On December 30-31, Ahavas Achim University will be presenting a Shabbat Chanukah of Song, which will feature Chazzan Netanel Hershtik and the Hamptons Synagogue Choir. The program will begin on Friday evening with a ruach-filled Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv, catered seudah and musical Oneg Shabbat with Netanel Hershtik and the choir. The shirah continues on Shabbat morning with Shacharit, Hallel and Mussaf, and concludes on Shabbat afternoon with Maariv, Hadlakat Ner Chanukah and Havdalah.

Ahavas Achim University will also be presenting a special Asarah B’Teiveit Yom Iyun on Sunday, January 8, 2017, featuring renowned Tanach educator Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, for a meaningful morning of learning and gaining deeper insights into the fast day. The schedule includes Shacharit at 8 a.m. in the main sanctuary; the first lecture, “The Tenth of Teiveit in Sefer Yechezkel,” from 9-9:50 a.m.; and a second lecture, “The Four Fast Days of Sefer Zechariah,” beginning at 10 a.m. The Yom Iyun is free of charge and open to all who would like to dedicate their morning to Torah study with one of our generation’s most influential authorities on Tanach.

Congregation Ahavas Achim is located at 216 South First Avenue in Highland Park.