The ritual committee has been hosting a conversation about Shabbat over the past year to develop a level of practice for our official and public Shabbat observance. We've been talking about the yes's and the no's of Shabbat and the goals we have for experiencing Shabbat as something restful and renewing.

Rabbi Andrea is hosting a screening and short talkback about Mr Gaga, trailer here. This exquisite film portrays the life work of Israeli choreographer Ohad Neharim, whose singular vision and scope of work has been described as "a new vocabulary of movement."

There is no charge for this program.

Part of our new "Members Choice" Film Series

Rich Rituals Build Your Own Home Ritual Workshop Series on the topic of Pesach. Led by Justin Sundell-Thomas. Come discuss ways to observe Pesach at home in a way that builds meaning for you.

POSTPONED until January 27.

Some of our intermediate Hebrew students have begun reading Mishnah Avot, or "Ethics of the Fathers", a classic rabbinic text which traditionally serves as an introduction to the Talmud (and is full of quotes you will probably recognize even if you've never read it). We read line by line with the aid of reference materials in order to absorb the language holistically, and discuss the meaning of sayings attributed to the earliest rabbis in this oft-cited key text.