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Chochmat HaLev offers a wealth of opportunities to learn, get involved and connect to community in a way that is replenishing and restorative.

We offer a variety of drop-in classes, lectures, on-going class series, distance and intensive learning programs, as well as holiday-centered festivities and programming. Our activities take into account our diverse membership and community, and programming often bridges different age groups and demographics.

 

We welcome you to get involved! For most classes, you can register by calling the office at 510.704.9687, or for one-time classes or events, unless otherwise noted, you can register and pay at the door.

 

Tikkun Olam CHORUS with Bon Singer

Join us for our next eight week session!

Thursday evenings 7:30-9:30pm. 8 sessions: Thurs Jul 15, 22, 29, Aug 12, 19, 26, Sept 2 and Tues., Sept 7. Price $125 members/$150 non members

Veteran Chochmat singer Bon Singer combines vocal technique with a joyful approach to accessing our connection to the Divine through song. We'll learn fun, spiritually oriented songs and culminate the class with a musical healing experience as we sing to lift the hearts of those staying at a local hospital or nursing home.

From Grief to Gladness: the Teshuvah journey from Av through Elul to Tishrei

Five Wednesdays, 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm, July 7 through September 1. Please note: no Class July 14, 21, 28 or August 4; $90 members/$125 nonmembers. Drop-in participation is welcome ($20 per session members/$28 for non-members)

Rabbi SaraLeya guides us through the experience of Jewish sacred time in preparation for the High Holy Days. Our text will be This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation by Rabbi Alan Lew, z"l. Through chant, sharing, journaling and text study we'll walk together through the annual cycle of
transformation this season offers us.

  • July 7: the depth of brokenness - Tisha b'Av (read chapters 1-3)
  • August 11: Rosh Hodesh Elul - awakening (chapters 4-5)
  • August 18: renewal and returning (chapters 6-7)
  • August 25: existential encounter - Yom Kippur (chapters 8-10)
  • September 1: the shade of faith: Sukkot (epilogue)

Living Judaism with Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks

Living Judaism is an annual, four-part series teaching the essentials of Jewish spiritual practice.

All classes are Monday evenings, 6:00 pm- 7:15 pm. Each part: $140 members, $160 non-members.

Part III : Evening Practice, Morning Practice
8 Mondays, May 24 - July 19 (No class June 21)
Real transformation of consciousness requires regular practice. This class explores the particulars of ritual, liturgy and meditation as it applies to the daily cycle of Jewish prayer.

Part IV : Torah of Awakening
8 Mondays, October 18- December 6“Awakening” is the experiential realization that you are infinitely more than the sum of your thoughts and feelings. Beneath the personality there is a radiant field of awareness, free from negativity and connected to the aliveness of the present moment. This class will explore the basics of Jewish spiritual practice as a context and expression of the awakening process.


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Tai-Chi Meditation and Chi-Gung
with Jeffrey Kessler

Thursdays, on-going, at 5 pm
Fee per month: $50 members, $70 non-members

Develop inner strength, balance, and better health with Jeffrey Kessler, a seasoned practioner of chi arts. Jeffrey Kessler holds degrees in philosophy, mathematics and spiritual psychology. He is a long-time practitioner and teacher of Tai-Chi Chuan. A graduate of Chochmat HaLev's Jewish Meditation Instructor's Training program and a student of various traditions and psycho-physical systems, he is dedicated to the deepening of Jewish Spiritual practice.
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