Kirtan Shabbat (In-Studio)
with Kirtan Rabbi and Band

with Kirtan Rabbi and Band

Bring your voices, open hearts and dancing socks as we welcome in the Sabbath with a chant-based practice grounded purely in music, meditation and easy movement. Hebrew Kirtan is participatory chanting where short, sacred phrases from the Jewish tradition are treated as powerful, universal meditations. It is at once contemplative, ecstatic and — simply fun! No knowledge of Hebrew or need to be Jewish to participate fully in our gathering.

Yoga pillows, blankets, backjacks and chairs will be provided. This will be a hybrid event. In-studio space is limited, so please pre-register to hold your place. Streaming participation requires pre-registration to be sent a hyperlink. The link will be sent out the week before the event.

Rabbi Andrew Hahn, Ph.D. (affectionately: Reb Drew), is known as both the Kirtan Rabbi and — depending upon which phone booth he exits — also as the Tai Chi Rabbi. He has pioneered Hebrew Kirtan in both the Jewish and Yoga worlds, criss-crossing the globe to offer communal, call-and-response chant concerts and meditation seminars. In his workshops, he seamlessly combines chant, movement, meditation and text study into a positive, holistic experience. In addition to bringing Jewish Kirtan to 100s of synagogues, and retreats, he has also played and taught multiple times at Bhakti Fest, the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Jivamukti, Dharma Mitra, the Beloved Festival, the Sivananda Ashram, Lovelight and visits many Yoga studios around the country. He was in residence at Integral Yoga Institute, New York’s preeminent Kirtan venue, offering extremely popular monthly, Kirtan Shabbat services there. Reb Drew is working with a vibrant cohort of Western Massachusetts locals to bring the practice to the region and develop more leaders of chant and meditation. For more information, visit KirtanRabbi.com. 

Pay-what-you-can, by donation: $12-40.*