Mondays, 8:00-8:30pm
Fridays, 7:45-8:45am 
Online via Zoom

A beautiful way to begin your Friday or end your Monday. Come sit in a circle of community in silence, song and Torah led by meditation teacher, musician and prayer leader Aviva Chernick.

No previous meditation or mindfulness practice necessary. Just come with your curiosity and tender heart. You are welcome just as you are.

Learn more here or join the neyShev newsletter.

Payment Options
Option 1 / neyShev Subscriber
Please consider becoming a neySHEV subscriber and contribute to the sustainability of this community. Subscribe here with an automatic monthly payment.

Option 2 / Pay per Session
Monday sessions: $10 minimum recommended.
Friday sessions: $20 minimum recommended.
Canadians: E-transfer to chernick.aviva@gmail.com
Outside of Canada: Pay by Paypal.

Please reach out if you have any concerns about payment.
Ability to pay should not be a barrier to participation.

Every Sunday through Dec 3
10:00 – 11:00am
@Makom (map)

Registration required

Join us for a parent/grandparent and tot program for children aged 1.5 through 3 years, where the fun of a play date meets the value of Jewish family education!

Racheli Mandelker, our guitar-playing Director of Youth Education and Programming, will lead a fun and meaningful program focused on Jewish holidays, Shabbat, and Jewish values.

• Interactive PJ Library story circle time
• Arts & crafts
• Music & movin’
• Snack & schmoozin’

Feel free to share with any friends with little ones!

Wed, Nov 15
7:00-8:30pm
@Makom (map)
By donation upon registration
Register now – only 1 spot left

Amid the ongoing challenges in Israel and Gaza, it’s natural to feel engulfed by the tides of uncertainty and distress. It’s okay to acknowledge being overwhelmed and vital to reach out for communal strength.

Please join us for a workshop on the journey from helplessness to helpfulness, with therapist and grief counselor Aviv Bialy. Together, let’s weave a tapestry of support and collective resilience during this difficult time.

This workshop is a confluence of shared experiences, solace in unity, and an oasis of grounding practices. As someone navigating these turbulent times, Aviv has sought to create a haven for us all to find a semblance of peace and uncover our strength, together. 

Please note: to maintain an intimate setting, we’re welcoming up to 10 participants.

Aviv Bialy is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and Grief Therapist at Andrea Warnick Consulting. Her connections to Israel are deep and personal. She created this workshop in order to help herself, and others, re-discover personal resilience in challenging times.

Sunday, June 4
4:30-6PM
@Makom (map)
Free, required registration.

There are many ways to mark this month of Pride. This gathering will celebrate through connection in a warm, loving and playful environment.

Join facilitator, Beth Tzedec Artist in Residence and neySHEV Jewish Meditation Community founder Aviva Chernick, together with fellow community members for this opportunity to rest in loving attention through meditation, reflection and song in Jewish Queer and Trans positive space.

This event is for LBGTQ+ community members only.

If you have a meditation cushion, please bring it. Chairs, blankets and bolsters will be provided.  

No previous experience with meditation required.

Free registration required.

There will also be an opportunity to view the exhibition in the adjacent FENTSTER window gallery, HAMAPAH created by artist duo / married couple Adam W. McKinney and Daniel Banks.

Makom welcomes participants of all abilities. Makom’s main space is wheelchair accessible; unfortunately, the washroom and playroom are not.If you have an accessibility need or require any accommodations, please reach out to us.

Let’s Sit is sponsored by Beth Tzedec Congregation through the Centre for Spiritual Wellbeing together with partners neySHEV, Makom, Annex Shul and FENTSTER.

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Head back to the corner of Sinai and Spadina for the renewed
Downtown Tikkun Leil Shavuot: All-Night Jewish Learning Festival!

Thursday, May 25
7pm-Sunrise
@Miles Nadal JCC (map)
Free, required registration.

We’ll be back in the building all night long, with a few hybrid options for viewers at home. This year’s program opens at 7:00 pm with a folk concert, “Songs from the Foot of the Mountain”, directed by Kohenet Annie Matan.

From 8:30 pm until sunrise, we’ll gather to learn among the community with lots of choices of sessions — panels of rabbis, music and improv workshops, lectures, discussions, and more.

And, as always, cheesecake!

Free and open to all. Visit www.mnjcc.org/shavuot for the full schedule soon! Advance registration is required, but please note that registration does not guarantee entry to specific sessions, and that session entry is subject to capacity.

The Miles Nadal JCC is proud to co-presented this event with: the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies/Huron at Western University; Annex Shul; Beach Hebrew Institute; Beth Torah Congregation; Beth Tzedec Congregation; City Shul; Congregation Darchei Noam; Congregation Shir Libenyu; Danforth Jewish Circle; First Narayever Congregation; Hashomer Hatzair/Camp Shomria; Hillel Ontario; Holy Blossom Temple; Jewish Family and Child Service; Kiever Shul; Limmud Toronto; Makom: Creative Downtown Judaism; No Silence on Race; Oraynu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism; UJA Federation’s Committee for Yiddish; and World Zionist Organization Department of Irgoon and Israelis Abroad.

This event is generously supported by the Kolel Legacy Fund at the Jewish Foundation, Austin and Nani Beutel, and a gift in memory of Eddie and Mary Schreiber z”l.