AABJ&D Weekly

SCHEDULE

Friday: 
4:28PM: Candle Lighting
4:35PM: Mincha/Maariv in the Shul

Shabbat:
7:30 & 9:30 AM: Shacharit in the Shul 
8:30AM: In the Shul parking lot
9:00AM: Sephardic Shacharit 
9:08AM: Krias Shema
4:20PM: Sephardic Mincha
4:25PM: Mincha
5:19PM: Maariv
5:29PM: Havdalah
6:00PM: Parent- Child Learning (MishMash)

Sunday:
8:00AM: Shacharit
9:00AM: Sunday Morning Kickoff with Rabbi Zwickler 
10:00AM: Sefer Madda with Joel Rich
3:00PM: Men's Club Family Paintball Event 
4:30PM: Mincha/Maariv

Visit www.aabjd.org to join a minyan in shul, at the parking lot, or in a backyard. 

RABBI'S MESSAGE

What a week it has been.  The uncertainty is anxiety provoking.  Who knows what the news will bring over the next several days or weeks.  One thing is certain; both campaigns, while engaged in what is at stake at this moment, will have a time when they look back and wonder what they could have done differently to solidify more votes in each state.  They may be thinking about how often their candidate visited each state and how much money was spent on advertising geared toward potential voters.  As Lot and his family were moving further away from Sdom, they were told by the angels accompanying them to look up toward the mountain and not to look back. Rashi explains that the angels were encouraging Lot to look toward Avraham and relieve the impact of Sdom and its values  behind him.  Chazal remind us that this pasuk is a metaphor for life.  While we can learn from the past, it is important at a certain point to leave the past behind us and move forward with confidence.  We all hope that very soon our country can put this intense divisive period behind us and unite together into the future.

-Save the Date! Motzei Shabbat, November 14 at 8:00PM:  If you moved to West Orange after August 2019, please join me and Sharon, along with Batya & Rabbi Yosef Sharbat for a “Getting to Know You” Melava Malka via Zoom. Click here for more info.  Please RSVP to office@aabjd.org so we can send you a pre-event kit!
 

MAZEL TOV

• Mazel Tov to Danielle & Harry Greenfield on their wedding Tuesday night. Mazel Tov to parents Andrea & Bryan Bier and Deborah & Robert Greenfield. Mazel Tov to the entire Bier and Greenfield families.
• Mazel Tov to Shira Kelin on her engagement to Rafi Nemes of Manhattan.  Mazel Tov to parents Sue & Richard Kelin and to grandmother Bea Taubenfeld. Mazel Tov to Fawn & Alan Nemes of St. Louis.

YOUTH

• Parsha Sheets: Click here. 
• Looking forward to seeing everyone Motzei Shabbat for our first Mishmash of the year! Learn over Shabbat then join us at 6:00 pm over Zoom, answer questions, give a dvar Torah, and receive prizes! Mishmash will take place the first 3 Saturday nights of the winter months! Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83008781288, Meeting ID: 830 0878 1288. Click here for source sheets for young learners. Click here for source sheets for mature learners.  Click here for coloring sheets. 
• We are always looking for people to help sponsor our Mishmash prizes. If you would like to be a sponsor please reach out to Shifra at youth@aabjd.org
• Save the date: Shabbat Nov 14th:  4th grade girls afternoon oneg! More details to follow!
• Save the date: Sunday Nov 22: Pre- Thanksgiving PRIZE ROOM! more details to follow!
• Join us in writing cards/letters EVERY FRIDAY to send to residents of Daughters of Israel. Click here for more information.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Sunday, November 8 at 9:00AM: Join us for Sunday Morning Kickoff "Torah In 20"! You Bring Breakfast.... We Will Bring Torah. Join Rabbi Zwickler for breakfast and a shiur and start your week off with some Torah. Click here for more info. 
• Sunday, November 8 at 10:00AM: Join Joel Rich as we continue our Zoom series of shiurim and continue with the first book of The Rambam’s Mishna Torah, Sefer Madda.  No prior background is required for this series and each session can be attended independently.  Click here to find an online version of Sefer Madda with English translation.
• Sunday, November 8 at 3:00PM: Men's Club family paintball event. Click here for more info. To sign up click here. 
• Tuesday, November 10 at 10:00AM: All women are invited to join Rabbi Zwickler for a text based Parshat Hashavuah Shiur. Click here for more info. 
• Tuesday, November 10 at 8:00PM: All men and women are invited to an interactive text-based shiur via Zoom on Sefer Amos and Hoshea led Rabbi Yosef Sharbat. Click here for more info. 
• Tuesday, November 12 at 7:30PM: Join us for a Gemara Shiur on Mesechet Kiddushin led by Rabbi Eliezer Zwickler. Click here for more info.
• Motzei Shabbat, November 14 at 8:00PM:  If you moved to West Orange after August 2019, please join me and Sharon, along with Batya & Rabbi Yosef Sharbat for a “Getting to Know You” Melava Malka via Zoom. Click here for more info.  Please RSVP to office@aabjd.org so we can send you a pre-event kit!
• Sunday, November 15: Sisterhood presents....Fall photos with Zush. Fore more info click here. For more info click here. To sign up click here. 
• Save the Date! Sunday, November 15 at 8:00PM: Scholar In Residence: Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff  "Gedolim, Da’as Torah and the Modern Orthodox Jew". Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff’s bio: Chief Academic Officer of Hebrew Theological College and Associate Professor of Jewish History at Touro College, Rabbi Dr. Eleff is the author of nine books and more than forty articles in the field of American Jewish History. His most recent book is Authentically Orthodox: A Tradition-Bound Faith in American Life (Wayne State, 2020)
• Save the Date! Monday, November 16: Women's Rosh Chodesh Shiur given by Rabbi Sharbat. Click here for more info. This Shiur is sponsored by: Barbara Rich  in commemoration of the yahrzeit of her beloved father Reuven Ben Eliezer Yonasan (Reuben Hecht) and by Nurith Shellim in commemoration of the yahrzeit of her brother, Jonathan Mordechai ben Tamara v. Yitzack on the 7thh of Kislev. 
• Save the Date! Wednesday, November 18 at 8:15PM: Women's Beit Midrash Program featuring Tova Warburg Sinensky  "Watercolors & Family Relationships: Can We Craft Our Own Religious Responsibilities?"  Tova Warburg Sinensky is a graduate of Nishmat’s first U.S. Yoatzot Halacha cohort and has worked as a Yoetzet since 2013, currently serving as the Yoetzet Halacha for Teaneck, Atlanta and Greater Philadelphia. She has been involved in the field of Jewish education for over fifteen years teaching Gemara, Halacha, Jewish Philosophy, coaching beginning teachers and creating curricula, educating kallot, and consulting on intimacy education for high school students. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Stern College Honors Program with a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy, holds a Master’s Degree in Education from the Azrieli Graduate School and holds a certificate from Yeshiva University’s Graduate Program for Advanced Talmudic Studies. This Shiur is sponsored by  Rivkie & Yaakov Moradi in memory of Yaakov’s mother Chana bat Miriam and Yaakov.  
• Every year, the ATID SOCIETY event kicks off the JKHA/RKYHS Annual Campaign. We look forward to an exciting virtual event this year featuring master mentalist Lior Suchard. Please visit www.jkha.org/atid for more information on the virtual event and to join the ATID SOCIETY.  For questions or more information, please contact Sarah Levinson at slevinson@jkha.org or 862-437-8001.    
• Save the date: December 9 for the Women's Beit Midrash program featuring Rachel Besser who will address: "The Earliest Chanukah." Mrs. Besser is a teacher and department chair at Yeshivat Frisch where she teaches Tanach and Jewish philosophy. A graduate of Stern college, she received her Masters from Hunter College in English Literature. She lives with her husband and children in Clifton NJ. The shiur is sponsored by Shari and Herb Faleck in memory of Avraham Chaim Ben Zvi z”l,  beloved father; and by Barbara and Joel Rich in commemoration of the first yahrtzeit of Barbara’s brother, Shmuel Yosef Ben Reuven z”l.

EVENT REPLAYS

• To enjoy Rabbi Zwickler's Weekly WebDvar click here. 
   

UPDATES & REMINDERS

• OHEL Chanukah Gift Drive: This year include an OHEL individuall on your gift list. Drop of toys at the Shul and leave in the box outside marked OHEL Toy Drive by November 19. Click here for more info. 
• Check out all of the virtual happenings, including davening and online learning, at https://aajbd.org/virtual.
• Now You Can Order Scrip Online – A Simple Way You Can Contribute To The Shul!  Order today - it’s quick and user-friendly, with all of your favorite stores included. Click here to see for yourself   https://www.aabjd.org/scrip. Click here for more info.Please join the Orthodox Union community for the recitation of Tehillim (chapters 20, 27, and 130) and divrei chizuk each afternoon at 1:00PM.  The dial-in number is (773) 377-9170.​​​​​​
• If you would like to sponsor a shiur, day of learning or week of learning please click here and include dedication information.
• Join our WhatsApp groups!  Click here for a list of available groups.

CHESED OPPORTUNITIES

• The WO/Livingston Chesed Group is launching a project that will try to ease the financial burden on those community members who are unemployed/ underemployed. We are compiling a list of individuals who would be willing to donate their services (e.g. medical, legal, financial, IT, therapy, etc). 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. 
• In an effort to assist individuals who are in need of job search support during this economic downturn, the Livingston and West Orange communities have revived the Jewish Job Network (JJN), including guidance in resume writing, interviewing, career counseling, networking, starting a new business, learning how to consult and job retraining.  If you are in need of assistance or if you are interested in volunteering, please go to JJN's website http://jewishjobnetwork.com.  If you have any questions on the above, please reach out to Fernand Schoppig - schoppig@fsassociates.com.  

SAFETY REMINDERS

• All members, guests, and faculty must wear masks that fully cover the nose and mouth at all times while on shul property—both during and after davening.  Masks may not be removed, even to cough, sneeze or blow your nose. This is absolutely mandatory both inside and outside the building, including the parking lot and common areas.
• 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.
• If you would like to make an appointment, please call or text him at 973 568-4469. Dr. Torin Rutner is conducting COVID testing and COVID antibody testing locally.

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