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
Tue, November 19 2019
21 Cheshvan 5780
This Week at Kesher
Friday, November 15, 2019
Parashat Vayera
4:19pm Candle lighting
4:25pm Mincha
Shabbat, November 16
This Week in Groups
9:15-10am - Supervision by Geeta and Donna
Ages 2-5 in Classroom C,
Grades 1 & up in Classroom B
10:00am - Youth Groups Begin
Toddler-Parent Playgroup
4:15pm Mincha followed by seudat shelishit in the social hall sponsored by the Birk family
5:21pm Shabbat Ends
6:15pm Parent Child Learning
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 17
8:30am Shacharit
4:26pm Mincha
MONDAY-THURSDAY
6:30am Shacharit
9:00pm Maariv
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 19
8:15pm Rabbi Block's Shiur
KESHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Parent Child Learning Returns!
Motzai Shabbat November 16
6:15pm at Kesher
Open to 1st - 6th Graders
Kayama Book Club Discussion
(Note new date and location)
Sunday November 17 at 8pm
Hosted by Stephanie Breslaw
The World to Come by Dara Horn
RSVP to Samantha Kur or Ilana Cuttler
Scholar in Residence
Professor Chaim Saiman
Shabbat Mevarchim Nov. 22-23
Kesher Thanksgiving Food Drive
In conjunction with Jewish Federation's Mitzvah Day on November 24, Kesher will be a collection site for Thanksgiving Day Kits. We are collecting boxes of stuffing, mashed potatoes and cornbread; canned cranberry sauce, fruits and vegetables; canned pie filling and gravy. Please look out for collection bins in Kesher's lobby.
Kesher/Sinai Red Cross Blood Drive
Hosted by Temple Sinai, Sunday Nov. 24, 8:30am-1:30pm
MINYAN
We're looking for more people to commit to at least once a week for the morning and/or evening weekday minyan. Please contact Don to sign up.
Yahrtzeit Plaques
To order a memorial plaque in the new building click here.
Kesher Lockers
Members can sign up to rent a locker here.
If you shop on Amazon
Please start each session by clicking on this link.
You will be directed to to Amazon and Kesher will automatically be credited with a commission for each purchase.
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").