Fri, July 30
7-8pm
Outdoors & In-Person near Bloor & Bathurst
Exact location provided upon registration
Registration Required
Limited Space
Free – donations greatly appreciated!
(If raining at 5pm or later, services will be services will be online.)

Now that Toronto’s public health situation has markedly improved, we’re enjoying our in-person, outdoor services! Please register now to join us for soulful and song-filled singing to wind down from the week and welcome Shabbat in warm community.

For everyone’s safety, we are following Toronto Public Health’s updated Guidance for Places of Worship, which requires that we maintain physical distancing, but does not require masks outdoors so long as physical distancing is maintained. If you feel unwell or have any COVID-19 symptoms, you must stay home.

Seating will be physically distant and there will be separate sections for women’s, men’s, and mixed (all genders) seating, from which you can choose when you register. Since we’ll be outdoors and not in a regular prayer space, there won’t be curtains between these sections.

Children are welcome if they can sit next to their parent for the full duration of services and maintain physical distancing from all others. Children must be registered as well.

Please note that washrooms will not be available.

Fri, July 16
7-8pm
Outdoors & In-Person near Bloor & Bathurst
Exact location provided upon registration
Registration Required
Limited Space
Free – donations greatly appreciated!
(If raining at 5pm or later, services will be services will be online.)

Now that Toronto’s public health situation has markedly improved, we’re excited for our first in-person, outdoor services since last Nov! Please register now to join us for soulful and song-filled singing to wind down from the week and welcome Shabbat in warm community.

For everyone’s safety, we are following Toronto Public Health’s updated Guidance for Places of Worship, which requires that we maintain physical distancing, but does not require masks outdoors so long as physical distancing is maintained. If you feel unwell or have any COVID-19 symptoms, you must stay home.

Seating will be physically distant and there will be separate sections for women’s, men’s, and mixed (all genders) seating, from which you can choose when you register. Since we’ll be outdoors and not in a regular prayer space, there won’t be curtains between these sections.

Children are welcome if they can sit next to their parent for the full duration of services and maintain physical distancing from all others. Children must be registered as well.

Please note that washrooms will not be available.

4 Mondays, July 5-26
8:00-8:30pm
(No Fri morning sits in July)
Online via Zoom
Meeting ID: 938 2581 9683 | Passcode: 402402

For the month of July, Ari Kaplan will teach a four-part, 30-minute series on foundations of mindfulness, which will cover mindfulness of breath, body, thought, and emotion.

No prior experience in mindfulness is necessary. A familiarity with Jewish concepts is helpful but not necessary.

Ari Kaplan is a lawyer, mediator, and president of Makom. He is an instructor-in-training with the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program at UC Berkeley. Ari has practiced mindfulness for over a decade, is trained in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and has taught meditation sessions for the Ontario Bar Association and professional communities. He has a masters degree in law from Osgoode Hall and a B.A. in Jewish Studies from McGill University, where he studied hasidism. Ari is an original participant in Aviva Chernick’s neyShev meditation circle.

Pay What You Can – all are welcome no matter your financial situation
($10 minimum recommended)
Canadians: E-transfer to chernick.aviva@gmail.com
Outside of Canada: Pay by Paypal

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Please log on a few minutes early to settle in, set up your space, and ensure that your video and audio are working properly.

Fri, July 2
7-7:45pm
Online via Zoom
Meeting ID: 955 4183 9308, Password: 024117
Free – donations greatly appreciated!

We’ll wind down from the week and welcome Shabbat by singing the joyous melodies of Kabbalat Shabbat together as a community and hearing a brief devar Torah.

Just before bringing in Shabbat with the final stanza of Lekha Dodi, we’ll bid each other Shabbat shalom and log off to light candles and start Shabbat the good ol’ unplugged way.

Have your Shabbat candles ready to light. If you have a siddur (prayer book), please use it; we’ll also screen share the prayers.

Fri, June 4
7-7:45pm
Online via Zoom
Meeting ID: 955 4183 9308, Password: 024117
Free – donations greatly appreciated!

We’ll wind down from the week and welcome Shabbat by singing the joyous melodies of Kabbalat Shabbat together as a community and hearing a brief devar Torah.

Just before bringing in Shabbat with the final stanza of Lekha Dodi, we’ll bid each other Shabbat shalom and log off to light candles and start Shabbat the good ol’ unplugged way.

Have your Shabbat candles ready to light. If you have a siddur (prayer book), please use it; we’ll also screen share the prayers.

Fri, May 21
7-7:45pm
Online via Zoom
Meeting ID: 955 4183 9308, Password: 024117
Free – donations greatly appreciated!

We’ll wind down from the week and welcome Shabbat by singing the joyous melodies of Kabbalat Shabbat together as a community and hearing a brief devar Torah.

Just before bringing in Shabbat with the final stanza of Lekha Dodi, we’ll bid each other Shabbat shalom and log off to light candles and start Shabbat the good ol’ unplugged way.

Have your Shabbat candles ready to light. If you have a siddur (prayer book), please use it; we’ll also screen share the prayers.