[streaming] Heart and Spirit Chant Circle
Featuring the chants of celebrated Rabbi Shefa Gold, these chants offer a unique way to access our spiritual selves through short texts from the Tanach, paired with powerful melodies. Participants do not need a musical background, just an openness to experience the power of chant. For more information, contact CBH partners Carrie Shepard or Hallie […]
A J Street View from Israel of Recent Events
J Street Sacramento Region Chapter hosts Nadav Tamir The US withdraws from Afghanistan- What are the foreign policy implications for Israel/Palestine? A new Administration in Washington and a new Administration in Jerusalem – What will the future hold? How Israel might change in a post-Netanyahu era when Naftali Bennet and Yair Lapid lead a coalition […]
[streaming] Shabbat Morning Chant/Contemplative Service
Chanting/Contemplative Shabbat is an opportunity to experience a more personal relationship with the Divine as you celebrate and observe Shabbat. It is a Renewal-style Torah service, with three aliyot and no haftarah reading. We will be returning to the beginning of the Torah, awakening to the re-creation of the world at every moment and becoming co-creators with the […]
Sukkot Shabbat Morning Torah and Yizkor Service
Shabbat service begins at 10 a.m.; Torah service at 11 a.m.; Yizkor at 11:45 a.m. Lead by Rabbi Greg Wolfe. Participate on Zoom or in the Sanctuary; all who attend on campus must be vaccinated and masked. To learn more about this week’s Torah portion, please visit www.reformjudaism.org/learning/torah-study. CBH follows the Triennial Year 2 cycle […]
[streaming] Orthodox Women Rabbis of Yeshivat Maharat
Join Rabbi Greg for a presentation by Rabbi Alana Suskin, “Pious, passionate, and a little rebellious. Orthodox Women Rabbis of Yeshivat Maharat.” She is a Rabbi ordained at Yeshivat Maharat, the first Yeshiva to ordain Orthodox women, and will be speaking about the history of Yeshivat Maharat. She will also provide a teaching about tshuvah, […]
Selichot Service
Led by Rabbi Greg Wolfe. Jews around the world gather for a night of study and special services called selichot, a collection of penitential prayers, to help us prepare for the upcoming Holy Days. The moment is ripe with possibility and hope to stimulate our own personal reflections for change and growth as we continue our journeys […]
Selichot: Celebrating and Welcoming Diversity Through a Jewish Lens
Every year, on the last (or penultimate!) Saturday of the Hebrew month of Elul, just before the New Year begins, Jews around the world gather for a night of study and special services called selichot, a collection of penitential prayers, to help us prepare for the upcoming Holy Days. The moment is ripe with possibility and hope […]
[streaming] Ruach Shabbat Mussar & Meditation Service
Service lead by Rabbi Greg Wolfe and Student Rabbi Deni Marshall. Explore the wisdom of Mussar practice at a Mussar & Meditation Ruach Shabbat experience. We open our hearts and spirits through chant and silence, and explore Jewish teachings around the middot, spiritual qualities. On this Shabbat, we will explore the middah of Achyrayut, responsibility, […]
[streaming] Shabbat Morning Service
Service lead by Esther Novak and Ernie Biberstein, with the Siddur Hadash. To learn more about this week’s Torah portion, please visit www.reformjudaism.org/learning/torah-study. CBH follows the Triennial Year 2 cycle of Torah readings, which can be found by clicking on the correct parashah at this link. To sign-up to read or chant Torah, please click […]