Calendar of Programs Weekly Meditation Sitting Groups and Featured Programs Thur. May 1, 8, 15, 2008   Mystical Encounters Three Thursdays in May Moderated by: Rabbi Moshe Waldoks Wed. May 14 - June 11, 2008   Meditation is the Gate of Holiness: Sha'arei Kedushah of Rabbi Hayyim Vital, Part 4 with Rabbi Meir Sendor 5 Week Wednesday Night Advanced Course DATE CHANGED REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 9th Thur. July 17   Sailing Home: Book Talk with Norman Fischer July 18-19   Contemplative Shabbaton with Norman Fischer Tues. July 22, 29, August 5, 12   Silence and Contemplative Chant with Yocheved Katz Sat. September 20   Selichot Chant Service with Rabbi Shefa Gold Sun. September 21   Day Long Retreat with Rabbi Shefa Gold Ongoing Weekly Programs   Temple Beth Zion, Brookline: Monday Night Meditation Temple Beth Elohim, Wellesley: Tuesday Night Meditation Temple Beth Zion, Brookline: Wednesday Morning Contemplative Shacharit Eitz Chayim, Cambridge: Wednesday Night Meditation temporarily suspended Temple Israel, Natick: Thursdays and Saturday Morning Meditation Click here for more info Temple Emunah, Lexington: Meditation Click here for more info (PDF)

"Jewish meditation, at its essence, is a path towards living a healthy, happy and compassionate life. It is a practice of kavanna, aiming the heart and mind, not once, but again and again. As we re-awaken our conscious attention, we are driven less by habit and reactivity and more by our deepest intentions. It is a new lens of perception, opening the door to infinite possibilities, for ourselves and for the world."