Minyan M'at

Minyan M'at Minyan M’at is a lay-led, participatory, independent, traditional, egalitarian community within Ansche Chesed.

More than 30 years old, our group of over 150 households comes together to davven (pray), to learn, to celebrate and to sustain each other.

We at Minyan M'at are lamenting and the issues in our world as we approach our day of national lamentation. It’s a toug...
07/22/2026

We at Minyan M'at are lamenting and the issues in our world as we approach our day of national lamentation. It’s a tough time, and for some of us the ancient laments of destruction feel more distant. For others, issues of exile and exclusion resonate through our souls. All of us will come together as a community on Tisha BAv, to find support and consolation from each other and our tradition.

This year, during our reading of Eicha, we will be sharing our personal lamentations (anonymously) with our community. Everyone will have the opportunity to contribute a short written (3—5 word) lament. They will be posted on a communal “wall of laments” and a few will be shared (again, anonymously) between chapters. Think of it as wailing together.

The laments can be personal, national, civic, signed, anonymous, mournful, lonely, pained—whatever is resonating in your soul/neshama these days. They can be much more personal, but here are a couple generic examples:

· I lament the empty chairs at empty tables.

· I lament the otherness that I feel as a Jew

· I lament that destruction that continues to befall the Jews.

· Mourning in America

Join us on Wednesday, July 22nd at 8:30pm for Maariv, Eicha and kinot as we lament together.

May our lament of what is broken lead down a path of compassion and healing.

Dr King was, at heart, Reverend King. In calling for inclusion in American society, Rev. King grounded his demands in th...
01/16/2026

Dr King was, at heart, Reverend King. In calling for inclusion in American society, Rev. King grounded his demands in the nation’s most sacred texts: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bible.

Most famously, in the historic March on Washington, Rev King delivered his rousing “I Have a Dream” speech by which we best remember him. A pastor, his speech was a call to action. He famously referred to the nation’s founding documents and the Emancipation Proclamation and also quoted this bit from Isaiah 40:

This Shabbat, January 17, come hear Dr. King's Prophetic call for justice is the musical tradition of our Prophets, Haftorah trope. Minyan M'at invites all to come hear selections from the "I Have A Dream Speech" chanted in Haftarah Trope as our Dvar Torah this week.

Shabbat Jan 17th, services start at 10 am at
Ansche Chesed 100th and West End Avenue

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