Our long anticipated, much needed approvals to expand and renovate our Synagogue are well underway.
The second hearing is scheduled for Monday Nov 20 at 7:00pm at Fair Lawn Borough Hall.
You can help make this dream a reality by attending and showing your support.
It is important that you attend and show your support for this project, especially given that there is formal opposition. Each individual’s attendance means a lot to the success of this project.
The meeting will be held at Fair Lawn Borough Hall 8-01 Fair Lawn Ave. Monday Nov 20 at 7:00pm. Please arrive to the hearing on time. But if you cannot arrive until later, it’s ok to come after 7:00pm to show your support.
We thank you and look forward to seeing you! -------------------- Please continue to join us for Shabbat services to show your support for Isarel and the Jewish people as we gather in prayer, Kiddush and discussion. Shabbat Schedule below.
Sincerely, Rabbi Mendel & Elke Zaltzman
Shabbos Times
Friday, November 17 Candle Lighting: 4:18pm Evening Service: 4:20pm
Kiddush Sponsor Kiddush Fund Members Leonid Khaytman Yuriy Melnikov
Chanukah is around the corner! Join our community celebrations!
A BISSELE HUMOR
David Goldberg bumps into somebody in the street who looks like his old friend Jack. "Jack," he says. "You've put on weight and your hair has turned gray. You seem a few inches shorter than I recall and your cheeks are puffy. Plus, you're walking differently and even sound different. Jack, what's happened to you?" "I'm not Jack," the other gentleman tells him. "My name is Sam!" "Wow! You even changed your name," David says.
WEEKLY eTORAH
These are the generations of Isaac, son of Abraham, begins the reading. We learn of the birth of Jacob and Esau, how they go their different ways and how, rather circuitously, Isaac bestows the all-important blessings on Jacob. The commentaries explain that this was not merely a blessing but the symbolic handing over of the Jewish legacy to the next generation. Isaac was passing the baton of destiny on to Jacob. It is not only from a family point of view but also from a Jewish faith perspective that we need to know our children well. We tend to mistakenly assume that whatever positive feelings of faith, morals and yiddishkeit we received as children from our parents will somehow automatically be transmitted to our own children. Wrong! It does not happen genetically. It takes lots of hard work and years of intimate, personal guidance by dedicated parents. It's a new generation, folks. The influences on our kids' lives today are dramatic, powerful and not always pleasant. Internet, television, movies, computer games and phones are making our children more sophisticated and grown-up at increasingly younger ages. If once upon a time young people were spared the test of assimilation by staying in a secure social circle, today one can get chatted up by anyone in the whole wide world right in your home through the internet. Tragically, children from the finest homes have gone terribly astray. If we don't transmit a healthy value system to the next generation, the vacuum will very likely be filled with other willing teachers, many of whom we may not approve of. The good news is that our kids actually do want our guidance. As autonomous as they may appear, they actually crave direction in life. And at the end of the day, what they learn at home will make a far more lasting impression than what they pick up at school, or dare I say, even at shul.
Jewish continuity and future generations depend on it. G‑d bless you with success and lots of yiddishe nachas.
