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September 2022
Friday Al Fresco
Join us for lively services and some wine and cheese on the Roof (weather permitting), to welcome Shabbat on this Labor Day weekend, as we watch the sunset over the Hudson River.
Find out more »Big Kids Service (3rd Grade through Bnai Mitzvah)
This service, geared toward 3rd through 6th graders, delves into the structure, purpose and words of our Shabbat morning tefillot (prayers) and the weekly parshah (Torah portion), which we experience as community through discussion and interactive activities. Aimed at ages 8-12, kids only.
Find out more »Mishpacha Service (Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers)
Babies, toddlers and preschool age kids and their families are invited to join us for our Mishpacha Service. Get in the Shabbat spirit with songs, puppets, movement — and your friends from Ansche Chesed. Geared towards children ages 0-4, with parents.
Find out more »Yigdal Service (Kindergarten through 2nd Grade)
This service, geared towards children in Kindergarten through 2nd Grade, introduces children to a variety of Shabbat tefillot (prayers). A section of the Torah is read and the week’s parsha (Torah portion) is presented through discussion, skits, and stories. Aimed at children ages 5-7, with parents.
Find out more »October 2022
Tekiat Shofar
Ne’ilah services will conclude in the sanctuary at approximately 7:12pm, when Yom Kippur ends.
Find out more »Simchat Torah Morning Services
Join us to continue the singing and dancing as we finish reading the Torah and begin reading it all over again.
Find out more »November 2022
Kabbalat Shabbat: Shabbat Shalom Banayich
We invite all kids to bring their families to Ansche Chesed, to welcome Shabbat together with songs and stories, led by our clergy and Aliza Sebert. The service will highlight our ACHS Kitah Dalet and Hey students - but all are welcome! There will also be a special Thanksgiving-themed snack! Join us in-person in the Chapel, or virtually on Zoom.
Find out more »Thanksgiving Kabbalat Shabbat
The most important religious emotion? Gratitude. On this Thanksgiving Shabbat, we will devote our 5:30pm Friday night services to the theme of expressing gratitude, both toward heaven and on earth. Please come with a story in mind that expresses your personal thankfulness.
Find out more »January 2023
Kabbalat Shabbat with New Voices – Shira B’Dira
This Friday evening we open our doors to the Shira B’Dira community and celebrate the beginning of Shabbat with joyful song and powerful ruach. All are welcome! Shira b’Dira (literally translates as "song in apartment") was started by Eliana Light and Sam Blustin in 2015 as a liturgically traditional, egalitarian singing prayer community based on the UWS. It is now led by team members Marty Feuerstein-Mendik, Jacob Kaplan-Lipkin, Sharon Litwinoff, and Ben Gellman. Our intention is to build and hold…
Find out more »February 2023
Refugee Shabbat – Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Then and Now
We will have a unique opportunity to meet some of the refugee families supported by the ACRA tireless volunteers, including a talented Burmese pop singer, who will share some of his story through music! Shabbat morning services will feature a dvar torah from Ruth Messenger as our speaker, and highlighting the work of ACRA. Ruth was a New York City Council Member, Manhattan Borough President, President of the American Jewish World Service and has been an exemplary Jewish activist for…
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