Congregation Ahavas Achim
216 South 1st Avenue 
Highland Park, N.J. 08904
(732) 247-0532
info@ahavasachim.org

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Ahavas Achim

Special Announcements

Learning Seudah Shlishit Returns this Shabbat

 All are invited to take refreshments and choose one of the following simultaneous sessions in the Downstairs Social Hall:

Rabbi Whittenburg: Torah and Mental Health: Exploring the relationship between Torah wisdom and modern day psychological findings

Rabbi Miodownik: The Siddur Stickler: A careful look at parts of the tefillah that are often mispronounced or confusingly formatted in the siddur

AJ Berkovits: Of What Was Tanakh? A course survey of the various ancient approaches to decoding and interpreting Tanakh before the Middle Ages

Blood Drive this Sunday

Ahavas Achim will hold its next Blood Drive this Sunday, November 10 from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., in the Downstairs Social Hall. Appointments are recommended! Walk-ins are welcome if capacity permits. For an appointment, please register at: https://donate.nybc.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/318625. Please bring photo ID. Eat well and drink plenty of fluids before donating blood!

AAU Medical Ethics Shabbat Featuring Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman

Ahavas Achim University presents Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman on Shabbat November 15-16, Parshat Vayeira. This special Shabbat is generously sponsored by Barry & Marcia Levinson.

Schedule:

Friday 8:00 p.m. Presentation for Young Medical Professionals, Students and Residents: From Rambam the Physician to Rambam Medical Center: The Training of Jewish Medical Students Throughout the Centuries (at the home of Avi & Abby Eserner, 203 Harrison Ave.)

Shabbat Day:

9:45-10:30 a.m. Lecture after 7:15 Shacharit: Pidyon HaBen in the 21st Century

11:00-11:30 a.m. Lecture after 9:00 Minyan: Medical Halacha Update 5785: Are Pig Heart Transplants Kosher?

4:10 p.m. Mincha

4:30 p.m. Seudah Shlishit: Ancestry DNA in Jewish Law: What is Your “Spitting” Image?

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