Over the past summer I had the opportunity to take some of my children on a fishing trip. We chartered a boat on Long Island Sound with a captain and mate, and were all set to spend all afternoon catching fish.
After casting our lines, we waited for the fish to bite. And waited. And waited some more. We actually spent most of the afternoon waiting for fish to bite.
I was expecting the kids to get tired and give up, yet they were insistent that the fish were about to bite- “just wait a little longer!” Every minute that passed meant they were one minute closer to their goal of catching “the big one”. So we stuck it out.
Rosh Hashanah and the High Holidays are a new beginning, the start of New Year hopefully filled with much happiness, joy, and fulfillment. It’s a chance for us to shift our focus to the future, and our hopes that the New Year will bring an abundance of good news to fill our lives, the lives of our families, and the lives of all of Am Yisrael.
As long as we stay focused on our hope for a better tomorrow, we can get through the challenges and obstacles that may come our way.
Eventually we did catch “the big one” (ok, the “pretty big one”) and there was plenty of action on the boat, and plenty of fish to take home and enjoy.
As a people, we’ve been waiting to live in peace and harmony in our homeland and throughout the world for a long, long time. May this year be the year in which all our waiting finally pays off, and may we return to Eretz Yisrael in true and everlasting peace.
Aharona and I wish you a happy and healthy sweet New Year!
Rabbi Lubin
Shabbat in Jerusalem
This summer, I had the good fortune to visit Israel for the fourth time, not a huge number but a start. Each trip brings new experiences and each Shabbat I’ve spent there is different. This year, I spent Shabbat in Jerusalem with Nora, Seth and grandsons, Shimi, Dino, Yoni and Dovi. How different from my other experiences of Shabbat in Israel. My first Shabbat in Israel was in Jerusalem but that was twenty-eight years ago and I was in a different place in observance. So I did not treasure the fact the all of Jerusalem seems to go into Shabbos mode. The siren sounds announcing Shabbat and the traffic disappears except for a taxi here and there. People are walking and nodding Shabbat Shalom. It feels as if we are wrapped in a climate of Shabbos.
Friday night, Seth and the boys davened at the Great Synagogue, a few blocks from our hotel. Nora and I wandered toward the Great Synagogue but stopped at the Central Synagogue where a Carlebach service was underway. We went to the women’s balcony and listened as wonderful voices welcomed in Shabbat. The next morning we walked to the Old City and davened Shacharis at the Wall. How incredible to be in front of the Wall for Shemoneh Esrei and touch the Wall with each bend and bow! Davening Shemoneh Esrei will never be the same. In the afternoon, Nora and I strolled ourhotel neighborhood and just happened across RabbiBerel Wein’s shul in time to hear his shiur on Pirkei Avos . Where else but Jerusalem. Shabbat ended in the hotel lobby with communal Havdalah. And then week day Jerusalem came back to life.
So what can I take away from the inspiring Shabbat experience in Jerusalem? The wish to put some of Jerusalem in each Shabbat. We cannot stop traffic in Parsippany, but we can try to spread the beauty of Shabbat, all of Shabbat. We might not be davening at the wall but we can be inspired by the beauty of our own sanctuary and not take the beauty for granted. Just two years ago we davened in a rustic setting as our shul was being rehabbed from the fire of 2013. We’ve had a hiatus in our Shabbatons first due to the fire and the effort we put into the fabulous 40th Anniversary Gala. What a gala it was! This year, we plan for the return of the Shabbaton – and a way to bring some inspiration to Shabbat. As we prepare for the Holidays, let us remember the saying "More than the Jew has kept Shabbat, Shabbat has kept the Jew." May we share many Shabbats and holidays together.
A good year, a sweet year, a gutte geBenchte yahr. May you merit many of them.
Naomi
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The Congregation wishes a refuah shlemah to the following:
Phil Bardash
Milton Feldman
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If you would like to order a lulav and etrog, please contact Lou Goodman at 973-262-3021 by September 16. The prices are $40 for the regular set and $75 for the deluxe set.
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A way to memorialize those dear departed in perpetuity is to provide a memorial plaque on the Yahrzeit Board in the Synagogue. Kaddish is recited at the time of Yahrzeit and names are automatically included in prayers during Yizkor. For information about the purchase of a plaque, contact Dr. Louis Goodman at 973-263-3021.
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Leaves for the Tree of Life for Building Fund donations are available. Contact Naomi Rotter973-299-6277 for more information.
- Mazel tov to the Mendelsohn family on David’s engagement to Jocelyn Minsky-Rowland.
- Mazal tov to Ed and Gilda Norin on the upcoming bat mitzvah of their granddaughter, Tiferet,on Aug. 28 in Israel. Mazel tov to her parents, Elana and Simon Jackson,as well.
Yahrzeits for Tishrei, Cheshvan, & Kislev
Laura Herman8 Tishrei
Harry Braverman10 Tishrei Henrietta Strow 11 Tishrei
Reva King12 Tishrei
Leonard Robert Fischman17 Tishrei
Bertha Goldbach18 Tishrei
Max Goldbach19 Tishrei
Morris Baron19 Tishrei
Israel H. Gavrin20 Tishrei
Inge Golovin21 Tishrei
Ida Strow23 Tishrei
Sidney Pearlman23 Tishrei
Sarah Weiss29 Tishrei
Nathan Shor1 Cheshvan
Bertha Pistiner1 Cheshvan
Miriam Rutman1 Cheshvan
David Isaac Goldberg2 Cheshvan
Marcia D. Bertiger4 Cheshvan
Joseph Rich4 Cheshvan
Henie Fuchs6 Cheshvan
Abraham Rotter10 Cheshvan
Ethel Astel 13 Cheshvan
Minnie Speiser13 Cheshvan
Norman Druckman13 Cheshvan
Soloman Bookbinder14 Cheshvan
Beatrice Evelyn Fischman15 Cheshvan
Jack Astel17 Cheshvan
Aida Tyzler23 Cheshvan
David Greenspan26 Cheshvan
Joseph Morse27 Cheshvan
Sidney Speiser28 Cheshvan
Claire Mendelsohn2 Kislev
Bertha Richmond4 Kislev
Kurt Bardash10 Kislev
Ernest Richmond10 Kislev
Leo Herman 12 Kislev
Reuben Levine17 Kislev
Carl Levitt19 Kislev
Nathan Genden 24 Kislev
Blanche Levitt25 Kislev
Nettie Levine27 Kislev
Julius Bertiger30 Kislev
Luach Fall 5776
Date / Parsha / Candle Lighting / Friday Mincha / Shabbos Mincha / Shabbos Ends10/16-17 / Noach / 5:58PM / 6:00 PM / 5:40 PM / 6:56 PM
10/23-24 / Lech Lecha / 5:48 PM / 5:50 PM / 5:30 PM / 6:46 PM
10/30-31 / Vayera / 5:39 PM / 5:40 PM / 5:20 PM / 6:37 PM
11/6-7 / Chayei Sarah / 4:30 PM / 4:30 PM / 4:10 PM / 5:30 PM
11/13-14 / Toldos / 4:23 PM / 4:25 PM / 4:05 PM / 5:24 PM
11/20-21 / Vayetze / 4:18 PM / 4:20 PM / 4:00 PM / 5:19 PM
11/27-28 / Vayishlach / 4:14 PM / 4:15 PM / 3:55 PM / 5:16 PM
12/4-5 / Vayeshev / 4:12 PM / 4:15 PM / 3:50 PM / 5:15 PM
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SPECIAL YOM TOV SCHEDULE – 5776
Saturday, Sept.5– Selichos
Selichos – 12:00 AM
Sun. September 13 - Erev Rosh Hashanah
Shachris-8am
Hatarat Nedarim, Pruzbul
Light Candles – 6:53 PM
Mincha – 7PM
Mon. Sept. 14– First Day of Rosh Hashanah
Shacharis - 8:30 AM
Shofar Blowing - 11:00 AM
Mincha – 6:40 PM
Light Candles from preexisting flame after - 7:50 PM
Tuesday Sept. 15- Second Day of Rosh Hashanah
Shacharis - 8:30 AM
Shofar Blowing - 11:00 AM
Mincha –6:40 PM
Yom Tov Ends-7:48
Wed. Sept.16 - Tzom Gedalia
Fast Begins – 5:16 AM
Shacharis - 6:15 AM
Fast Ends – 7:38 PM
Shabbos Shuvah- Parshas Vayelech Sept. 18-19
Light Candles – 6:44 PM
Shachris 9AM
Mincha- 6:30 PM
Shabbos Ends-7:41 PM
Tuesday Sept. 22 - Erev Yom Kippur
Light Candles – 6:37 PM
Kol Nidrei – 6:30 PM
Wed. Sept. 23 - Yom Kippur
Shacharis - 8:30 AM
Yizkor - 11:30 AM (approximately)
Break – Approximately 2 PM
Mincha followed by Neilah – 5:15PM
Fast Ends – 7:34 PM
Shabbos Haazinu Sept.25- 26
Light Candles – 6:32 PM
Shachris 9AM
Mincha- 6:25 PM
Shabbos Ends-7:29 PM
Sun. Sept. 27 Erev Sukkos
Light Candles – 6:29 PM
Mincha – 6:30 PM
Mon. Sept.28 - First Day Sukkos
Shacharis - 9:00 AM
Mincha –6:30 PM
Light Candles from Preexisting Flame after – 7:26 PM
Tuesday Sept. 29 – 2nd Day Yom Tov
Shacharis - 9:00 AM
Mincha – 6:30PM
Yom Tov Ends-7:24PM
Wed. ,Thurs. &Fri. 9/30, Oct.1,2 Chol Hamoed
Shacharis - 6:15 AM
Shabbos Chol Hamoed Oct.2-3
Light Candles – 6:21 PM
Shachris 9AM
Megillas Kohelles before Torah reading
Mincha- 6:15 PM
Shabbos Ends-7:17 PM
Sunday Oct.4 – Hoshana Rabbah
Shachris 8AM
Light Candles – 6:17PM
Mincha – 6:20 PM
Mon. Oct.5 - Shemini Atzeres
Shacharis - 9:00 AM
Yizkor – Approximately 11:00 AM
Mincha – 6:10 PM
Light Candles from Preexisting Flame After – 7:14 PM
Tue. Oct. 6 - Simchas Torah
Shacharis - 9:00 AM
Mincha –6:10 PM
Yom Tov Ends-7:14PM
Shabbos Beraishis Oct.9- 10
Light Candles – 6:09PM
Shachris 9AM
Mincha-6PM
Shabbos ends-7:06 PM
More Special Dates
Tue. And Wed. Oct.13,14
Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan
Thurs. and Fri.. Nov. 12, 13
Rosh Chodesh Kislev
Motzai Shabbos Dec. 5
Begin V’sain Tal Umatar
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