We invite you to our annual Service of Remembrance at the Beth Israel Cemetery (512 Walker Street in Clarksburg, MA). Whether or not your loved ones are buried in this cemetery, please join us for a short outdoor mincha (afternoon) service with opportunities for reflective prayer and memory. Please bring your own folding / camp […]
☆ To join us IN-PERSON, please click on the blue “Going” button on this page to RSVP. (left side on desktop; bottom on mobile) ☆ To join us ONLINE, please click here to register via Zoom. Please join us for our annual Erev Rosh Hashanah service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member & […]
☆ To join us IN-PERSON, please click on the blue “Going” button on this page to RSVP. (left side on desktop; bottom on mobile) ☆ To join us ONLINE, please click here to register via Zoom. Please join us for our annual Rosh Hashanah I morning service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member […]
Celebrate the New Year with story, prayer, movement, and music with Jewish families and an incredible view. We'll enjoy a locally catered lunch and walk to a nearby stream for tashlich. Located at a private home in Shaftsbury, VT. For more information, please contact [email protected]. This event is a partnership between Congregation Beth Israel & […]
☆ To join us IN-PERSON, please click on the blue “Going” button on this page to RSVP. (left side on desktop; bottom on mobile) ☆ To join us ONLINE, please click here to register via Zoom. Please join us for our annual Rosh Hashanah II morning service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member […]
The high holiday season can feel full of words and liturgy — this Shabbat aims to balance that with holy quiet. This year we'll return to our deepest selves with a gentle contemplative service featuring minimal liturgy, ample time to let our melodies soak in, and periods of holy silence to "seal" each chant. Mourner's Kaddish will be recited in full.
☆ To join us IN-PERSON, please click on the blue “Going” button on this page to RSVP. (left side on desktop; bottom on mobile) ☆ To join us ONLINE, please click here to register via Zoom. Join us for Kol Nidre evening service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member and cantorial soloist Ziva […]
☆ To join us IN-PERSON, please click on the blue “Going” button on this page to RSVP. (left side on desktop; bottom on mobile) ☆ To join us ONLINE, please click here to register via Zoom. Please join us for our annual Yom Kippur morning service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member and […]
Make the day meaningful with a Family Service that engages the heart, mind, and spirit on the Day of Atonement. Located outdoors at a private home in Shaftsbury, VT. For more information, please contact [email protected]. This event is a partnership between Congregation Beth Israel & NEFESH, with major financial support from Sally Gottesman & the […]
Our final class will be held in-person only at CBI on Saturday, October 12 (Yom Kippur) at 3pm. All are welcome to attend, even if you didn't attend any of the previous sessions!
☆ To join us IN-PERSON, please click on the blue “Going” button on this page to RSVP. (left side on desktop; bottom on mobile) ☆ To join us ONLINE, please click here to register via Zoom. Join us for a short afternoon service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member and cantorial soloist Ziva […]
☆ To join us IN-PERSON, please click on the blue “Going” button on this page to RSVP. (left side on desktop; bottom on mobile) ☆ To join us ONLINE, please click here to register via Zoom. We'll close out Yom Kippur with Ne'ilah service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member and cantorial soloist […]
We'll welcome Shabbat and Sukkot together by blessing challah, juice, and candles, and then enjoy a potluck vegetarian feast followed by opportunities to bentsch lulav (bless and shake the lulav and etrog) and to sit around the bonfire and sing. Bring a vegetarian dish to share among friends (sign up here), and instruments if you […]
Join us for morning services on October 19, when we will celebrate both Shabbat and the festival of Sukkot. Morning services will include the praise-songs of Hallel, as well as a special Torah reading and learning opportunity geared toward the holiday. An outdoor lunch in the CBI sukkah will follow the conclusion of this service, […]
Be part of a musical jam in the Sukkah with keyboard, guitars, drums, and voices! Bring your instruments and a veggie dish to share among friends. Located at a private home in Shaftsbury, VT. For more information, please contact [email protected]. This event is a partnership between Congregation Beth Israel & NEFESH, with major financial support […]
Please join us over Zoom for our annual Shemini Atzeret service. We'll share the prayers of the morning service, including the praise-songs of Hallel. We'll also offer the Yizkor memorial prayers that we recite in memory of our dead four times a year.
Join Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI Community Musicians for a celebration of Simchat Torah ("Rejoicing in the Torah"), the culmination of our fall festival season! A short-and-sweet festival ma'ariv (evening service) will have as its centerpiece seven hakafot / circle dances with the Torah. We'll also hear the very end of Torah followed by the very beginning of Torah, […]
