High Holy Day Activities & Classes

The month of Elul is a time for spiritual preparation for the New Year. It is a time for Teshuvah--realigning our lives with our highest ideals. It is also a time when we reflect on the changes we must make in our lives in order to find inner peace and create a sense of connection to the Divine. These courses will offer participants a safe space to prepare for the High Holidays by acquiring the necessary spiritual tools for Teshuvah within a community setting.

The Tools of Teshuvah:
A series with Estelle Frankel, Jeffrey Kessler, and Brian Schachter-Brooks

3 Sessions: Sundays 7 - 8:30 pm
Series: $60 Nonmembers, or $50 Members
Drop in: $25 Nonmembers, or $20 Members
Held at Chochmat HaLev, 2215 Prince St. Berkeley.
Information about each Sunday below:

Preparing our Hearts for the New Year
Estelle Frankel
Sunday, September 7, 7 - 8:30 pm

In this workshop we will explore the Kabbalah's understanding of teshuvah (turning/repentance). Through contemplative sudy, guided meditation, music and discussion we will reflect on what truely gives us "life", and how to re-align our lives with our highest values. For more info.

Conscientious Communication and Teshuvah
Jeffrey Kessler

This workshop uses meditation, text, and journal writing in order to explore the role of conscientious communication with oneself as well as with others in the process of Teshuvah.
For more info.

Torah of Awakening: "Return to Reality"
Brian Schachter-Brooks
Sunday, September 21. 7 - 8:30 pm

"Teshuvah" means "Return." Return to what? This workshop explores how everything that appears problematic or incomplete in our lives does not come from something external to us. The opportunity of this sacred time is a deep return to a harmonious relationship with Reality Itself, in which true peace and wholeness is realized as the truth of what you are. If you are interested in waking up, please join us for this transformative session. For more info.