Our Friday night and Saturday morning services offer an array of experiences all rooted in music, spirit, and love. Services vary in style and timing to suit all different tastes, and we encourage everyone, members and guests alike, to join us for all.
Come join us! You can find upcoming services on our calendar.
High Holidays 2025/5786
We are happy to celebrate the High Holidays and we can’t wait to share this sacred season with you.
This year brings a few new twists to make our time together even more meaningful. Instead of mailing High Holiday tickets, all CBT members will simply use their CBT nametag as their “ticket” to services. To join us for High Holiday events, please make sure your membership is in good standing by September 1, 2025 — that means settling any remaining balance from last fiscal year and making a payment (or setting up recurring payments) for your 25/26 membership commitment. Membership includes all adults and children up to age 25 in your household.
All services (except Selichot, Tot Services, the Children’s Program, and Tashlich) will also be available virtually. For those who prefer to remain masked, we will have a reserved pew in the back of the sanctuary.
We are so looking forward to sharing this spiritual journey together — from the first note of the shofar to the final blessing. If you have any questions, our office is here for you at 925-933-5397.
We would love for you to join our community as we usher in the new year and find a space to reflect, while sharing moments in the midst of a loving community.
Young Adults: $54 per person to attend all services (Non-Member young adults aged 18-30, Member Family young adults aged 26-30)
Adult Guest Ticket from a CBT Member: $125 per person to attend all services
Adult Guests: $300 per person to attend all services
For members and guests with tickets, virtual access to services is included. For guests who prefer virtual-only access, there is a suggested donation of $180 per family.
Member's children between the ages of 18-25 are included with their parents. Guest Tickets
Our Children’s Program for grades K–5 starts at 10:15 am on both Rosh Hashanah (Sept. 23) and Yom Kippur (Oct. 2). Kids will step out of the main sanctuary to enjoy a warm, engaging program designed just for them.
For our littlest friends, we invite you and your children and friends to the Tot Service — a short, musical, joy-filled gathering for ages 0–5, led by Rabbi Chabon at 9:00 am on both holidays. You can register HERE. There is is no donation required for this service.
Volunteer help is desperately needed for the High Holidays! Please click below to view and submit the volunteer form.
Do you need a lulav & etrog for your sukkah? You can order through CBT. Orders are due by SEPTEMBER 14 and the cost is $45 a set.
Consider sending some sweetness to people you love whole supporting CBT. 8-ounce jars of honey can be purchased for $18.50 and delivered ($8) anywhere in the US with a personalized card. CBT's organization code is WCC.
Schedule
Tuesday, September 2 at CBT
7:00 pm - Reflections on Forgiveness Elul Workshop. Sign up HERE.
Saturday, September 13 at CBT
8:30 pm - Havdalah and Dessert sign up to bring a dessert HERE.
9:00 pm - Selichot Service Please register HERE.
Thursday-Saturday, September 18-20 at CBT
Musical Shabbaton - More information will be shared soon.
Monday, September 22
7:30 pm - Erev Rosh Hashanah Service
Tuesday, September 23
9:00 am - Tot Rosh Hashanah Service (for children 5 and under)
10:00 am - Rosh Hashanah Service
10:15 am - Children’s Program (for grades K – 5)
Friday, September 26 on ZOOM
6:30 pm - Guest speaker Michael Eselun, Shabbat Shuvah Service
Saturday, September 27 at CBT
6:00 pm - Shabbat Shuvah: Yoga Havdallah
Sunday, September 28
10:00 am - Tashlich (casting of sins) Radke Martinez Regional Shoreline
Wednesday, October 1
7:30 pm - Kol Nidre Service
Tuesday, October 2
9:00 am - Tot Yom Kippur Service (best for children 5 and under)
10:00 am - Yom Kippur Morning Service
10:15 am - Children’s Program (for grades K – 5)
3:30 pm - Yom Kippur Afternoon Service
5:00 pm - Yizkor Service
5:30 pm - Neilah Service
Break-the-Fast
Join us after the Neilah service for our community potluck Break-The-Fast. We’ll gather indoors to share food, friendship, and the joy of ending the fast together. If you’d like to be part of this special meal, please sign Up and bring a dish to share.
Give us 15 minutes and we will give you a soulful and spiritual connection. Listen to Rabbi Chabon’s music and prayers.
Available on Spotify: Rabbi Chabon’s beautiful voice! Listen to your favorite service melodies from Rabbi Chabon’s three albums (Shirei Tikvah, Shir Joy, and Roots & Branches) on the go.
Dear friends,
I imagine that many of you have also spent the morning watching the videos of Emily Damari, Romi Gonen and Doron Steinbrecher being reunited with their ecstatic families in Israel. Baruch Hashem! I thank God today that these three young women have been released and that a deal is in place to return more of the beloved hostages to their families who are desperately awaiting their return.In exchange for the first hostages, Israel had to release, among others, the terrorist who was responsible for the murder of 7 Hebrew University students in 2002. So today is a terrible mix of joy and sorrow, as the families and friends of those young souls are newly distraught over the price of this exchange. As it is written in Ecclesiastes, “a time for weeping and a time for laughing, a time for wailing and a time for dancing” (Kohelet 3:4).
Redemption is never perfect, friends, nor complete. There is always more work to do. Over the next 6 weeks, we will hold this fragile tension as we rejoice in every hostage released, every family reunited.
Baruch Matir Asurim, blessed is the One who frees captives.
Amen.
Rabbi Chabon
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