We’re excited to welcome the many new and returning families who have already saved with Early Enrollment for Fair Lawn Jewish Day Camp 2026!
Don’t miss out — enroll today!
Our Camp Open House is this Sunday, November 16, at the camp location. Invite your friends to join — earn a $100 rebate for every new family you refer!
Be sure to check out our upcoming classes and paint night for Women, Dads & Students breakfast and look out for amazing Chanukah celebrations coming early next week.
Guess whats making a come back...?
One of our most popular events — Film & Wine! Look out for Film and Wine Screenagers Edition coming early next week. Save the date: Wednesday, December 10, 7:30pm.
Sincerely, Rabbi Mendel & Elke Zaltzman
Shabbos Times
Friday, November 14
Candle Lighting: 4:20pm Evening Service: 4:25pm
Saturday, November 15
Morning Service: 10:00am
Kiddush Lunch: 12:15pm Mincha Service: 5:10pm
Shabbat ends: 5:21pm
Kiddush sponsored by
The Kiddush Fund
A Bissele Humor
A man walks into a bar. He calmly orders a drink and proceeds to abruptly pick up his glass and hurl it at the shocked bartender. After a moment of uncomfortable silence, he begins apologizing profusely, pleading for forgiveness: “I am mortified; I suffer from uncontrollable rage, I am deeply ashamed of it, I don’t know what came over me, please forgive me for my embarrassing behavior.” The bartender graciously forgives him. However this happens nightly for a week straight, each outburst followed by sincere regret. Finally, the bartender makes an ultimatum: “Either you undergo intense anger-management therapy or do not ever enter this bar again.” The man consented. A year later, he returns to the bar, a rehabilitated man. But lo and behold, he immediately takes his glass and heaves it at the bartender. “What are you doing?” the bartender thundered, “I thought you went to therapy!” “I did,” the man replied, “and now I am not embarrassed anymore.”
WEEKLY eTORAH
Isaac was forbidden to leave the Holy Land, because he was consecrated to G‑d when Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mt. Moriah. Abraham, however, wasn’t willing to consider a Canaanite girl for Isaac, so he sent his faithful servant Eliezer to his own hometown of Aram Naharaim (modern-day northern Syria) to find a suitable girl for Isaac. Eliezer successfully discharged this mission and returned to Canaan with Rebecca. The Torah relates the entire account of Eliezer’s mission in great detail, repeating entire segments of the story several times. Generally speaking, the Torah is “stingy” with words; many laws of the Torah are derived from a seemingly superfluous word, or even an extra letter. The Midrash therefore concludes that “beautiful are the words of the servants of the Patriarchs more than the Torah of their children.” What is so special about the “words of the servants of the Patriarchs”? What is the lesson the Torah wants us to derive from Eliezer’s mission? One characteristic of Eliezer’s mission which is quite blatant is his tremendous focus. When he arrived in Aram Naharaim, he didn’t first go around town to see the local attractions. In fact, he didn’t even check in to the local Hilton to rest from his journey. Instead, he went straight to work, immediately starting the search for Isaac’s future wife. Even after he found Rebecca and deemed her worthy for his master’s son, he still didn’t allow himself to relax. When he was invited to Rebecca’s home, and the entire family sat down to eat, he proclaimed, “I will not eat until I have spoken my words . . . I am Abraham’s servant . . .” Because he was so focused on his duty, constantly aware that he was merely an envoy of Abraham, he realized that he had all of Abraham’s miraculous powers at his disposal. Therefore, instead of hiring a private investigator to find the best and most virtuous girl in town, he went to the well and beseeched G‑d for a sign from heaven which would identify the right maiden. And he succeeded. When Rebecca’s family requested that she be given several months to prepare herself for marriage—a seemingly reasonable demand—Eliezer responded: “Do not delay me . . . Send me away, and I will go to my master.” And he got his way. He didn’t feel compelled to comply with societal norms or standards; he knew that his mission would succeed even if he were asking for the impossible. He didn’t feel compelled to comply with societal norms or standards; he knew that his mission would succeed We, too, are emissaries. We were sent to this world by the Almighty to create a marriage, to bring together two opposites—Creator and creation. We can and will accomplish this task, because we go not with our own powers, but with the G‑dly powers which G‑d invested within us in order to accomplish this feat. We can transform ourselves, our families and acquaintances, and indeed all of creation into spiritual entities, suitable to be G‑d’s bride. We must, however, always remain focused on the mission. We must always have proper priorities, always remembering what is really important in life. This is the lesson we learn from Eliezer, a lesson the Torah deems worthy of repeating several times.
