Hit Refresh: Preparing for the High Holidays

Location: 600 Massachusetts Ave, NW

Alongside Rabbi Jesse, explore how to cultivate deeper meaning, emotional connection, and spiritual focus leading up to the High Holidays and into the Jewish New Year.

Jewish Welcome Workshop

The class is a mix of lectures, group activities, text studies, and holiday celebrations. No Hebrew language knowledge is required for this class. Those wishing to convert will meet with one of the rabbis individually during the year and beyond.

A New Year for the World

While Rosh Hashanah is often referred to as “The Jewish New Year,” the textual and liturgical focus of the holiday is less about Jews and more about the state of our world and all its inhabitants. Explore with Rabbi Aaron the universal themes of Rosh Hashanah.

Café Nite

Over dinner, MesorahDC offers Hebrew lessons, bar and bat mitzvah training, and study sessions.

No Place Like Home

How does our understanding of home inform how we experience and respond to homelessness? Rabbi Aaron explores the theme of homelessness—both metaphorically and literally—as it relates to Sukkot.

Adult B’nai Mitzvah Course

This course meets weekly beginning Wednesday, October 16.  This 30-week workshop enables participants to deepen their connection to Jewish spirituality and practice. It is designed to create comfort and gain mastery More +

Dwelling Within: A Yoga Class for Sukkot

In celebration of Sukkot, Jewish yoga and mindfulness teacher Alison Waldman leads an integrated text study and gentle yoga flow.

In My Feelings

From happiness and shame to love and anger, explore what Judaism has to say about all the feelings with Rabbi Aaron.

Café Nite

Over dinner, MesorahDC offers Hebrew lessons, bar and bat mitzvah training, and study sessions.

Finding My Religion: The Relevance of Judaism Today

With Sarah Hurwitz and Rabbi Aaron Potek

In Here All Along, Sarah Hurwitz—former head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama—recounts her journey to reconnect with Judaism and the profound insights she discovered along the way. During an interactive conversation, Hurwitz and Rabbi Aaron Potek discuss (and debate) the most exciting, important, challenging, and inspiring aspects of Judaism and talk about why it’s worth participating in this rich and complicated tradition.