April 4, 2020 — 10 Nisan 5780 — Shabbat News [Blog editor’s note: This is just the President’s message. For the beautifully formatted Shabbat News announcement in full, with associated links and info, please click here.] Shalom AKSE Congregants and Friends of AKSE: This Shabbat is Shabbat Hagadol, the Shabbat just before Pesach. Please […]
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March 26, 2020 — 1 Nisan 5780 — Shabbat News
March 26, 2020 — 1 Nisan 5780 — Shabbat News [Blog editor’s note: For the beautifully formatted Shabbat News announcement in full, please click here.] Shalom AKSE Congregants and Friends of AKSE: AKSE is adjusting to the current situation stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. Our first two weeks of virtual Parsha and Pizza using […]
March 26, 2020 — 1 Nisan 5780
March 26, 2020 — 1 Nisan 5780 Shalom Chaverim, The Ritual Committee, Cantor, and I have decided to institute pre-Shabbat (Kabbalat Shabbat) and post-Shabbat (Havdalah) virtual services during this time when we cannot be together physically. We hope you will join us. We are using Zoom meeting. At the times shown below, join […]
March 24, 2020 — 28 Adar 5780
March 24, 2020 — 28 Adar 5780 Shalom Chaverim, Kaddish and COVID-19: What can we do? Can we assemble a minyan via the internet during this time of crisis? The Issue: The Talmud (Pesachim 85b) explains that, when a group comes together to perform the mitzvah of eating the Korban Pesach (paschal offering), they must do so together, within a fixed […]