ANSHE CHESED (Fairmount Temple), established as a German Orthodox congregation in 1841 and chartered on 28 Feb. 1842, is the oldest existing Jewish congregation in Cleveland. Its Hebrew name means ...

The Torah inspires us to develop our character, Tikkun Middot, becoming better people by correcting our faults and improving our character. Elul Self-Reflection # 20 Lovingkindness / Chesed ...

Chesed: mercy, compassion, kindness, grace, steadfastness, faithfulness. The kabbalists associate Chesed with the soul’s desire to embrace all of Creation and bestow upon it goodness. An ...

However, in the 1970s and throughout the 1980s, with an aging Jewish population and the increased immigration of Russian Jews from the Soviet Union, demand on the association grew. In the early 1980s ...

Words matter to Jews. Language matters. Hebrew, filled with beauty and poetic power, is a language in which words carry not just superficial meaning, not just historical context, but also deep ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 21.--The cornerstone of the new temple of the Hebrew congregation Aushe Chesed was laid here to-day with impressive ceremonies, made the more memorable because, ...

In rabbinic and modern Hebrew, chesed means kindness or benevolence. In the Siddur, for example, chesed and rachamim (mercy) are often used together. But biblical chesed denotes a different idea.

The Hebrew congregation Anshi Chesed, (Sons of Righteousness,) who have for many years worshipped in the old Norfolk Street Synagogue, yesterday afternoon consecrated their handsome new temple, ...

iIn memory of Rina Schnerb, a day of chesed Arutz Sheva In Israel, 35% of the population volunteers. And a very large per cent of Israelis endanger their lives to protect the country and its citizens.

For decades, Chesed Shel Emes volunteers have tended to any Jewish person in need of burial. Even amid a pandemic that impedes conventional bereavement, they have continued performing last rites ...

Congregation Ansche Chesed, a prominent Conservative synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, prides itself on being a “diverse community” that offers its members a “rich array of ...

Rabbi Mordechai Yachnes of the Torah Academy of Boca Raton sang “Chesed means to help someone and it’s a great mitzvah and also lots of fun,” as more than 600 1st through 5th grade students ...