AC’s Community Second Seder

To designate Rabbi Kalmanofsky to sell your chametz, please fill out the online form by Friday, April 11 at 10am. Contact the AC Office with any questions.

For helpful information on Passover Kashrut, check the Rabbinical Assembly’s website for a handy guide.

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Pre-Pesach ‘Meet Your Neighbor’ Dinner

Tuesday, April 1 from 7 – 9pm at AC

Every year at the Seder we say “Let all who are hungry, come and eat.” Join AC and Knock Kock Give a Sock as we get ready for Pesach by bringing together the AC community and our neighbors living in local shelters to enjoy a meal sitting side-by-side. There will be ice breakers and delicious food. This is an opportunity for us to share and listen to one another, so that ultimately we can live in a community where we better know our neighbors.

Thank you to Nicole Rothschild & Leonard DiPietra and their family, and Bruce and Ava from Chef’s Table, for their generous support of this event.

Register here

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Make Your Own Matzah

Sunday, April 6 from 10 – 11am on the 5th Floor

“Rabbenu Asher would work hard himself on baking matzot for the seder, encouraging and assisting the bakers, and so it is proper for every person to do, engaging in this mitzvah themselves.”- Shulhan Arukh 460.2

This year Ansche Chesed will empower you to make Kosher-for-Passover matzah for the seder night with your very own hands. We are partnering with Mitzvah Matzos, a great organization dedicated to fighting human trafficking at our holiday of liberation.

Register here by Wednesday, April 2

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Questioning and Kashering with Rabbi Kalmanofsky

Monday, April 7 from 6:30 – 8:30pm in AC’s Kitchen

To get ready for Passover, please bring your Kashrut questions and your pots and pans. We’ll help you prepare for the feast of freedom by boiling away the chametz.

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Pre-Pesach Shabbat Dinner

Friday, April 11 at 7:30pm (Following Kabbalat Shabbat at 6:30pm)

Don’t want to worry about cooking when your kitchen is already kashered? With the First Seder on Saturday night, let us take care of Shabbat dinner for you! Join us for a communal meal with AC friends old and new.

Register here by Tuesday, April 8 at noon 

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Book Of Remembrance

The Book of Remembrance lists those close to us who have passed away, but who have not been forgotten. This year we have created a virtual version of our Book of Remembrance that you can add names to throughout the year. You can view the Book of Remembrance here.

Submit names and make a donation here

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Chametz Collection for the Ujamaa Community Fridge

Getting rid of your chametz? Don’t throw it away! Ansche Chesed will donate it for you. On Passover, we chant Ha Lachma Anya and call out “Anyone who is hungry, come and eat!” The needs of our community are too great for this call to be theoretical. As you clean your home, instead of throwing away perfectly good food, bring it to the AC lobby, where we’re collecting food for the Ujamaa Community Fridge on 100th and Columbus.

Drop off your non-perishable goods in the AC lobby between Friday, April 4th and Thursday, April 10th by 4pm. We will also be collecting perishables on Thursday, April 10th only.

Questions? Email AC Social Action Rabbinic Intern Abigail Goldberg-Zelizer at acsocialaction@anschechesed.org. 

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