SHABBAT SCHEDULE

Our Shabbat Services
Join the Aquarian Minyan for extraordinary monthly Shabbat services. Experience the true spirit of Shabbat through heartfelt prayer, joyful song and dance, resonant silence, and study of Torah. Our services are led by skilled lay leaders, and inspired musicians and are followed by a potluck veggie meal. Bring your musical instruments, a veggie dish to share with eight (gluten-free dishes are welcomed!), and an open heart. Our gatherings are scent-free, so please avoid using scented personal products and laundry products. We look forward to seeing you there!

If you are interested in hosting an Aquarian Minyan Shabbat, please call the Aquarian Minyan office: 510-981-2130.

GATHERINGS and TEACHINGS

Saturday, September 4, 4-9 pm.
Rabbi Lavey Derby, 1st teaching session: “Preparing for Selikhot: Circumcising the Heart”
We each have an authentic inner voice that can guide us if we are willing to tell ourselves the truth and allow ourselves to feel our own and others’ pain, joy, and confusion.
Register here

Saturday, September 4, 9:10-10:45 pm
Havdalah and Selikhot services with Rabbi Lavey Derby
Sunday, September 5, Rabbi Lavey Derby, 4-9 pm
2nd teaching session: “Manifesting Selikhot and Teshuvah: Navigating towards Grace”
Can we forgive ourselves and each other, even when we are so far off our imagined path that it seem “impossible to ever be in G!d’s grace again?”

Register here

Rabbi Lavey Derby, 8th generation direct descendant of the holy Rebbe, Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev, scholar, mystic, radical Conservative-Renewal spiritual leader…opens High Holy Days as guiding Rabi for the Sabbath of Penitence and Forgiveness, Selikhot. We find his manner and teachings to be brilliant, highly accessible, user friendly, welcoming, and embodied in the daily truths of joy and sadness, contentment and confusion.
Cost: $18-54 for each teaching session, no charge for Havdalah and Selikhot. No one turned away for lack of funds. Bring light brown-bag dinner/nosh.
Location: Hillside Community Church, 1422 Navellier Street, El Cerrito, CA 94530
For further info: Karen Roekard, 510-843-1499

Saturday, Sept 11, 8:00 pm
Days of Awe in Song and Dance
Evocative songs and prayers from the ancient Yemenite tradition, Ladino songs from the Balkans and modern Israeli versions of the High Holiday liturgy woven together with story and interpretative sacred dances. The evening will culminate in participatory song and dance.
Featuring Qadim (Eliyahu Sills and Rachel Valfor plus guest musicians Dror Sinai and Yinon Darwish of Diwan halev!) qadimmusic.com
Dance by Miriam Peretz
Location: Kehilla Synagogue, 1300 Grand Avenue, Piedmont, CA
co-sponsored w/Chochmat Halev & Aquarian Minyan)
Price: $18 at door; $14 in advance, available @ brownpapertickets.com, 1-800-838-3006.

Sunday, September 12, 2 pm to 6 pm
Tshuvah Sing-A-Long and BBQ with Rob Katz and Dan Howard
Come enjoy the garden while we sing songs in Hebrew and English for this holiday season.
Bring songs, instruments, a dish to share and something to BBQ. Drinks will be provided.
Call Rachel for location: 510-261-1440

Tuesday, September 14, 7 pm
Healing Group for Hard Times with Abigail Grafton
WE CALLED OUT FOR HELP AND THE ANSWER WAS US! Whether your interest is in healing your life, your business, the planet, our country, it's the same macro- or mini-system. Come together to connect with the pain and the joy of this unique time in our lives, and to reach for the power and inspiration we can receive from the divine. We will pray and do structured inner work, empowering ourselves to create change in our lives, in our community, and in our universe.
The group will be facilitated by Abigail Grafton, MFT, a licensed therapist and experienced coach who delights in empowering people to fulfill their unique vision. Call 843-3131 for location.

Wednesday, September 15, 7 pm
TSHUVAH IN MOTION with Monique Pasternak
Throughout life on earth, a soul's incarnation is challenged to learn how to dynamically navigate a one-of-a-kind personal voyage without letting go of the essential connection with its purest and highest source of well being. Ideas and tools designed to help a positively expanded reality take root and blossom will be introduced during the evening.
At the home of Shoshana and Abigail, 2225 Woolsey, Berkeley 94705

Thursday, September 16, 7 to 9:30 pm
Sweat Lodge
Let go of the past, prepare for the New Year.
Space is limited, please call Rachel at 261-1440 to sign up and obtain details for this event.

Click here for HH Days 2010 info

AQUARIAN MINYAN AUTHOR SERIES: Jewish Writers in the Bay Area

Click here if you want to sign up for an email update.

Aquarian Minyan Council Meetings

Tuesday, August 10th, 7:30-9:30pm
AQM Council Meeting
The Aquarian Minyan Council meets at the home of Gerry A., 3301 Claremont Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705. Please call 510-654-7637 for directions. We will start on time! Agenda includes membership drive.

You can demonstrate your support for our Aquarian Minyan community and activities with your tax-deductible contribution. Click here to make an online donation for any amount, to sign up for an event, to request email updates, or to become a member. If you have a problem with signing up or logging in online, please write to our administrative coordinator at aminyan@aquarianminyan.org.

Aquarian Minyan members have the option of taking a 10% discount when they sign up for any event sponsored by the Aquarian Minyan.