Starting August 7, we'll launch Jewish tradition's seven-week journey up to Rosh Hashanah. Using the Kabbalistic Tree of Life and mussar (Jewish character traits), we'll use each week to connect with one of the sefirot (energy centers, like the seven weeks of counting Omer between Passover and Shavuot, except in reverse), and deepen inner practices to prepare heart, […]
After a summer break, the CBI Book Club will be meeting again via Zoom on September 22 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. For the September meeting, we will discuss The Book of Separation: A Memoir by Tova Mirvis, described by the The New York Times as "an intimate tale of departure" that "movingly conveys the heartache […]
Please note that we will not be holding regular Shabbat morning service at CBI this weekend. Instead, all are welcome to attend Shabbat services at: Congregation Beth El — Torah Discussion with Peter Rubin (9/24 @ 10am) in Bennington, VT Hevreh of Southern Berkshire — Kabbalat Shabbat (9/23 @ 6pm) & Shabbat morning (9/24 @ […]
Our Erev Rosh Hashanah celebration this year will once again be a Rosh Hashanah seder interwoven with the evening service over Zoom, featuring symbolic foods and drinks to cue up the inner journey of entering the new year. We'll be joined by Rabbi David Markus and members of Temple Beth El of City Island, as […]
Please join us for our annual Rosh Hashanah I morning service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member and cantorial soloist Ziva Larson. All are welcome! Those who wish to attend onsite must RSVP by no later than Friday, September 16; you must be vaccinated and masked in order to attend. Please note that […]
Please join us for our annual contemplative Rosh Hashanah II morning service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member and cantorial soloist Ziva Larson. Our second day service is typically more contemplative and less liturgical. All are welcome! Those who wish to attend onsite must RSVP by no later than Friday, September 16; you […]
Join us for a contemplative Shabbat Shuvah, led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat. We'll move through an abbreviated morning liturgy slowly and with time for silence as we focus on the inner work of teshuvah, repentance / return / re-alignment. There will be an opportunity to say Mourner's Kaddish in full. All are welcome! Those who […]
