AABJ&D Weekly

SCHEDULE 

Friday (AABJ&D Zoom Room)
6:30PM:  Mincha
6:40PM:  Words from Rabbi Zwickler
6:50PM:  Kabbalat Shabbat led by Adam Caplan 
7:00PM/ 8:15PM:  Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv for backyard minyanim that are davening b'zman (please check the time with your specific minyan)
8:11PM:  Candle Lighting

Shabbat
9:10AM:   Krias Shema
6:00PM:   Mincha
9:11PM:   Maariv
9:21PM:   Havdalah

Sunday (AABJ&D Zoom Room)
8:00AM: Shacharit
10:00AM: Join Joel Rich as we continue our series of Zoom shiurim in which we study the first book of The Rambam’s Mishna Torah, Sefer Madda. Click here for source sheet. No prior background is required for this series and each session can be attended independently.
8:20PM:   Mincha/Maariv

RABBI'S MESSAGE

In the beginning of our Parsha Aharon Hakohein is tasked and honored with lighting the menorah each day in the Mishkan. This past Tuesday afternoon I went into our Shul to get something from my office. I decided to walk into the main sanctuary as I had not been in the Heichal since the Shul closed. While our Shul was dark, the Ner Tamid resting on top of the Aron Kodesh was lit.I paused for a few moments and just reflected on how much has transpired since the last time we were all in the Shul together. It has been very long. This past week, we took the first steps on our road back home. We have once again been able to join together as a Kehilla for Tefilla, albeit not yet in our Shul.The backyard minyanim have worked out beautifully. Baruch Hashem our Shul membership has overwhelmingly abided by our safety guidelines. Although I know it is not conducive or practical long term, I have found that the requirement of six feet distance has allowed many of us to experience davening differently than we have in the past. When we have that distance, we are able to transcend into our own personal world, and for a few moments focus exclusively on the content of the siddur in our hands. The six feet separation has caused our backyard minyanim to be quiet, aside for the sound of Tefillah that should be heard during davening. I hope that we are able to use this experience to reinvigorate and recreate our personal davening experience with the tzibbur that we have missed over the last several months so badly. As we make our way closer to the Shul, let’s take with us the sound of Tefillah, the moments of silence and contemplation and with it the Kedusha that should continue to light the Ner Tamid of our Shul and our souls. Good Shabbos!

-Mazel Tov to all of our graduates.  It has been a very challenging year and a difficult end to what should have been a more celebratory and social period in your lives.  As you move on to the next stage of life, may Hashem bless you with good health and to overcome life's challenges with poise and strength so that you can succeed in all of your future endeavors.  

MAZEL TOVS

• Mazel Tov to Lisi and Eli Sipzner upon the birth of a son, Yisrael Shabtai (Jack Israel). Mazel Tov to grandparents Linda and Robbie Sipzner, and to the entire family.
   

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Tuesday, June 16 at 10:00AM: Women's Parshat Hashavuah with Rabbi Zwickler. Click here for more info. 
• Tuesday,  June 16 at 7:30PM: New Navi Shiur with Rabbi Sharbat. Click here for more info.  Please note the new time. 
• Tuesday, June 16 at 9:00PM: Come join us for a fun and unique experience and at the same time providing needed financial assistance to those in need. Join Gabriel Geller, Manager of Wine Education at Royal Wine as we taste our way through a unique selection of exceptional White, Rose and Red wines.  All participants will pick up their wine samples to taste in their own home during the presentation. All funds raised will go to the AABJ&D Covid 19 Relief Fund.  Click here for more info or contact Jaicky Tammam with any questions.
• Wednesday, June 17 at 8:15PM: All women are invited to a lecture given by Shifra Rabenstein on "Finding Stability In An Untable World". Click here for more info. 
• Thursday, June 18 at 7:30PM: Gemara Shiur, Kiddushin with Rabbi Zwickler. Click here for more info.  Please note the new time. 

IMPORTANT UPDATES

• 2020 AABJ&D Gratitude Campaign & Journal- In lieu of the annual dinner, the Shul launched a Gratitude Campaign. Please take this opportunity to support the shul while showing Hakarat Hatov. Click here for details and to place an ad in the Gratitude Journal, which will be distributed at the end of June. SAVE THE DATE: Join us for an Evening of Gratitude on June 30. Stay tuned for more information. 
• Sisterhood Flower Fundraiser: Back By Popular Demand- AABJ&D presents BEAUTIFUL BOUQUETS by Barry Geiger of Midtown Florist. Purchase for yourself, as a gift, for Shabbos, a simcha, or refuah. Donate any amount (on the bottom of the form) towards bouquets to be delivered to our local nursing homes. Order deadline for Shabbat delivery is Wednesday at 8:00PM. For more info click here. To sign up click here. 
• Don’t forget to sign up for FREE weekly meals through the Kosher Meal program for children ages 1-18, available to ALL families in the entire Greater MetroWest community!!
  Many families are already taking advantage of this great program.
  Please sign up - the more families that take part in this program will enable it to keep going.
  Families can pair up and pick up for up to 2-3 families at a time.
  Please sign up today! https://teachcoalition.org/nj/koshermeals/
• Israel experience contest- Deadline extended to Sunday, June 28!
  Send in a picture of a place in Yerushalayim, that was most meaningful for you, and your family, with a short paragraph on why you chose that picture and what the place meant to you. Maximum 2 entries per person. 
  There are 2 categories: 1. contestants 5-16 years old (children; teens) 2. contestants 16 -99 years old. 
  The panel of judges will decide on the winner in each category.  Please send all entries to:  
  jerusalemexperience@aabjd.org. 
  There is still sufficient time for you to sort through your trip pictures, your family pictures, and pick one or two. Don't miss out. Great prizes.
• Dr Torin Rutner is conducting COVID testing and COVID antibody testing locally. If you would like to make an appointment, please call or text him at 973 568-4469.
   

YOUTH

• For parsha sheets click here. 
• AABJ&D Youth Department & Sisterhood Present Bob's Ice Cream Truck! On Father's Day, Sunday, June 21st beginning at 12:00PM. All ice cream choices are $2 per person for $10 per family. For more info click here. Register by June 16th by clicking here . After you register and pay you will receive a certificate to present that day.  
• Join us in writing cards/letters EVERY FRIDAY to send to residents of Daughters of Israel. Click here for more information.

EVENT REPLAYS

• To enjoy Rabbi Zwickler's Weekly WebDvar click here.
• Replay now available! If you missed an Armchair Conversation- Healing Together: Moving Forward In A Broken World featuring Mayor Robert Parisi, Pastor Doug Adams and Rabbi Eliezer Zwickler click here to listen now. 

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES

• Don't forget to make your Yizkor Donation: There is a tradition to donate to a charity following the holiday in honor of the deceased. By giving charity, we are performing a positive physical deed in this world, something that the departed can no longer do. Click here to donate now .
• If you would like to sponsor a shiur, day of learning or week of learning please click here and include dedication information.
• As the financial crisis deepens, the WO/Livingston Chesed Group is in the preliminary stages of launching an ambitious project that will try to ease the financial burden on those community members who are unemployed/underemployed. As we are blessed with many talented professionals in our community, we are compiling a list of individuals who would be willing to donate their services (e.g. medical, legal, financial, IT, therapy, etc). There will be a coordinator for each service, who will act as a liaison for the service and the individual requesting it. If you are interested in joining this initiative, please fill out this form  https://forms.gle/gkMCuxWwSmwnNQsr7 or reach out to any of us at WOLivGives@gmail.com, with your name, contact information and the service you could provide pro-bono. 
   

REMINDERS

• Check out all of the virtual happenings, including davening and online learning, at https://aajbd.org/virtual.
• Social Distancing: In order to help ensure the health and safety of our community, we want to remind everyone of the critical importance of adhering to the calls for social distancing, including play dates or any innocuous get togethers.
• Please join the Orthodox Union community for the recitation of Tehillim (chapters 20, 26, and 130) and divrei chizuk each afternoon at 1:00PM.  The dial-in number is (773) 377-9170.
• Join our WhatsApp groups!  Click here for a list of available groups.

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