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September 2021
Minyan M’at Simchat Torah Services
Join the Ansche Chesed community for our Simchat Torah services. The Sanctuary and Minyan M'at will davven together outdoors on the roof. We will continue into shared hakafot, with singing and dancing under the same conditions as the night before. Each year the 7th and final hakafa is a special moment in Minyan M'at, and the wider shul will be privileged to share that with them and their traditions. Members can bring their own food and drink, and we will provide…
Find out more »October 2021
The Bluegrass Kabbalat Shabbat Experience
Join us on Friday, October 8th for a Bluegrass-and-Country-flavored Shabbat experience leading up to L'cha Dodi. We'll be playing the melodies as arranged and produced by our interim education director Matthew Check from his 2014 album The Bluegrass Kabbalat Shabbat Experience. Join Us In Person
Find out more »West Side Minyan
Shabbat at Ansche Chesed offers members and visitors alike many paths to spiritual engagement. West Side Minyan is a lay-led service on the 6th floor.
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat: A Musical Experience
Join us to welcome Shabbat with instrumental music for the last time this season. We are thrilled to welcome back our own Interim ACHS Director Matt Check on guitar, and Nir Furman on percussion, after they brought us so much joy and ruach with The Bluegrass Shabbat last week. They will join Hazzan Hirschhorn and Rabbi Kalmanofsky on this Shabbat Lech Lecha, as we continue our journey of returning to in-person services. Please be sure not to miss a special Shabbat in Harmony service…
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat: Shabbat In Harmony
Our Shabbat prayers convey multiple images of angelic choirs singing praises to God in sweet harmony - and we are encouraged to imitate such music making here on earth! This Friday night, we will do just that, with the help of our talented team of Meshorerim - the same skilled singers who enhanced our prayers on Kol Nidre - supporting and elevating the voice of the congregation. We hope that everyone will feel empowered and inspired to lift their voice with us…
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat: Sabbath Among the Spirits
This final Shabbat in October coincides with America's secular Halloween holiday, a fun time for ghostly, spooky play and dress-up. Please join us for 6:30 Kabbalat Shabbat services in the Sanctuary, which will incorporate tales of mystery and the occult. (Don't be frightened! No actual ghosts will be present.) Costumes not required. Please download this PDF version of the siddur we will be using at our Kabbalat Shabbat service. Join Us In Person Or JOIN US VIA ZOOM or call…
Find out more »November 2021
Kabbalat Shabbat: Reshet Ramah
Ansche Chesed is hosting the Ramah Minyan, a spirited group of the Camp Ramah alums, now the young professionals in their 20’s and 30’s. Everyone is warmly invited to join us for Kabbalat Shabbat in the Sanctuary at 6pm. Please join the Ansche Chesed clergy to reconnect with our community as well as find nourishment and inspiration in the music and words of our tradition. As Covid recedes in the city, we are thrilled that Ansche Chesed can safely open our…
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat: Shabbat In Harmony
Our Shabbat prayers convey multiple images of angelic choirs singing praises to God in sweet harmony - and we are encouraged to imitate such music making here on earth. On Friday November 19 we will do just that, supporting and elevating the voice of our community with the help of Shirei Chesed members and our talented team of Meshorerim - the same skilled singers who enhanced our prayers on Kol Nidre night. We hope that everyone will feel empowered and inspired to lift their voice with…
Find out more »February 2022
Kabbalat Shabbat with Guest Artists: The Gesher Chorale!
Rabbi Hammerman and Hazzan Hirschhorn are thrilled to welcome The Gesher Chorale, a group of talented teens from the Washington DC area, who will add their voices to our Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv services, along with their founding director, Hazzan Asa Fradkin of Beth El Congregation in Bethesda, MD. Please note the earlier start time of 5pm. The Gesher Chorale is an elite group of 6th, 7th and 8th grade vocalists formed by Hazzan Asa Fradkin in 2018. They perform…
Find out more »March 2022
Family Megillah Reading
Join us for an abbreviated reading in the Sanctuary with fun, engaging elements geared to kids. Service will be held In-Person or via Livestream at AnscheChesed.org/MegillahReading
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