This weeks newsletter.

For the schedule of Winter davening times, click here.
Events
Mazel Tov
Parashat Vayigash
Friday, Dec 26
Shacharit 6:45 am
Candles 4:16 pm
Mincha 4:20 pm
Mazel Tov to Rami Levin on his becoming a bar mitzvah. Mazel Tov to Valerie, Miles, Gittel,
Moshe, and Rosalie Levin on the occasion of Rami becoming a bar mitzvah. Kiddush is
sponsored by the Levin Family in honor of the occasion. Special Mazel Tovs to proud
grandmothers, Naomi Rotter and Rita Levin.
8th Annual Arzei Darom Cholent Cookoff
Friday Night, Jan 9 8PM
Shabbat, Dec 27
Shacharit 9:00 am
Kriat Shma 9:38 am
Mincha 4:10 pm
Ma'ariv 5:19 pm
Havdalah 5:25 pm
Parent Child Learning 6:30 pm
Sunday, Dec 28
Rabbi's Shiur 7:50 am
Shacharit 8:30 am
Mincha/Ma'ariv 4:25 pm
Monday, Dec 29
Shacharit 6:35 am
Ma'ariv 8:30 pm
Tuesday, Dec 30
Shacharit 6:45 am
Ma'ariv 8:30 pm
Board Meeting 8:45 pm
Wednesday, Dec 31
Shacharit 6:45 am
Rabbi's Shiur 7:50 pm
Ma'ariv 8:30 pm
Thursday, Jan 1
New Year's Day
Aseret B'Tevet
Fast Begins 5:52 am
Shacharit 8:30 am
Mincha/Ma'ariv 4:10 pm
Fast Ends 5:25 pm
Contact Us
CONGREGATION
ARZEI DAROM
725 Queen Anne Road
Teaneck, NJ 07666
Rabbi Aharon Ciment
[email protected]
Study: 201-530-0043
President: Yosef Rothstein
[email protected]
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Board Meeting - Dec 30
The next Board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 30th at 8:45 p.m. in the social
hall.
All are invited and welcome to attend.
End of Year Donations
As we are approaching the end of the tax year, this is a good time to clear up any outstanding
obligations you might have. If you have not yet paid your 2014 dues (or want a credit toward
2015 dues), building fund, Yom Kippur appeal pledges or outstanding sponsorship pledges,
there is no better time to do so than now. You should already have received your bills.
If you have any questions, please contact Ron Goldgewert at [email protected].
Youth Programing At Arzei Darom
Youth Groups
Children are welcome to join our youth groups every shabbat morning from 9:45 until the end
of shul. Please see our youth director, Yitzy Frankel if you have any questions.
PARENT CHILD LEARNING - Dec 27
Parent Child Learning offers a relaxed, fun atmosphere to learn. Children of all ages are
encouraged to attend as long as they are able to learn with a parent for a 30-45 minute period.
Followed by pizza and raffle prizes. Family learning topics varies from gemara, mishnayot,
parsha, navi, and chumash. Help your child(ren) prepare for a Judaic test, review homework, or
study hebrew reading with your kindergartners.
Opportunities are available for sponsorship. Please email [email protected].
Upcoming Dates:
1/10/2015 starting 6:30PM
1/24/2015 starting 6:45PM
2/7/2015 starting 7:00PM
2/21/2015 starting 7:15PM
3/7/2015 starting 7:30PM
Mommy and Me Times
We are also back to our regular every other week Mommy and Me. This year, we are looking for
Moms to help out with this event. We provide lots of assistance and guidance - no previous
Mommy and Me experience needed!
If you are interested in taking a turn, please email [email protected].
Mommy and Me takes place in the left side classroom at 10:30 AM on the following dates. All
kids ages 0-3 with a parent are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Jan 3
Jan 17
Jan 31
Feb 28
Fall/Winter Oneg
The Next Oneg will be our Cholent Cook Off. If you are interested in competing, or can help up
plan the event, please contact Debbie Tyler or David Tyler.
We are looking for sponsors for this season's Onegs. We have two levels of sponsorship:
Single Oneg Sponsor - $45
Season Sponsor - $150
Thank you to the Alt, Blech, Bordach, Carman, Eisenman, Levin, Polinsky, Rose, and
Anonymous families for your season sponsorship. If you would like to become a sponsor of this
terrific mix of Torah and social activity, or if you would like to help organize the Onegs, please
contact or speak to David Tyler at [email protected].
Kiddush Committee News
Families interested in sponsoring a kiddush and/or seudat shlishit should contact Holly so that
she can reserve the date on the shul calendar. Please also let Holly know if you would like to
participate in an upcoming Crock Pot Challenge which generally takes place around Rosh
Chodesh. We've been doing these for a year and are always seeking new families to take the
challenge.
Kiddush clean up is on a rotating basis, based on your last name. While we recognize that
everyone in your group may not be available each Shabbat, we ask that you pitch in if you are
assigned in that month so that the same people are not doing the clean-up each week. We all
like kiddushes and we all make plans for lunch after shul so please be respectful of your fellow
congregants by helping out during your assigned month if you are in shul. We also ask that you
please watch your children during Kiddush to the extent possible, and to place their finished
items in the garbage cans provided.
Dec: Wiesel, Alt, Barber, Barta, Bernath
For more information on anything Kiddush related, please contact Holly Weiss at
[email protected].
Learning Opportunities
We are always looking for opportunities to strengthen our connection to Torah. The more Torah
in the shul, the better, so let us know if you have any other suggestions.
Rabbi Ciment's new Sunday morning shiur at 7:50 am & weekly shiur on Wednesdays at 7:50
pm before ma'ariv.
A number of Hebrew and English seforim are missing from our library. If you have any of them,
please return them so that other members will have the ability to use them as well. If you are
currently using one of the seforim, and need to continue to use it, please contact Rebecca Segal
so that we can keep track of where our seforim are. Thank you.
Chesed Opportunities
Bikur Cholim List
If you know of someone who would like to be put on the bikur cholim list, please email the
name of the person (English and Hebrew w/ Mother's name), and whether or not they are
accepting visitors (if so, please include location) or phone calls (if so, please include phone #)
and any other details which the person is interested in sharing with the community. The email
address is [email protected].
Bikur Cholim Volunteers
Arzei Darom is looking for bikur cholim volunteers to visit the patients at CareOne and Holy
Name Medical Center on Shabbat. For those who have volunteered in the past, the visits are
gratefully appreciated. Please volunteer and encourage your children to join you for this great
mitzvah. Please e-mail Susan Taubes at [email protected], so she can add your
name to the rotation list and we can have an organized schedule each Shabbat.
Care One
Care One at Teaneck is seeking Shabbos host families to provide hospitality for our patients'
relatives. When illness or post surgery rehabilitation at our facility requires a patient's stay over
Shabbos, we often receive requests for accommodations for a spouse, adult child, friend, or
other family member. We gladly provide on site RCBC supervised meals, a beautiful Shul and
most other requirements. However, when our facility is full, we try to arrange nearby off-site
accommodations for sleeping. As a token of our appreciation, we will gladly provide delicious
Shabbos meals for the host family, as well. To pre-register as a Shabbos host, please contact
Laurie Kleid at 201-287-8560.
Social Hall Rentals
Having a party? Need space for a simcha? Know someone who is? Arzei Darom's social hall is
available for rent at reasonable prices. Please send an email to [email protected] for
further information.
Important Safety Notice
PLEASE DO NOT BLOCK the doorways or the walkway leading to the doors to the shul with your
baby carriage. We understand that if it is raining or snowing you do not want your carriage to
get wet, but this is a safety issue. The doorways MUST NOT BE BLOCKED AT ANY TIME.
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.
Sefer dedication and Yahrzeit memorial plaques
A Sefer Or A Volume Of Shas
A wonderful way to commemorate an anniversary, honor a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, a significant
birthday, marriage, or birth, or in memory of a loved one, is to dedicate a sefer. In addition to
the label that is placed in the volume, an acknowledgement card is mailed out.
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Artscroll Hebrew/English Siddurim - $30
Artscroll Hebrew only Siddurim - $18
Stone Chumashim - $45
Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur Machzor - $30
Set of 2 Machzorim - $55
Artscroll Hebrew/English Selichot - $25
Dedicate a volume of Gemara - $36
• Dedicate a volume in the Shul Library - various amounts
• Dedicate a volume in the Moises ben Rafael Sarue Library - $20 each
• Artscroll Children's Siddur, or other children's book - $20 each
If you would like to dedicate a sefer, please contact [email protected]. The form is also
available on our web site.
Or click this link to be taken to the form: http://www.arzeidarom.org/pdf/seforim.pdf.
Community Events
Teaneckshuls Annual Fundraiser
This year's recipient of our online community's generosity is KosherTroops! KosherTroops
supports Jewish women & men who are serving in the armed forces of the United States.
KosherTroops provides ongoing support and care packages to Jewish American troops in all
branches of the military, both deployed as well as stateside. These packages strengthen the
spirit and resolve of our troops and show appreciation and thanks for their sacrifice and
commitment to protecting our freedom. The packages they send include items that will help
them celebrate the Jewish holidays and Shabbat so that they feel connected to the Jewish
community while away. In 2013, over 2500 holiday packages and nearly 400 Shabbat packages
were sent to over 3200 troops. In addition to our usual request for monetary donations, we are
asking for children to submit cards, drawings, etc. which we can send on to the troops, as well.
Show the troops some TeaneckShuls love!!
Please make tax deductible checks payable to KosherTroops & mail to: Debby Teicher, 1317
Hudson Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666. All kid artwork may also be sent or dropped off at Debby's
house. For credit card donations ($10 minimum) please go to:
http://www.razoo.com/story/Kosher-Troops
Keter Torah Shiurim
This Shabbat, following Mincha at 4:05pm at Keter Torah, Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg will speak
on "Kaddish and the Eleven Stars of Joseph's Dreams." Motzei Shabbat at 8:00pm, Rabbi Eli
Mansour will deliver a public lecture on "How to Overcome Envy," sponsored by Shira Mirkhani
to mark the first yartzeit of her husband, Ted Mirkhani, z"l.
JEC/Bruriah High School Parlor Meetings
JEC's Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy (RTMA) will host parlor meetings for prospective parents on
the following dates: Monday, December 29 at 8 PM in Passaic (at the home of Rabbi and Mrs.
Schmutter), Tuesday, January 27 at 7:30 PM in Elizabeth/Hillside (at the home of Adam and
Esti Cantor).
There will also be a Shabbaton held for prospective students in Staten Island the Shabbat of
December 26-27. Please contact the RTMA office for exact address details at 908-355-4850, or
at RTMA.theJEC.org.
Yeshivat Noam Weekly Parent Shiur
Yeshivat Noam invites the community to attend a weekly parent shiur on Tuesdays at 9:45 AM
in the Middle School Beit Knesset, located at 70 West Century Road in Paramus. The shiur
features a number of wonderful educators presenting on varying topics throughout the year.
The current series, "Tricks, Loopholes, and Legal Fictions: Does Halacha Allow Us to Deceive
G-d?" is presented by Rabbi Uri Goldstein. The series will travel through different places and
periods of Jewish History to look at the Halachic and historical circumstances behind some
famous loopholes, including the Prozbul, the sale of Chametz, and the sale of The Land of Israel
during a Shemita year. For more information, please email [email protected].
Beth Abraham Yarche Kallah - Dec 27
Please join us as we take advantage of the upcoming time off by joining together for a special
yarchei kallah focusing on Tefila in memory of the Har Nof kedoshim: Shabbos, Dec. 27th Following mincha,R' Neuburger will be giving a special shiur on "Baruch - the Elemental and
Enigmatic Building Block of our Davening".
Men and Women are invited to all shiurim. Sponsorships are available.
Ma'ayanot Shiurim - Jan
The Ma'ayanot Continuing Education committee is pleased to present a shiur series by Rabbi
Zev Prince, Director of Religious Programming and Talmud Teacher, on the topic: Ketav
VeKabbalah: The Story of the Sidrah as Told by the Sages of the Talmud. The series will take
place from 12:20 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. in the Ma'ayanot Library on the following dates: January 1,8
& 14. Ma'ayanot is located at 1650 Palisade Avenue, Teaneck.
JLE Annual Dinner - Jan 3
The annual Jewish Learning Experience dinner will be held Motza'ei Shabbat, January 3, 2015 at
Temple Beth Shalom, Fair Lawn, NJ. Guest of honor is our very own Ken Goffstein.
Entertainment to be provided by the band Pey Dalid. For more information visit
http://www.jle.org or call Rabbi Pietruszka at 201-966-4498. Email [email protected].
TABC Annual Dinner - Jan 4
Save the Date! TABC Annual Dinner - Torah Academy of Bergen County is holding its 32nd
Annual Dinner on January 4, 2015. Guests of Honor are Lianne and Etiel Forman; Norman
Blumenthal will receive the Service Award and Etan Bluman '06 will receive the Alumni Service
Award. Reservations and donations can be made at http://www.tabc.org/dinner.
RYNJ Annual Dinner - Jan 7
Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey's 77th Annual Dinner will take place on Sunday evening,
January 11th, 2015 at Congregation Keter Torah in Teaneck. Please join us as we pay tribute to
our Guests of Honor, Israel and Cindy Wiesel and to our Keter Shem Tov awardees, David and
Shira Greenberg. For more information, reservations or to place an ad please see our website at
http://www.RYNJ.org/dinner or contact the school office at 201-986-1414.
Beth Aaron Lecture Series
Rabbi Larry Rothwachs of Congregation Beth Aaron will offer an eight part lecture series on the
topic "Serving Our Creator with a Healthy Mind, Body and Soul", beginning November 24 at
8:30 pm at Congregation Beth Aaron, 950 Queen Anne Road, Teaneck. For further information,
contact the shul office at 201-836-6210 or [email protected].
Mikvah appointments now available online!
Appointments may now be booked online for the Teaneck Mikvah
(http://www.teaneckmikvah.com). You must make an online appointment to use the Mikvah on
Friday night or Yom Tov, other times walk-ins are welcomed. If you have a special
circumstance, please call Miriam Feman at the Mikvah, 201-837-8220, and she will do her best
to accommodate your needs. The Keylim Mikvah is open from 7:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Please
call the Mikvah, 201-837-8220, with any questions.
Tomchei Shabbos of Bergen County
Tomchei Shabbos is desperately seeking drivers for Wednesday night deliveries. Please contact
Chani Schmutter 201-833-2320 or email [email protected], if you are able to help out.
We have many opportunities for volunteers to help out, with anything from deliveries to
administrative assistance. For more information, click here.
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