The Torat HaLev B’nei Mitzvah Program is a course of study and practice that prepares students to move through this important Jewish rite of passage.  Jewish tradition encourages learning, doing mitzvot, taking responsibility for and participating in community as signs of maturity.  At Chochmat HaLev we consider the process of becoming a Bar/Bat Mitzvah – a Child of the Commandments - an initiation - one that raises the status of the student to a fully participating community member. This means engaging in the ongoing process of learning, deep questioning, and the forming of ones own beliefs.  It means taking responsibility for one’s actions, cultivating wisdom and compassion, and finding ways to contribute positively to community, humanity, and the earth.  We acknowledge that this process involves the entire family.

For more information please contact Education Director Marla Kolman Antebi at 510-704-9687 or by email at education@chochmat.org.