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Different Paths, Shared Values (Toledot 5787)

This piece was first posted on Hanassi Highlights, Thursday 11 November 2026. You can also read it in Hebrew, thanks to ChatGpT, here . One ...

A Lifetime of Learning: Book of the Month, Iyar 5786

We usually nominate our Book of the Month at the new month's inception -- but the chance to honor Rabbi Berel Wein zt'l on the occas...
Meet our member: Elie Samet

If you live, pray, shop and generally be around in Rechavia, you can't help recognise those familar faces you see so regularly in shul, ...
Sun, sand and self-sufficiency: growing up at the seaside

Our member, Women’s League President Shirley March, tells us of how a visit to a dairy farm triggered memories of her early years and how pr...

HERE WE ARE!

We are Beit Knesset Hanassi -- your friendly community in Rechavia!
Find out more about us at bkhanassi.com
אנחנו בית הכנסת הנשיא - הקהילה הידידותית שלך ברחביה
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BASIC INFORMATION

This week's davening times
Our five most recent Updates
Our regular weekly learning program
Our contact details

OUR SHUL, USSISHKIN 24, RECHAVIA

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DONATIONS AND DEDICATIONS

Do you want to dedicate a memorial plaque or other object to the memory of a loved one? Or to support the shul in one of many different ways? If so, follow this link to a full range of options.

If you wish to make a cash donation, just follow this link for your various options.

SPONSOR KIDDUSH OR SE'UDAH SHELISHIT

Beit Knesset Hanassi offers a weekly Shabbat morning kiddush. If you would like to sponsor a kiddush, in memory of a loved one, to celebrate a simcha or mazal tov, or simply because it's a fun thing to do, contact Ronny Wachtel (050 440 3214).

Sponsorship of a regular kiddush costs just 1,000 nis (750 nis apiece for co-sponsors). Our Enhanced Kiddush (a.k.a. Shabbat Mevorachim kiddush) costs 2,000 nis (1,500 nis each for co-sponsors). If you are feeling really generous, you can go for the Premium Kiddush (3,000 nis, or 1,800 nis for each co-sponsor). Se'udah shelishit costs just 600 nis (450 nis for each co-sponsor).

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PARASHAH SHIURIM IN HONOR OF RABBI WEIN zt'l

For a series of shiurim on the weekly parashah delivered to honor the memory of Rabbi Wein zt'l, click here.

TORAH ON YOUTUBE, HANASSI STYLE

We have an active YouTube channel. Check it out. Here you will find words of wisdom and encouragement from Rabbis Joel Kenigsberg and Berel Wein ztz'l. To find the channel just click here.

DAVENING TIMES: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

For davening times at Beit Knesset Hanassi, and for all you need to know about zemanim in Jerusalem, click here.

THINKING OF MAKING ALIYAH?

Coming Home: 101 Reasons to Make Aliyah is an initiative by our member Rabbi Paul Bloom, who has written a book on this subject (click our Facebook page here for details). Paul has also created three podcasts to explain the importance of aliyah. You can listen to them here:

Episode One: The Torah Case for Aliyah -- Torah, Tanach, Chazal & Jewish Destiny

Episode Two: What Inspires a Jew to Make Aliyah

Episode Three: Barriers to Aliyah and Strategies to Overcome These Barriers

CALLING ALL AMERICAN DONORS

Beit Knesset Hanassi is pleased to announce that it is now possible to make donations and payments in US dollars directly, through the US Friends of Beit Knesset Hanassi. To do so, contact Zelle at friendsofbkh@gmail.com. In addition, a check can be mailed or funds can be wired to a U.S. address and the new U.S. Tax ID number, 99- 3431015 can be used to make contributions via a donor advised fund. For further information, write to friendsofbkh@gmail.com.

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