Heights Jewish Center Synagogue would like to remind everyone that we accept donations of used books for our annual used book fair in the spring. Please drop off your used book at the shul’s office or leave them by the doors off the parking lot when the office is closed. To coordinate a pick up, please call the office at 216-382-1958 or booksale@hjcs.org.

Dan Kirkler, the janitor for Heights Jewish Center is offering to clean anyone’s  vehicle, no matter how dirty, for Pesach. He promises to do a very thorough job, not leaving more than a speck of chometz or debris. Cars $25, vans $30.

Many members of HJC have used his services, including the Rav of the shul.

Available from now until before Pesach. Please call first to schedule.  Dan, 216-324-7958. You will need to bring your car to the HJC parking lot for cleaning.

Dr. Leonard and Marilyn Horwitz and family would like to thank all those who participated in Mishnayos study for his mother, Sally Horwitz, Miriam Sarah bas Arye Leib, OB”M, whose shloshim is Friday March 21. There will be a kiddush at Young Israel HAC this Shabbos  March 22 with a siyum for those sedarim which were completed.

(Hakhel) Now that we are in the second half of the month of Adar, is Chazal’s teaching of Mishe Nichnas Adar Marbim B’Simcha in the same force and effect as it was prior to Purim? Rashi (Ta’anis 29A) explains that the reason we increase our Simcha in Adar is because:  “Yemei Nissim HaYu LeYisrael Purim U’Pesach–these are days of miracles for K’lal Yisrael–Purim and Pesach.”  HaRav Chaim Friedlander, Z’tl, explains that the Mitzvah of Simcha continues all-the-way through Pesach because the common thread and theme is one of Nissim that Hashem performs on our behalf, and the Geulah that results. 

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At the recent Bikur Cholim dinner Rabbi Hirschfeld shlit”a encouraged the daily learning of Rabbi Falk’s “Oz Vehadar Levushah, Modesty: An Adornment for Life” on tzniyus for man and women as a zechus for yeshuos in our community. Many people have signed up and purchased the sefer. There are still a limited amount of subsidized copies available, l’iluy nishmas Ahuva bas Avrohom Silver a”h. The cost for the 2-volume set is $20 (regularly $32.99). If you are interested in taking advantage of this offer contact Rabbi Gross at grossyavne@gmail.com.