Retreats
Metivta retreats are offered several times a year in secluded settings throughout Southern California. A small group comes together to meditate, study, pray, and chant. Something truly remarkable takes place: for a few days, we become members of an intense, dedicated community, emerging refreshed, cleansed and ready to reenter our everyday lives more centered and grounded and with a renewed commitment to our spiritual practice.
During the COVID-19 Pandemic our retreats have been held online.
High Holy Days
Experience the majesty and mystery of the High Holy Days in prayer and contemplation. Nowhere is our dedication to the contemplative path more manifest than at Metivta's High Holy Days services. Each year, we strive as a community to create a sacred space in which each participant can find his or her path to God and T'shuvah.
Online Contemplative Shabbat Morning Service
Metivta is holds Saturday Morning Shabbat Services every other month 10AM via Zoom meeting. See our Events page to sign up for the next service. Advance registration (no payment required) is necessary.
What to expect from a
Metivta Contemplative Shabbat Service:
After a introductions and greetings we begin the morning service with setting intentions and alternating chant and meditation.
Next we transition into the Torah service. Metivta's tradition is to do group aliyot. Attendees will be invited "up" to participate in any aliyot whose theme resonates with then.
The Torah service is followed by the drash (interpretation of the Torah reading) given by one of our service leaders.
Drash is followed by healing prayers and the Mourner's Kaddish
We close with poetry, announcements and kiddush.
Special Programs and Services
Whether it is a program for Pesach, a Hanukkah celebration, a Tisha B'av study group, or something inspired by one of our guest teachers like our recent Dzikr workshop, our special programs are each unique and enriching experiences.
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