Our name, P’nai Yisrael, means, ‘faces,’ or ‘facets of Israel.‘

The Torah has infinite facets for exploration, discovery, inspiration and fulfillment. 
Similarly, each individual in our community 
represents a unique aspect of the people Israel, 
those who ‘wrestle’ to know God. As a Chavurah, 
we come together in mutual appreciation, respect, compassion and gratitude to learn, worship, celebrate and grow.

If you are seeking an intelligent, soulful and heart-centered approach to Jewish life and worship, we invite you to share our experience and celebrate with us.

kabbalat shabbat by zoom

Friday, June 6, 6:45-7:45 PM

Folks gather by Zoom at 6:45 PM to connect and welcome the Shabbat by lighting their own candles together at 7:00 PM, blessing wine/grape juice, and saying and singing a few other basic Kabbalat Shabbat prayers, including a Healing Prayer and the Mourner’s Kaddish.

Kabbalat Shabbat is a shared service with many who participate leading individual prayers and it’s a great way to connect to begin Shabbat.

For more information, contact pnaiyisrael@gmail.com

Listening 💞 HEARTS Circle

Saturday June 7, 2:30-4:30 PM

followed by a potluck meal

At Listening 💞 Hearts

We listen, brighten each other, and pray for peace, in our hearts and in our 🌍world.

We share, as you wish, how you are doing physically, emotionally, mentally and/or spiritually during this time of instability.

We ask ourselves:

How are you hurting?

What is sustaining, nourishing and strengthening your Being?

What do you need? 

What do you have to give?

Feel free to bring a song, poem, and/or prayer to share.

Then potluck!

This is a Members and Invited Guests Only event at a members’ home.

For more information, contact pnaiyisrael@gmail.com

Shabbat Services

Saturday June 14, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM

We celebrate Shabbat with our bodies, our hearts, our minds and our souls. We celebrate with a lot of music-instruments and song, with traditional and fresh prayer, with a great deal of participation, with movement, with meditation and with stimulating Dvar Torah. Please join us this Shabbat. 

The service will be followed with a kiddush, and by a vegetarian potluck lunch.

1824 University Circle, Charlottesville, VA in the upstairs Chapel at Hillel. 

For more information, contact pnaiyisrael@gmail.com

Shabbat Services

Saturday June 28, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM

We celebrate Shabbat with our bodies, our hearts, our minds and our souls. We celebrate with a lot of music-instruments and song, with traditional and fresh prayer, with a great deal of participation, with movement, with meditation and with stimulating Dvar Torah. Please join us this Shabbat. 

The service will be followed with a kiddush, and by a vegetarian potluck lunch. During the kiddush, we will be talking about our community’s Values. This continues the conversation we began in March.

1824 University Circle, Charlottesville, VA in the upstairs Chapel at Hillel. 

For more information, contact pnaiyisrael@gmail.com

IMPACT CELEBRATION

Monday June 30, 6:30 PM

at St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church

401 Alderman Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903

For more information, contact pnaiyisrael@gmail.com