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September 2026

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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