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High Holy Days

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Registration is now open for the High Holy Days. Rosh Hashanah services take place at Masonic Hall and Yom Kippur services in the magnificent River Pavilion at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) is a vibrant spiritual community and a progressive voice within Judaism.

The Latest

Shabbat Shuvah 2024

Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern Marques Hollie on the theme of repentance, and imagining the ways that we connect with our divinity.

Shabbat Nitzavim-Vayelech 2024

Rabbi Marisa James on holding the doors for others, the Gates of Repentance, and what closed doors might be opened in the year to come.

Shabbat Ki Tavo 2024

Rabbi Yael Werber explored God's instructions for entering the land of milk and honey, and the movement towards newness.

Events

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Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) is a vibrant spiritual community and a progressive voice within Judaism.

The Latest

Shabbat Shuvah 2024

Shabbat Nitzavim-Vayelech 2024

Shabbat Ki Tavo 2024

Events

Living Successfully with HIV & AIDS

Sukkot - Office Closed

Sukkot I

ON BREAK - Democracy! Team Action Group - In-Person at CBST

Families with Children

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