Beit Midrash Ohr HaChaim, a Torah learning center in Berkeley, is holding a “Shlomo Shabbaton” on Nov. 12 to honor the 17th yahrtzeit of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.
In the 1960s, Carlebach was “part hippie, part tzaddik, part rock star,” according to a j. article earlier this year. He was “Judaism’s wandering musical mystic whose melodies are still sung the world over.”
Ohr HaChaim, co-founded by Rabbi Chanan Feld and his wife, Jody, in the late 1990s, will begin the day with davening at 9 a.m., followed by the weekly chanting of the Torah portion and then an organic, kosher lunch at 12:30 p.m. During the kiddush, people will tell Reb Shlomo stories and read from the newly released “The Torah Commentary of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach: Genesis, Part I.”
Starting at 7 p.m., there will be a Havdallah service, a melaveh malkah (post-Shabbat meal), and a reading and signing by Bay Area author Aryae Coopersmith, whose 2011 book “Holy Beggars: A Journey From Haight Street to Jerusalem” is a memoir that includes a lot about Carlebach. Later, at a private residence in Berkeley, there will be singing, live music, stories and videos of Carlebach.
Beit Midrash Ohr HaChaim is located at 1380 Hopkins St., Berkeley. Space is limited. RSVP to [email protected] or call Raphael Rettner at (510) 558-0164 for more information.