The Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is called Shabbat Shuvah — "The Shabbat of Return." 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 […]
Join us for Kol Nidre evening service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member and cantorial soloist Ziva Larson. All are welcome! Before Kol Nidre, CBI member Adam Green will play contemplative / classical music on the synagogue piano for half an hour beginning at 6pm — please join us in-person or on Zoom […]
Please join us for our annual Yom Kippur morning service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member and cantorial soloist Ziva Larson. All are welcome! Yizkor memorial service will take place at the end of morning service. To submit names for this year’s Yizkor Memorial Book, please visit bit.ly/CBI-Yizkor-2023. (Deadline: Friday, September 8, 2023) […]
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 and to RSVP, please contact [email protected].
Join us for a short afternoon 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 via our website. For those who wish to join us online, we will provide a meaningful and robust experience via Zoom for digital participants. […]
We'll close out Yom Kippur with Ne'ilah service, co-led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and CBI member and cantorial soloist Ziva Larson. (Sundown will take place at 6:45pm.) All are welcome! Those who wish to attend onsite must RSVP via our website. For those who wish to join us online, we will provide a meaningful and robust […]
Due to the rain, we are moving the potluck dinner and singalong inside. Please bring rain gear — If the rain isn’t too heavy, those who want can go outside to perform the mitzvah of saying blessings and shaking the lulav and etrog in the sukkah. We'll welcome Shabbat and Sukkot together by blessing challah, […]
Join us for morning services on September 30, 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 North Bennington, VT. For more information and to RSVP, please contact [email protected]. Funding to help support CBI’s family education programs been provided by […]
Stay connected with CBI friends and neighbors, or meet new ones, as we gather together around the Zoom table to celebrate the Jewish traditions of Shabbat, light the candles, and bless the wine and challah.
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 (on Pesach, Shavuot, Yom Kippur, and Shemini Atzeret). (For Zoom information, please […]
Join us in CBI's sanctuary for a joyful evening of band music and dancing for all ages! Joe Alpar and his band will play a variety of Jewish and Middle Eastern songs along with Rabbis Rachel Barenblat, Jarah Greenfield, and Lee Moore. Join us in celebration of the start of the annual Torah reading cycle. […]
