The Aquarian Minyan

….To Renew the Old and Make Holy the New

This Week’s Parsha is VaYeilach

**To Register use this link :** **https://aquarianminyan.com/HHRegister**

Teshuvah Nights 5786 - Three Special Programs

September 25th Thursday 7:00PM PDT Zoom

Teachings from the Heart:

Stories of Reb Zalman z”l, shared by Ba’al Bracha Barry Barkan

for a copy of the recording please

email rabbiseidel@gmail.com

Saturday September 27th

7pm Hybrid Event

NEW INFORMATION!!!

Musical Teshuvah Night /Havdalah

RSVP: Rob Katz at katz_r@sbcglobal.net

No “official potluck”, but folks are welcome to bring snacks to share. Please also bring:

songs, instruments, voices and listening hearts and ears.

Join us on Zoom please click HERE

September 28th Sunday 7:00PM PDT Zoom

Forgiveness and Yom Kippur - across the globe

Rabbi Jonathan will speak on Cross Cultural Views of Forgiveness and focusing on Reconciliation between Nations and Tribes - with time for questions and discussion

to join us on Zoom please click HERE

Minyan sharing is pre-empted this evening and will resume the following week

Join us in the National Campaign to fight Food Insecurity and preserve the SNAP program !!

Along with MAZON, the Tikkun Olam Committee is launching a national postcard campaign to flood the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins, with messages demanding protection for basic needs programs that help Americans put food on the table with the SNAP Program. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formally known as Food Stamps, is on the chopping block.

Throughout the High Holy Days, the TOC will provide opportunities for everyone to take action by writing & decorating postcards provided by MAZON. Postcards will be available during in-person events. Write as many as you can! MAZON is counting on the Aquarian Minyan to help reach their goal of 47,000 postcards which would represent 47 Million users of SNAP.

Send a postcard electronically —

You can fill out this form to send one digitally.*

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVO83_hi80DuSfh42cS-WDEXSap7R7skxsNrUqgaOr5cFOZQ/viewform

What Should the Postcards Say?* Why we must protect people who are hungry. Why our basic needs benefits are so important. Write from a place of empathy or rage or justice. Write something short or long. Write something that is meaningful to you, and it will be meaningful to others. MAZON will be sure to sign your postcard with only your first name, last initial, and city/state.

A flyer with easy statements will be available at in-person services.

Write as many as you can! MAZON is counting on the Aquarian Minyan to help reach the goal of 47,000 postcards which would represent 47 Million users of SNAP.

Email Ann Litwack for the suggested statements flyer: annlitwack@hotmail.com

We had a wonderful and powerful Teshuvah Retreat on Sunday Sept. 7th . Thank you to Rachel Eryn Kalish, Claudia Miller, Susan Desmond and Hannah Cohen for working so hard to make this happen!! Here’s Ba’al Bracha speaking about the New Age and Teshuvah

NEW YESHIVAH CLASSES

Wisdom of the Hebrew Letters

with Rabbi Charna Rosenholtz

Oct. 8 - Nov. 5th for four weeks

Suggested minimum donation $72

texts and recordings provided to all registrants

REGISTER HERE

Each Hebrew letter is a treasure chest, with an inside and outside meaning. The Kabbalists say that the world was built through these letters and that they reveal concentrated light which has an impact on consciousness. In this 5 week workshop we will explore some of these letters, their numerical significance, and the way in which they create vessels to contain the flow of Creation. We will explore through lecture, contemplation, discussion, and embodied exploration.

Rabbi Charna Rosenholtz is a Jewish spiritual director and educator. Founder of Shulchan™,an on-line learning center, where she teaches Hebrew wisdom though Torah study, Kabbalah teachings, and Mussar work.

Earth, Water, Air, Fire: A Kabbalistic Journey

with Rabbi Brielle Paige Rassler D.Psy

October 21,28 November 4,11 2025

12 PM to 1 PM PDT

Suggested minimum donation $72

REGISTER HERE

Join Rabbi Dr. Brielle Paige Rassler on a four-week, Four-Worlds journey, exploring the interplay of the natural and mystical elements of existence. Each week will be grounded by one of the natural elements: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire. From this foundation, we will dive into several Kabbalistic systems, uncovering the multifaceted dance between the natural and the mystical. Together, through rich conversation, chant, text study, guided meditation and more, we will learn how the weaving of these sacred systems can help enrich our lives and bring meaning to the mundane, as we travel forward from the High Holiday season and into the vast potential that awaits in this new year.

Texts and recordings provided to all registrants!

Leadership and Ethics: Biblical Models and Contemporary Reflections

with Rabbi Daniel Pressman

Weekly on Mondays: November 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th 2025
12 pm - 1 pm PST
Suggested minimum donation - $60.00

REGISTER HERE

From the very beginning, Judaism and Jewish life have depended on leaders of character. It started with the criteria for the elders appointed at Mount Sinai, setting up a governance structure even before the giving of the Torah. Join Rabbi Daniel Pressman as we look at texts from the Torah, and then at some of the many teachings in the Rabbinic literature that develop the moral qualities and behaviors expected of leaders. We will then examine some texts from the post-Talmudic period, and conclude with selections from contemporary Codes of Ethics from the rabbinic organizations of different American movements. We will discover that Judaism has very high standards for leaders. There are many courses and a vast literature on how to be an effective leader. This course is how to be a leader who inspires others by their high ethical character.

Texts and recordings provided to all registrants!

The Parsha through the Lens of the Sephirot

with Rabbi Shlomo (Barya) Schachter

Begins Thursday August 28th at noon and continues

Sept 4,11,18,25th . new session begins in later October

$72 Suggested contribution

REGISTER HERE

My Holy father Reb Zalman taught (based on the Bais Yaakov of Izhbitz) that when the combined Parshiot are put together, we end up with 49 weekly parshas throughout the year. This makes the entire Torah the same process as sefirat HaOmer, working from Chessed SheB'Chessed at Bereishit through the 49 gates to Malchut of Malchut at Zot HaBracha. The Torah, the Sacred Year and the Human all share the same Seferotic anatomy, and by understanding them together we can know them all deeper. In this class, we'll look at each Parsha with the eyes of the Sefirah to which it corresponds. A discussion heavy class, this will be an experimental collaborative Torah jam session to help us see the Torah and the Sefirot together. Please come to the class having at least read through the Parsha, and together we'll see the mystery of the Sefirot unfold through the Torah.

The 50th Anniversary Celebration has no Expiration Date !!

To read the J Weekly article about our 50th celebration click here:

Reviving, Renewing and Celebrating the Old Aquarian Minyan Spirit, Serving up Joy to the Divine in Difficult Times - Mazal Tov to all of us and thank you to the Planning Committee that worked HARD on the Jubilee