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August 2022
“Taste of ACHS” for Prospective Hebrew School Parents
... Is your little one finally vaccinated, and you're ready to check out indoor activities? ... Is your daughter starting 2nd grade and Bubbie's been asking -- when will she learn her Alef Bet?! ... Just realized that your son is 10, and it's time to start thinking about his bar mitzvah?! ... Looking for a warm and welcoming Jewish community for your child -- and, for you? If you answered YES to any of these questions, join us at "Taste…
Find out more »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 »Meet Aliza + Back to Hebrew School Night
Come meet Aliza, see your ACHS friends, hang out on the AC roof and enjoy an end-of-the-summer-treat! RSVP to Aliza at asebert@anschechesed.org.
Find out more »Rabbi Kalmanofsky Goes to Church
Rabbi Kalmanofsky will lead Bible study at Marble Collegiate Church at 10-10:45 am on Sundays September 11 and September 18. From the Holy Scriptures that Jews and Christians share, we will study Jeremiah and Isaiah. Marble invites Ansche Chesed members to join in person at 1 West 29 Street, or on-line. Click here for more info.
Find out more »Meet the Mahzor, with Rabbi Hammerman
It can be hard to appreciate our High Holiday services – to find the prayers spiritually elevating or comforting – when you don’t understand the flow of the Mahzor (the High Holiday Prayerbook) and the arc of our holiday services. Join Rabbi Hammerman for a Preview of the Mahzor of our Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services, to help everyone find their place in our Mahzor, and in our prayer community. JOIN VIA ZOOM Meeting ID: 839 4915 5061 Passcode:…
Find out more »Worship, Wordy and Wordless, with Rabbi Kalmanofsky
Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur are notable for the abundance of words in the lengthy prayer book, and for the inarticulate, animal groans of the Shofar. In these sessions we will reflect on how texts can be tools enabling our spiritual journeys, as well as on their limitations, and how the wordless Shofar can express what poetry cannot.
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 »Asking the One for Just One Thing: Explore High Holiday Texts and Melodies with Hazzan Hirschhorn
The Jewish spiritual practice for the month of Elul invites us to engage daily with the text of Psalm 27. One of the most familiar lines from the Psalm declares - “I will ask God for only one thing”. If you had a chance to ask the One for one thing only, what would it be? What does this text teach us about ourselves, and about what might be essential in the life we are seeking to build? Please click…
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.
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