The holiday of Purim is coming up and we are so ready to have fun and party!!
While our events are filling up fast because everyone knows, the best holiday celebrations are always at Bris Avrohom of Fair Lawn, we are also thinking about our students that are away in college and are not home for this special fun holiday.
We send care packages to students away at college to let them know we are thinking of them. If you know a student who would like such a care package, please submit their information here.
Join the Purim celebrations by reserving your spot early!
Sunday, March 1st at 5pm: Moms and Kids Hamantashen Bake Thursday, March 5th at 7pm: Jteen Pre-Purim Bake Monday, March 9th at 8pm: Purim Gala on the Roof
Tuesday, March 10th at 6:30pm: Family Purim Party Under the Sea
More info on these events below
SHABBOS TIMES
Friday, February 21 Candle Lighting 5:20pm
Evening Service Mincha 5:20pm
Saturday, February 22
Morning Service 9:30am
Kiddush Brunch 12:00pm
Evening Service Mincha 5:20pm
Shabbos Ends 6:20pm
Sunday, March 1st at 5pm Moms and kids join for a fun and meaningful time together, make traditional Hamantaschen,
with your friends and community!
Reservations currently open to Partner in Pride
Jteens join for a Pre-Purim evening of Hamantashen baking, refreshments, and Purim gift packing!
A portion of the hamantashen will be brought to the senior center to share the holiday joy with the residents there!
Celebrate Purim "Fiddler on the Roof" style, with reading of the Megillah, a full festive sit down dinner, Open Bar, Live Music and Dancing!
By reservation only
6:30pm: Megillah Reading 7:00pm: Festive Dinner, Music and Dance Party, Purim under the sea crafts and activities, Mishloach Manos, and grand costume masquerade!
A warm environment for our community of teens.
.Hang out, and get connected with other Jewish teens in the area for casual, social meet and discussions.
MITZVAH VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
Fridays from 4pm-5pm
Geared for boys and girls ages 11-13, MVP is for volunteering and Mitzvah madness!
MVP's meet at the Maple Glen Center in Fair Lawn, for a Pre-Shabbat program with the senior residents.
MOMS AND TOTS SHABBAT
Saturday mornings 11am-12pm
Discover, learn and explore with Shabbat songs, drama and kiddie play area. Bond with your little one, while connecting with other Moms in the area!
A BISSELE HUMOR
A wealthy Texan had an impressive ranch. He had a huge swimming pool where he kept a shark. The rich Texan loved to throw lavish dinner parties and would invite his guests up around the pool afterwards. Then he would say to them, "If any of you will swim a length of this pool then I will give you one of three things: $10 million, half of my estate, or the hand of my daughter in marriage." Then he would add, "But I must warn you before you do so, there is a shark in the pool."
One evening a young Israeli named Shuki Hadari who had just finished his army service scored himself an invite to one of the Texans famous parties. After the Texan gave his usual spiel, there was a splash, Shuki was in the water and swam the entire length of the pool chased by the shark. Shuki got out of the pool just in time as the shark thudded into the wall.
The Texan said, "Congratulations you are the first person who has ever done that!! Now what would you like? Would you like $10 million?"
Shuki gasped, "No."
"Would you like half of my estate?"
"No," Shuki replied.
"Ahh, you want the hand of my daughter in marriage?" asked the Texan.
Exasperated, Shuki said, "No!"
So the Texan said to him, "Well what do you want?"
Shuki said, "I want the name of the guy who pushed me in."
WEEKLY eTORAH
Cyberspace, outer space, inner space. Genome maps, globalization, going to Mars. Smart cards, smart bombs, stem cells and cell phones. There is no denying it: we live in a new age. Science fiction has become scientific fact. And the question is asked: In this new world order, with science and technology changing the way we live, is religion still relevant? Do we still need to subscribe to an ancient and seemingly long-obsolete code of laws, when we are so much further advanced than our ancestors?
But let me ask you: Have the Ten Commandments passed their “sell-by” date? Are faith and doubt, murder and adultery, thievery and jealousy out of fashion? Notwithstanding all our marvelous medical and scientific developments, has human nature itself really changed? Are not the very same moral issues that faced our ancestors still challenging our own generation?
Whether it’s an oxcart or a Mercedes, road rage or courteous coexistence is still a choice we must make. Looking after aged parents is not a new problem. The very same issues dealt with in the Bible—sibling rivalry, jealous spouses and warring nations—are still the stuff of newspaper headlines today. We still struggle with knowing the difference between right and wrong, moral or immoral, ethical or sneaky, and not even the most souped-up computer on earth is able to answer those questions for us.
Science and technology address the how and what of life, but they do not answer the question of why. Why are we here in the first place? Why should I be nice to my neighbor? Why should my life be nobler than my pet Doberman’s? Science and technology have unraveled many mysteries that puzzled us for centuries. But they have not answered a single moral question. Only Torah addresses the moral minefield. And those issues are perhaps more pressing today than ever before in history.
Torah is truth, and truth is eternal. Scenarios come and go. Lifestyles change with the geography. The storylines are different, but the gut-level issues are all too familiar. If we ever needed a Torah—we need it equally today, and maybe more so. May we continue to find moral guidance and clarity in the eternal truths of our holy and eternal Torah. Amen.
