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  • Chevra haChachamot

A New Virtual Jewish Congregation & Spiritual Home

Chevra Ha'Chachamot

Beit Kohanot Inc dba Chevra haChachamot is a 501c3 nonprofit Jewish congregation and social justice organization. We are a certified PayPal charity, too!  Our mission is to establish a new welcoming and inclusive Jewish community for all; to support Jewish women in their journey toward the Divine; to provide an accepting and diverse minyan for tefilah, shabbat, and yom tovim; and eventually to train women as lay leaders in their  home community; and to build a synagogue, retreat center, and  kibbutz in a woman-friendly location.


 Join us on our path!

Fall Fundraiser - 15 Month Jewish Calendar

Bloomscrolling from October 2024 to December 2025 with beautiful floral images!


All proceeds benefit the Chevra!

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Chevra haChachamot Current Offerings

Tefilah - Mishkan Kohanot

Tefilah - Mishkan Kohanot

Tefilah - Mishkan Kohanot

Come Daven with us! 

We  are committed to providing inclusive and egalitarian places to pray and  connect in peace and acceptance. Check out the Events calendar for Chevra services! Prayer services and other classes and events will begin after the High Holidays. We can't wait to get started!

Calendar

Miriam's Wellspring

Tefilah - Mishkan Kohanot

Tefilah - Mishkan Kohanot

 Not your Bubbe's Jewish Mutual Aid Society.  Providing financial support and resources to Jewish women in need  through contribution membership and donations. The General Fund is for members only. Our specialty funds, by application, will focus on emergent  issues: reproductive health, antisemitism, LGTBQIA+ rights. 

Request a Mutual Aid Society Membership Form

Donate

Tefilah - Mishkan Kohanot

Support the Chevra!


One time or recurring donations are appreciated, even if you don't wish to join the Chevra or the Mutual Aid Society at this time.


Help support the Jewish community, programming, goals and aspirations.

Donate to the Chevra

Contact the Chevra

We can't wait to hear from you!

We are virtual for  now, so we can reach you anywhere. Reach out, join our davening, or donate today.

Contact the Chevra

Chachamah Art

Bling! Support the Chevra and treat yourself, too!


This link will go to a separate e-commerce site that is strictly to support the Chevra, and is not part of Ahavah Ariel Sacred Arts.


Offerings will include a variety of beautiful items to brighten your day.

Chevra on the Land

 We dream of building a synagogue for the congregation and a miqvah  for the community, a retreat center for classes and shabbaton, and eventually a kibbutz home for Jewish women on its own land and centered in peace, Judaism, and earth-guided wisdom. 


Capital campaign launching  in 2025. 

Tired of all the antisemitism on Facebook and Twitter? So are we.

Our social media home is Babka!  Babka Social is a Mastodon instance for the Jews and Jewish allies  from around the world. We are values oriented (see  https://blog.babka.social/values ) and see our goal as making a safe, supportive space for Jews to live full, authentic lives online.  We welcome diversity and are welcome to LGBTQ+ Jews, Queer Jews, Jews  of Color, Converts, Disabled Jews, and others from around the world. We  are openly welcoming to those who do not identify as Jewish but are  either Jewish adjacent or are allies of the Jewish community.

The Chevra on Babka

About the chevra

In the beginning...

It  begins with Shekhina. It never truly ends. Ours is a story of love,  devotion, and dedication to a new style of Jewish practice that connects  all parts of our rich tapestry of culture and tradition together,  cherishing the structure, the systems, the practices, and customs, while  weaving together a return to Earth-Based Feminist Jewish practices  which center on Chochmat Nashim – Women’s Wisdom. This organization is a  labor of love, dedicated to uplifting Jewish women’s lay-leadership  capabilities across the US. We are part of klal Yisrael, all of it, and  we weave our community, past and present, together in a beautiful  whole. 


The  Story of Beit Kohanot Inc dba Chevra haChachamot – In 2022 a vision was  born for a new Jewish Women’s organization where we and our families,  partners, and friends can create a new reality.

So  we incorporated Beit Kohanot Inc in August of 2022 and set out to  manifest this dream. In Demember of 2022, we applied for 501c3 status as  a congregation and nonprofit, and landed on the name Chevra haChachamot  for our congregation. In July of 2023, we received notice from the IRS  that we were approved, and we planned to announce right after the high  holidays. 

Then October 7th changed everything.

We  didn’t feel the time was right, and when Chanukkah arrived, the hoped  for resolution didn’t arrive with it. But we don’t want to wait forever,  so our soft opening, the announcement of our first program, Miriam’s  Wellspring Mutual Aid Society, took place at the Aleph New Year’s 2024  evening online event. Our Official Opening will hopefully be by Rosh  HaShanah! Until then, we'll be testing out the software and doing trials  runs of prayer services and classes. Stay tuned!

Statement of Chevra principles

Ahavat Adamah

Eretz Yisrael L’Olam

Ahavat Adamah

 We believe in being actively involved in ecological sustainability  and recognize the current course of business-as-usual leads to  catastrophic climate collapse. We reject consumerism and commercialism  and embrace the renew, reuse, recycle, and repurpose ideal. We value the  experiential reality of community, not the accumulation of personal  wealth. 

Tikkun Olam

Eretz Yisrael L’Olam

Ahavat Adamah

 We believe that we must strive to repair the world, engage in  charitable works, and provide support – especially for the disempowered,  disenfranchised, and economically oppressed. We reject predatory  capitalism in all its forms. We embrace a democratic socialist framework  for our community. If all are not free, then none are free. 

Eretz Yisrael L’Olam

Eretz Yisrael L’Olam

Eretz Yisrael L’Olam

 We believe in the right of the State of Israel to exist as a  Jewish state in our ancient homeland. We reject all anti-zionist  rhetoric as antisemitic and hold both positions of loving the State of  Israel and its people while challenging Israel’s government to strive  for constant improvement.  

Achdut Yisrael

Achdut Yisrael

Eretz Yisrael L’Olam

 We believe in the unified continuity and continuation of Judaism  as a beautiful, multifaceted faith community in the modern world. We  recognize the existence of LGBTQ persons as a scientific, innate  reality, and happily welcome everyone as part of our congregational  family. We reject bigoted translations and interpretations of Torah that  exclude persons based on LGBTQ status. community. Join us for a fun and inspiring experience!

Shekhina Chai

Achdut Yisrael

Shekhina Chai

 We know that Jewish Divinity is more than just male, or even  binary. We acknowledge that each person connects to the Ribbono Shel  Olam in their own way. We highlight the Divine Feminine in our practice  and encourage everyone to use whatever name(s) for the Divine they feel  comfortable with, and to connect in any way that feels authentic to  them.  We  reject the exclusion and/or devaluing of women’s contributions as  leaders of ritual and as community spiritual tenders  

Shalom Bayit

Achdut Yisrael

Shekhina Chai

 Egalitarian and Equity-Centered – We believe in the empowerment of  women to serve the congregation in every capacity. We recognize that  women are half of the Jewish community’s equation and have immense gifts  to share on equal footing with men. We acknowledge the nuance of  community leadership as both active participation in events and rituals  while simultaneously engaging in different roles, modalities, and  serving different demographics to support the community as a whole. 

Dat Yehudit V’Chochmat Nashim

Dat Yehudit V’Chochmat Nashim

Dat Yehudit V’Chochmat Nashim

 We believe in the power and influence of Jewish women to shape  worlds and future generations through wisdom and understanding. We  embrace the practices of traditional halakah in a personal and  meaningful way, as well as affirming that the mystical practices of the  ancient kabbalah masters & adepts should not be denied to women on  the basis of their gender. 

V’Ahavta Lereiacha Kamocha

Dat Yehudit V’Chochmat Nashim

Dat Yehudit V’Chochmat Nashim

 We love all Jews, regardless of affiliation. We accept all persons  of any Jewish denomination as part of our congregation, including but not limited to Humanist, Secular, Reform, Reconstructionist,  Conservative, Renewal, Orthodox, and the unaffiliated.  We embrace the framework of mainstream Judaism. We encourage patrilineal Jewish persons to explore furthering their ties to Am Yisrael via a formal conversion process. 

Join the Chevra

Dat Yehudit V’Chochmat Nashim

Join the Chevra

 Members of the Chevra have free access to all online events and  activities. Membership fees are under development, but will be very  reasonable. Non-members can attend any virtual event or class with online registration and a one-off fee. Some online prayer services will  be free to all. 

Request a Chevra membership form

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