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
Wed, January 22 2020
25 Tevet 5780
This Week at Kesher
Friday, January 23, 2020
Shabbat Mevarchim
Parashat Vaera
4:45pm Candle lighting
4:50pm Mincha
Shabbat, January 24
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
4:45pm Mincha followed by Seudat Shelishit
5:48pm Shabbat Ends
Sunday January 26
8:30am Shacharit
4:55pm Mincha
MONDAY-THURSDAY
6:30am Shacharit
9:00pm Maariv
KESHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kayama Book Club Selection
The Storyteller's Secret by Sejal Badani
Sunday, January 5
Hostess: Jennifer Nelkin-77 Chestnut Street
Pink Challah Bake Event
Sunday evening February 9
RSVP at https://link.sharsheret.
Kesher Helping the Homeless -
Volunteers Needed
Kesher's Social Action Committee is pleased to announce that we will again be participating with Temple Sinai in housing and feeding homeless families through the Bergen County Family Promise Program.
Tuesday, February 18 and
Wednesday, February 19
Sign up to help out here.
Women's Megilah Reading
Believe it or not, Purim is coming! If you are interested in reading in the women's megillah reading at Kesher on Purim night, please contact Arwen Kuttner sooner rather than later at arwenkuttner@gmail.com. Parts are already filling up!
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday night, March 14
An evening in honor of ORA (Organization for the Resolution of Agunot) at the home of Miri Lipsky Schainker and Josh Schainker to raise awareness for this really important cause.
Dr. Batsheva Lerner, an expert on fertility matters, will be speaking.
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").