Creating Shabbat at Home
Upcoming Sessions
1. Thursday, February 13, 2025 • 15 Shevat 5785
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM2. Thursday, February 20, 2025 • 22 Shevat 5785
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM3. Thursday, February 27, 2025 • 29 Shevat 5785
7:00 PM - 8:30 PMFebruary 13, 20, 27 and March 20. 7:00-8:30 pm in person only. Registration Required - Coming Soon
If you have wanted to celebrate Shabbat on Friday evening but do not feel confident leading on your own this class is for you. Sessions will include candle-lighting, kiddush, the “motzi” for blessing hallah, and the blessing after meals. The ability to read Hebrew is not needed. We will use a resource that has Hebrew along with transliterations and translations. If time allows, the fourth session will include prayers and rituals for Havdalah
Jane is a member of CBI and co-chair of the Ritual Committee. She has been a cantor, a Bar/Bat Mitzvah tutor for many dozens of students of all ages, a Hebrew school director, a teacher of children in public and non-profit settings, and an editor.
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29 Tevet 5785
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Wednesday ,
JanJanuary 29 , 2025Living a Meaningful Jewish Life Class
Wednesday, Jan 29th 7:00p to 8:30p
Wednesday evenings from 7:00-8:30 beginning November 6 and ending April 9 (skipping Dec 25, Jan 1, Feb 19). With Rabbi Jacob Fine and Rabbi Ariella Rosen in the CBI Library. In Person & Virtual Options. Registration Required. In this 18-week course we will explore together many aspects of Jewish life: daily spiritual practices, the holiday cycle, Shabbat, eating practices, migration, history, and more. This class is geared toward anyone who wants to learn more about Jewish life: individuals exploring conversion, non-Jews part of Jewish families, and Jews of all stripes who want to learn more. If you think this class is for you, it is! Students are encouraged to come with questions, curiosity, and challenges. Ever wonder why Jewish do [insert curious custom here]? Ask us and we’ll cover it! Registration Required & Coming Soon -
Thursday ,
JanJanuary 30 , 2025Rosh Chodesh Services
Thursday, Jan 30th 8:00a to 10:00a
A morning prayer minyan to begin the new month in sacred tradition -
Saturday ,
FebFebruary 1 , 2025Shabbat Shabloom
Shabbat, Feb 1st 10:20a to 11:30a
Shabbat Shabloom ALMA's Musical Shabbat Service for Young Families Saturdays @ 10:20 at Lander-Grinspoon Academy Come sing, dance, and celebrate Shabbat with songleader Aram Rubenstein Gillis. Shabbat Shabloom is a great way to have fun with your child while connecting with other young families and building community. -
Wednesday ,
FebFebruary 5 , 2025Living a Meaningful Jewish Life Class
Wednesday, Feb 5th 7:00p to 8:30p
Wednesday evenings from 7:00-8:30 beginning November 6 and ending April 9 (skipping Dec 25, Jan 1, Feb 19). With Rabbi Jacob Fine and Rabbi Ariella Rosen in the CBI Library. In Person & Virtual Options. Registration Required. In this 18-week course we will explore together many aspects of Jewish life: daily spiritual practices, the holiday cycle, Shabbat, eating practices, migration, history, and more. This class is geared toward anyone who wants to learn more about Jewish life: individuals exploring conversion, non-Jews part of Jewish families, and Jews of all stripes who want to learn more. If you think this class is for you, it is! Students are encouraged to come with questions, curiosity, and challenges. Ever wonder why Jewish do [insert curious custom here]? Ask us and we’ll cover it! Registration Required & Coming Soon -
Friday ,
FebFebruary 7 , 2025Shiru Shabbat
Friday, Feb 7th 5:00p to 6:00p
Shiru Shabbat is a joyous, musical Kabbalat Shabbat service held at CBI and led by Molly Bajgot with Aram Rubenstein Gillis, Matt Goldfield, and other guests. Feel free to bring a picnic dinner to enjoy after services! Shiru Shabbat is inspired by the circular davvening (prayer) style of Nava Tehila, a renewal style prayer service in Jerusalem, and by Rabbi Micah Shapiro's Shabbat Nariya services in Boston, Massachusetts. The service includes contemporary melodies and the use of instruments to create a song-full, heart expanding Shabbat experience. Come to sing out, be washed in sound, and to connect with community at the end of the week. Shiru Shabbat invites you to join our new Ruach* Circle, a circle of community musicians and vocalists to elevate our song at Shiru Shabbat (*ruach means spirit). -
Saturday ,
FebFebruary 8 , 2025Shabbat Shabloom
Shabbat, Feb 8th 10:20a to 11:30a
Shabbat Shabloom ALMA's Musical Shabbat Service for Young Families Saturdays @ 10:20 at Lander-Grinspoon Academy Come sing, dance, and celebrate Shabbat with songleader Aram Rubenstein Gillis. Shabbat Shabloom is a great way to have fun with your child while connecting with other young families and building community. -
Sunday ,
FebFebruary 9 , 2025CBI Cafe: From Generation to Generation/I Carry My Mother, I Wish My Father
Sunday, Feb 9th 10:30a to 1:00p
Sundays, in person in the CBI Social Hall and on Livestream 10:30-11:00 am: Coffee and nosh 11:00-12:00 pm: Presentation and discussion No registration required Lesléa Newman had the honor and privilege of being the primary caretaker for each of her parents as they made their separate journeys from this world into the world to come. In this presentation, she will read and discuss both her memoirs-in-verse, "I Carry My Mother" and "I Wish My Father." A book sale and book signing will follow. Lesléa Newman has created 87 books for readers of all ages including the dual memoir-in-verse, "I Carry My Mother" and "I Wish My Father" and the children's books, "Ketzel, the Cat who Composed," "GIttel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story," "The Babka Sisters," and "Joyful Song: A Naming Story." She has received two National Jewish Book Awards, two American Library Association Stonewall Honors, the Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award and the Massachusetts Book Award. She is a former poet laureate of Northampton, MA. -
Tuesday ,
FebFebruary 11 , 2025Tikkun Olam Winter Potluck Gathering
Tuesday, Feb 11th 6:00p to 7:30p
Join the Tikkun Olam Committee for our winter potluck leading into Tu B'Shvat--like the trees, our justice work flourishes when gathered in community! -
Wednesday ,
FebFebruary 12 , 2025Living a Meaningful Jewish Life Class
Wednesday, Feb 12th 7:00p to 8:30p
Wednesday evenings from 7:00-8:30 beginning November 6 and ending April 9 (skipping Dec 25, Jan 1, Feb 19). With Rabbi Jacob Fine and Rabbi Ariella Rosen in the CBI Library. In Person & Virtual Options. Registration Required. In this 18-week course we will explore together many aspects of Jewish life: daily spiritual practices, the holiday cycle, Shabbat, eating practices, migration, history, and more. This class is geared toward anyone who wants to learn more about Jewish life: individuals exploring conversion, non-Jews part of Jewish families, and Jews of all stripes who want to learn more. If you think this class is for you, it is! Students are encouraged to come with questions, curiosity, and challenges. Ever wonder why Jewish do [insert curious custom here]? Ask us and we’ll cover it! Registration Required & Coming Soon -
Thursday ,
FebFebruary 13 , 2025Creating Shabbat at Home
Thursday, Feb 13th 7:00p to 8:30p
More info coming soon
Wed, January 29 2025 29 Tevet 5785
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