Where Ancient Wisdom
Comes Alive
Ecstatic music, prayer, and dance — rooted in the integrity of Jewish tradition. A living community, gathering together in the Bay Area.
A Community Too Special to Not Nurture
Torah of Awakening Bay Area has been gathering since 2017 — a circle of seekers who found something rare together: a Jewish spiritual community that takes both the tradition and the inner life seriously. Led by Rabbi Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks and the BRIAH ensemble, our gatherings are alive with music, prayer, and the kind of presence that transforms.
"This is not a synagogue. It is something older and more intimate — a kehillah, a circle of practice, a community of souls."
We gather for Shabbat, for the High Holy Days, and for the ordinary sacred moments in between. We are part of the national Torah of Awakening community, with access to daily meditation, teachings, and courses — and we are rooted here, in the Bay Area, in person.
Shabbat Gatherings
Ten in-person Shabbat services per year in the Bay Area — ecstatic music, communal prayer, and potluck.
High Holy Days
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services that draw the whole community into transformative prayer and fasting together.
Daily Meditation
Morning Jewish meditation and Torah learning on Zoom — a daily anchor available to all members, wherever you are.
Pastoral Care
Rabbinic guidance, lifecycle ritual leadership, and personal support from Rabbi Brian Yosef — available to all members.
A Community Worth Belonging To
Torah of Awakening Bay Area is now a year-round community. If you have felt something real in our gatherings — a quality of presence, a depth of prayer, a sense of being truly seen — there is a place for you here, not just on the High Holy Days, but throughout the year.
Monthly Shabbat gatherings with live music and communal prayer
Live meditation sessions five days a week
Deep Torah study, Kabbalah courses, and a growing wisdom library
A rabbi who knows your name and a community that holds you
Judaism comes to life in Brian's presence — he embodies what he teaches, and this is invaluable. As his student, I have been inspired to know myself more fully, and to become more dedicated to my own quest for meaning, understanding, connection, and integrity.— Rachel Walker, Torah of Awakening student
Three membership tiers — from foundational access to deep immersion. Founding Member pricing available now.
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The Music of BRIAH
Every Torah of Awakening gathering is carried by BRIAH — an ensemble of gifted musicians who bring the liturgy to life through original compositions, nigunim, and ecstatic prayer-song. Music is not background here; it is the vehicle.
What People Are Saying
Brian Yosef is one of the most gifted Jewish teachers and spiritual leaders of our time. His teachings are rooted in the deepest sources of Jewish mysticism and are expressed with clarity, wisdom, and heart.
— Rabbi Burt Jacobson, Founder, Kehilla Community Synagogue
Brian Yosef is a rare teacher — one who has integrated the outer forms of Jewish practice with the inner dimensions of the soul. His work is a gift to the Jewish people and to all who seek the living waters of the tradition.
— Rabbi David Zaslow, Author & Spiritual Leader
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Torah of Awakening is sustained entirely by the generosity of our members and donors. Every gift — large or small — goes directly into the life of this community.