Mikvah Ohel Leah
Attendant Schedule for the Month of July 2019
Debi Epstein will be out of town from July 21 until August 5.
For questions call: Shari Goldberg 856-912-2555
Monday- July 1: Sarah Zanger 718-968-5870
Tuesday- July 2: Shari Goldberg 856-912-2555
Wednesday- July 3: Deena Max 609-369-1222
Thursday- July 4: Yaeli Sokolic 551-206-7385
Friday- July 5: Zippy Juni 917-680-1938
Motzei Shabbat- July 6: Olga Sokolin 856-366-5798
Sunday- July 7: Debi Epstein 856-630-8968
Monday- July 8: Aviva Gordon 917-913-2014
Tuesday- July 9: Naomi Goldman 848-299-7450
Wednesday- July 10: Suri Nussbaum 718-427-5731
Thursday- July 11: Rory Eisenstein 856-816-5741
Friday- July 12: Alise Panitch 856-304-8170
Motzei Shabbat- July 13: Olga Sokolin 856-366-5798
Sunday- July 14: Olga Sokolin 856-366-5798
Monday- July 15: Sarah Zanger 718-968-5870
Tuesday- July 16: Deena Max 609-369-1222
Wednesday- July 17: Naomi Goldman 848-299-7450
Thursday- July 18: Yaeli Sokolic 551-206-7385
Friday- July 19: Zippy Juni 917-680-1938
Motzei Shabbat- July 20 Olga Sokolin 856-366-5798
Sunday- July 21: Debi Epstein 856-630-8968
Monday- July 22: Aviva Gordon 917-913-2014
Tuesday- July 23: Deena Max 609-369-1222
Wednesday- July 24: Yehudeet Gore 732-710-2339
Thursday- July 25: Ilana Weiss 402-682-1166
Friday- July 26: Kara Kirsten 267-471-5150
Motzei Shabbat- July 27 Olga Sokolin 856-366-5798
Sunday- July 28: Chaya Glatt 732-691-0539
Monday- July 29: Shari Weinberger 609-315-1639
Tuesday- July 30: Aviva Gordon 917-913-2014
Wednesday- July 31: Alise Panitch 856-304-8170
Mikvah Monthly Message
ROSH CHODESH TAMMUZ 5779
Dedicated in Memory of Rabbi Michael Stern
We are coming upon a two day Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, July 3 and 4. Typically in America on July 4, we are used to celebrating with BBQs our American independence. Oddly enough, this is the beginning of the 3 week period of mourning for the Jewish people. In the month of Tammuz we mourn the breaching of the walls of Yerushalayim on the 17th of the month. Among this tragedy, were others in Jewish history. Moses smashed the Tablets, the daily sacrificial offerings in the Temple were discontinued, the Roman general Apostomos burned the sefer Torah and put an idol in the Temple. The fighting of the Roman conquest over Jerusalem continued for 3 weeks until the 9th of Av, when the Holy Temple was set aflame and the Jewish people were ultimately dispersed from our Homeland.
We act like mourners during this time and do not have weddings, take a haircut, listen to music, and other joyful activities. Tragically, we lost a great kiruv Rabbi in our community this past week. Rabbi Michael Stern left us too soon. He brought thousands of Jews closer to Judaism. Just as we mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple in this time, we are also mourning the loss of a great Rabbi. May his neshama have an Aliyah to the greatest heights, and may we merit to reunite with him once again with the coming of the Moshiach and rebuilding of our Third Temple.
We know that the destruction of the second temple was related to sinas chinam and the tikun to the building of the third Temple logically seems to be related to ahavas chinum. Love of our fellow Jew for no reason whatsoever. Ahavas chinam can start in the home. Let's love and care for our marital partners just because they are our marital partners. For no other reason than because Hashem put us together. This is enough of a reason to do unlimited kindnesses for them. By keeping our homes holy and filled with chessed, it will outpour into all of our lives, to all of our friends, and we should see the rebuilding of the Bais Hamikdash speedily in our days.