For over fifty years, The Aquarian Minyan has been a pioneering model of Jewish Renewal. It was established with the goal to “renew the old and make holy the new” (Rav Kook). As an egalitarian community we believe that each of us can be a vehicle for the Light and that we all are holy teachers and holy students in different ways and at different times. By revitalizing prayer, rituals and teachings, we have endeavored to provide a spiritually alive Jewish home for souls to evolve and be nurtured. We welcome all to join us in celebration, learning and blessing.

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AQUARIAN MINYAN YESHIVA

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This Week’s Torah Reading

This week’s Parsha is Bo Exodus 10:1-13:16 | Haftarah Jeremiah 46:13-28

Featured Events

Annual Meeting

This Sunday, January 11, noon – 3pm

Please join us for our Annual Community Meeting, either in-person at Redwood Gardens, 2951 Derby St, Berkeley or online HERE

In-person: please arrive by noon or earlier to enjoy bagels! shmears! snacks!

Online: Music will start at 12:10pm and the program at 12:15pm

We would appreciate knowing if you plan on coming in-person so we have enough food; RSVP to robertbstang@icloud.com

Book Talk

Tuesday Jan. 20 at 5 PM
 
 

Tu B’Shvat!

6:30 PM PST
Tu B’Shvat is a time of honoring the trees and a time of Spiritual Awakening. As life blossoms, and light continues to grow, the month of Shvat brings new hope as it move from a time of darkness.

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The Ineffable Name of God: Human — Exploring the Poetry of Abraham Joshua Heschel

with Ami Goodman
Wednesdays January 7-28 at Noon Pacific
12:00 – 1 PM Pacific Time on Zoom
In the late 1920’s, as a young graduate student in philosophy in Berlin, Heschel was writing poetry in his native Yiddish. In this class, we will dive into his amazing poetry collection, published in 1933.

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Excavating the BeShT

with Rabbi Diane Eliot
January 7 to April 29, 2026 (2x monthly)
5:00 – 6:30 PM Pacific Time on Zoom

Have you ever wondered how the spiritual teachings of the Jewish Renewal movement are rooted in Jewish tradition?

Join Rabbi Diane Elliot for this series designed to unpack some of the essential teachings of the Baal Shem Tov

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The Parsha through the Lens of the Sephirot 

with Rabbi Shlomo (Barya) Schachter 
Ongoing on Thursdays, January – February
12 pm to 1:15 pm Pacific Standard Time, on Zoom
Rabbi Shlomo (Barya) Schachter welcomes you to discuss and participate in a collaborative Torah jam session to see both the Torah and the Sefirot together.

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