Members of the Peterborough Jewish community and friends are invited to join us Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26 for a Shabbaton with Rabbi Aaron Rotenberg (Jewish Renewal - Annex shul, Toronto). We will welcome Shabbat together on Friday, April 25 beginning at 5 pm with schmoozing and songs, brachot (blessings) at 6pm followed by a potluck dinner. 

Rabbi Rotenberg will lead a shabbat morning Avodat Lev (service of the heart) Saturday, April 26 beginning at 10am (to around 11:30 a.m.) This will include some gentle morning singing and chanting; our time together will be in service of opening our hearts to the peaceful and restful energy of Shabbat. Loosely based on the Shabbat morning service, we will sing our way into and through some prayers and chants, with plenty of space to breathe, as we move through the kabbalistic four-worlds of body, heart, mind and spirit.

There will be some guided meditation, time for silence and connecting with our hearts, and then an optional mindful text study on a section from the week's Torah portion. This is an all-ages, family-friendly event.