Beit Ayin and Beth Chaim Congregation Present…
Derech Hashem
Evening of Sacred Hebrew Chant
Sat. May 9 7 -9 p.m.
Beth Chaim Congregation – 1800 Holbrook Drive, Danville, CA
Co-Sponsored by Beth Chaim Congregation
$10 in advance/$12 at the door
For more information, contact Bella Bogart, 925/736-7146 or educator@bethchaim.com
In this evening of sacred Hebrew chant, Rabbi Ethan Franzel and the dynamic Beit Ayin Band, playing drum, guitar and keyboard, evoke mesmerizing harmonies that powerfully connect us with the Divine as our deeper selves.
Hebrew chanting is a form of meditation and ecstatic prayer in which we repeat sacred phrases to open our hearts and minds.Cantor Bella Bogart begins the evening with a beautiful Havdallah ceremony.
Rabbi Ethan Franzel serves Main Line Reform Temple Beth Elohim in Wynnewood, PA. He received rabbinic ordination at Hebrew Union College, New York in 2001, where he studied Hasidism and Kabbalah. Rabbi Franzel has created a variety of alternative worship experiences, utilizing meditative and contemplative techniques. A long-time practitioner of meditation and chant, he teaches courses on Kabbalah, Hasidism, Jewish spirituality, and meditation. An avid musician, many of the musical settings he uses for his meditation workshops are his own compositions.
“Rabbi Ethan Franzel is blessed with an uncommon religious depth and vision. Through his music, his stories, and, above all, his soft charisma, he is one of the leaders of a new generation of spiritual teachers.”
~Rabbi Lawrence Kushner