Ya Elah in Concert at Chochmat HaLev

Ya Elah's music combines the sacred texts of Jewish and many other ancient traditions, with choral music inspired by eastern European and middle eastern sounds with harp to illuminate the beauty, mystery, and power of the world's diverse spiritual paths.

THIS Saturday, February 20, 8pm $16 member, $20 non-members

2010 Purim Celebration: Saturday evening, February 27 at Chochmat

Uproarious Fun, Delectable Foods, Costumes, Megilla, Shpiel and Dancing!

With Kehilla, the Aquarian Minyan, Beyt Tikkun & Chochmat HaLev

Come in costume - both kids AND adults!
Bring a box of Mac & Cheese to use as noisemakers
and to leave as a food bank donation

Delicious vegetarian, organic heavy appetizers, wine, beer for sale!
Come hungry!

Schedule
6:00 pm: Games, Arts & Crafts for children (make a grogger or mask)
6:00 pm: Schmoozing for Adults
6:45-7:30: Havdala & MEGILLAH reading
7:30-7:40: Costume Parade for adults and children
7:40-8:40: Purim Shpiel
8:40- Live music and dancing featuring a multi-musical dance slam: The Klezmer Klowns, Shulamit and the Seventies, and the progressive polyrhythmic madness of Captain Zohar.

Cost: $20-15 for members of participating shuls
Nonmembers -- $25-20
Children $5

DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE -- Sunday, Feb. 28 from 3 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
From the beginning of time, sacred movement, song and story have brought people together for seasonal ceremony and celebration. The Dances of Universal Peace are part of this timeless tradition of Sacred Dance.  Started by Murshid Samuel Lewis of San Francisco, a Sufi mystic, they use simple music, lyrics and movements to evoke the spiritual essence within ourselves and others. No musical or dance experience of any kind is needed.  Everyone is welcome in our circle. The movements and songs drawn from over 400 Dances and  include Jewish, Buddhist, Native  American,  Arabic, Hindu, Mayan, Great Goddess, Creation Spirituality, and Christian.

The Spirit of Integrity: A Study Group on Kabbalistic Mussar with Estelle Frankel

This study group is focused on tikkun ha’middot-building spiritual muscle through cultivating the soul’s divine attributes. Each of the middot, like facets of a diamond, reflect aspects of our essential being—our potential to be whole.  As we polish and perfect these soul qualities we deepen in our connection with the divine.  This foundational inner work, shared by both Jewish mystics and Mussar masters alike, helps ground our spiritual aspirations, increase our joy & authenticity, and deepen our personal integrity.

Each month we will focus on a particular middah. A study packet and recommended reading list will be given out that that explore how to cultivate this soul quality. While we hope you will take the entire series, it is possible to sign up on a month by month basis.

Tues evenings 7:30-9:00 pm
2/16, 2/23, 3/2 
3/9, 3/16, 3/23
$20 per session for members, $25 per session for nonmembers
$100 for the series for members/$135 for the series for nonmembers

Torah of Six Feet Under with Maggid Jhos Singer

Join Maggid Jhos Singer for a Torah/TV journey. We will explore the masterful storytelling of the Torah and the brilliant, award-winning HBO series Six Feet Under (Season 1). Every week we will view an episode, have a little nosh, and engage in some serious discussion and Torah learning that focus on traditional Jewish approaches to death, burial and mourning. Maggid Singer will prepare a teaching from Torah that applies to the episode, making links to some eternal wisdom as refracted through a contemporary lens.

Sundays 1/10/10 to 3/21/10 (no class on 2/28)
6 pm to 8 pm EXCEPT on 1/10, 2/7, and 3/14 when it will go until 9 pm)
$255 non-members/$215 members; drop-ins $26/$22

Read more about it in the Forward.

Jewish Spirituality in the Kitchen with Avishai Pearlson

Sunday, 10 am - 1 pm, 3/14, 5/9
$45 members/$55 nonmembers (includes food to take home to feed your family)
Discount packages:
$10 off if you register for both classes

Two cooking workshops, each leading to a Communal Feast!

Learn to cook spiritually with meditation, Hebrew phrases, chants and songs, healthy nutrition guidelines, hands-on creative cooking, blessing and gratitude rituals, and introduction to Thriving in Challenging Times.

We use sustainable, seasonal, local, and organic (eco-kosher) ingredients as much as possible.