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WHAT IS THE H.I.R.? The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale is an Orthodox Synagogue which serves the entire Jewish community. The Hebrew Institute is a synagogue that warmly embraces all Jews regardless of affiliation, commitment or background. It is affectionately known as the "Bayit", which is a home - a place of love and welcome. The HIR is known nationally for bringing spirituality into the synagogue, for its activism, its learning programs, and its work on behalf of the elderly, homebound, and the mentally and physically challenged. (click for more...) |
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ORDER YOUR HIGH HOLIDAY SEATS NOW!
If you have not already done so, please fill out your form for High Holiday Seating as soon as possible.
Click here to access the High Holiday Letter from our President, Dan Perla
Click here to access our High Holiday Seat Form
Click here for our Credit Card Authorization Form
RABBI WEISS' RECENT INTERVIEW ON NPR!
Click here to listen to Rabbi Weiss' recent interview
on the National NPR show "On Point": Imam, Preacher, Rabbi on Islamic Center Near Ground Zero
Ecerpts and Archival Version
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Click here to see photos of the
TISHA B'AV PRAYER SERVICE AT
THE ISAIAH PEACE WALL
SUMMER SIYUM HACHUMASH
We’re undertaking a Siyum HaChumash! Everyone is invited to take a parsha or more to study over the coming weeks, culminating with a siyum on Shabbat Nachamu, July 24. Sign up at:
http://www.siyumsignup.com/signup.php?orgselect=3&siyumselect=5
RALLY IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL!
Click here to view Rabbi Avi
Weiss' speech from our
Riverdale Rally on Sunday, June 6
DAF YOMI AUDIO
For audio from our Daf Yomi shiur with Rav Dov Linzer (Fridays with Michael Wachsman), please click on the following link: Click here
THE BAYIT’S CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI POETRY GROUP
The next meeting will be on Tues., August 3, from 7:00pm – 8:00pm, beginning promptly. Poems will be read in Hebrew and in English translation and discussion. No prior knowledge or commitment necessary; all are invited! For more info. contact a. fobar@verizon.net.
Please click here to print the flyer for this program.
HIR'S YOM HASHOAH SEDER ON YOUTUBE
A clip of our annual Yom Hashoah Seder commemorating the Holocaust is available YouTube.
Please click on the link below to see Aaron Herman from the Jewish Week interview Rav Avi about this unique and important program,
and to experience some of the many meaningful moments of this Seder.
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RABBI WEISS' COMMENTS ON RABBA, MARCH 6, 2010
Click here for an edited version of the talk Rav Avi delivered on Shabbat afternoon, March 6, 2010, on the recent events in our community surrounding the title change from Maharat to Rabba.
HIR GIFT CARD PROGRAM
- Use gift cards for all your Pesach needs!
The HIR Gift Card Program is an important way for you to support HIR while shopping at your favorite stores at no additional cost to you. Skyview wine and spirits offer generous discounts to the HIR gift card program. To place orders, ask a question or to volunteer please contact Shira Gordon or Omri Flicker at hirgiftcards@gmail.com or fax David Braunstein at 973-438-1481.
To print and view our gift cards order
form please click here.
RABBI WEISS' RESPONSE TO THE
RECENT TERROR PLOT:
AS PUBLISHED BY THE DAILY NEWS
RABBI WEISS INTERVIEWED ON PBS: Click on the link below to watch Rav Avi's revent interview on the PBS show "Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly"
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REFLECTIONS FROM MEDINAT YISRAEL
To read the moving personal reflections of Israeli identity from three Israeli members of the Bayit, Tomer and Efrat Grossman and Ariel Freidenberg, delivered Shabbat morning,
April 25, 2009, please click here.
NEWSWEEK NAMES HIR ONE OF THE TOP 25 MOST VIBRANT SYNAGOGUES IN THE UNITED STATES! click here for article
RESPONSA AND CERIFICATE FROM MAHARAT SARA HURWITZ'S CONFERRAL CEREMONY
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Sara Hurwitz's speech given at conferral ceremony, March 22 2009
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Rabbi Joshua Maroof's speech,
March 22 2009
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FEAR, COURAGE, RESPONSIBILITY - A DIARY OF RABBI AVI WEISS' TRIP TO VENEZUELA (click here)
Click below to listen to HIR's Divrei Torah
for Rosh Hashana 5767:
Habayta: Bringing Our Soldiers Home
When Rosh Hashana Falls on Shabbat The Great Shofar is Sounded
The Power of the Second
God's Unconditional Love of His People
Musical Selichot led by our very own
Dr. Elli Kranzler, Sept. 16, 2006
RABBI WEISS' RECENT INTERVIEW ON NPR!
Click here to listen to Rabbi Weiss' recent interview on the National NPR show "On Point": Imam, Preacher, Rabbi on Islamic Center Near Ground Zero, Recorded: 8.25.10
Click here to listen:
RABBI AVI WEISS: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON THE SITUATION IN ISRAEL (51 min.)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2006
Click here to listen:
RABBI WEISS' EXPERIENCES WHILE IN ISRAEL: INTERVIEW ON ISRAEL NATIONAL RADIO (10 min.)
MONDAY, JULY 24, 2006
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RABBI WEISS INTERVIEW ON: 1010 WIN RADIO (1 min.)
MONDAY, JULY 24, 2006
Click here to listen:
RABBI WEISS INTERVIEW WITH: JM in the AM: NACHUM INTERVIEWS RABBI AVI WEISS (17 min.)
TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2006
INTERVIEW CAN ALSO BE SEEN AT:www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/19818/
Click here to listen:
Rabbi Avi Weiss debates Arab American News Columnist Neal Abunab "What Next for the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process?"
BBC News 01/30/2006
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