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.

Shabbat Services

Saturday November 23, 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 large dining room at Hillel. 

For more information, contact pnaiyisrael@gmail.com

kabbalat shabbat by zoom

Friday, December 6, 6:00-7:00 PM

Folks gather by Zoom to schmooze and welcome the Shabbat by lighting their own candles together, blessing wine/grape juice, blessing Challah and 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 Circle with Prayers for Peace

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

At our Listening & Peace Praying Circle:

• We open to and nourish our capacity for peace – for ourselves, each other, the planet and all its inhabitants. 
• We recognize that we’re all in this together.  
• We share listening time, as desired.
• We join together in prayer, poetry, chant, song, and silence.
• We build love and peace by the quarter-teaspoon. 

Please feel free to bring a poem or prayer of your choosing.

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

Shabbat Services

Saturday December 21, 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 large dining room at Hillel. 

For more information, contact pnaiyisrael@gmail.com

TORAH-BASED HEALING circle

Saturday December 21, 10:30 AM-12:30 PM

The Torah Study/Healing Circle at a member’s house will focus on the parsha of the week, as a spark to engaged discussion, and healing. It will include a healing prayer and a Kiddush Yatom/Mourner’s Kaddish, and music. Potluck.

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