AHABA VE AHVA CONGREGATION Information

A congregant can pay pledges online, securely, via any major credit card. Congregants that register an email address under their account, will receive an email after the Shabbat they made a pledge, thanking them first and foremost for their support to Ahaba VeAhva, and providing them with a secure encrypted link to Pay Now online via credit card. All payments and donations are catalogued and reflected in real-time on the Ahaba.org website. Ahaba.org has made paying donations easy, and even fun. Congregants can view past payments made to Ahaba, and print receipts for tax purposes whenever they like. Congregants can also login at any time to view their outstanding pledges, and even email an administrator if they feel that there has been a mistake. Congregants can also update their contact information on their own! They can store a home and a work address, and even select which address they prefer to receive their Ahaba mail. Congregants can also select to not even receive statements by mail, but rather get emailed paperless statements once a month. Besides this recent online addition, Ahaba.org already offers many features to the publics at large. Hear Rabbi Aloufs precious havdalot or Megilat Esther, which was recorded live on Purim several years ago. Other multimedia available on Ahaba.org includes pictures and video from Ahaba VeAhvas world-renown annual Seder Tawhid. Around every Rosh Hodesh Nisan, Ahaba celebrates Seder Tawhid a proud Egyptian tradition from several hundred years ago, to recognize the beginning of this very special time of the year. The Tawhid was a time to learn, reflect, and read about Korban Pesah. Over time, mizmorim were added, with great singing and joy. Several years ago, Rabbi Alouf was interviewed on Israeli radio about the Seder Tawhid. It was believed that the tradition was lost, but the rabbi explained how the tradition was growing stronger in our thriving Egyptian community in Brooklyn. Great hazanim have since joined the celebration, including Moshe Habusha, Hazan Shiro, as ...