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September 2021
CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER: 15th Annual Sukkot Sing Along
PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 23, WE HAVE CHOSEN TO CANCEL THIS EVENT. Join Hazzan Natasha Hirschhorn, Shirei Chesed Chorus singers and guest musicians for our Annual Sukkah Sing-Along - in person! We will pick the most beautiful and fun Jewish folk songs from Israel and beyond to sing the night away! Free of charge, all are welcome, registration and proof of vaccination for those older than 12 are required. REGISTER HERE
Find out more »Hoshana Rabbah Services
Anyone who has ever visited Ansche Chesed’s morning minyan will tell you that it is something very special. Meeting in the chapel on the ground floor (currently on Zoom and in the Sanctuary on Sunday's and National Holidays due to COVID), the minyan brings together all segments of Ansche Chesed’s diverse community. They gather to say Kaddish for loved ones, to comfort others in mourning, to celebrate simchahs (joyous occasions) and to ground themselves before starting their day. The service is…
Find out more »Simchat Torah Sanctuary 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 »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
Meditation Monday’s: We’re Back!
With Ansche Chesed members and Meditation Teachers Sheila Lewis, Sheldon Lewis, and Peter Silverman Get your week off to a great start! Join us for a break from stress, anxiety, news cycles, and uncertainty—with calming and enlivening practices like mindful breathing, imagery, and introspection. Discussion and Q&A to follow. Beginners and advanced meditators are welcome. Note New Time for this Year JOIN US VIA ZOOM Meeting ID: 871 3692 1161 Passcode: Breathe
Find out more »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 »Meditation Mondays
With Ansche Chesed members and Meditation Teachers Sheila Lewis, Sheldon Lewis, and Peter Silverman Get your week off to a great start! Join us for a break from stress, anxiety, news cycles, and uncertainty—with calming and enlivening practices like mindful breathing, imagery, and introspection. Discussion and Q&A to follow. Beginners and advanced meditators are welcome. JOIN US VIA ZOOM Meeting ID: 871 3692 1161 Passcode: Breathe
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 »Shlomo ibn Gabirol: Songs of Torture and Rapture
This year, 2021, marks 1,000 years since the birth of the greatest Hebrew poet of the Middle Ages. Gabirol composed sublime love songs to God, as well as groans of a suffering soul. A millennium later, his words still soar and sear. Please join Rabbi Kalmanofsky for four sessions to salute this extraordinary poet on this extraordinary birth day. Click here to view the poems that will be explored during the class JOIN VIA ZOOM Meeting ID: 884 4849 4288…
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