This is one of our favorite holidays at the Den! (Can you have favorites?!)

Join Rabbi Aderet for a night of learning and lively discussion as we explore the intersection of law, practice, and custom when it comes to Passover preparations and observance. You’ll walk away with a tangible understanding of the why, how, and what, as you prepare to enter the Festival of Passover.

No experience necessary, everyone welcome.

This will be a virtual gathering.

Monthly Wellness Circles at the Den offer a unique experience to holistically care for ourselves - mind, body, and soul through text study, exploring different wellness practices, and connection to Jewish ritual and wisdom.

We will increase our awareness to what is real and true for each of us as we navigate our world. Together we will cultivate a space for quiet reflection, thoughtful introspection, healing, and meaningful connection.

Join Rabbi Jenna for this Wellness Circle, focused on celebrating the pride and joy of embracing our true, authentic selves. Happy Pride month!

All are welcome! This circle will be held in-person in DC. Sign up below by June 9th.

Monthly Wellness Circles at the Den offer a unique experience to holistically care for ourselves - mind, body, and soul through text study, exploring different wellness practices, and connection to Jewish ritual and wisdom.

We will increase our awareness to what is real and true for each of us as we navigate our world. Together we will cultivate a space for quiet reflection, thoughtful introspection, healing, and meaningful connection.

Join Rabbi Jenna for this Wellness Circle, focused on celebrating Rosh Chodesh (the new lunar month) - the same day as our circle! - and the coming holiday of Shavuot.

All are welcome! This circle will be held in-person in Arlington. Sign up below by May 19th.

Join Rabbi Aderet and other folks from the Den for an awesome bike ride in DC paired with some learning as we emerge from Passover and savor the season of renewal and rebirth with a day of nourishing our minds, bodies, and souls. We will meet at a bike path in DC, stop for some learning and snacking. Everyone of all biking abilities welcome!

This gathering will meet in DC. Details shared with registrants. Sign up below by April 27h.

Let’s explore the Nile we have in our own backyard - the Potomac river! Join us for a morning of kayaking followed by learning as we enjoy a picnic lunch.

This gathering will meet at Fletcher’s Boathouse. Please reserve your own kayak for one hour, 10-11am.

Sign up below by April 21st.

Monthly Wellness Circles at the Den offer a unique experience to holistically care for ourselves - mind, body, and soul through text study, exploring different wellness practices, and connection to Jewish ritual and wisdom.

We will increase our awareness to what is real and true for each of us as we navigate our world. Together we will cultivate a space for quiet reflection, thoughtful introspection, healing, and meaningful connection.

Join Rabbi Jenna for this special Wellness Circle, focused on stories + memory in connection with Passover and the Spring season.

The circle will be held in-person in DC. Sign up below by April 13th.

Organized by GLOE (the LBGTQ+ community at the EDCJCC) with support and sponsorship by the Den and other organizations in the DMV, this pre-Passover celebration through an LGBTQ+ lens is celebrating its 15th year! This year’s program will focus on the theme of Parting the Chaos of the World: A Moment of Peace and will feature a full Passover seder complete with a specially-commissioned Haggadah (the Jewish text containing the Passover story) retelling the traditional tale of Jewish triumphs of resistance alongside the hard-fought progress made by the LGBTQ+ equality movement over the past decade since the National Rainbow Seder's inception.

Rabbi Jenna will be leading the seder this year, along with peer-leaders from Beit Mishpachah and other organizations. Join us as we enjoy a special Passover meal, read our own Haggadah, and perform its festive rituals. The Rainbow Seder is open to everyone, LGBTQ+ and allies.

The seder will be held in person in at the EDCJCC. Sign up below by March 24th @ 4pm.

This is one of our favorite holidays at the Den! (Can you have favorites?!) Join Rabbi Aderet for a night of learning and lively discussion as we explore the intersection of law, practice, and custom when it comes to Passover preparations and observance. You’ll walk away with a tangible understanding of the why, how, and what, as you prepare to enter the Festival of Passover. No experience necessary, everyone welcome.

This will be a virtual gathering. Register for the zoom below.

We’ll enjoy a hike in the great outdoors and then break for snacks and learning about how the celebration of Passover includes themes of nature, springtime, and renewal. We will experience the natural renewal of the earth we’re walking on as we explore spiritual renewal from within.

Hikers of all levels welcome! We will be meeting at a park in DC. Sign up below for details by March 24th.

We’ll enjoy a hike in the great outdoors and then break for snacks and learning to explore what Judaism has to teach us about embracing nature and continuing the renewal process we began on Passover. Hikers of all levels welcome! We will be meeting at a park in DC.

SIGN UPS ARE NOW CLOSED AS WE HAVE REACHED CAPACITY FOR THIS GATHERING.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT AN UPCOMING DEN GATHERING SOON!

Join us for an awesome bike ride in DC paired with some learning as we emerge from Passover and savor the season of renewal and rebirth with a day of nourishing our minds, bodies, and souls. We will meet at a bike path in DC, stop for some learning and snacking.

If you don’t own a bike, no worries, we’ll meet up near a bike share. Cyclists of all levels are welcome.

SIGN UPS ARE NOW CLOSED AS WE HAVE REACHED FULL CAPACITY FOR THIS GATHERING.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT AN UPCOMING DEN GATHERING SOON!

Across the country, Jewish communities are joining with neighbors of all faiths this spring to call on seven big banks to stop investing in fossil fuels and invest more in renewable energy. The fossil fuel industry has grown rich from polluting our air and water. These polluters’ enormous wealth gives them power over our political process, and they have little incentive to change their core business model: extraction.

We’ll gather in DC on Wednesday morning of Passover week, with friends from IPL-DMV’s Jewish Climate Action Network DMV and the Temple Rodef Shalom Dayenu Circle to bring our message directly to DC offices of BlackRock and Chase Bank.

We will meet at Triangle Park in front of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. After delivering our messages to the nearby offices of Chase and BlackRock, we will return to the park, where those who wish can gather for a picnic lunch, and a reading of selections from the Exodus Alliance’s “street seder” written for this interfaith Sacred Season of Climate Justice by Rabbi Arthur Waskow.

Questions? Reach out to Noam Shapiro, Den member + DMV Dayenu ambassador

A traditional and accessible deep dive into the Torah and other Jewish texts relating to the Passover story. Tying ancient stories to real life meaning, we will explore classical sources of text that tell the Passover story and highlight the longstanding themes of this holiday and season. This gathering will be held in person in Arlington with an option to join via zoom. Sign up by April 8th for meet up location and details.

Monthly Wellness Circles at the Den offer a unique experience to holistically care for ourselves - mind, body, and soul through text study, exploring different wellness practices, and connection to Jewish ritual and wisdom.

We will increase our awareness to what is real and true for each of us as we navigate our world. Together we will cultivate a space for quiet reflection, thoughtful introspection, healing, and meaningful connection.

For this month’s Wellness Circle, we will focus on renewal and spiritual “Spring cleaning” in preparation for Passover. We will be gathering in DC at an outdoor location near the cherry blossoms.

Sign up by April 6th for meet up location and details.

This is one of our favorite holidays at the Den! (Can you have favorites?!) Join Rabbi Aderet for learning over brunch as we explore the intersection of law, practice, and custom when it comes to preparations and observance of the Passover Festival. You’ll walk away with a tangible understanding of the why, how, and what, as you prepare for the Passover Festival. Everyone welcome. No experience necessary. Please sign up by Thursday, 3/31/22 @ 5pm.

This gathering will be held in-person and outdoors over brunch in downtown Bethesda.

1) To help cover brunch costs, we are inviting each person to please make a $10 contribution or whatever contribution you are comfortable with at the link below.

2) Sign up for meet up details. - SIGN UP NOW CLOSED FOR BRUNCH.

Join Rabbi Jenna and Moishe House Arlington for a lively discussion and text study about the connection between Spring cleaning and Passover. We clean out our homes in preparation for Passover, and we also clean our spiritual homes, our souls - but what does that mean, and what does it look like? Come study the sources and find out! This gathering will be outside at Moishe House Arlington.

We know, we also thought last year was the first-ever and last time we’d be celebrating Passover mid-pandemic over zoom. So here we are. Fear not — we’ve got you!! We are curating an incredible SederStream 2.0 Passover experience. We’re cooking up some new and innovative ways to bring the intimacy, warmth, joy, and comfort we all enjoy during our gatherings to our virtual seder this year.

Be prepared for a fully interactive seder experience, including singing, video, poetry, small group discussions, and even the option to have a leisurely conversation with others over dinner.

BYO dinner — we’ll provide the digital Haggadah and the seder plate.

Come for some or stay for all. Since the 1st night of Passover begins after Shabbat on Saturday night, we’ll start a bit later. Here’s the run-down of our evening so you can plan ahead (and have some snacks!):

• 7:45 - 8:30pm First part of the seder before dinner (Kadesh - Korekh)

• 8:30 - 8:55pm Dinner! (Shulkhan Orekh) - If you’re looking for company for your meal, we will break into smaller groups for dinner and conversation. Or, feel free to sign off for your own private dinner, and you’re welcome to come back for the end of the seder.

• 8:55 - 9:15pm ish Seder conclusion (Tzafun - Nirtzah)

• We’ll keep the channel open longer for those who want to stick around and sing into the night.

Check out all the other ways we’re gathering for Passover this year!

Together, we will explore classical sources of text embedded within the Passover Haggadah, where we retell the Exodus story from the beginning, as we recall Abraham's spiritual journey to God and his ascent to Israel. Then, the Haggadah tells of the descent of Abraham's great grandchildren to Egyptian slavery and the eventual exodus from Egypt that leads to a homecoming. In conversation with ancient Biblical commentators, we will explore the ways we can reinterpret our own agency for cultivating change within our own lives and the world.

This will be an excellent way to warm up and set intentions before entering the festival of Passover. Everyone is always welcome. No experience necessary. All texts are presented with Hebrew and English side-by-side.

Check out all the other ways we’re gathering for Passover this year!

This is one of our favorite holidays at the Den! (Can you have favorites?!) Together we will explore the intersection of law, practice, and custom when it comes to preparations and observance of the Passover Festival. Walk away with a tangible understanding of the why, how, and what, as you prepare for Passover this year.

Everyone is always welcome. No experience necessary.

Check out all the other ways we’re gathering for Passover this year!