For over fifty years, The Aquarian Minyan has been a pioneering model of Jewish Renewal. It was established with the goal to “renew the old and make holy the new” (Rav Kook). As an egalitarian community we believe that each of us can be a vehicle for the Light and that we all are holy teachers and holy students in different ways and at different times. By revitalizing prayer, rituals and teachings, we have endeavored to provide a spiritually alive Jewish home for souls to evolve and be nurtured. We welcome all to join us in celebration, learning and blessing.

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Featured Events & Voices

Annual Meeting

This Sunday, January 11, noon – 3pm

Please join us for our Annual Community Meeting, either in-person at Redwood Gardens, 2951 Derby St, Berkeley or online HERE

In-person: please arrive by noon or earlier to enjoy bagels! shmears! snacks!

Online: Music will start at 12:10pm and the program at 12:15pm

We would appreciate knowing if you plan on coming in-person so we have enough food; RSVP to robertbstang@icloud.com

Book Talk

Tuesday Jan. 20 at 5 PM
 
 

Move Your Prayers – Tefillah as a Change – Making Modality

with Rabbi-Kohenet Sarah Bracha Gershuny
Mondays April 27, May 4, May 11, May 18, 12pm PST, on Zoom
Join Rabbi-Kohenet Sarah Bracha Gershuny in this off-book, in-body exploration of the fundamental dynamics of prayer as a change-making modality.

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Inheriting Aḥer: How Profound Experiences Alter our sense of Otherness and Belonging (based on Rabbinic Midrashic Tales)

with Rabbi David Kosak
Wednesdays May 6, May 13, May 20, May 27, June 3, 12 PM PST, on Zoom
What happens when a profound experience changes us in ways our community or society cannot absorb? Together, we will reflect on how Jewish tradition responds to rupture, exclusion, mystical risk, and the possibility of return.

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A Special Yeshiva Program

with Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael
Sunday April 26, 3 PM PST, Zoom
Join us for A Virtual visit with Reb Rayzel: A lively exploration of the Shechinah Oracle Deck - an exciting new Tarot/Kabbalah Deck.

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Sacrifice: Transformation, Inner Liberation and Pesach

Literary writings by Minyan members and guests.
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Sacrifice: Transformation, Inner Liberation and Pesach by Rabbi Jonathan Seidel

We live in a rather tortured twisted time, with unexpected, awful events and shocking national and international events — and yet there are

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HeavenGram

Literary writings by Minyan members and guests.
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HeavenGram by Hanna Cohen

Today, I learned the word heaven-gram—a Yiddish phrase from a poem of Reb Heschel’s. If I were to send one, where would it come from...

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Excavating the BeShT

with Rabbi Diane Eliot
January 7, 21, February 4, 18, March 11, 25 April 8, 29
Using Rabbi Burt Jacobson’s remarkable autobiography, Living In the Presence, which draws on the legacy of the Baal Shem Tov, this class teaches how the Jewish Renewal movement grew from Jewish tradition.

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