Etz Chaim Synagogue 
10167 San Jose Boulevard, Jacksonville, FL  32257
(904) 262-3565      ecoffice@bellsouth.net
  
Friday, July  23:
 
Candlelighting Time: 8:08 pm
(not earlier than 7:00 pm)
  
6:30 pm Mincha    
Services This Week:
 
Shacharis:
Sunday: 8:15 am
Monday-Friday: 
6:45 am
 
Mincha:  
Sunday  - Thursday: 8:05 pm 
 
Next Friday, July  30: 
 
Candlelighting time: 8:03 pm (not earlier than   6:56 pm)
 
Mincha is 6:30 pm
 
Minyanim
Many of our regular minyannaires are on vacation.  Your attendance at any minyan would be greatly appreciated.   
Social Column
HAPPY BIRTHDAY:
Max Ackerman
Cindy Demri
Aharon Chaim Finkelstein
Steven Goranson
Leah Karlin
Kara Levine
Louise Levine  
Rabbi Chaim Mayer Rabinowitz
Dr. Elliott Rosenbaum
Karen Wolfson
  
YAHRZEITS: 
Craig Bellos
Chaim Bielski
Evelyn Brown 
Lena Chakansky
Simy Davda
Asya Dykhne
Max Fink
Eva Garten
Bessie Goldstein
Sarah Kaplan
Janice Meisel
Esther Rose Michelson
Samuel Schuster
Eric Schwartz
Arthur Wolff
 
BINGO
Join our Bingo Teams!
 
Contact either Edward Feldman or Steven Shapiro. 
Summer Kollel
Thursday-Monday, August 5-9, 2010
 
Sisterhood
"Rosh Chodesh-Renewing through Art" Event
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
at Etz Chaim. 
This Week at
Etz Chaim Synagogue
Shabbos, July 24-30, 2010
 13-19 Av, 5770

 Shabbos, July 24:   Parashas Vaeschanan

Shabbos Nachamu

 

  9:00 am  Shacharis Services in the main sanctuary
  9:00 am  Shacharit Services Sephardic Minyan in the Mirkis Chapel
 
10:07 am  Latest Shema    
9:45 am Tot Shabbat for Infants &Toddlers in lunch room
10:30 am Toddler Gan Shabbos in the Beis Midrash
10:30 am Junior Congregation in the Library w/Rabbi Fisch
 
Kiddush is sponsored by Avi and Tziporah Zaguri in honor of the birth of their daughter, Shira Chana!  Everyone is invited.  Mazal Tov! 

 Shabbos Afternoon, July 24:

6:45 pm  Class with Rabbi Kaiser in Mirkis Chapel
6:45 pm  Youth Oneg Shabbos in the lunch room with Rabbi Fisch
7:30 pm  Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishis  then Maariv & Havdalah
 
9:08 pm  Shabbos ends  
 Upcoming Events
 
Monday-Wednesday, August 2-4, 6:30 pm-8:30 pm:
Pre-Kollel informal chavrusa style learning with the bochurim in the Beis Midrash.
Thursday-Monday, August 5-9:  The Summer Kollel at Etz Chaim focuses on "Cultivating and Enhancing Interpersonal Relationships". Daytime presentations and evening panel discussions will address a variety of topics that will serve every individual in a meaningful way.  Please click on the link. For more information, please contact Bonnie Hardy (904) 885-2016 or Amy Lipper in the shul office (904) 262-3565 ext. 7. 
Shabbos, August 7:  Make your reservation now for Shabbos lunch and be inspired by Rabbi Dr. Daniel Roth and Mrs. Lauren Roth. Please see flyer with reservation form for details.  Reservations  & payments due August 3rd.
Sunday, August 8, 9:15 am:Sunday Brunch & Learn with Rabbi Dr. Daniel Roth, Mrs. Lauren Roth, and Rabbi Shalom Augenbaum.  Reservations & payments due August 3rd.
Tuesday, August 10, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm:  Etz Chaim Sisterhood presents "Rosh Chodesh-Renewing through Art" including a light dinner in the social hall. Featuring Judaic Artists Kimberly Miller, Melinda Cramer and Heather Ferman, awaken your views on Jewish art in your life.  RSVP by August 5 to Amy Lipper in the shul office (904) 262-3565 ext. 7.  This program is for women only.
 Announcements
 
Etz Chaim Board of Directors 
Meeting - Tuesday, July 27, 6:30 pm in the social hall. 
 
New Youth Director
Etz Chaim Synagogue proudly announces that we have hired Rabbi Shaya Hauptman as our Youth Director.  Rabbi Hauptman will work with children, overseeing Shabbos morning and afternoon programs, Saturday night parent-child learning, teaching in our new weekly high school Beit Midrash, and he will serve as the local chapter advisor for NCSY.  Please welcome Rabbi Hauptman, his wife Yocheved, and their family to Jacksonville.
 
 
Yearbook 
Please support our new yearbook by placing your personal new year's greeting to our members.  Business ads are especially welcome.  For rates and information, please contact Haim Cassorla at (904) 349-6516 or Amy Lipper in the office.  Deadline for ads and greetings is Friday, August 6, 2010.
 
Yizkor Booklet
Remember your loved ones by honoring their memories in our new yizkor booklet.  To place your personal tributes, please call Leslie Held (904) 307-1088 or Amy in the shul office (904) 262-3565 ext. 7.  Deadline to place remembrances is Friday, August 27, 2010.  
 
Sponsorships are available!
Share a simcha or elevate the neshama of a loved one by sponsoring a Kiddush or Seudah Shlishis!  To secure a date, please call Amy Lipper in the shul office (904) 262-3565 ext. 7.