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SUMMARY:Kabbalat Shabbat
DESCRIPTION:Friday, November 17th, 7:00pm (Only our first Fridays of the month will start early; this service will begin at the usual 7pm time)\nJoin Chochmat HaLev for a Kabbalat Shabbat (Welcoming Shabbat) service, a mystical tradition full of embodied prayer, soulful singing, ecstatic dancing, guided meditation, sharing of ancestral wisdom, and connection in intergenerational community. This service will be lead by Zvika Krieger ( https://chochmat.org/team/zvika-krieger/ ) and Lior Tsarfaty ( https://chochmat.org/team/lior-tsarfaty-4/ )!\nService will start promptly at 7pm — please arrive a few minutes early to check in and be seated.\nIf you’re planning to attend in-person, please register in advance.\nIf you’re planning to attend via Zoom ( https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87810404956?pwd=d29nazBQNUd4aCtYOVoreGx5Ris3dz09 ), the link is here: https://zoom.us/j/87810404956 ( https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87810404956?pwd=d29nazBQNUd4aCtYOVoreGx5Ris3dz09#success )(Our Zoom capacity is limited to 100 attendees; be sure to log on early!)\n			\n						Click here to register!\n					\n			\n						Click here to volunteer!\n					\n\nBefore service\n6pm – Family and Community Potluck in the courtyard!\n\nDuring service\nChildcare is available. Please register so we know you’re coming!\n\nAfter service\nEnjoy a delicious oneg and schmooze with our beloved community.\n8:45pm – HeartSpace ( https://chochmat.org/heartspace/ ) will meet in the courtyard.\nThis month’s HeartSpace is “Authentic Relating with a Jewish Spin.” Join GatherBay’s Caroline Kessler & Blair Lineham for some juicy, facilitated convos to help you drop in, connect, and get to know other folks beyond the usual schmoozing. No Jewish experience required, we’ll have open-ended prompts that touch on themes of Shabbat, Jewishness, and letting go. Outdoors in the courtyard, weather permitting.\n\n																														\nCaroline Kessler is the Community Director of GatherBay, a local org that connects 20- and 30-somethings to Jewish life and to each other in the East Bay & beyond. Currently based in Berkeley, she’s also a writer, editor, and facilitator. She’s been bringing people together through writing, art, and spirituality for more than a decade.\nCaroline is the co-founder of Ashreinu, a Jewish community in St. Louis; co-creator of The 18 Somethings project, a virtual writing adventure; and co-host of many Shabbat dinners, blessing circles, and other experiences that help people connect with each other & something greater than themselves.\nBlair Lineham (he/him) is Gather ( http://gatherbetter.org/ )‘s Networks Manager. He spent nearly a decade in the sales world before leaving to support individuals as a life and leadership coach, group facilitator, and mindfulness meditation teacher.\nBlair founded the Authentic Relating community in his hometown of Rochester, NY and is a regular facilitator in the Bay Area– leading workshops to help people create deeper connections with themselves and others. At the core of Blair’s work lies a deep curiosity and drive to welcome people exactly as they are and create cultures of belonging.\nCurrently residing in Oakland, CA, Blair loves dancing, playing guitar, and bringing community together through song and movement.\n																														\nCOVID ProtocolsOur Covid policy effective May 19th, 2023 is as follows:\nChochmat HaLev, in consultation with our medical advisor and based on community survey results, will discontinue masking requirements for attendance at events. Masks, although not required, are recommended. We understand people will need to make their own decisions about exposure and risk based on their own personal preferences, and health status.\nChochmat HaLev will provide passive ventilation (e.g., open windows and doors under the supervision of security-trained personnel) and other equipment as available.\nChochmat HaLev will include specific guidelines for those attending in person events on our website and in announcements regarding events.Chochmat HaLev will provide seating adjacent to a window in an end-of-the-row seat to individuals upon request.\nDO NOT attend an event at CHL:\nif you are experiencing any potential symptoms of COVID-19 or other illnessif you have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 10 days and have not had a negative antigen test on Day 6 or laterif you have had a known exposure to COVID-19 in the past 3-5 daysif a household member has tested positive in the last 10 days and has not had a negative test on Day 6 or later\nDONATION INFOOur Shabbat services are supported by donation. Each donation, small and large, allows us to continue with this offering.\n\nDonate online chochmat.org/give ( http://chochmat.org/give )\nVenmo @chochmat\nPaypal shalom@chochmat.org\n\n\nZOOM INFOJoin with video https://zoom.us/j/87810404956 ( https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87810404956?pwd=d29nazBQNUd4aCtYOVoreGx5Ris3dz09 )\nMeeting ID 878 1040 4956Passcode 972073\nJoin by phone 1-669-900-6833, 1-346-248-7799, 1-253-215-8782Meeting ID 878 1040 4956Passcode 972073Notice: Our Zoom recordings are for archival purposes only, and therefore are not available to the public.\nPHOTOGRAPHY RELEASEBy attending this event, you consent that recordings or photos of you may be used by Chochmat HaLev. If you have any questions, please contact shalom@chochmat.org ( mailto:shalom@chochmat.org ).\n\n
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