We are so excited to be hosting a Chanukah Havdallah in partnership with NFTY-CWR. NFTY supplements and supports Reform youth groups at the synagogue level. All Bay Area High schoolers are invited to have Havdallah in the Emanu-El courtyard. Led by teens from NFTY-CWR and Cantor Arik Luck, we will light the Chanukiah and bid Shabbat farewell with music, food, games, swag, and more! This event is open to all 9th – 12th grade students. Open to members and non-members. Admission is $20 per person. This is a student only event.

To ensure a safe environment, we are requiring all attendees to provide proof of vaccination.

Advanced registration required.

If you have any questions, email Tori Starks at [email protected].

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Join Rabbi Sydney Mintz and fellow YFE parents as we journey together from the Temple through the Arguello Gate and into the Redwoods for guided meditation, silence, chanting and healing prayers. An intimate opportunity to be in community with fellow parents in our Sunday School program and nurture those invaluable relationships.

More dates to follow in the coming months! 

To best ensure we can provide a safe and sacred experience, please note the following:

• Please review our COVID-19 off-site event protocols, so you’ll know what to expect and how to prepare. 

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Join us for In-Person Friday Night Shabbat Service this Friday, December 10th, at 6:00 pm!

Led by Rabbi Sydney Mintz and Cantor Marsha Attie in the Martin Meyer Sanctuary.

To best ensure we can provide a safe and sacred experience, please note the following: 

• Services will be in the Martin Meyer Sanctuary. 
• Capacity is limited to allow attendees to social distance if they are more comfortable doing so.
• Advance registration is required. 
• Masks are required at all times inside.
• Please review our COVID-19 on-site event protocols so you’ll know what to expect. We're so excited to welcome you back into our beautiful sanctuary.

Click here to watch on our website livestream page. Or click here to participate via Facebook Live, you don't have to join Facebook to participate. To follow along with prayers, click here for a free online Mishkan T'Filah prayer book.

We understand rules and norms are changing quickly. Our COVID advisory team continues to monitor legal requirements and best practices and may change requirements as the environment changes.

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Torah Study with Rabbi Sarah Joselow Parris, followed by Mourner's Kaddish and Healing Prayer. To participate, click here.

A Zoom seminar – " The Spiritual Teachings of the Sefat Emet".

Text:

The Language of Truth, trans. & ed. Arthur Green (Jewish Publication Society).

Available in paperback on Amazon

The Sefat Emet is the pinnacle of Hasidic spirituality.

Background:

Only a very, very, modest familiarity with Hebrew but a serious interest in learning more will be needed.

Time:

Zoom invitations to be sent out at 9:45am each morning to those who sign up.

If interested, please contact Ariana Estoque, [email protected] or at 415-750-7552

Join us for In-Person Shabbat Morning Service in our Main Sanctuary along with one of our b'nei mitzvah celebrants! 

To best ensure we can provide a safe and sacred experience, please note the following:

• This service will be in the Main Sanctuary. 
• Capacity is limited to allow attendees to social distance if they are more comfortable doing so.
• Advance registration is required. 
• Masks are required at all times inside.
• Please review our COVID-19 on-site event protocols so you’ll know what to expect. We're so excited to welcome you back to into our beautiful sanctuary.

Click here to watch on our website livestream page. To follow along with prayers, click here for a free online Mishkan T'Filah prayer book.

We understand rules and norms are changing quickly. Our COVID advisory team continues to monitor legal requirements and best practices and may change requirements as the environment changes.

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Join us for In-Person Shabbat Morning Service in our Martin Meyer Sanctuary along with one of our b'nei mitzvah celebrants! 

To best ensure we can provide a safe and sacred experience, please note the following:

• This service will be in the Martin Meyer Sanctuary. 
• Capacity is limited to allow attendees to social distance if they are more comfortable doing so.
• Advance registration is required. 
• Masks are required at all times inside.
• Please review our COVID-19 on-site event protocols so you’ll know what to expect. We're so excited to welcome you back to into our beautiful sanctuary.

Click here to watch on our website livestream page. To follow along with prayers, click here for a free online Mishkan T'Filah prayer book.

We understand rules and norms are changing quickly. Our COVID advisory team continues to monitor legal requirements and best practices and may change requirements as the environment changes.

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Calling all givers of light! Please register to participate in our 4th Annual Light of Giving, hosted by Tzedek Council. As a community, we will assemble much-needed home goods for single adults who have experienced chronic homelessness.

This year’s effort will support our new partner HomeRise, whose “housing first” mission focuses on stabilizing residents and providing essential foundations and wraparound support. HomeRise’s newly-constructed Mission Bay South Block 9 (MB9) will permanently house 141 single adults beginning this spring. The majority of residents are people of color and many are mobility-impaired.

Light of Giving will take place at Emanu-El on Sunday, December 12 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm or 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm. You are invited to join us in the Main Sanctuary Foyer for a festive gathering of community, action and celebration, as we assemble Modeh Ani Baskets filled with linens and kitchen staples. Modeh Ani is a Jewish prayer that is said upon waking each morning as an expression of gratitude for the gift of life.

Participants will have the opportunity to create personalized greetings and special art projects to illuminate the living spaces at MB9. Together, we will bring light and life to vulnerable adults in our community this Chanukah season!

Light of Giving participants should bring pre-purchased home goods estimated at $75-$100 to the event; Tzedek Council will supply Modeh Ani baskets for assembling.

Not able to join us at Light of Giving? You can still bring light by donating towards the purchase of appliances for MB9’s residents.

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Join us for In-Person Friday Night Shabbat Service this Friday, December 17th, at 6:00 pm!

Led by Rabbi Ryan Bauer and Cantor Arik Luck in the Martin Meyer Sanctuary.

To best ensure we can provide a safe and sacred experience, please note the following: 

• Service will be in the Martin Meyer Sanctuary. 
• Capacity is limited to allow attendees to social distance if they are more comfortable doing so.
• Advance registration is required. 
• Masks are required at all times inside.
• Please review our COVID-19 on-site event protocols so you’ll know what to expect. We're so excited to welcome you back into our beautiful sanctuary.

Click here to watch on our website livestream page. Or click here to participate via Facebook Live, you don't have to join Facebook to participate. To follow along with prayers, click here for a free online Mishkan T'Filah prayer book.

We understand rules and norms are changing quickly. Our COVID advisory team continues to monitor legal requirements and best practices and may change requirements as the environment changes.

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