Weekly Virtual Jewish Renewal Connections

Below you’ll find Aleph partner leaders and organizations who offer weekly virtual experiences you can join anytime. Whether you’re looking for a one-time spiritual lift or seeking a regular way to connect in community, explore our partners below, who represent the best of Jewish Renewal around the world.

Silence is Praise: Metivta-Style Morning Meditation Service, Wednesdays at 11:30am ET/ 8:30am PT

Silence is Praise

Date: Weekly on Wednesdays
Time: 11:30 am-12:30 pm ET (8:30-9:30 am PT)
Cost: Pay-what-you-can
Presenter: Rabbi Anne Brener

Overwhelmed with stress from daily life. Join Rabbi Anne Brener for a chanting and meditation service, using the structure of the morning service, to calm our bodies and connect our souls. There will be time for some check-in afterward.

Regster Here

Friday Healing Circle - Fridays | 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT

Friday Healing Circle
Fridays | 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT | Zoom

The Friday Healing Circle, led by Rabbi Diane Elliot and friends, offers a weekly space to connect, to feel, to praise, to learn, to grieve and to love. Join us each Friday for an hour of song and movement, Torah, poetry and healing prayers to expand your spirit and lead you into Shabbat. Gatherings are recorded and a link sent to all on the Healing Circle mailing list (you must email R’ Diane to be added to the list), so you can partake at your convenience. The Circle is freely offered.

Friday Night Candle Lighting - Fridays at 6:00pm PT

Light your candles at home, share in the blessings, and experience the warmth of tradition, even from afar.

Virtual Candle Lighting with Or Shalom, every Friday from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM PT, a warm and welcoming space to enter Shabbat with blessings, connection, and community. This drop in gathering is open to all, with no experience needed.

Drop in and join online.

Yom Rishon: Sing, Pray, Meditate - Sundays at 9:30am PT 12:30pm ET

YOM RISHON is a virtual service open to all, featuring meditation, traditional Jewish prayer, music & the 32 Paths of Presence (Hebrew letters and the Tree of Life).

Join Rabbi Brian Yosef and special guests!

Register and Join Zoom in HERE

Nechamah Minyan - Nightly at 9pm ET/ 6pm PT

The Nechamah Minyan meets nightly at 9 pm Eastern (6 pm Pacific), every day except Friday, providing nechamah (comfort) beyond time and space. Serving to connect people across denominational lines; people who need a place to pray; to heal; to grieve; to experiment with different forms and modalities of prayer; the Nechamah Minyan is a container for the end of the day and to say kaddish. It has helped attendees relax into the night, soothe sleepless souls, and connect with one another. It is different every night—depending on who is leading—so come a few times to get an array of musical, liturgical, meditative, and poetic styles.

The Nechamah Minyan was started in January 2021 by Reb Geela Rayzel Raphael as a place to say kaddish (Jewish prayer for the dead) for her mom, Natalie Robinson, (Nechama Leah bat Elke v’Chayim). For Jews in mourning, it is traditional to say daily Kaddish in a minyan, which is a group of 10 or more persons. All who mourn, who are honoring yahrzeits, or who wish to participate in the mitzvah of making a minyan, are invited to join this important program.

If you would like to register, please reach out to Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael at rrayzel@shechinah.com.

If you are looking to attend a minyan taking place that evening, please contact Rabbi Geela Rayzel by 6 pm EDT. If you’d like to be on the last-minute text list (to be contacted to participate in the mitzvah of making a minyan, in the case not enough are gathered) or you’d like to lead one of the evenings (creative, traditional, and all types of services are welcome!) please reach out to Rabbi Geela Rayzel at the email above.

If you would like to express your gratitude for this type of program, please feel free to make a donation HERE.