Yeshivat Hesder Kiryat Gat affiliated with Sderot. Rabbi Hammer is currently involved in his own initiative offering lectures throughout the country on the basics of Judaism to many secular kibbutzim and moshavim.

We thank the following sponsors for their generosity in making this special Shabbos possible:

·         Jeri & Michael Bergman in honor of their new granddaughter, Miriam Esther, and their upcoming wedding anniversary;

·         Phyllis & Seymour Bruck;

·         Yaacov Norowitz;

·         Suri & Yossie Norowitz;

·         Barbara & Michael Rubin; and

·         Judy & Avrumy Safrin

Mazal Tov!

Mazal tov to Abby Savitt upon her bat mitzvah. Mazal tov to proud parents, Jessica & David Savitt, and her siblings, Jacob and Gavi. Mazal tov as well to her proud grandparents, Sue & Art Weinstein.

Shabbos Schedule

This erev Shabbos, Parshios Acharei Mos-Kedoshim, neiros should be lit by 7:34pm, though we’ll be davening mincha at 7:00pm.

Rabbi Hammer will deliver the Shabbos morning drasha at approximately 10:30 entitled, "Pesach to Omer: Facilitating Our Own Redemption."

A full hot kiddush featuring our famous cholent, grilled chicken, kugel and top-shelf drinks will be served in the backyard following davening and is sponsored by:

·         Barbara and Gene Brotsky’s children in honor of their parents’ upcoming 50^th anniversary;

·         Joe & Molly Rothstein in commemoration of the yahrzeit of his mother, Braindl Bracha bas Mordechai, this past Monday; and

·         Shlomo Blashka in honor of Rabbi Hammer

Early mincha will begin at 6pm, followed by Rabbi Hammer’s shiur at 6:30 entitled, “Jewish Opposition to Extremism." 

Late Mincha will begin at 7:20 followed by shalosh seudos during which we will conclude the 4^th perek of Maseches Brachos and grapple with another great halachic question posed to Rav Yitzchak Zilberstein. Maariv will begin and Shabbos will end at 8:44.

At 9:15 Rabbi Hammer will offer a multimedia presentation open to the community entitled, "Operation Protective Edge: Purification & Preservation." Light refreshments will be served and we will have an opportunity to purchase Rabbi Hammer’s books, including his most recent work, “Derash Yehonaton: Around the Year with Rav Yehonaton Eybeshitz.”

The Week Ahead

Lag B’Omer: All teens are invited to the Elmora Hills Minyan's Lag B'Omer BBQ, Bonfire and Kumzits this Wednesday night, May 6th, at 8pm. 

Admission is $10 per teen, and we encourage sponsorships to help defray our costs. Please email EHMYouth@gmail.com by Monday, May 4th to reserve your seat around the fire!

Looking Ahead

If you or a relative are interested in giving a shiur over Shavuos, please contact me.

Community Announcements:

The Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy presents a special screening of “The Prime Ministers II: Soldiers and Peacemakers” this Sunday, May 3 at 7pm. For more information click the following link: www.jkha.org/primeministers2

JEC's Yeshiva of Elizabeth will be holding a Walk-A-Thon and Family Fun Day on Sunday, May 17th at 10am. Click here to register: https://thejec.org/walkathon

Important Zmanim for Parshios Acharei Mos-Kedoshim:

Candle lighting – 7:34

Mincha - 7:00pm

Shachris - 8:30am

Sof z'man kerias shema – 9:24am

Early Mincha – 6:00pm

Shiur – 6:30pm

Mincha – 7:20pm

Shabbos ends and maariv begins – 8:44pm

Rabbi Hammer's Motzei Shabbos presentation – 9:15pm

Mincha Sunday-Thursday: 7:45pm

Wishing you a wonderful (erev) Shabbos,

Rabbi Michael Bleicher

Dear Elmora Hills Minyan family,

We look forward to welcoming back our members and friends who were away for Pesach. Yasher koach to everyone who made the last days of Pesach so special, especially those who stepped up to fill in for volunteers who were away for Yom Tov. From the first maariv two weeks ago through the neilas hachag last week, Zman Cheiruseinu was one that had a tremendous impact on me personally, and I hope on the rest of you as well. L’shana haba’ah b’Yerushalayim!

With the warm weather of spring now upon us, please be sure to recite Birchas HaIlanos at your earliest convenience. Thanks to the JEC for organizing a helpful list of the location of fruit trees in our neighborhood, which is accessible here.

Mazal Tov!

Mazal tov to Roberta Wahrman on the recent marriage of her grandson, Ari Ginsberg, son of Elise and Zvi Ginsberg, to Alyssa Zaretsky. May they be zoche to build a bayis ne’eman b’Yisrael!

Shabbos Schedule

This erev Shabbos, Parshas Shemini Mevorchim Iyar, neiros should be lit by7:20pm, though we’ll be davening mincha at 7:00pm.

Kiddush this Shabbos Mevorchim is sponsored by the Schnipper family in commemoration of the yahrzeit earlier this week of Steve's father, Avraham Chaim ben Shmuel Pinchas, the Pasternak family in commemoration of the yahrzeit earlier this week of Moishe's father, Yaakov Kopel ben Meir Akiva, and the Wohlgemuth family in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Judy's father, Shmuel Zev ben Mordechai, this coming Thursday. May their neshamos have an aliyah and may you and your families continue to be a source of great nachas and zechusim for them in Gan Eden

Please join me at 6:20 Shabbos afternoon as we learn l’iluy nishmas those who were murdered during the Holocaust in a shiur entitled: Holy Questions from the Ashes of the Holocaust.

Mincha will begin at 7:05 followed by shalosh seudos during which we will continue our learning of the 4^th perek of Maseches Brachos with the 5^thmishna and grapple with another great halachic question posed to Rav Yitzchak Zilberstein. Maariv and Rosh Chodesh Iyar will begin and Shabbos will end at 8:24.

The Week Ahead

Rosh Chodesh Iyar is Sunday and Monday. Pending the conclusion of the 8am shachris on Sunday morning, the 9am shachris minyan will begin in the youth room and then switch places with mishnayos and breakfast.

Join us in commemorating Yom Hazikaron this Wednesday evening, April 22^nd, at 8pm at a screening of the critically acclaimed film, “Beneath the Helmet.” This event is free and open to the community. Light refreshments will be sold and proceeds will be donated to Friends of the IDF and Yasher LaChayal. For more information on the film, please click the following link:https://www.beneathhelmet.com/

Looking Ahead

May 2: EHM welcomes Rabbi Shalom Hammer as our scholar-in-residence Shabbos Parshios Acharei Mos-Kedoshim, May 2^nd. Rabbi Hammer will be delivering a Shabbos morning drasha, a shiur before mincha and will offer a multimedia presentation at our Motzei Shabbos melava malka. Please refer to the attached flyer for more information. To sponsor this special Shabbos, please reply to this email or contact Rabbi Bleicher or Steve Schnipper.

May 6: All youth are invited to a Lag B’Omer bbq and kumzits at the shul on Leil Lag B’Omer, Wednesday, May 6^th, following maariv. Further details to come.

Community Announcements:

April 30^th is the deadline to Vote Torah! Vote for the Torah slate in the upcoming World Zionist Congress elections and help ensure that funding is channeled to programs like students attending yeshivos and seminaries in Israel, infrastructure budgets for communities in Gush Etzion and Jersualem, religious Zionist youth movements, budgets for shlichim in Jewish communities worldwide and additional Orthodox seats (and their voices at the stakeholders table) on boards of funding organizations. If that’s not enough to motivate you to vote, this might: If you vote and share your voter number with us, we will be entered into a raffle of shuls to receive up to $15,000 from the OU. To vote online, click this link: www.votetorah.org. We’ll also have ballots available at our event on Wednesday night. Help Israel, help World Jewry and help support the Elmora Hills Minyan!

The Union Y invites the community to its Yom Hazikaron-Yom Ha’atzmaut program at the Y this Thursday evening, April 23, at 5:30, featuring the Maccabeats.

JEC's Yeshiva of Elizabeth will be holding a Walk-A-Thon and Family Fun Day on Sunday, May 17th at 10am. All participants registered by May 1st  will receive a free t-shirt. Click here to register: https://thejec.org/walkathon

The Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy presents a special screening of “The Prime Ministers II: Soldiers and Peacemakers” on Sunday, May 3 at 7pm. For more information click the following link: www.jkha.org/primeministers2

Important Zmanim for Parshas Shemini:

Candle lighting – 7:20

Mincha - 7:00pm

Shachris - 8:30am

Sof z'man kerias shema – 9:35am

Shiur – 6:20pm

Mincha – 7:05pm

Shabbos ends, maariv and Rosh Chodesh Iyar begin – 8:24pm

Mincha Sunday-Thursday: 7:30pm

Wishing you a wonderful (erev) Shabbos Mevorchim,

Rabbi Michael Bleicher