Welcome to Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue
Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue is an inclusive spiritual community practicing an evolving Judaism as a path to awakening. We foster a Jewish spirituality for all ages that support each individual, is realized in community, and manifests itself in our world as peaceful acts of greater compassion and love.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Our Shabbat services are offered online (see it on our App, Download here!) and in-person on the first and third Fridays of every month at 7pm PST. The services will be livestreamed here and in-person at Center for Spiritual Living at 6318 Linden Ave N, Seattle.
Shabbat services are the perfect entry point not only to explore Jewish tradition and spirituality through ancient and modern prayers and practices, but to take a break from the hectic pace of our busy lives and gather together to remember that we are human *beings* and not just human *doings.*
Beit Midrash Torah Study - Genesis with Rashi
1st and 3rd Shabbat Mornings, 10:30 AM
On Zoom
Join us on the 1st and 3rd Shabbat mornings for our study of Maimonides’ The Guide of The Perplexed. This controversial text has been a point of contention for centuries in Jewish communities.
This philosophical masterpiece is, indeed, credited for ushering in a new era in Jewish thought and, as such, for being a transformative influence on our people.
Evolution of Consciousness
Understanding How we Grow and Transform
Through this transformative course– using Integral Theory and the work of Spiral Dynamics – Rabbi Olivier will help us unpack how our consciousness evolves both individually and universally as a gorgeous multicolored spectrum. It might just help us make sense of our national and global political moment. Most critically for us, however, it might just change everything.
Who should take this course? Everyone. Seriously, invite everyone you know. This is for everyone interested in understanding their own personal evolution while being given a powerful framework to understand the world around them. It is a non-religious course strictly about human development.
Mid-Day Meditation
Join us here, or on our App (Download our App!), or on Zoom
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
from 12 noon to 12:30 PM
We will take 30 minutes together to meditate and be connected.
These beautiful moments are a quiet oasis of digital interconnectedness in the midst of a new, constantly changing world.
Annual Meditation Retreat
Hosted, this year, at the Rainbow Lodge in North Bend — one of the most beautiful and nurturing retreat spaces in the NW — our Annual Meditation Retreat
Take this opportunity to step out of your hurried, busy, and loud urban life, to ground yourself in the peaceful embrace of the Lodge’s natural setting, nourish your body, and heal your spirit in the meditative silence created by Rabbi Olivier.
If you are unable to attend in person, this retreat will also have a hybrid component via Zoom that will allow you to participate remotely wherever you are.
Interested?
Our commitment is to set each person up for a life-long, successful and fulfilling meditation
We hope you will join us and start 2026 with clear intentionality.
Cost:
Double (shared) room & all meals – $499 (per person)
Single room & all meals – $599
Virtual – $180
