Main Kabbalat Shabbat Service - Global Climate Healing Shabbat

CBST is proud to participate in an international initiative to observe Shabbat Noach as "Global Climate Healing Shabbat." In Parshat Noach we read of the Covenant of the Rainbow, God’s covenant with humanity to never again destroy the natural world.

Friday, October 23 at the Main Friday Night Service, beginning at 7:00pm (C)

The service will celebrate and bless the animals who are so important in our lives. Recalling the Covenant of the Rainbow between Noah and God we celebrate the animals and renew our pledge to protect them. Come for a blessing for your animals and get a rainbow ribbon to tie on to your pet’s collar or cage (or to tape to your fishtank). Rabbi Ayelet S. Cohen

Shmooze after services with John Phillips, Executive Director of the New York League of Humane Voters.

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The core of CBST's religious life is our weekly Kabbalat Shabbat service.

Service leadership at the Chelsea location is shared among congregants, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and Rabbi Ayelet Cohen, and our Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Interns. Joyce Rosenzweig, our music director and pianist, and the CBST Community Chorus participate in the service on a regular basis. Led using CBST's own prayer book, this warm service incorporates Hebrew prayers, English readings, and both traditional and modern songs. A drash is delivered every week by one of the Rabbis, an intern, a member of the congregation, or on occasion, by a special guest. The kiddush that follows each service provides an opportunity to meet new people and connect with old friends.