Congregation AABJ&D

700 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052 Eliezer Zwickler, Rabbi Tel: (973) 736-1407 Fax: (973) 736-8006 Alvin M. Marcus, Rabbi Emeritus Visit our website: www.aabjd.org Yosef Sharbat, Assistant Rabbi Esther Schultz: [email protected] Naomi Yablon: [email protected] Larry Liebman, President

Rabbi Zwickler can be reached via email at [email protected] Shabbat Yitro– 20 Shevat 5776– January 30, 2016 The Hand-outs for the month of January are sponsored by Lydia, Craig and Norman Eckstein in

SHABBAT SCHEDULE commemoration of the 20th Yahrzeit of their husband and father, Louis Eckstein, Aryeh Ben Avraham, z"l on Candles / Mincha the 28th day of Teves. 4:52 PM/ 4:55 PM

Hashkomah 8:00 AM Kiddush this Shabbat is sponsored by Stephanie & Oren Keiser in honor of AJ‘s Bar Mitzvah. Mazel Tov! in the Teen Minyan Room Rabbi’s Parsha Class 8:30 AM Rabbi’s Message: WEB DVAR with Rabbi Zwickler—CHECK IT OUT! Sephardim 8:40 AM This Shabbos I have yahrzeit for my is because the Torah itself is above Torah Vadas and Halachic Co- Main Shul 9:00 AM father Sandy Zwickler, Psachya ben time. The Torah has preceded us Authority of OU Kashrus. Rav Beit Midrash 9:15 AM Aryeh z"l. My father was a traveling and will outlive us. The obligation to Belsky became very close with K’Shema 9:40 AM salesman in the men's apparel industry learn Torah regularly and to teach it several of our members after he Torah In 20 given by R’ Sharbat and would often travel during the week to the next generation is incumbent spent several months at Kessler in “France and the Kippah when my brother and I were young. upon all of us. We need to 2012. Rav Belsky was a brilliant Controversy: Who is Right?” When he would arrive home for constantly challenge ourselves Talmid Chacham who was able to Shabbos he would always bring when it comes to making time to blend halacha into the challenges

Chevra Shas 3:45 PM something for us. Sometimes it was a learn Torah, on a bus or train to of contemporary society. Together bottle of Orange Crush soda that work, at a shiur or with the kollel with Rav Schachter Shlit"a he Mincha 4:35 PM wasn’t sold in New York. Other times it one night a week, by listening to an served as Kashrus posek for the Maariv 5:45 PM was more exciting like the time when online shiur or learning around the OU for many years. May Hashem Havdalah 5:55 PM he bought us a telephone repair truck. I Shabbos table. We don't have an bring comfort to his family. was so excited and played with the excuse not to. To the contrary, our truck nonstop for a few days. Over the learning is an obligation of our -This week the Jewish people lost course of time however, the truck tradition, handed down to us from another innocent soul who was became a little bit less exciting, and I previous generations. Hashem told brutally murdered in Israel. Please began to want other things to play with. Yehoshua in the first chapter of continue to keep our brothers and In Parshas Yisro we are told that the Sefer Yehoshua, that if one sisters in Israel in your Tefilla daily. REFUAH SHELEIMAH: Please keep Jewish people came to Har Sinai on engages in Torah study every day these names in your tefillah: -Special thanks to Mayor Parisi “this day”. Rashi comments that “this and night they will succeed in their Miriam Blima bat Bayla and the Department of Public day” is used as opposed “that day”, endeavors. May we see the Malka bas Chana Works for insuring that the Eruv is because the Torah should be fresh and fulfillment of this idea in our lives Klara bas Fraadel functional this Shabbos. As exciting upon us as if we received it through our Torah learning. Gittel bat Esther always, thanks to Rabbi Doniel Devorah Chana bat Sara Rochel from Har Sinai today. Yet, the Torah Witkin for checking the eruv Shoshana Malka bas Chaya Zelda does not identify explicitly the exact -We join Klal Yisrael in mourning regularly. Devorah Baila bas Basya day upon which the Torah was given. the passing of Rav Yisroel Belsky Chana bat Devorah The Oznaim LTorah explains that this zt"l, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Avi Yitzchak HaCohen ben Pesha Itka “The Rav in Thought and Deed” takes place in the Beir Midrash 5 minutes after the 9:15 AM minyan concludes. We Eliezer Baruch ben Bina utilize the Koren/Rabbi Soloveitchik edition siddur to gain insight into the specifics of our regular prayers based on Shlomo Yitzchak ben Elka the insights of Rabbi Soloveitchik. The session lasts approximately 5-7 minutes. Natan ben Malka Dovid Yehuda ben Etel Yaakov Tzvi ben Toby Esther MAZEL TOV Aryeh ben Hudessah We mourn the loss of Shlomit Krigman, 23, who Mazel Tov to AJ Keiser on his Bar Mitzvah. Mazel Tov was stabbed to death in Beit Horon this past week. WEEKLY SCHEDULE to parents Stephanie & Oren Keiser. Mazel Tov to Ha-Shem yikom dama. S sisters Allie, Nessa, Emily and Zoe. Mazel Tov to IMPORTANT MESSAGE: We are looking to update our Shacharit 7, 7:30, 8 & 9 AM grandparents Bryna & Harold Keiser and Judy & Les Yahrzeit Database. Please send all of your yahrzeits to Sephardim 8:00 AM Scheininger and to all the aunts and uncles. the Shul office at [email protected]. Please include Minchah 5:00 PM Mazel Tov to Chaim Pizem on his engagement to name of deceased, relation and both the English and Late Maariv 10:00 PM Erica Schwitzer. Mazel Tov to parents Judy & Rubin Hebrew dates. M Pizem and Ilana & Nate Schwitzer. Mazel Tov to sister Shacharit 6:35 & 7:25 AM Sophie. Next Friday Night, February 5 at 8:15 PM Sephardim 6:15 AM Leil Limud Minchah 5:00 PM Jewish History Class: A Three Part Series Maariv 7:45 & 9:45 PM If you are having Shabbat guests that night, join with the "The Double-Edged Sword: The Flourishing community at Leil Limud for dessert! T of Jewish Life Despite Persecution." Shacharit 6:50 & 7:30 AM featuring Mrs. Melissa Kapustin Motzei Shabbat, February 13 at 8:30 PM Sephardim 6:15 AM Zayin Adar Melaveh Malkah Minchah 5:00 PM Maariv 7:45 & 9:45 PM Wednesday, 2/3- Jewish Achievements during the Featuring Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Schwartz. On this night of W Greco-Roman period reflection, we include in our hearts and thoughts all

Shacharit 6:50 & 7:30 AM Wednesday, 2/10- Jewish Achievements in Medieval those members and friends of AABJ&D who are no longer with us. Sephardim 6:15 AM Ashkenaz and The Golden Age of Spain Minchah 5:00 PM Late Maariv 7:45 & 9:45 PM Wednesday, 2/17- The Flourishing Jewish World in Save the Date Th Early Modern Europe Tuesday, February 16 at 7:30 PM Shacharit 6:35 & 7:25 AM “Is it Dementia or Natural Aging?” Sephardim 6:15 AM All classes will meet in the Beit Midrash at 8 PM. Given by Alyson Kaplan of JFS MetroWest Minchah 5:00 PM Yahrzeit Kiddush Save the Date Late Maariv 7:45 & 9:45 PM Shabbat, February 27, 2016 Shabbat, February 19-20, 2016 F Scholar-In-Residence: Rav Meir Goldvicht Shacharit 6:50 & 7:30 AM Commemorating all Tevet, Shevat, Adar I, Adar II and Sephardim 6:15 AM Nissan Yahrzeits. Sponsor one name for $36, two The 2016 Shul Directory is in and ready for pick- Candles 5:00 PM names for $50 or three names for $75. Email the Shul up! Copies can be picked up in the Shul office. Mincha 5:05 PM office at [email protected] to participate. Extra copies are available for purchase for $5. PAGE 2 UPCOMING EVENTS Shabbat Yitro– 20 Shevat 5776– January 30, 2016

Monday, 2/1 at 8 PM– EC Meeting 50th Annual AABJ&D Shul Dinner Tuesday,2/2 at 8PM– JKHA Community Sunday Evening, May 8, 2016 Informational Meeting at the home of Nili & Andrew at the Wilshire Grand Hotel Yolin, 15 Lakeview Drive. For more info contact the Legacy Award JKHA Admissions Office at 862-437-8064. Rabbi Alvin & Marylin Marcus Registration is open for Camp Motzei Shabbat, 2/13 at 8:30 PM- 4th Annual Shemesh at AABJ&D. You can Guests of Honor find the registration materials on Melava Malka honoring 's late principal, All Past Presidents and Chair People of the Board Mrs. Chaya Newman, a”h with world-renowned the shul's website. If you guest speaker Rabbi Jonathan Rietti. At Bruriah The Rabbi Alvin and Marylin Marcus have any questions, please High School, 35 North Avenue, Elizabeth. Keter Shem Tov Award contact Camp Director Sura Tuesday, 2/23 at 8 PM- Sisterhood Book Club at Doris & Jay Hartman Rozenberg at aabjdsummer- the home of Elaine Woods, 88 Cummings Circle- In [email protected]. Early bird honor of “Jewish Disability & Awareness” month, Young Leadership Award rate ends on February 29. "Following Ezra" by Tom Fields-Meyer. Alisha & Jerry Blugrind Motzei Shabbat, 2/27 at 8 PM- Lema'an Achai will be conducting a 'symposium' on Tzedaka and Torah Tuesdays @ AABJ&D- Beit Midrash Night Chesed: Are We Doing it Right? presented by Torah Tuesday from 7:45-10 PM. Come spend the night learning in our Beit Midrash togeth- Rabbi Avrohom Leventhal, Executive Director of er with Rabbi Zwickler and Rabbi Sharbat. Bring your chavrusa or we will help you find one. Lema'an Achai and Mitch Rich, former Director of  Rabbi Zwickler’s Parshat Hashavuah class, Tuesday night edition at 7:45 PM Chesed Activities at Kushner Academy. Melave  Insights into Tefillah at 8:30 PM led by Rabbi Zwickler Malka to follow. At the home of Lori & Joe  Young professional Chaburah Shiur given by Rabbi Sharbat at 9 PM Rozehzadeh, 19 Roosevelt Avenue.

Help our community continue to grow...spread the word about our AABJ&D New Family Incentive program, offering discounts to new, eligible families now totaling over $50,000 from our shul and nursery school, JKHA and the JCC of Greater Metrowest. Share Please go onto Congregation our [email protected] email address with interested families. AABJ&D's website and Facebook account to watch Thank You to the CSS members and volunteers for providing security detail at the shul Jubilee Video Interviews. This on Shabbat. For more info or to volunteer, contact Evan Galatz or Steve Faiwiszewski. week Jay Silberner and Steve Schwartz discuss the Second Nechama Price now serves as a consultant to women in the West Orange/Livingston Shul Building Expansion. communities to answer questions related to niddah and family purity. She can be reached at [email protected] or 201-888-6999.

ADULT EDUCATION Together on Tuesday  AABJ&D Beit Midrash available daily from 6  Joel Rich will be leading a class on the Sefer Tuesday, February 2 at 11:15 AM-“Retiring AM to 11 PM as a place to learn Torah. Hachinuch/ Minchat Chinuch on Wednesdays Jewishly” by Chaim Lauer, educator and  Monday at 7:00 PM – Women’s Tehillim after the first Minyan in the Sephardic Minyan. lecturer. Chaim Lauer explains what we can group - Contact Ora Bloom for info.  Wednesday from 8:30-9:30 PM, Rabbi Ari Elbaz learn from Judaism, recent research, and  Mon-Wed 8:15–9:45 PM and Thurs 8:15- of the West Orange Kollel. from each other to make our retirement 10PM. Teenage boys and male adults are  Wednesday at 8:45 PM – Havruta learning- years meaningful, memorable, joyous and invited to learn with the West Orange Kollel Library. The Group is learning . productive. rabbis. Contact Steve Malech at  Thursday at 8 PM- Sephardic Shul, "Thoughts on [email protected] or Rabbi Stone at the Parsha" by R’ Sharbat . [email protected]. Thursday at 8:30 PM—Gemara Class, Masechet  Tuesday 10AM—Women’s Parshat Beitzah /Beit Midrash/ Rabbi Zwickler. Hashavuah class/ R’ Zwickler. Join our expanding Sunday morning Gemara DAF YOMI  Tuesday 1PM, Class by Rabbi Yonah Lazar Chabura after the 8 AM minyan. We meet each at the Datalife offices, 500 Bloomfield Ave. week for 1 hour and cover about half an amud Shabbat Morning Shiur at 8:15 AM in the Verona. Everyone is welcome. (page) per week. For beginners to advanced. If Library.  Tuesday nights at 8PM in the Library. Navi you want to be added to our email list please Daf Yomi shiur on Monday & Wednesday Shiur led by Rabbi Sharbat. contact Moshe Glick at [email protected]. evenings at 8pm in the library.  Tuesday 9PM– Young professional Chaburah Daf Yomi shiur every weekday morning in Class given by R’ Z and R’ S the library after the first minyan. YOUTH DEPARTMENT

 There will be modified groups and no teen at the Florham park rink! play around in the gym, use your minyan this Shabbat, 1/30.  Donations of Jewish themed books for our artistic talent to make your own pizza, and watch a fun movie all in one  Join the ever-growing Beit Midrash groups would be greatly appreciated. amazing night! Stay tuned for more Program! Come anytime on Tuesdays details. between 7:30PM and 9 PM to learn about anything Jewish. Bring your homework or  Sunday Night, 2/21- Junior Teens and pick a topic you are interested in studying! the AABJ&D youth department will be  Shabbat, 2/6 from 12:15– 1:45 PM- JR. TEENS helping create crafts projects for kids in 1st grade students are invited to the Youth the hospital through Project Junior Teens is looking forward to February! Here house for a special Shabbat lunch. Please Sunshine. Stay tuned for more details. are some important dates to keep in mind! RSVP to [email protected].  Friday Night, 2/26 from 8:30-9:45 PM,  Friday Night, 2/5- Join the first ever Middle  Sunday, 2/7 from 11 AM– 12 PM– All 5th- Oneg, Location to be determined. School Leil Limud! Stay tuned for more 7th grade girls are invited to a special Bat Walking groups home will be provided. details. Mitzvah dance class at the shul. Come  Sunday, 2/27 from 7:15-9:45PM- Junior and learn the popular songs and dances!!!  Friday Night, 2/19 from 8:15- 9:30 PM- Oneg Teens are invited to join NCSY for a $15 per person. Please RSVP to at Rachel & David Schenkler's, with special Shabbat Shalem event at the NCSY [email protected] guest, Rabbi Yitz!! Walking groups home home, 36 Hooper Avenue. We will be will be provided.  Save the Date! Motzei Shabbat, 2/20 watching the movie Temple Grandin we will be having a community wide roller  Saturday Night, 2/20- Paint night, pizza and following it up with a discussion skating activity for 3rd-5th grade students making, and a movie! Join in on a paint and Q&A session. Snacks will be tutorial class or free paint your own creation, served.