with Jeffrey Kessler
Wednesdays, 8:15 – 9am
Elul dates: August 26 (with Janet Falk), September 2, 9, and 16
Click here to join us on Zoom!
During the month of Elul we will focus on preparing our hearts for the High Holy Days. This
With Bruce Bierman & Gilberto Melendez
Thursday, September 3 10 – 11:30am
Tickets
• Chochmat Members $15
• General Public $20
• Pay What You Can – If the ticket price is beyond your reach, we still want you to come!
Zoom link will be em
Cultivating the Wisdom of Our Hearts
with Jhos Singer and Julie Batz
Special guests Batya Levine and Kiki Lipsett
Friday, September 4 @ 4:30pm
On Zoom
Meeting ID 826 946 797
Batya Levine
Batya uses song as a tool for cultivating healing and resilience, and centers this practice in her work as a communal song leader, musicia , ...
Cultivating the Wisdom of Our Hearts
with Jhos Singer, Julie Batz, and Lior Tsarfaty
NEW TIME! Fridays, 5:30 – 6:30pm
On Zoom
Meeting ID 826 946 797
Join Jhos, Julie, and Lior in chants and a meditation circle. Share support, care, and the sweetness of our community as we prepare to enter Shabbat.
DONATION IN
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Saturdays, 9:30 – 11am
with Eric Strellis
Join with Zoom
It is a tree of life to all who take hold of it, and whoever keeps hold of it is happy; its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace. – Proverbs 3:17-18
If Torah is our Tree of Life, where are its roots, how does it flower, what d
, ...- 6From the Inside Out (Elul)7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
, ...Preparing for the High Holy Days with Rabbi Dorothy Richman
A 2-Session Jewish Meditation Intensive
August 30 & September 6 @ 7pm- $9 per day – Chochmat & Makor Or Members
- $18 per day – General Public
- Pay what you can (because we r
7Monday Night Meditation – Elul7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
with Jeffrey Kessler
Monday, September 7 @ 7pm
by donation
On ZoomIn preparation for the High Holy Days, our meditation will focus on Teshuvah — or Return — to a place of deepening connection. Internally, Teshuvah is all about returning to essence, purifying our hearts, and activating deeper levels
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9Meditation of Presence – Elul8:15 am - 9:00 am, ...with Jeffrey Kessler
Wednesdays, 8:15 – 9am
Elul dates: August 26 (with Janet Falk), September 2, 9, and 16Click here to join us on Zoom!
During the month of Elul we will focus on preparing our hearts for the High Holy Days. This
Lift Your Glasses – Let’s L’Chaim7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Wednesday, September 9 @ 7pm
On Zoom with Rabbi Batshir Torchio
$10 – Tickets here
Presented by JCCSF, cosponsored by Covenant Wines and Chochmat HaLevDiscover the layered meanings of blessing the fruit of the vine.
featuring 2019 Mensch ZinfandelThe Psalmist teaches that when wine is blessed before bei
, ...10The Joy of Jewish Dance10:00 am - 11:30 am, ...With Bruce Bierman & Gilberto Melendez
Thursday, September 10 10 – 11:30amTickets
• Chochmat Members $15
• General Public $20
• Pay What You Can – If the ticket price is beyond your reach, we still want you to come!
Zoom link will be eTsofeem – Preparing the Way (3rd – 7th)4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
3rd-4th, Thursdays 4 – 4:45pm
5th – 7th, Thursdays 4 – 5pm
Part of the Youth & Family Program
Register, ...Blow the Shofar! Shout Out to The New Year!Join us for the inauguration of our weekly zoom program for 3rd – 7th grade.This month Tsofeem and Mentors will learn how to blow and make a shofar, lear
Snuggle with Torah (K-2nd)4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Thursdays4 – 4:30pmPart of the Youth & Family ProgramKids of all ages gather together with the youth mentors for opening prayers and then the Kindergarten – 2nd graders will join Ava to curl up and listen to Torah stories from Genesis that are read in the new year. Your child is invite, ...Yud: The Little Letter that Could (Elul)7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
, ...A Moving Elul Experience
with Bruce Bierman and Gilberto Melendez
Thursday September 10 @ 7pm (on Zoom)Chochmat Members – $9 | General Public – $18 | or Pay What You Can
Festival Pass – $36 Members or $72 Nonmembers for all Elul11Friday Night Shabbat5:30 pm - 6:30 pmCultivating the Wisdom of Our Hearts
with Jhos Singer, Julie Batz, and Lior Tsarfaty
NEW TIME! Fridays, 5:30 – 6:30pm
On Zoom
Meeting ID 826 946 797Join Jhos, Julie, and Lior in chants and a meditation circle. Share support, care, and the sweetness of our community as we prepare to enter Shabbat.
DONATION IN
, ...Shabbat – Live from the Chochmat Courtyard6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
, ...Note: Still at 6pm, but we won’t be in the courtyard due to air quality
Friday, September 11 @ 6pm
RSVP to get your Zoom link12Torah Study9:30 am - 11:00 amSaturdays, 9:30 – 11am
with Eric Strellis
Join with ZoomIt is a tree of life to all who take hold of it, and whoever keeps hold of it is happy; its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace. – Proverbs 3:17-18
If Torah is our Tree of Life, where are its roots, how does it flower, what d
, ...Prayers of the Heart: Shabbat with Rabbi Lynn10:30 am - 11:30 am
Join Rabbi Lynn and the Youth & Family Program for their monthly Saturday-morning Shabbat service with shofar blowing, blessings, and prayer. This service will also include Rabbi Lynn’s telling of Gershon’s Monster – a story of self-forgiveness for Rosh Hashanah.
, ...- 13Klezmer Music of the Early Revival11:00 am - 12:45 pm
with Margot Leverett
Sunday, September 13 @ 11am
in collaboration with KlezCalifornia
Registration opens in September. Check the KlezCalifornia site for more info.Margot Leverett will share her experience from the early days of the klezmer revival when she studied with clarinetists like Sid Beckerman and Max Epstein.
, ... - 14Monday Night Meditation7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Mondays – 7 – 8:30pm
by donation
On ZoomSCHEDULE
1st Mondays – Jeffrey Kessler
2nd Mondays – Jhos Singer
3rd Mondays – Daniella Salzman
4th Mondays – Jueli GarfinkleDESCRIPTION
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Want to see God (or at least It’s shadow)? Lower your blood pressure? Manage your spiritual confusion? Connect - 15The Heart of Important Conversations (Elul)7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
, ...with Judith Bell and Daniel Ellenberg
Tuesday, September 15 @7pm
on Zoom$9 – Chochmat Members
$18 – General Public
Pay what you can (because we really want you to join us and price should not be an obstacle)
Festival Pass – all Elul events16Meditation of Presence – Elul8:15 am - 9:00 am, ...with Jeffrey Kessler
Wednesdays, 8:15 – 9am
Elul dates: August 26 (with Janet Falk), September 2, 9, and 16Click here to join us on Zoom!
During the month of Elul we will focus on preparing our hearts for the High Holy Days. This
Spirit & Spirits7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Wednesday, September 16 @ 7pm
A Zoom event with Maggid Jhos Singer
Free – RSVP here
Presented by JCCSF, cosponsored by Covenant Wines and Chochmat HaLevA brief spiritual history of Jews and booze
featuring 2018 Tribe Proprietary RedAlcohol is well-engrained in Jewish culture. Sip and lear
, ...17The Joy of Jewish Dance10:00 am - 11:30 am, ...With Bruce Bierman & Gilberto Melendez
Thursday, September 17 10 – 11:30amTickets
• Chochmat Members $15
• General Public $20
• Pay What You Can – If the ticket price is beyond your reach, we still want you to come!
Zoom link will be eTsofeem – Preparing the Way (3rd – 7th)4:00 pm - 4:45 pm3rd-4th, Thursdays 4 – 4:45pm
5th – 7th, Thursdays 4 – 5pm
Part of the Youth & Family Program
Register, ...Blow the Shofar! Shout Out to The New Year!Join us for the inauguration of our weekly zoom program for 3rd – 7th grade.This month Tsofeem and Mentors will learn how to blow and make a shofar, lear
Snuggle with Torah (K-2nd)4:00 pm - 4:30 pmThursdays4 – 4:30pmPart of the Youth & Family ProgramKids of all ages gather together with the youth mentors for opening prayers and then the Kindergarten – 2nd graders will join Ava to curl up and listen to Torah stories from Genesis that are read in the new year. Your child is invite, ...18Erev Rosh Hashanah 57817:00 pm - 9:00 pm
, ...Livestreamed from the Chochmat Courtyard
Friday, September 18 @ 7pm pacific
with Jhos Singer, Julie Batz, Lior Tsarfaty, Shira Kammen, and Michaelle GoerlitzThe gates are open: will you enter them with us?
19Rosh HaShanah for Youth & Family9:30 am - 10:15 am
, ...Saturday, September 19
9:30 – 10:15am
Registration coming soonTickets
Youth Program – Included in your enrollment (you’ll automatically be RSVP’d)
Chochmat Members – $5
General Public – $10Rosh Hashanah Morning 578110:30 am - 12:00 pm, ...Livestreamed from the Chochmat Courtyard
Saturday, September 19 @ 10:30am
with Jhos Singer, Julie Batz, Lior Tsarfaty, Shira Kammen, and Michaelle GoerlitzRSVP to get the link | Donations happily accepted
Suggested doTashlich, Torah, and a Schmooze2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
, ...Community Conversations
Saturday, September 19 @ 2:30pm
RSVP for a Zoom linkOne of the highlights of our High Holy Days has always been the personal connect
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A Bay Area Shofar Blow-In
Second Day of Rosh Hashanah
Sunday, September 20 @ 3pmStep outside and sound the shofar to offer your prayers and blessings. Listen for other shofars being blown in your neighborhood.
Also known as a “shofar blow-in” Jewish organizations around the Bay Area and beyond are collaborating by h
, ..., ...Drawing on Forgiveness7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Improv Sketching with Meg Adler (she/they)
Cosponsored by Camp Tawonga
Sunday, September 20 @ 7:30pm PDT
$9 Chochmat Members & Tawonga Community Members
$18 General Public
Or pay what you can, because we really want you to join us!
21Monday Night Meditation7:00 pm - 8:30 pmMondays – 7 – 8:30pm
by donation
On ZoomSCHEDULE
1st Mondays – Jeffrey Kessler
2nd Mondays – Jhos Singer
3rd Mondays – Daniella Salzman
4th Mondays – Jueli GarfinkleDESCRIPTION
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Want to see God (or at least It’s shadow)? Lower your blood pressure? Manage your spiritual confusion? ConnectThe High Priest and High Holy Day Prayer7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
What Does It Mean to Pray (Tefillah)?
with Rabbi Dorothy Richman
Monday, September 21 @ 7pm PSTTickets
$9 Chochmat & Makor Or Members
$18 General Public
, ...Tuesday, September 22 @ 7pm PST
$9 Chochmat Members
$18 General Public
Or Pay What You CanJoin Lior Tsarfaty and special guests Melanie DeMore and Jam
23Meditation of Presence8:15 am - 9:00 am
Jeffrey Kessler
Wednesdays – 8:15 am-9:00 amClick here to join us on Zoom!
Torah is our technology for encountering the Divine Presence. Silence provides a necessary space for that encounter. According to Jewish tradition, the Presence dwells continually within and around us, but we must learn deep liste
, ...Radical Presence & the Practice of Rebuke6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Wednesday, September 23
6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern
This class is closed captioned
Co-sponsored by SVARA: A Traditionally Radical YeshivaTickets
$9 Chochmat members and SVARAniks
$18 nonmembers
Wednesday, September 23 @ 7pm
A Zoom event with Jeff Morgan, Founding Winemaker
Free – RSVP here
Presented by JCCSF, cosponsored by Covenant Wines and Chochmat HaLevDiscover the journey from Napa Valley to Israel with Jeff Morgan, Founding Winemaker of Covenant Winery
featuring 2017 BLUE C Adom RedThis
, ...24The Joy of Jewish Dance10:00 am - 11:30 am, ...With Bruce Bierman & Gilberto Melendez
Thursday, September 24 10 – 11:30amTickets
• Chochmat Members $15
• General Public $20
• Pay What You Can – If the ticket price is beyond your reach, we still want you to come!
Zoom link will be eTsofeem – Preparing the Way (3rd – 7th)4:00 pm - 4:45 pm3rd-4th, Thursdays 4 – 4:45pm
5th – 7th, Thursdays 4 – 5pm
Part of the Youth & Family Program
Register, ...Blow the Shofar! Shout Out to The New Year!Join us for the inauguration of our weekly zoom program for 3rd – 7th grade.This month Tsofeem and Mentors will learn how to blow and make a shofar, lear
Snuggle with Torah (K-2nd)4:00 pm - 4:30 pmThursdays4 – 4:30pmPart of the Youth & Family ProgramKids of all ages gather together with the youth mentors for opening prayers and then the Kindergarten – 2nd graders will join Ava to curl up and listen to Torah stories from Genesis that are read in the new year. Your child is invite, ...Teshuva and Reparations: A Vision for This Time6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
, ...with Dr. David Ragland, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, and Benjamin Mertz
Thursday, September 24 @ 6:30pm PST
co-sponsored by JCCSF, The Truth Telling Project, The Community of Living Traditions, Boston Worker’s Circle, WAYS OF PEACE Community Resources25Shabbat Shuva5:30 pm - 6:30 pm, ...with Jhos Singer, Julie Batz, and Lior Tsarfaty
Friday, September 25 @ 5:30 – 6:30pm
RSVP to get the Zoom linkThe Shabbat that falls between Rosh HaShana
26Torah Study9:30 am - 11:00 amSaturdays, 9:30 – 11am
with Eric Strellis
Join with ZoomIt is a tree of life to all who take hold of it, and whoever keeps hold of it is happy; its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace. – Proverbs 3:17-18
If Torah is our Tree of Life, where are its roots, how does it flower, what d
, ...An Evening with Anne Lamott7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
, ...In conversation with Jhos Singer
Saturday, September 26 @ 7:30pm PST
cosponsored by Book Passage$9 Chochmat Members
$9 Book Passage newsle- 27Yom Kippur for Tots10:00 am - 10:45 am
, ...Sunday, September 27 @ 10am
with Jen Miriam, Alon Altman, and Raizel the Camel
for kids ages 0-5 and their grown-upsTickets
Get tickets here >>
$5 – Chochmat members
$10 – General Public
Youth program members – this is inA Sefardic Yom Kippur for Youth & Families4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
, ...Keys of the Heart: A Story to Teach us About Jewish Self Love and the unexpected guardians of tradition.
Sunday, September 27 @ 4pm on Zoom
TicketsYouth Program – Included in the cost of the program (you will automatically be sent the Zoom lErev Yom Kippur 57816:00 pm - 7:30 pm, ...Together in the Unknown
Ask bold questions …. Enter the mystery …. Explore vibrant communityErev Yom Kippur | Sunday, September 27 @ 6pm
with Jhos Singer, Julie Batz, and Lior Tsarfaty
Additional music by Shira Kammen and Michaelle28Yom Kippur Morning with Joanna Macy10:00 am - 12:00 pm, ...TOGETHER IN THE UNKNOWN
Ask bold questions …. Enter the mystery …. Explore vibrant communityYom Kippur Morning | Monday, September 28 @ 10:30am
with Joanna Macy, Naomi Newman, Laura Goldman, Jeffrey KesslerTeshuvah, Torah, and a Schmooze2:30 pm - 3:30 pm, ...Community Conversations
Monday, September 28 @ 2:30pmYizkor & Neilah 57815:30 pm - 7:30 pm
, ...Together in the Unknown
Ask bold questions …. Enter the mystery …. Explore vibrant communityYizkor and Neilah | Monday, September 28 @ 5:30pm
with Jhos Singer, Julie Batz, and Lior Tsarfaty
Additional music by Shira Kammen and MichaeMonday Night Meditation7:00 pm - 8:30 pmMondays – 7 – 8:30pm
by donation
On ZoomSCHEDULE
1st Mondays – Jeffrey Kessler
2nd Mondays – Jhos Singer
3rd Mondays – Daniella Salzman
4th Mondays – Jueli GarfinkleDESCRIPTION
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Want to see God (or at least It’s shadow)? Lower your blood pressure? Manage your spiritual confusion? Connect- 29
30Meditation of Presence8:15 am - 9:00 amJeffrey Kessler
Wednesdays – 8:15 am-9:00 amClick here to join us on Zoom!
Torah is our technology for encountering the Divine Presence. Silence provides a necessary space for that encounter. According to Jewish tradition, the Presence dwells continually within and around us, but we must learn deep liste
, ...Sketch & Sip7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Wednesday, September 30 @ 7pm
A Zoom event with Maggid Jhos Singer
Free – RSVP here
Presented by JCCSF, cosponsored by Covenant Wines and Chochmat HaLevAn artist-led virtual session where you can uncork your creativity and a great wine
featuring 2017 RED C RedSketching is said to quiet the mind and calm the spirit.
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