Reflections

Rabbi Heshi is an excellent, captivating orator. The members have diverse backgrounds and challenges. We share an interest in Judaism and Rabbi Heshi’s modus operandi. His approach binds all students in a progressive manner.

Thank you Rabbi Heshi!

Harley Broder · Toronto

I have never felt connected to G-d in Shul until I attended services at The Chai Centre. There, in a learning setting, with a classroom style format and talks by a variety of voices, the magnitude and true meaning of the words I could not understand come alive on the page and into my heart and soul, B”H.

I’ve met many of my Chai Family first by attending the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services, and where I feel I truly belong at this special time of year.

Tracey K. · Toronto

I have attended the Chai Centre High Holiday services for many years and have enjoyed them so much! I have found the services very meaningful and a wonderful experience for my spiritual growth. My parents did not want to participate in the Shul services growing up because they lived in fear due to the Holocaust! I have learned so much over the years of attending the Chai Centre services! I look forward to them every year.

Thank you Rabbi Heshi for your very meaningful and educational services.

Judy W. · Toronto

I have attended Chai Centre High Holiday services as both a speaker and a congregant and I found them to be very meaningful. Rabbi Heshi makes the Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur liturgy accessible even for people who can’t remember the last time they walked into a synagogue.

Combining traditional prayers with inspiring speakers and interactive learning, the services are warm and welcoming.

Wish I could join you this year!!! Shana tova umesuka!!! Wishing you a good and sweet year!!

Jessica K. · Los Angeles

I wanted to share my reflections and experience from the past two years at the Chai Centre, that Rabbi Heshi K. has taken the time to put thought and planning into the Holidays, just as he has during the entire year for many of us forever students!

Having known Rabbi Heshi since 2006, and his interest in teaching, educating and sharing his mitzvah with depth and richness of Jewish history, it seemed a natural progression to evolve into a place of learning and bringing people together. In my situation I have not been affiliated with any congregation, and in my earlier years I would have joined family members at various shuls in the City.

My background is Middle Eastern Jewry — Mizrachi, to be more defined Yemenite Jewry — but we are all Jews under the one umbrella, though customs may vary.

I found the combination of education and spiritual awareness from the experience at the Chai Centre in the last two years very special. In my earlier years, going to shul during the holidays honestly held little interest or attention for me, as there was little explanation, just flipping from page to page, and in some places a social gathering for some.

The idea of having discussions, speakers and interactions gives the holidays much more meaning, and a sense of community connecting with others makes it very special.

Sandy A. · Toronto