HBTeen March Break Israel Experience: Exploring the land through People and Places March 11-19, 2023 Eligibility: all students in grades 9-12 Registration deadline: December 22. After December 22 as space permits. Cost: $6600 (includes airfare, all land costs and all meals) *some subsidies are available Led by Lisa Isen Baumal and Rabbi Samuel Kaye, […]
The Wisdom Generation will learn about a newer Israeli holiday called Yom HaPlitim, a day to honour stories of Jewish exodus from Arab lands and the communities lost to these exiles, using the work of Nessim Sibony, an ethnographer and painter based in Los Angeles. You can join us online or in person!
HBTogether Group for Suicide Loss Survivors 1st Thursday of the month, 6:30-8:00 pm This group is for anyone who has lost someone to suicide. This is a peer support space co-led by suicide loss survivors Lise Sklar and Abigail Nemzer. It is a safe place to share memories, stories and experiences with others who […]
Shabbat VaYetze, 5783 with Visiting Rabbi Karen Thomashow
Shabbat VaYetze, 5783 with Visiting Rabbi Karen Thomashow
All are welcome for the most delicious coffee and baked goods.
Holy Blossom Temple 2022 AGM Sunday, December 4, 10:00 am Holy Blossom Temple members are invited to join the Annual General Meeting in-person and online (members received the zoom link to join the meeting via email) This year, we will be offering breakfast generously sponsored by Brotherhood and Women of Holy Blossom. Breakfast […]
The Luke Sklar Mental Health Initiative presents: A Panel Discussion with Author Stephen Mills, Dr. Guila Benchimol, and Tracy Doyle
Join us for HABSTY lounge nights every Monday, and other teen events throughout the year!
We are pleased to be holding a trial run of yoga sessions with Holy Blossom Temple member Jen Birenbaum. This is a great opportunity to stretch the body and mind by engaging in some gentle yoga.
Run by our teens in HABSTY, Yala Gala is a fun evening of refreshments, entertainment and silent auction. We aim to raise funds for their long awaited spring trip to Israel.
Saturday Morning Family Shabbat Saturdays, 11:00 am It is important to us to offer our families the chance to come together on Shabbat morning. This is a perfect way to spend a Saturday morning in an interactive but relaxed environment, music with David Gershon, stories, games, friendship, snacks and much more! You are invited to […]
All are welcome for the most delicious coffee and baked goods.
This year, Gifts of Light Interfaith Concert will highlight the angelic voices of Youth Choirs from around the city to raise money for children in Ukraine.
This is a gathering for people who lead HBTogether Groups, our congregational initiative to support members to come together over shared interests and identities. Online & in-person!
Join us for HABSTY lounge nights every Monday, and other teen events throughout the year!
Come and join Dorot as they celebrate Channukah, with a special singalong with Holy Blossoms Ukulele Group, as well as a performance and story by the children of our ECC
Ignite a new tradition for Chanukah! Live and online options are available
All are welcome for the most delicious coffee and baked goods.
Family Chanukah Fun! Sunday, December 18, 10:00 am ALL Holy Blossom families and friends are invited to join us for a morning of Chanukah fun! ECC families, YEC families and more! We'll begin in the Main Sanctuary with musical entertainment including songs, prayers and stories led by David Gershon and some of our Holy Blossom […]
Gila Münster's 4th Annual 8 Gays of Chanukah Queer Jewish Variety Show December 18, 7:30 pm Toronto's cross-dressing, cross-stitching Jewish American Princess Gila Münster is proud to present the 4th annual 8 Gays of Channukah queer Jewish variety show! This year's show is benefiting Machane Lev, North America's only queer and Jewish sleepover camp, presented […]
Join your fellow Holy Blossom members in spreading the light of Chanukah, by serving meals and meeting the homeless where they are. Help us staff Ve'ahavta's mobile service van for several nights of Hannukah, go out into the city, and serve a hot meal to those in the most need.
We recognize and applaud members who have become “Lights of the Temple." These eight “Lights of the Congregation” were chosen for their outstanding commitments to Holy Blossom Temple.
Join us for HABSTY lounge nights every Monday, and other teen events throughout the year!
We recognize and applaud members who have become “Lights of the Temple." These eight “Lights of the Congregation” were chosen for their outstanding commitments to Holy Blossom Temple.
Join your fellow Holy Blossom members in spreading the light of Chanukah, by serving meals and meeting the homeless where they are. Help us staff Ve'ahavta's mobile service van for several nights of Hannukah, go out into the city, and serve a hot meal to those in the most need.
Join your fellow Holy Blossom members in spreading the light of Chanukah, by serving meals and meeting the homeless where they are. Help us staff Ve'ahavta's mobile service van for several nights of Hannukah, go out into the city, and serve a hot meal to those in the most need.
We recognize and applaud members who have become “Lights of the Temple." These eight “Lights of the Congregation” were chosen for their outstanding commitments to Holy Blossom Temple.
Join your fellow Holy Blossom members in spreading the light of Chanukah, by serving meals and meeting the homeless where they are. Help us staff Ve'ahavta's mobile service van for several nights of Hannukah, go out into the city, and serve a hot meal to those in the most need.
We recognize and applaud members who have become “Lights of the Temple." These eight “Lights of the Congregation” were chosen for their outstanding commitments to Holy Blossom Temple.
With mindful breath, meditation and soft music, we will sit together and deepen into the fullness of Shabbat. All are welcome and no meditation experience is necessary, just come to explore how meditation can be another doorway into the essence of Shabbat. Join us in person or via Zoom to savour the last glow of Shabbat as the day winds down.
Intergenerational, Congregational Chanukah Party! December 23, 5:00 pm Chanukah Songs and Storytelling by the light of the Chanukah candles. Latkes, Sufganiyot, Dreidls, and Gelt for all! Tot Shabbat Service will follow at 5:30 pm and Kabbalat Shabbat at 6:00 pm. Come make a memory and celebrate The Festival of Lights with your Holy Blossom community. […]
We recognize and applaud members who have become “Lights of the Temple." These eight “Lights of the Congregation” were chosen for their outstanding commitments to Holy Blossom Temple.
New and returning members are warmly invited to an intimate gathering to meet and mingle with clergy and other new members following services on Shabbat Chanukah.
Join us for HABSTY lounge nights every Monday, and other teen events throughout the year!
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Founded in 1856, Holy Blossom Temple is Toronto’s first synagogue with a rich history of tradition and modernity in our religious and spiritual expression.
