Rabbi Block
Rabbi Block
Rabbi Akiva Blo
ck joined the Kesher family as its rabbi in August 2010. He received his BA in Jewish Studies from Yeshiva University, and is pursuing his MA in Medieval Jewish History at Bernard Revel Graduate School of YU. Rabbi Block is a graduate of the Bella and Harry Wexner Kollel Elyon, a prestigious post-rabbinical Talmud fellowship at RIETS. In addition to serving as rabbi at Kesher, he teaches Talmud at SAR High School in Riverdale, NY. Rabbi Block and his wife Debbie reside in Englewood and are the proud parents of Micha, Ezra, Libby and Ateret.
Rabbi Block can be reached at rabbiblock@keshernj.com
Sat, December 5 2020
19 Kislev 5781
This Week at Kesher
4:09pm Candle Lighting
4:15pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat outdoors in Hudson tent @Kesher and outdoors at Gross family @280 Morrow Rd., Englewood
Shabbat, December 5
Parshat Vayishlach
9:15am Shacharit inside Kesher sanctuary and outdoors @Gross family at 280 Morrow Rd.
DIVREI TORAH
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Z'l: BeThyself
Rabbi Shai Held: The Power of Compassion:
Or: Why Rachel’s Cries Pierce the Heavens
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin: Parshat Vayishlach
Rav Alex Israel: Cyclic History: The Doctrine of Ma'aseh Avot Siman L'Banim
3:25pm Daf Yomi
4:10pm Mincha in Hudson tent @Kesher
5:13pm Shabbat ends
Sunday, December 6
8:30am Shacharit in Hudson tent @Kesher
4:15pm Mincha/Maariv in Hudson tent @Kesher
Monday - Friday
Shacharit
6:30am Mon. inside Kesher
6:30am Tues./Wed. in the Hudson Tent @Kesher
6:30am Thurs. inside Kesher
6:30am Fri. in Hudson tent @Kesher
Maariv
7:00pm nightly in Hudson tent @Kesher
Daf Yomi at 8:30pm on Zoom
Tuesday, December 8, at 8:30pm
Drawing Wisdom: The Commentary of the Meshech Chochma on the Weekly Parsha on Zoom
KESHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
A Scholar in Your Residence
A Book Discussion with
Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman on his new book
Ani Maamin
Sunday, January 17- 2 sessions at 10 am or 11am
Sign up here
Going crazy working at home? Rent an office at Kesher!
Members of the Kesher community can rent their own office (one of our five classrooms!),on a monthly basis, at competitive low rates – first come, first serve. Kesher will provide WiFi along with a desk and chair. Renters will not have to wear a mask inside their own office, but will be expected to wear masks in the common areas and bathrooms.
If interested or for more information, please contact Ruth.
Yahrtzeit Plaques
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Kesher Lockers
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GOOD & WELFARE
Misheberach List
We are reconstituting our misheberach list, to be used at our daily minyan each and every Monday and Thursday. Please click here to add the name of a friend or family member who is in need of healing. Even if it is a name you've added already, we are starting the list anew, so please add it again.
If you wish, include in the last column the description of the individual, so we know for whom we are davening (eg, "Rabbi Block's aunt Sarah").