Zen Shabbat

A Jewish and Zen Shabbat Celebration – In Person & On Zoom

Lab/Shul and the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care invite you to a shared experience of sacred space and time, harmonizing Jewish and Zen traditions in the celebration of Sabbath spirit.

The third of our seasonal Zen Shabbats honors the new growth of Springtime. Tonight we tend to our ten thousand losses to cultivate the ten thousand joys. We’re delighted to be back in-person and online as well for this month’s hybrid sabbath gathering. Please review our COVID protocols below.

Schedule

7:00pm – Zen Center Opens, Welcome to the space. Sit, Exhale…

(7:15pm Zoom Opens) 

7:30pm – START of Zen Shabbat: Ritual music, meditation, and spiritual teachings led by Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison and Spiritual Leader, Shira Kline.

Location & Capacity

We are thrilled to hold Zen Shabbat in person at the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, and on Zoom! In order to keep our community safe, and socially-distanced, we are limiting in-person capacity to thirty people.

All in-person registrants will be entered into a lottery, with a drawing held the Wednesday before Zen Shabbat and confirmation messages sent out the same day. We thank you for your flexibility as we “lab” this new, equitable system for honoring venue capacity.

COVID Safety

For folks attending in person, proof of vaccination will be required for entry. Masks must be worn indoors at all times.

Accessibility

The Zendo is on the 4th floor. There is an elevator.  There are floor cushions and chairs available for your sitting comfort. The NYZC is within 1 block of the 1, 2, N, Q, R, and W trains.