Tradition tells us that at the Friday night celebration of Kabbalat Shabbat, YHVH, the transcendent Divine energy, unites in marriage with Sh'china, the immanent Divine energy which manifests on earth and in each of us. Bring you dancing shoes of kick off your shoes! - for a raucous, rollicking celebration. We'll chant, pray, and dance to welcome the unification of the Mystery.

Sephardic Shabbat moved to the 3rd Friday night this month, May 17 - see you at FESTIVAL SEFARDÍ !

Self-led group delves into the entire Bible, book by book, discussing literal, ethical, and spiritual meaning of the great writings of our ancestors. For more information, and to request zoom link, please email: NSTorahGroup@gmail.com

Laughing on purpose is lots of fun and its good for us too! Laughter Yoga has been proven to decrease stress and increase all of our feel-good hormones. Try it, you might like it!!

Laughter Yoga will meet the first and third Sundays of the month.

Always free; a community service.

 Send an email to rabbibrin@gmail.com to register and eceive the zoom link

We’ll explore the pithy wisdom of our ancestors with an eye toward applying their teachings to our daily lives.

This class meets the first and third Sundays of the month starting January 7th

No fee for the class – please give a gift from the heart [PayPal]

Send an email to rabbibrin@gmail.com to register and receive the zoom link.

Key components of our program include: Holiday Customs and Rituals; Mitzvot; Torah; Jewish Values; Prayer and Service; Social Justice; Hebrew; · Jewish Culture, music, and crafts.

We welcome you wherever you are in your Jewish journey

For more information, click here

Please bring an appetizer to share and join us for music, stories, and conversation. We will close Shabbat with Havdalah and answer questions about our endowment.

Zoom ID 282 164 5784 (no password required)

Chant Sheet

The service will be contemplative as we take time to enter the liturgy through chant, then pause in the silence long enough to allow for an unfolding of possibilities and to develop the skillful practice that allows for Shabbat consciousness to flourish.

PDF of Der Freylekher Shabes Prayer Booklet

THE VEGGIE POTLUCK DINNER at 7:45PM is BACK!!

Celebrate Shabes (Shabbat) JOY in-person in our sanctuary. The participatory klezmer Shabes service from 6:30-7:40 PM can be danced to and includes prayers from Kabbalat Shabbat and the Ma’ariv services. We will also observe the candle lighting/blessing, Kaddish Yatom, Mi Shebeirach, Kiddush and Hamotzee. The service will be followed by a Vegetarian Potluck dinner at 7:45pm and recreational Jewish dancing to a live klezmer music jam from 8:20-9 PM. Everyone is welcome to all or any part of the evening’s events.

For more information, contact Cantor Beth Cohen: cohenedmunds@netzero.net

Self-led group delves into the entire Bible, book by book, discussing literal, ethical, and spiritual meaning of the great writings of our ancestors. For more information, and to request zoom link, please email: NSTorahGroup@gmail.com

ID: 815 976 0138
Passcode: 270959

Please come on time or a few minutes early. We will take some time at the end of our practice to meet each other and reflect together.

We welcome you. Visit www.rabbishefagold.com/kzoom Sign up for the KZoom Chanting List mailing list. If you are moved, you can offer support at www.rabbishefagold.com.

The is the last rehearsal of the W/Spr season for the Community Klezmer Band & Rikud Dancers.

We will still play and dance at der Freylekher Shabes services on the first Friday of the month starting at 6:30pm and we will meet in the mornings for a few Sundays during the summer. Check back on this web site for updates.

The band and dance troupe are open to all. No experience required for dancing - all dances are taught. Musicians and singers must know the basics of their instrument. Before coming to band rehearsal, please contact band director Cantor Beth Cohen: cohenedmunds@netzero.net

Key components of our program include: Holiday Customs and Rituals; Mitzvot; Torah; Jewish Values; Prayer and Service; Social Justice; Hebrew; · Jewish Culture, music, and crafts.

We welcome you wherever you are in your Jewish journey

For more information, click here

Meeting ID: 282 164 5784
No Passcode Required

Have you wondered why we call organized prayer, “services”? We gather together in sacred space to “serve,” to do sacred work with and for each other.

The Shabbat morning “service” is not a random collection of prayers. It is a journey taking us both out of ourselves and into ourselves. Through prayer, chant, song, movement, and meditation, we will travel the path of the Jewish mystics to the sacred heart of Shabbat.

Queer Shabbat is a monthly ritual space for reflection, connection, grounding in the sacred cycles of Jewish time. This is a space for self-identified Queer Jews and their loved ones to gather. We will be hosting hybrid Queer Shabbat INDOOR IN-PERSON and also on ZOOM. We are meeting in the Bayt B'racha (Dining Hall behind kitchen). Please come masked! Whether you are attending virtually or in person, you're invited to bring: songs, poetry, movement, creative activities, and meditations from your heart. Bring (vegetarian) food to eat yourself or to share while we chat after the service (some people may choose to unmask in order to eat together). Ritual items and challah welcome.

For any questions and zoom link, please contact queershabbatnahalatshalom@gmail.org

Self-led group delves into the entire Bible, book by book, discussing literal, ethical, and spiritual meaning of the great writings of our ancestors. For more information, and to request zoom link, please email: NSTorahGroup@gmail.com

ID: 815 976 0138
Passcode: 270959

Please come on time or a few minutes early. We will take some time at the end of our practice to meet each other and reflect together.

We welcome you. Visit www.rabbishefagold.com/kzoom Sign up for the KZoom Chanting List mailing list. If you are moved, you can offer support at www.rabbishefagold.com.

A unique Seder with the Community Klezmer Band accompanying our songs and prayers from the Haggadah! AND dancing led by Rikud Dancers!

Help make our Seder a success! CLICK HERE TO VOLUNTEER

We provide: Kosher for Pesach grape juice, Haggadah, salt water.

You bring:

• Seder plate (What’s on a Seder Plate?).

• Vegetarian Kosher-for-Passover POTLUCK entree. (Kosher fish ok.) All food must follow kosher for Passover guidelines. CLICK HERE to read Kosher for Passover guidelines

• Kosher for Passover wine if you would prefer wine to grape juice

• Be green and bring your own place-settings!!

• Bring your fiends, family and children. All are welcomed!

Cost: There is no cost. Donations to the sustenance of Nahalat Shalom are greatly appreciated. CLICK HERE to donate.

Laughing on purpose is lots of fun and its good for us too! Laughter Yoga has been proven to decrease stress and increase all of our feel-good hormones. Try it, you might like it!!

Laughter Yoga will meet the first and third Sundays of the month.

Always free; a community service.

 Send an email to rabbibrin@gmail.com to register and eceive the zoom link

We’ll explore the pithy wisdom of our ancestors with an eye toward applying their teachings to our daily lives.

This class meets the first and third Sundays of the month starting January 7th

No fee for the class – please give a gift from the heart [PayPal]

Send an email to rabbibrin@gmail.com to register and receive the zoom link.

Rehearsal for the Community Klezmer Band & Rikud Dancers is open to all. No experience required for dancing - all dances are taught. Musicians and singers must know the basics of their instrument. Before coming to band rehearsal, please contact band director Cantor Beth Cohen: cohenedmunds@netzero.net

Key components of our program include: Holiday Customs and Rituals; Mitzvot; Torah; Jewish Values; Prayer and Service; Social Justice; Hebrew; · Jewish Culture, music, and crafts.

We welcome you wherever you are in your Jewish journey

For more information, click here

Led by Angelina and Nathan Lopez-Brody

ZOOM ID: 282 164 5784 (No Passcode Required)

Refresh your souls with shared song, worship, and learning. New and old melodies in a traditional-ish service including creative ways to make the parashah come alive - drama, storytelling, discussion. Families with children (even very young!) are especially encouraged to join - we expect your children to act like children and that is welcome! May they absorb the joy and song around them like the sponges they are. Kiddush and oneg to follow - feel free to bring something to share.

Come out for this very chill Shabbat potluck where you can meet new people and hang out together.

Self-led group delves into the entire Bible, book by book, discussing literal, ethical, and spiritual meaning of the great writings of our ancestors. For more information, and to request zoom link, please email: NSTorahGroup@gmail.com

ID: 815 976 0138
Passcode: 270959

Please come on time or a few minutes early. We will take some time at the end of our practice to meet each other and reflect together.

We welcome you. Visit www.rabbishefagold.com/kzoom Sign up for the KZoom Chanting List mailing list. If you are moved, you can offer support at www.rabbishefagold.com.

Rehearsal for the Community Klezmer Band & Rikud Dancers is open to all. No experience required for dancing - all dances are taught. Musicians and singers must know the basics of their instrument. Before coming to band rehearsal, please contact band director Cantor Beth Cohen: cohenedmunds@netzero.net

Key components of our program include: Holiday Customs and Rituals; Mitzvot; Torah; Jewish Values; Prayer and Service; Social Justice; Hebrew; · Jewish Culture, music, and crafts.

We welcome you wherever you are in your Jewish journey

For more information, click here

ZOOM ID: 282 164 5784
No password required

Download SONG SHEET POEM

Pot luck dinner with poetry, songs and prayers in Ladino, Hebrew and Spanish. Led by Sofie Shefia Stephanie Cohen. Candle lighting at 6:30.

We will continue a three-month exploration of the poetry of Algerian born Erez Bitton, the first Mizrahi poet to receive the Israel Prize in Literature. His parents, originally from Morocco, moved to Israel in 1948 with Erez.

Be prepared to share your response to this month’s poem, “In Praise of the Dreamers of Jerusalem”, read out loud in English and Spanish (translated by Héctor Contreras López and Marciel Romero).

If you are able, please show up early and or stay late to help set up and clean up. And bring a vegetarian dish to share!