• This Shabbat

• Simchat Torah Schedule

• Life Cycle Announcements

• General Announcements

The following dates are open for Kiddush Sponsors:

November 22 • Toldot

November 29 • Vayetzei

December 6 • Vayishlach

December 13 • Vayeshev

PLEASE CONSIDER SPONSORING ONE OF OUR KIDDUSHIM:

Please email the kiddush coordinator at kiddush@cbiberkeley.org if you’d like to sponsor one of these kiddushim. Donations of any amount can be made on our new EasyShul website. Select the appropriate Kiddush from the drop-down menu: https://cbiberkeley.easyshul.com/donation.

This Week and Simchat Torah Schedule

Sunday, October 12

08:00 AM // Shacharit

06:20 PM // Mincha/Ma’ariv

Hoshana Rabbah

Monday, October 13

6:30 AM // Morning Service

Hoshanot (willow bundles) will be available for sale @CBI.

Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah

Monday, October 13

6:45 AM // Shacharit

6:16 PM // Candle Lighting*

6:15 PM // Mincha and Yom Tov Ma’ariv

*Note: Consider lighting a multi-day Yahrzeit candle before candle-lighting so that you have a pre-existing flame to light candles for the second night.

Tuesday, October 14

9:00 AM // Shacharit Services will include Hallel, Yizkor, and Tefillat Geshem.

Drasha by Rabbanit Wolkenfeld: “Lingering at the Kitchen Table”

10:00 AM // Yizkor

6:15 PM // Mincha and Maariv for Simchat Torah

After 7:11 PM // Light Candles from an existing flame

7:11 PM // Light Yom Tov meal at CBI followed by hakafot

Wednesday, October 15

9:00 AM // Shacharit

9:45 AM // Hakafot

11:30 AM // Multiple Torah readings

12:30 PM // Light kiddush lunch

1:30 PM // Completion and Beginning of the Torah including the Bereshit show

2:00 PM // Mussaf

2:20 PM // Mincha

7:10 PM // Ma’ariv, Havdalah and Yom Tov ends

Thursday, October 16

6:45 AM // Shacharit

06:20 PM // Mincha/Ma’ariv

Friday, October 17

6:45 AM // Shacharit

Simchat Torah Kiddush Sponsors

Special Thanks to our High Holidays Silver Sponsors:

Jim & Carol Cunradi; Jack Halperin & Tamasin Partridge; Daniel Hassenfeld & Joan Blum; Ori Kanefsky & Rena Greenfield; Robert & Natasha Saxton

We thank the following families for their sponsorship of all High Holiday Kiddushim:

R. Yonatan Cohen & Frayda Gonshor Cohen; Alan & Elissa Kittner; Thomas & Lea Lurquin; Stephen & Joan Reich; Mordecai & Rena Rosen; Adam Rosenzweig & Jessica Fain; Batya Schick; Jeff & Doreet Stein; Peter Dale Scott & Ronna Kabatznick

Erev Simchat Torah

Cari Rosner

Simchat Torah Day

Daniel Isaacson & Liora Brosbe

Both Night and Day of Simchat Torah

Anonymous (1); Oded & Rebecca Angel; Andrew Bestwick & Noga Ravid; Stephen & Beth Cohen; Zeev Neumeier & Tamara Beliak

Special thanks to Covenant Wines for their generous donation of wine for all our Shabbat and holiday kiddushim, as well as other events throughout the year.

We are deeply grateful for their generosity in helping our community celebrate the holidays together.

High Holidays at CBI

Rabbi Cohen and Rabbanit Wolkenfeld’s High Holidays Drashot

Rabbi Cohen and Rabbanit Wolkenfeld’s High Holiday drashot are now available online. If you’d like to revisit their words or catch anything you may have missed, you can find the links below.

• Stroke by Stroke: The Power of Agency (R. COHEN, ROSH HASHANA DAY I, 5786)

• A Version B World: Rewriting Our Story with Accountability (R. COHEN, ROSH HASHANA DAY II, 5786)

• Praying with a Purple Crayon (RABBANIT WOLKENFELD, KOL NIDREI, 5786)

• Threads of Hope: Weaving a Future Beyond Despair (R. COHEN, YOM KIPPUR, YIZKOR, 5785)

Simchat Torah Kiddush Sponsorship

As we prepare to enter the High Holidays, we are reminded of the sacred opportunity they bring: to reflect, renew, and return together as a community. This season is a time of holiness, unity, and blessing, and your support helps ensure that our congregation can gather in beauty, joy, and inspiration.

We invite you to partner with us in elevating these days by becoming a High Holiday sponsor. Through your generosity, you help provide meaningful services, festive meals, and the warmth of community for all who join us.

Sponsorship Opportunities:

• Gold Sponsorship $1,000

• Silver Sponsorship $500

• Erev Simchat Torah $50

• Simchat Torah Day $50

• Both Night & Day of Simchat Torah $100

Volunteer

Please review our High Holidays Volunteer Master List organized by day and location, and sign up for at least one volunteer task. We need over 80 volunteers to set up, tidy up, serve as greeters, and help setup kiddushim.

Remembering October 7th

We invite you to join our community for a solemn and essential commemorative event, 740: Remembering October 7th.

This gathering will be a dedicated space for reflection, healing, and solidarity as we honor and remember. Together, we will engage in song, prayer, reflection, therapeutic art, and community to mark this significant date.

Event Details:

• Date: Thursday, October 16

• Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

• Appropriate Ages: 12 and over.

Location and Registration: For security purposes, the event location will be shared with registered attendees on the morning of the event.

Registration is required to ensure you receive the location details and secure your spot. Please register using the link below:

Register for 740: Remembering Oct 7th

We encourage you to register promptly. We look forward to gathering in community and strength.

This event is presented in partnership with JCC East Bay, JCRC Bay Area, Congregation Beth Israel, Nethivot Shalom, the Jewish Coalition of Berkeley, and other local organizations.