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Shabbat Hanukkah 2012

An Evening of Music, Meditation, Stories and Teachings on the Mystical Meaning of Hanukkah with Estelle Frankel and Friends

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7:00pm to 9:15pm
Chochmat HaLev


Bring your Hanukkah Menorahs for a community candlelighting and candle-gazing meditation (7:00 pm). This ritual will be followed by a Contemplative Shabbat service, with teachings on the mystical meaning of Hanukkah with Estelle Frankel. 

There will be a dessert potluck following the program, so you are invited to bring your offerings.


Estelle Frankel

Estelle is a practicing psychotherapist and spiritual advisor who blends depth psychology with the healing wisdom and spiritual practices of the Kabbalah.  Ordained as a Mashpiah-Maggidah by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Estelle has taught Jewish mysticism in Israel and throughout the U.S. for over thirty years and is currently on the faculty of Chochmat HaLev and Lehrhaus Judaica in Berkeley, Ca. Estelle is a popular public speaker who has been hosted by many institutions including: the Cape Cod Institute, University of Judaism (L.A.), Academy of Jewish Religion, Naropa’s Wisdom University (Oakland, Ca.), Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, New York Open Center, and the 92nd St. Y in NYC. She offers continuing education for therapists on Kabbalah as Sacred Psychology and has published numerous essays that have been published by academic journals and popular magazines.  She is the author of Sacred Therapy:  Jewish Spiritual Teachings on Emotional Healing and Inner Wholeness(Shambhala).
FALL SERVICE SCHEDULE

October
  • Friday October 26 – 6:30pm Early Bird Celebratory Kabbalat Shabbat
  • Saturday October 27 – 10:30am Contemplative Shabbat Morning Service
November 
  • Friday November 2 – 6:30pm Tot Shabbat
  • Friday November 2 – 7:30pm Celebratory Kabbalat Shabbat
  • Friday November 9 – 6:30pm Contemplative Kabbalat Shabbat
  • Saturday November 10 – 10:30am Contemplative Shabbat Morning Service
  • Friday November 16 –  6:30pm Tot Shabbat
  • Friday November 16 – 7:30pm Celebratory Kabbalat Shabbat
  • Saturday November 17 – 10:30am Morning Blessing
  • Friday November 23 – 6:30pm Early Bird Celebratory Kabbalat Shabbat
  • Saturday November 24 – 10:30am Contemplative Shabbat Morning Service

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