Experience the spontaneous story-telling creativity and spiritual musicality of Ann launching unforgettably into the Shabbat, themed around “Connecting to Your Joy”.

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Nadia Stolpner will help launch our bodies, minds and beings, into Shabbat orbit and the Jewish New Year, with her sacred movement guidance.

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Join wise master musician and spiritual composer Rabbi Hanna Tiferet Siegel for an uplifting and celebratory entrance into the Shabbat.

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Rabbi Schachar Orenstein, Montreal

Rabbi Schachar Orenstein has served as a congregational rabbi for many years in both Vancouver and Montreal. He presently serves as Co-Executive Director of Aleph Canada. He co-founded Teva Quebec, Quebec's first Jewish Environmental Organization. A certified yin yoga and restorative yoga instructor, he enjoys accompanying his classes with his guitar.

Rabbi Jordania Goldberg, Montreal

Rabbi Jordania recently moved to Laval by way of the Unites States, England and Israel. She co-officiates services internationally while maintaining her virtual-care counseling practice at ipathcounseling.com. Her recent book, KSTechnique, Healing the World One Person at a Time, is a culmination of her life’s work in Kabbalah and the healing arts. Rabbinic work, counseling and teaching are heart-felt passions that continue to burn a path of exploration and discovery.

Eva Ifrah, Montreal

Eva is an educator with an MA in education and a passion for sharing healing arts of all kinds. She has been teaching and enjoying the benefits of yoga for over twenty years. Her style blends various eclectic traditions (Hatha, Kundalini, Ashtanga, Yin, Restorative & more).

Rabbi Schachar Orenstein, Montreal

R’ Schachar has served as a congregational rabbi for many years in both Vancouver and Montreal. He presently serves as Co-Executive Director of Aleph Canada. He co-founded Teva Quebec, Quebec's first Jewish Environmental Organization. A certified yin yoga and restorative yoga instructor, he enjoys accompanying his classes with his guitar.

Meira Alper, Montreal

Meira Alper is a transformational educator and healer whose mission in the world is to help people to connect with their highest purpose. She is a Registered Nurse, Integrative Wellness Coach, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and Trauma Informed Educator. She uses storytelling, chanting, meditation, sacred movement and Somatic Experiencing as a way to calm the body and mind, remove blocks and connect with our highest potential.

Rabbi Sherril Gilbert, Montreal

Rabbi Sherril Gilbert has served congregations in Newfoundland and Labrador and Montreal, Quebec. A native Montrealer, she is Co-Executive Director of ALEPH Canada, and works in the larger community as rabbi, rabbinic chaplain, spiritual director and adult educator. With deep intention and joyful creativity, Rabbi Sherril weaves wisdom teachings, chant, ecology, poetry and percussion into lifecycle rituals and spiritual practices.

Rabbi Sherril Gilbert, Montreal

Rabbi Sherril Gilbert has served congregations in Newfoundland and Labrador and Montreal, Quebec. A native Montrealer, she is Co-Executive Director of ALEPH Canada, and works in the larger community as rabbi, rabbinic chaplain, spiritual director and adult educator. With deep intention and joyful creativity, Rabbi Sherril weaves wisdom teachings, chant, ecology, poetry and percussion into lifecycle rituals and spiritual practices.

Rabbi Jordania Goldberg, Montreal

Rabbi Jordania recently moved to Laval by way of the Unites States, England and Israel. She co-officiates services internationally while maintaining her virtual-care counseling practice at ipathcounseling.com. Her recent book, KSTechnique, Healing the World One Person at a Time, is a culmination of her life’s work in Kabbalah and the healing arts. Rabbinic work, counseling and teaching are heart-felt passions that continue to burn a path of exploration and discovery.

Eva Ifrah, Montreal

Eva is an educator with an MA in education and a passion for sharing healing arts of all kinds. She has been teaching and enjoying the benefits of yoga for over twenty years. Her style blends various eclectic traditions (Hatha, Kundalini, Ashtanga, Yin, Restorative & more).

Rabbi Schachar Orenstein, Montreal

R’ Schachar has served as a congregational rabbi for many years in both Vancouver and Montreal. He presently serves as Co-Executive Director of Aleph Canada. He co-founded Teva Quebec, Quebec's first Jewish Environmental Organization. A certified yin yoga and restorative yoga instructor, he enjoys accompanying his classes with his guitar.

Rabbi Schachar Orenstein, Montreal

Rabbi Schachar Orenstein has served as a congregational rabbi for many years in both Vancouver and Montreal. He presently serves as Co-Executive Director of Aleph Canada. He co-founded Teva Quebec, Quebec's first Jewish Environmental Organization. A certified yin yoga and restorative yoga instructor, he enjoys accompanying his classes with his guitar.

Rabbi Jordania Goldberg, Montreal

Rabbi Jordania recently moved to Laval by way of the Unites States, England and Israel. She co-officiates services internationally while maintaining her virtual-care counseling practice at ipathcounseling.com. Her recent book, KSTechnique, Healing the World One Person at a Time, is a culmination of her life’s work in Kabbalah and the healing arts. Rabbinic work, counseling and teaching are heart-felt passions that continue to burn a path of exploration and discovery.

Eva Ifrah, Montreal

Eva is an educator with an MA in education and a passion for sharing healing arts of all kinds. She has been teaching and enjoying the benefits of yoga for over twenty years. Her style blends various eclectic traditions (Hatha, Kundalini, Ashtanga, Yin, Restorative & more).

Rabbi Schachar Orenstein, Montreal

R’ Schachar has served as a congregational rabbi for many years in both Vancouver and Montreal. He presently serves as Co-Executive Director of Aleph Canada. He co-founded Teva Quebec, Quebec's first Jewish Environmental Organization. A certified yin yoga and restorative yoga instructor, he enjoys accompanying his classes with his guitar.

Nadia Stolpner, Toronto

Nadia Stolpner, MSW RSW, is a registered social worker, body-oriented psychotherapist, dance therapy student, and mindfulness teacher. A life-long dancer, she has fallen in love with dance and movement as a contemplative practice in the “Merkavat Ha-Makhol Institute for Embodied Spirituality” at Isabella Friedman Jewish Retreat Centre in Connecticut 11 years ago and has been facilitating classes that combine conscious dance and Jewish spirituality since then. She lives in Toronto, Canada. http://www.nadiastolpner.com/mikdash

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Rabbi Schachar Orenstein, Montreal

Rabbi Schachar Orenstein has served as a congregational rabbi for many years in both Vancouver and Montreal. He presently serves as Co-Executive Director of Aleph Canada. He co-founded Teva Quebec, Quebec's first Jewish Environmental Organization. A certified yin yoga and restorative yoga instructor, he enjoys accompanying his classes with his guitar.

Rabbi Jordania Goldberg, Montreal

Rabbi Jordania recently moved to Laval by way of the Unites States, England and Israel. She co-officiates services internationally while maintaining her virtual-care counseling practice at ipathcounseling.com. Her recent book, KSTechnique, Healing the World One Person at a Time, is a culmination of her life’s work in Kabbalah and the healing arts. Rabbinic work, counseling and teaching are heart-felt passions that continue to burn a path of exploration and discovery.

Eva Ifrah, Montreal

Eva is an educator with an MA in education and a passion for sharing healing arts of all kinds. She has been teaching and enjoying the benefits of yoga for over twenty years. Her style blends various eclectic traditions (Hatha, Kundalini, Ashtanga, Yin, Restorative & more).

Rabbi Schachar Orenstein, Montreal

R’ Schachar has served as a congregational rabbi for many years in both Vancouver and Montreal. He presently serves as Co-Executive Director of Aleph Canada. He co-founded Teva Quebec, Quebec's first Jewish Environmental Organization. A certified yin yoga and restorative yoga instructor, he enjoys accompanying his classes with his guitar.

Rabbi Sherril Gilbert, Montreal

Rabbi Sherril Gilbert has served congregations in Newfoundland and Labrador and Montreal, Quebec. A native Montrealer, she is Co-Executive Director of ALEPH Canada, and works in the larger community as rabbi, rabbinic chaplain, spiritual director and adult educator. With deep intention and joyful creativity, Rabbi Sherril weaves wisdom teachings, chant, ecology, poetry and percussion into lifecycle rituals and spiritual practices.

Rabbi Jordania Goldberg, Montreal

Rabbi Jordania recently moved to Laval by way of the Unites States, England and Israel. She co-officiates services internationally while maintaining her virtual-care counseling practice at ipathcounseling.com. Her recent book, KSTechnique, Healing the World One Person at a Time, is a culmination of her life’s work in Kabbalah and the healing arts. Rabbinic work, counseling and teaching are heart-felt passions that continue to burn a path of exploration and discovery.

Eva Ifrah, Montreal

Eva is an educator with an MA in education and a passion for sharing healing arts of all kinds. She has been teaching and enjoying the benefits of yoga for over twenty years. Her style blends various eclectic traditions (Hatha, Kundalini, Ashtanga, Yin, Restorative & more).

Rabbi Schachar Orenstein, Montreal

R’ Schachar has served as a congregational rabbi for many years in both Vancouver and Montreal. He presently serves as Co-Executive Director of Aleph Canada. He co-founded Teva Quebec, Quebec's first Jewish Environmental Organization. A certified yin yoga and restorative yoga instructor, he enjoys accompanying his classes with his guitar.

Cherina Eisenberg

Rabbi Cherina Eisenberg is ordained through ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal and received her M.A. in Jewish Education from JTS. A noted speaker and teacher, she has presented programs at Harvard University, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and at synagogues and Jewish institutions nationally. A liturgical composer, energy healer, salsa dancer and certified chef, Rabbi Cherina brings a creative and innovative approach to Jewish spirituality and wellness. She is the founder of Hot Pink Torah, a sacred space for women to awaken to their Divine power and pleasure through Jewish gems of wisdom. For more information or to contact, please visit HotPinkTorah.com

Rabbi Sherril Gilbert, Montreal

Rabbi Sherril Gilbert has served congregations in Newfoundland and Labrador and Montreal, Quebec. A native Montrealer, she is Co-Executive Director of ALEPH Canada, and works in the larger community as rabbi, rabbinic chaplain, spiritual director and adult educator. With deep intention and joyful creativity, Rabbi Sherril weaves wisdom teachings, chant, ecology, poetry and percussion into lifecycle rituals and spiritual practices.

Rabbi Jordania Goldberg, Montreal

Rabbi Jordania recently moved to Laval by way of the Unites States, England and Israel. She co-officiates services internationally while maintaining her virtual-care counseling practice at ipathcounseling.com. Her recent book, KSTechnique, Healing the World One Person at a Time, is a culmination of her life’s work in Kabbalah and the healing arts. Rabbinic work, counseling and teaching are heart-felt passions that continue to burn a path of exploration and discovery.

Eva Ifrah, Montreal

Eva is an educator with an MA in education and a passion for sharing healing arts of all kinds. She has been teaching and enjoying the benefits of yoga for over twenty years. Her style blends various eclectic traditions (Hatha, Kundalini, Ashtanga, Yin, Restorative & more).

Rabbi Schachar Orenstein, Montreal

R’ Schachar has served as a congregational rabbi for many years in both Vancouver and Montreal. He presently serves as Co-Executive Director of Aleph Canada. He co-founded Teva Quebec, Quebec's first Jewish Environmental Organization. A certified yin yoga and restorative yoga instructor, he enjoys accompanying his classes with his guitar.

Our Semester 2 of Hinenu: Embodied Session will open with a special embodied practice focused on Pesach and Embodying the 10 Sefirot. Discover everything that’s in store for you in Semester 2! The Launch is free but tickets are required.

Rabbi Sherril Gilbert, Montreal

Rabbi Sherril Gilbert has served congregations in Newfoundland and Labrador and Montreal, Quebec. A native Montrealer, she is Co-Executive Director of ALEPH Canada, and works in the larger community as rabbi, rabbinic chaplain, spiritual director and adult educator. With deep intention and joyful creativity, Rabbi Sherril weaves wisdom teachings, chant, ecology, poetry and percussion into lifecycle rituals and spiritual practices.

Dr. Avi Craimer, Toronto

Avi is a meditation teacher, spiritual guide, and founding CEC director. After graduate study in philosophy at the University of British Columbia and Georgetown University, Avi experienced a profound shift in consciousness led to him toward hard-core contemplative practice and training as a spiritual director (a spiritual director is a professional who accompanies and supports others on their spiritual journey.) Since then, Avi has helped many people of different backgrounds to pursue spiritual practices. He wrote and recorded meditations for chronic pain which were used in a major study of cancer survivors by researchers at UBC. He is also a content creator and writer for the Calm meditation app.   He has led meditation workshops for organizations and companies around Toronto.

info@avicraimer.com

Rabbi Laura Duhan-Kaplan, Vancouver

Rabbi Laura Duhan-Kaplan is Director of Inter-Religious Studies at the Vancouver School of Theology and Rabbi Emerita of Or Shalom. She is an award-winning educator with thirty years experience teaching philosophy, hatha yoga, and spirituality. Rabbi Laura is author of The Infinity Inside: Jewish Spiritual Practice Through a Multi-faith Lens. She blogs at www.sophiastreet.com.

Elisa Hollenberg, Toronto

Elisa is passionate about bringing 5Rhythms® to people who crave and want more movement and self-expression in their everyday lives.  She has been dancing since the age of 5, dipping her toes into as many movement practices as she could find (ballet, contemporary, South African gumboot dancing, hula hoop, yoga, ecstatic dance) and now the 5Rhythms, since 2002.   In recent years, Elisa founded and co-directed Create-Move-Connect, a community-based dance project to transform improvisation into choreography and performance.   Elisa offers recreation and expressive arts facilitation for individuals and groups and performs and teaches with Truly Connecting Playback Theatre.

“I live and work in a big city context where I try to connect hearts to hearts and bring embodied presence into daily life.”

Elisa is a certified and accredited member of the 5Rhythms Teachers Association.

Rabbi Sherril Gilbert, Montreal

Rabbi Sherril Gilbert has served congregations in Newfoundland and Labrador and Montreal, Quebec. A native Montrealer, she is Co-Executive Director of ALEPH Canada, and works in the larger community as rabbi, rabbinic chaplain, spiritual director and adult educator. With deep intention and joyful creativity, Rabbi Sherril weaves wisdom teachings, chant, ecology, poetry and percussion into lifecycle rituals and spiritual practices.