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Please
consider attending one of our morning minyan
services during Passover (see schedule to the
right).
Any teens who chose to
come to one of our holiday / intermediate
day 7am services will be provided with a
note for an excused late arrival to school.
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BAR/BAT MITZVAH LESSONS DURING PASSOVER
RABBI TOW WILL NOT TEACH BNAI MITZVAH
LESSONS THURSDAY APRIL 10.
LESSONS WILL RESUME SUNDAY APRIL 12 THROUGH
TUESDAY APRIL 14.
THE RABBI'S ADULT B'NOT MITZVAH CLASS
WILL BE HELD SUNDAY, APRIL 12 FROM 11AM -
NOON.
NO LESSONS THURSDAY APRIL 16.
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 Pampers
has a program called 1 pack = 1 vaccine.
Pampers will donate the cost of one tetanus
vaccine to the US Fund for Unicef for every pack
of specially marked Pampers diapers and wipes
purchased by May 1, 2009. For
those congregants who have children or
grandchildren in diapers this seems to be a
"no-brainer". For those of us who do not have
anyone in diapers this can serve as a double
mitzvah: We can buy the SPECIALLY MARKED Pamper
diapers and wipes and drop them off at the GRJC
where they will be donated to those in need of
them. There is only a short window of time to
do this, so please participate now!
Note: The cost of a package of
Pampers wipes is significantly cheaper than a
pack of diapers, but still results in a
tetanus vaccine for a child in need. So please
pick up a package the next time you're out
shopping!
For further info please go
to
www.pampers.com/en_US/unicef/tab/partner.
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LOOKING FOR NEW
SHOFAR BLOWER(S)
for the High Holidays
Experience with woodwind or brass
instruments preferred, but not required.
Rabbi Tow can provide training. Call him at
the GRJC or email him at
rabbi@grjc.org
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COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE-APPLY
NOW!
Open to Jewish undergraduates who wish to attend
a 4 year school full time in the USA or Israel.
Open to all North Jersey residents & special
consideration given to students with special
needs. Students must possess demonstrated
financial need and be in good academic
standing.
DEADLINE MAY 15, 2009! Download applications at
www.jccotp.org (under children's and teens).
Mail original and 4 copies to Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades, 411 East Clinton Avenue, Tenafly, New
Jersey, 07670. Attention: Ronit Gorelik
More Info.: Debra Turitz, LCSW at 201-569-7900,
ext. 305.
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Passover (April 8-16) and
Shabbat (April 10-11)
Passover 1st night candles: 7:11 pm
Passover 2nd night candles: After 8:12 pm
Passover
Minyanim
Thursday 4/9 @ 7am
Friday 4/10 @ 7am
Sunday 4/12 @ 9am
Monday, 4/13 @ 7am
Tuesday, 4/14 @ 7am and 8pm
Wednesday, 4/15 @ 7am, and 8pm with
Yizkor
Thursday, 4/16@ 7am with Yizkor
The Torah portion for this week is a
selection from Ki Tissa in the Book of
Exodus.
We light our Shabbat candles at 7:13 pm.
Friday night services
will begin at 8 pm.
Saturday morning services will begin at 9
am
Reading of Shir Ha'Shirim/Song of Songs
Shabbat ends at 8:15
pm on Saturday.
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Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sameach to the GRJC
family
There are two types of holy time during the
eight-day holidays of Passover and Sukkot.
We begin and end with two festival days or
days of "chag"(festival) or "Yom
Tov"(festival days).
Festival days have similar status to Shabbat
in Jewish law and practice. The main
difference, though, between festival days
and Shabbat days is that on festival days we
can prepare food to eat on those days. This
food that we make on the festival days is
known as "ochel nefesh", meaning something
like "food for life". On a festival day, we
can make food for that day alone, and then
we have to start fresh the next day.
The intermediate days of the festival, this
year April 11-14, are called "Chol ha'Moed",
meaning "non-festival days". These days
retain some but not all the identity of the
festival. On Passover, we maintain the
restrictions on eating chametz (leaven)
during the intermediate days. One of the
questions that arises regarding Chol ha'Moed
is whether we put on tefillin or not. The
answer to this question hinges on whether we
consider the intermediate days more like
festival days or more like regular days that
happen to fall in the midst of a holiday.
Ashkenazi Jews tend to put on tefillin
during these days. Sefaradi communities do
not put on tefillin. Since some work is
traditionally permitted on intermediate
days, the thinking was that they are more
like regular days rather than festival days,
and therefore we should put on tefillin like
we do on weekdays. Those who argue against
wearing tefillin on these days would say
that they are still part of the ongoing
holiday. In our community, we welcome both
customs since here in the Diaspora Jews
follow family tradition in deciding whether
to wear tefillin during the intermediate
days. If there is no family tradition, then
we can potentially rely on our Ashkenazi or
Sefardi identity to guide us in our
decision.
A practical question is what greeting to use
on these different days. On festival days
we wish one another, "Chag Same'ach" or in
Yiddish "Gut Yontif". On the intermediate
days we have a rather long and difficult
traditional greeting and response. We greet
with, "Mo'adim le'simcha" (May the festivals
be for celebration), and we respond with, "Chagim
uz'manim le'sason."(Festivals and times of
happiness.)
For those who are traveling to Seder, may
you have safe journeys. And to everyone, I
want to wish you all a very happy and
healthy Passover holiday.
Chag Sameach,
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Upcoming Week's Calendar
Wednesday, April 8
Passover
begins at sundown
Thursday, April 9
1st day of Passover
GRJC OFFICE and SCHOOLS CLOSED
7am Minyan
6pm Annual Community 2nd Night
Seder
(Social Hall)
Friday, April 10
2nd day of
Passover
7am minyan
GRJC OFFICE and
SCHOOLS CLOSED
8pm Erev Shabbat service
Saturday, April 11
3rd day of Passover
9am Shabbat morning
service
Sunday, April 12
4th day of Passover
GRJC OFFICE and
SCHOOLS CLOSED
11am - noon
Rabbi Tow's Adult B'not
Mitzvah Class WILL be
held.
2:00 - 6:00pm
Special Board of
Trustees Meeting to
discuss draft of 2009
GRJC Constitution
Monday, April 13
5th day of Passover
7:00am Minyan
GRJC OFFICE
OPEN/ GRJC SCHOOLS CLOSED
Tuesday, April 14
6th Day of Passover
7am and 8 pm Minyan
GRJC OFFICE OPEN/
GRJC SCHOOLS CLOSED
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