Rabbi’s Message

Kiddush is sponsored by Harvey Bell in honor of his granddaughter Ayelet Chana Smulevitz's first birthday.

Congregat ion AABJ&D

Eliezer Zwickler, Rabbi Alvin M. Marcus, Rabbi Emeritus

Yosef Sharbat, Assistant Rabbi Bryan Bier, President

Rabbi Zwickler can be reached via email at ezwickler@gmail.com

REFUAH SHELEIMAH Please keep these names in your tefillah:

Anina Malca bas Hila

Blima Liba bas Fredyl

Chana bat Devorah דבורה בת מירל

Fruma bat Chaya

Gittel bat Esther

Reena Sarah bas Netanya

Shoshana Malka bas Chaya Zelda שושנה לאה בת דניאלה חנה

David Mayer ben Chana

Dovid Meir ben Rochel Leiba

Eliezer Baruch ben Bina

Eliezer ben Mildred

Meir ben Chana רפאל בן לאה יהודה בערל בן רחל

Yisroel Meir ben Hyla

Shabbat Devarim: 6 Av 5777–July 29, 2017

700 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052 Tel: (973) 736-1407 Fax: (973) 736-8006 Visit our website: www.aabjd.org Esther Schultz: eschultz@aabjd.org or office@aabjd.org

SHABBAT SCHEDULE Early Mincha: 5:00PM Candles/Mincha 7PM / 7PM 7:58 PM / 8:05 PM Hashkomah 8:00 AM Rabbi’s Parsha Shiur 8:30 AM Sephardim 8:40 AM Main Shul 9:15 AM Beit Midrash Under construction K’Shema 9:27 AM

Torah in 20 after Kiddush: “Get Your Bag Off My Seat!”

Lessons of the Three Weeks with R’Zwickler, Part 3: 7:00 PM Chevra Shas Not meeting Mincha 7:45 PM Maariv 8:53 PM Havdalah 9:03 PM

Shalosh Seudot Speaker: Eli Novick: “The Power & Responsibility of our Tefillah”

Pirkei Avot study for this week: Perek 3

MAZEL TOV

Mazel Tov to Naomi and Howard Berg on the birth of a grandson, born to Gabrielle and Noah Lindenfeld. Mazel Tov to the entire Berg and Lindenfeld families.

CONDOLENCES

We extend our condolences on the passing of Akiva Weinberger, beloved father of Tova Chamama.

Tova is sitting shiva in Montreal and can be reached at 514-739-0777 or 929-271-2807.

The three Haftoras which are read

during the Three Weeks are

called ג ר נ ת—the three

punishments.

The Ateres Moshe explains that

this name is used because the

word נ ת can also mean to

pay back, as in the word ל נ ת.

Rav Yakov Emden zt”l explained

that the tragedies and difficulties

of galus have come upon us as a

people because we have not

properly mourned the destruction

of the Beis Hamikdash.

According to this explanation, the

reading of these Haftoras is

payment for our failure to live up

to the responsibility that we are

charged with when it comes to

mourning Yerushalayim. To

effectively mourn means to

authentically internalize the

distance between ourselves and

Hashem, as represented by the

lack of the Beis Hamikdash in

our time.

May we merit to see the Beis

Hamikdash in our time through

the sincerity of our mourning on

this Tisha b’Av.

“The Rav in Thought and Deed” takes place in the Main Shul 5 minutes after the 9:15 AM minyan concludes. We use the Koren/Rabbi Soloveitchik edition siddur to gain insight into the specifics of our regular prayers based on the insights of Rabbi Soloveitchik. The session lasts approximately 5-7 minutes.

WEB DVAR with Rabbi Zwickler—CHECK IT OUT!

The Torah handouts for the month of July are sponsored by Beatrice Kallus in commemoration of the 12th yahrzeit of Lou Kallus (Chaim Yehuda ben Avraham), beloved father, grandfather, and husband.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE S 7/30 Shacharit 7, 7:30, 8 & 9 AM Sephardim 8:00 AM Minchah 8:00 PM Late Maariv 10:00 PM M 7/31 Shacharit 6:35, 7:25 AM Sephardim 6:15 AM Minchah 6:30 PM Fast begins at 8:13 PM Maariv & Eicha 8:30 PM T 8/1: TISHA B’AV Shacharit & Kinot 6:15 & 8:30 AM Beit Midrash 7:30 AM Sephardim 8:00 AM Minchah 1:45 & 7:00 PM Maariv 8:30 PM Fast ends at 8:46 PM W 8/2 Shacharit 6:50 & 7:30 AM Sephardim 6:15 AM Minchah 8:00 PM Late Maariv 9:45 PM Th 8/3 Shacharit 6:35 & 7:25 AM Sephardim 6:15 AM Minchah 8:00 PM Late Maariv 9:45 PM F 8/4 Shacharit 6:50 & 7:30 AM Sephardim 6:15 AM Early Mincha: 5:00 PM

Candles/Mincha 7:00 PM/ 7:00 PM

7:50 PM/ 7:55 PM

Rabbi Zwickler’s Office Hours: Have a quick question? Want to say

hi? Stop in on Tuesday mornings from 9-10am, or call for an appointment for any time.

Tisha b’Av Guest Speaker

Rabbi Yaacov Feit will be speaking between Mincha and Ma’ariv (7:35pm). Topic: We Will Not Forget You

Yerushalayim: Turning the Tears of Tisha B'Av into Year-long Inspired Tefillah

Rabbi Yaacov Feit is the Director of Judaic Studies at JKHA and the Rabbinic Administrator of the Bet Din of the Rabbinical Council of Bergen County. Rabbi Feit received Yoreh Yoreh and Yadin Yadin semicha from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and

has a Masters in education from the Azrieli Graduate School of Education.

Rabbi Feit’s lecture is generously sponsored by: Patron Donors: Linda and Murray Laulicht in honor of their parents Sam Pepper l’zecher nishmat Sarah Devorah bat Yitzchak v’Rachel Yitz and Roberta Strauchler in memory of Yitz’s father, Yonah ben Tzvi Hersh Strauchler, who died

on Tisha b’Av Sponsors: Seth and Anna Chosak in memory of Seth’s father Melech ben Mordechai

You are cordially invited to a Breakfast Reception in support of

The National Association

of Chevra Kadisha

Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 9:00 AM at the home of Linda & Avi Laub

25 Swayze Street, West Orange, New Jersey

Featuring Guest Speaker Rabbi Elchonon Zohn

Director of the Chevra Kadisha of the Vaad HaRabonim of Queens, Founder and President of National Association of Chevra Kadisha (NASCK)

Breakfast Reception at 9:00 AM (Program to Conclude by 10:15 AM)

RSVP to avilaub@yahoo.com (RSVP helpful but not required)

On Tisha B’Av morning at

the 8:30am Shacharit, Rabbi

Zwickler will be leading explanatory

kinot. I encourage everyone to

attend this very meaningful

davening as it will give us a better

understanding of what the kinot are

about and will add to the feeling of

the day. In addition, since everyone

attending this minyan is in no rush

to conclude, we will take extra time

for davening. Lastly, the shul has

some small chairs but not enough

for everyone. You may want to

bring your own stepstool.

HAKARAT HATOV

“Ann and I would like to thank everybody who wished us well on our Aliya. The farewell was very much appreciated by us both from those who sponsored and those who just attended. Everything is going extremely well. We were greeted at the plane and finished our paperwork within two hours. When they heard that I was an Oleh Chadash in shul on Shabbos, I was given an Aliyah and they threw candy. During the first week we had passion fruit sherbet and pareve lotus ice cream. I'm not sure if we are in paradise or Israel. Our address is Baal Hashi'iltot 13 Jerusalem. Our Israeli phone numbers are (Ann) 058-687-4788 and (Harold) 058-687-4789. If you want to call us from the States, the numbers are (Ann) 914-339-2578 and

(Harold) 914-339-2577.” —Ann and Harold Dershowitz

We mourn the loss of Yosef Salomon, 70, his daughter Chaya Salomon, 46, and his son Elad Salomon,

36, who were stabbed to death in a terrorist attack in Halamish last Friday night. Hashem yikom damam.

Update on the Beit Midrash renovation

Work continues on the Beit Midrash. We have moved the daily minyanim (including Sundays) down to the main shul for the remainder of the summer or until the work is completed. The custodians have set up tables outside the haichal to make it easier for men to put on tefillin. As previously indicated, Tisha B'Av davening will be upstairs in the Beit Midrash as planned. Demolition is scheduled to proceed on Thursday and Friday, August 3rd and 4th. The existing ceiling, lighting, and accordion door will be removed. The carpet will be ripped up. The book cases will be covered with plas-tic. Please remove all tallis and tefillin bags as well as any other personal

items before August 3rd.

I apologize for any inconvenience or disturbance caused by the work being done. If you have any questions, please let me know. I can be reached via

email at BryanBier@comcast.net.

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ADULT EDUCATION

AABJ&D Beit Midrash available daily from 6 AM

to 11 PM as a place to learn Torah. Under con-struction!

Monday 7PM: Women’s Tehillim group; contact Ora Bloom for info.

Mon-Tues 8:15–9:45PM: Teenage boys and male adults are invited to learn with the West Orange Kollel rabbis. Contact Steve Malech at smalech@wiggin.com or Rabbi Stone at ourfr@netscape.net.

Tuesday 10AM: Women’s Parshat Hashavuah class with R’ Zwickler in the Sephardic Minyan This class will resume in September

Tuesday 1PM: Class by Rabbi Yonah Lazar at the Datalife offices, 500 Bloomfield Ave, Vero-na. Everyone is welcome.

Tuesday 8PM in the Library. Navi Shiur led by Rabbi Sharbat. This class will resume the

week after Tisha b’Av.

The Felice Blank Senior Program:

Together on Tuesday

We will announce meetings here as they arise throughout the summer. The normal schedule

will resume in September.

Contact Debbie Druce, Seniors Coordinator,

at 973-736-1407 x240.

JEWISH CULTURE SERIES Will resume in the fall. If anyone has interest or suggestions for the Fall term, please contact Debbie Buechler or the shul office to help plan.

DAF YOMI

Shabbat Morning Shiur at 8:15 AM in the Library.

Daf Yomi shiur on Monday & Wednesday eve-nings at 8pm in the library.

Daf Yomi shiur every weekday morning in the library after the first minyan.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday 9PM: Young professional Cha-burah Class given by Rabbi Sharbat This

class will not meet in July.

Thursday 8 PM: Sephardic Shul, "Thoughts

on the Parsha" by R’ Sharbat

Thursday 8:30 PM—Gemara Class, Masechet Beitzah /Beit Midrash/ Rabbi

Zwickler. This class will resume in the fall.

Thursday 8:45 PM: Please join our weekly chaburah, now in its 19th year, in the library every Thursday from 8:45 to 9:45PM. We are currently learning Gemarah Megillah. For questions or to join our email list contact Zvi at lando@alum.mit.edu

Join our expanding Sunday morning Gemara Chabura after the 8 AM minyan. We meet each week for 1 hour and cover about half an amud (page) per week. For beginners to advanced. If you want to be added to our email list please contact Moshe Glick at MGlickUS@gmail.com

Shabbat Devarim: 6 Av 5777–July 29, 2017

Have a business to advertise? Keep in mind that we wil be publishing a new edition of

The Chronicle for the holidays. Contact the office to inquire about including an ad for your business.

YOUTH DEPARTMENT

BLOOD DRIVE Sunday, August 27

To volunteer, please contact

Jason Munk at jason.munk@gmail.com

Take a seat! Please return your completed materials to the office by August 1

so we can begin planning. Mail in your forms, or fax them to

973-736-8006, or scan and email them to office@aabjd.org.

You will also find the letter for the Sustain-

ing Membership Campaign enclosed.

Please consider becoming (or remaining) a

Sustaining Member so that we can continue

to provide a warm and uplifting spiritual

home for all our congregants.

SAVE THE DATE!

Shabbos/August 26: Shifra Rabenstein will be speaking on August 26 to WOMEN only in the Main Sanctuary at 5:30 p.m. Light refreshments to follow. Topic to be announced. Shifra Rabenstein is the granddaughter of Rabbi Alvin and Marylin Marcus. The recipient of the Rabbi Herbert Birnbaum Award from the Center for Jewish Education for extraordinary dedication to the Jewish people and outstanding teaching, Mrs. Rabenstein currently teaches in Bais Yaakov High School in

Baltimore and in Baltimore’s Maalot Seminary.

Summer modified groups are for Minyan Katan (2–4 years old) through third grade. Groups start at 10am and end at 11:30 or

when shul is over.

MOVIE NIGHT

The Star Wars saga continues this week with Episode V: Star Wars

Free popcorn for all and free pizza for kids 12 and under courtesy of Men's Club.

Parent/Child program: Dress up in costumes and bring your light sabers!

Movie will start at 7pm sharp

There is NO CHARGE for this fun family event!

To RSVP: Email TullyRubin@gmail.com

Prepare for the Yamim Noraim

with three illuminating Wednesday night classes

Sept 6, 7:45 to 8:45pm: Rabbi Zwickler “Here We Go Again: Making This Elul Different

Than All The Others”

Sept 13: 7:45 to 8:45pm: Joel Rich “Preparing to Pray for Your Life: Insights into the

High Holiday Prayers”

Sept 27 7:45 to 8:45m : Rabbi Sharbat Topic to be announced

Planning to invite friends and neighbors for holiday meals?

Make sure you have their current contact information. Stop by and pick up your copy of the directory (if you haven’t already). One free to each family; extras only $5.

From after the 9th of Av until Rosh Hashanah, we read seven selections from the book of Isaiah, each one with a message of hope, consolation and closeness to G‑d. Many include predic-tions of the ultimate redemption that will take place in the era

of Moshiach.

All through August during Shalosh Seudot, Rabbi Sharbat will be deliver-ing a series of talks entitled “Prophecies of Comfort and Redemption: Under-

standing the Messages of the Haftara.” All are welcome.

On September 9, Larry Cohen, one of our own Baalei Tekiah, will speak about “Everything you always wanted to know about shofar blowing… but were

afraid to ask.”

This Shabbos, one of our youngest scholars, Eli Novick, will speak at Shalosh

Seudot about “The Power and Responsibility of our Tefillah.”

Shalosh Seudot Speakers