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May 2021
Family Shavuot Pop-Up and Popsicles
Come by Ansche Chesed on Sunday, May 16th from 3:00-4:30 PM to celebrate Shavuot with popsicles and crafts with Rabbi Yael Hammerman! May the words of Torah be sweet in your mouths! The event will be on the AC steps (100th and West End Avenue). Registrations requested; walk-ins welcome.
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Shavuot Pajama Party
On Shavuot, we celebrate the giving of the Torah. It is a Jewish tradition to stay up all night on Shavuot, eating dairy treats and studying Torah. Join us for a family-friendly Shavuot celebration with stories, songs, dairy dinner and ice cream. Pajamas welcome - come party in your PJs! RSVP here.
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Come study with AC members and clergy: Solomon Mowshowitz will talk about the midrashic tradition of the Torah being "black fire written upon white fire," and the Torah scripts we actually copy. Michael Freed will take us to medieval Spain and the poetry of R. Shmuel HaNagid. Rabbi Yael Hammerman will reflect on the recent passing of R. Harold Kushner and his spiritual teachings. We will have light food, recite Kiddush and pray the evening service, concluding in time to…
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