Events

Meditation of Presence

with Jeffrey KesslerWednesdays  |  8:15 – 9amBy Donation  |  On Zoom  Check out our Timeline of Jewish Meditation » 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 listening to […]

09 Sep

8:15 am

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Pre-Service Happy Hour

Henry’s Bar & Restaurant (Inside the beautiful and historic Graduate hotel)2600 Durant Ave, Berkeley Start the New Year by making a few new connections before services. Join us for a relaxed Happy Hour (no drinking necessary to attend!), just an 8-minute walk from Erev Rosh Hashanah services. We’ll help introduce you to new people, then […]

11 Sep

4:30 pm

Henry's Bar & Restaurant

2600 Durant Ave, Berkeley CA

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Erev Rosh Hashanah Evening Service

Friday, September 11  •  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Post Service Tea Lounge • 9:00pm – 10:30pm Service Leaders: Rabbi Zvika Krieger| Lior Tsarfaty | and other special guestsCantorial Soloist: Daniela GesundheitMusicians: Lauren Arrow | Michaelle Goerlitz | Irene Sazar | Eliyahu Sills First Presbyterian Church2407 Dana Street, Berkeley CA 94704 The gates are open: […]

11 Sep

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

First Presbyterian Church

2407 Dana Street, Berkeley CA 94704

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Rosh Hashanah Daytime Service

Saturday, September 12 • 10:00 am – 1:30 pm Service Leaders: Rabbi Zvika Krieger | Lior Tsarfaty | and other special guestsCantorial Soloist: Daniela GesundheitMusicians: Lauren Arrow | Michaelle Goerlitz | Irene Sazar | Eliyahu Sills First Presbyterian Church2407 Dana Street, Berkeley CA 94704 Return to the Heart of it All: We open to receive […]

12 Sep

10:00 am - 1:30 pm

First Presbyterian Church

2407 Dana Street, Berkeley CA 94704

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Community Picnic

Picnic Time: Following ServiceLocation: Willard Park 2730 Hillegass Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705 Join us for lunch at a Willard Park, just a 12-minute walk from Rosh Hashanah Day services, with a play structure for children. Pick up food at Whole Foods on your way there (Telegraph and Ashby). Come for part or all of it. […]

12 Sep

1:30 pm

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Rosh Hashanah Second Day: Contemplative Morning Service

Torah Study and Contemplative Service with Jeffrey Kessler, Janet Falk, Rabbi Rishe Gronerat Chochmat HaLev, 2215 Prince St. Berkeley, CA 94705 Schedule: 10:00 am | Torah Study11:00 am | Contemplative Service including Shofar Service Registration Join us for torah study and a contemplative morning service on the 2nd Day of Rosh Hashanah, for an opportunity […]

13 Sep

11:00 am

Chochmat Halev

2215 Prince Street

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Monday Night Meditation

Mondays,  7 – 8:30pm by donationOnly on Zoom Check out our Timeline of Jewish Meditation » EVENT DESCRIPTION Come Deepen Your Practice of Jewish Meditation Want to see God (or at least It’s shadow)? Lower your blood pressure? Manage your spiritual confusion? Connect with a deeper Jewish consciousness? Learn about Judaism’s esoteric side? Get a whiff of […]

14 Sep

7:00 pm

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Meditation of Presence

with Jeffrey KesslerWednesdays  |  8:15 – 9amBy Donation  |  On Zoom  Check out our Timeline of Jewish Meditation » 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 listening to […]

16 Sep

8:15 am

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Tashlich: A Ritual of Letting Go

Berkeley Marina aka Cesar Chavez Park (precise location TBD, watch this space or register for updates)Co-Sponsored by Wilderness Torah. Wednesday September 16, 6-7pm Join Rabbi Rishe and your Chochmat community for an embodied ritual of transformation and letting go. Tashlich – Literally, “sending away” is an opportunity to release all regrets, mis-steps and “whoops” from our lives.Traditionally performed […]

16 Sep

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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Death Café

Third Wednesday of the month, 7 pm to 8:30 pm at Chochmat Modeled after the official “Death Cafe” format, these Death Over Wine/Tea events provide a safe space in which to explore with others your feelings and thoughts around death and dying in lightly moderated, participant-directed discussions facilitated by experienced death educators/professionals. With no agenda […]

16 Sep

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

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Your Shtetl Awaits: Shabbat Shuvah Dinners

The Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Shabbat Shuvah, is a time to return: to ourselves, to one another, and to community. This year, we’re creating Shabbat dinners by ZIP code, bringing together neighbors in your modern-day shtetl (a Yiddish word for a close-knit Jewish neighborhood). Whether you’re a brand new member or a longtime member, come meet the people who live […]

18 Sep

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Torah Study

Notice: No meeting on Rosh Hashanah 9/12/26 Saturdays, 9:30 – 11amwith Eric Strellis Join on  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 […]

19 Sep

9:30 am

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