Congregation Darchei Noam

FRESH AIR CLUB: An invitation by the DN Chesed Committee
2025-09-19 09:30 - 10:30 (America/Toronto) | Earl Bales Park, 4169 Bathurst St, North York, ON M3H 3P7, 4169 Bathurst St, North York, Ontario, M3H 3P7, Canada
FRESH AIR CLUB: An invitation by the DN Chesed Committee
We LOVE walking!
(Would you like to join us?)
Every Friday, from 9.30-10.30 am
Earl Bales Park
The Community Centre is where we’ll meet (9.15am)
Bring along water and maybe a treat.
Be ready to waddle or skip or just walk,
‘cause being in the fresh air is walkin’ the talk.
Please email Bernie Riley
sevenkbernie@gmail.com

Board Meeting
2025-09-17 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-08-20 19:00 - 21:30 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada

Post-Selichot Mikvah at the Beach
2025-09-14 10:00 (America/Toronto) | Ontario
📅 Sunday September 14th ⏰ 10 am 📍Woodbine Beach
The 40 days from Rosh Chodesh Elul to Yom Kippur are likened by the rabbis to a Mikvah (ritual bath) in time. Jump into this rejuvenating and refreshing time of year with Reb Aaron for a morning at the beach including some short learning about the Mivkah and the month of Elul, followed by a guided, interpretative Mikvah dip in Lake Ontario.
Meet beside the Woodbine Beach Bathing Station.
Please bring and wear a bathing suit.

Selichot
2025-09-13 20:30 - 22:00 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
📅 Saturday, September 13th ⏰ 8:30-10:00 pm 📍Sanctuary
Join us for Selichot services, this Saturday night, for an evening to prepare us for the High Holidays through soulful song, meditation and prayer. The evening will also feature a talk with potter Minda Davis, who will share pottery and discuss the spiritual practice of working with clay, inspired by the piyyut (liturgicual poem) of Ki Hinei KaChomer (Like Clay).Selichot 2025 Handout

Shabbat Services
2025-09-13 10:00, 2025-09-06 10:00, 2025-08-30 10:00, 2025-08-23 10:00, 2025-08-16 10:00 UTC | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Experience the heartwarming blend of traditional egalitarian Shabbat morning services, engaging children’s programming, Torah study, enlightening talks, alternative creative services, spirited Israeli dancing, and the camaraderie of communal Kiddush. Whatever you seek on Shabbat, Darchei Noam has something to offer!
Our Shabbat morning services, filled with joyous singing accompanied by instruments, moments of contemplative reflection, and insightful divrei Torah (teachings), create a backdrop for life cycle celebrations within our welcoming community.
Enhance your communal Shabbat experience by joining our Kiddush lunch. Whether you participate in our morning Torah study, celebrate a simcha with a community family, join in our monthly Israeli dancing sessions, or host your own gathering, Shabbat at Darchei Noam is a chance to reconnect with old friends and make new ones!
We follow the Reconstructionist prayer book Kol Haneshamah Shabbat v’Chagim. Services take place on Saturday mornings at 10 am, with child care available. All our services are also streamed via Zoom!.
If you’d like a community member to accompany you during a Darchei Noam service, simply let us know – we’d be delighted to arrange it!
Come and immerse yourself in the richness and diversity of our community’s Shabbat observances.
Aliyah and Special Occasions
For an Aliyah during sanctuary services or to acknowledge a special occasion during virtual services, please contact Rabbi Ryan Leszner at least two days in advance. The Parnass will happily share news of your occasion with the congregation at the start of the Torah service.

Shabbat Torah Study
2025-09-13 09:00 - 22:00, 2025-09-06 09:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-30 09:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-23 09:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-16 09:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-09 09:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-02 09:00 - 22:00 (Asia/Karachi) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Torah Study
Saturdays | 9:00 a.m. – In the Library and on Zoom
Come explore this week’s Parsha with us before services. We are usually lay-led, often lively and always rewarding.
If you would like to participate via Zoom, please contact the office to be added to the list and receive a link

Join Us for a Post-Kiddush Program: Hosted by Avital Brown
2025-09-13 01:15 - 13:15 (America/Toronto) | Ontario
Join Us for a Post-Kiddush Program:
Hosted by Avital Brown
Saturday, September 13th at 1:15 PM

AVITAL BROWN is the co-founder of PosiTeam Consulting and Training, which was established to assist hi-tech organizations in coping with management challenges. Alongside her partner at PosiTeam, Brown has overseen and delivered capacity-building programs for Palestinian hi-tech companies in collaboration with CISCO, USAID, and the European Union.
She has been actively involved in the field of training and education since 1984, working across Israel, North America, and Australia. Brown is also a dedicated member of Women Wage Peace (WWP) since its early days. She serves as a member of the Strategic Team and was selected to be part of the Steering Committee for the years 2021-2022. Additionally, she contributed to the outreach team, focused on fostering relationships with Palestinian women and women globally.
Motivated by her personal experiences, including her sons and son-in-law serving on the front lines during the 2014 Gaza War , Brown joined WWP with the utmost determination and faith that peace, alongside security, is possible. She is deeply committed to taking collective responsibility with other women to actively pursue this goal.
Women Wage Peace (WWP) is a large, non-partisan Israeli grassroots peace movement, founded in 2014 during the Gaza War, that advocates for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated political solution that includes the active participation of women. The movement is known for its diverse membership across religious, ethnic, political, and secular lines, as well as for its collaborations with the Palestinian movement, Women of the Sun, to promote a shared vision for peace and security. WWP’s strategies include marches, street presence, parliamentary work, and community engagement to build popular support for peace and to pressure decision-makers for a diplomatic resolution

Darchei Noam Elul Cemetery Visit with Rabbis
2025-09-07 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Toronto) | Ontario
📅 Sunday September 7th ⏰ 10:30 am
📍Pardes Chaim (Rabbi Tina) & Pardes Shalom (Rabbi Ryan)
In the month of Elul, as we prepare our hearts for the High Holy Days, it is a long-standing Jewish tradition to visit the graves of family and loved ones. This meaningful practice helps us reflect, remember, and enter the Days of Awe with a sense of connection and renewal.
Join our rabbis, Rabbi Tina Grimberg and Rabbi Ryan Leszner, for prayer and reflection as we gather in the Darchei Noam community sections of our local cemeteries, Pardes Chaim and Pardes Shalom.

Ark Adventures
2025-09-06 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Ontario
Ark Adventures is designed for young children (ages birth to 5) and their families to experience Shabbat in community together. The program is offered on select Saturdays throughout the year.
Ark Adventures will “set sail” on September 6/ 2025 from 10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Join us on the ark for a Shabbat adventure!

Please RSVP Here

Pins & Needles
2025-09-02 13:30 - 15:30 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Pins and Needles is reaching out to let you know that we are always very happy to welcome new members to our group. This month we will meet on Tuesday, September 2 in the shul library from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., and on Zoom on the third Tuesday (September 16th) of the month. We knit, crochet, and socialize. We would love to have other crafters join us to show what they’re working on and to share tips and stories.
We also want to let you know that we are currently in need of yarn donations. Especially helpful are donations of blanket-weight yarn and multiple balls of the same weight or colour. If you’re doing some spring cleaning and have yarn you’re no longer using, we’d be grateful if you’d consider donating it to us.
Please contact nancy@kosiner.com if you have any questions.

Labour Day - Office Closed
2025-09-01 | Ontario

Pins & Needles
2025-08-19 13:30 - 15:30 (America/Toronto) | On Zoom
Pins and Needles is reaching out to let you know that we are always very happy to welcome new members to our group. This month we will meet on Tuesday, August 5th in the shul library from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., and on Zoom on the third Tuesday (August 19th) of the month. We knit, crochet, and socialize. We would love to have other crafters join us to show what they’re working on and to share tips and stories.
We also want to let you know that we are currently in need of yarn donations. Especially helpful are donations of blanket-weight yarn and multiple balls of the same weight or colour. If you’re doing some spring cleaning and have yarn you’re no longer using, we’d be grateful if you’d consider donating it to us.
Please contact nancy@kosiner.com if you have any questions.

Post-Selichot Mikvah at the Beach
2025-08-19 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Toronto) | Ontario
Post-Selichot Mikvah at the Beach
📅 Sunday September 14th ⏰ 10 am 📍Woodbine Beach
The 40 days from Rosh Chodesh Elul to Yom Kippur are likened by the rabbis to a Mikvah (ritual bath) in time. Jump into this rejuvenating and refreshing time of year with Reb Aaron for a morning at the beach including some short learning about the Mivkah and the month of Elul, followed by a guided, interpretative Mikvah dip in Lake Ontario.
Meet beside the Woodbine Beach Bathing Station. Please bring and wear a bathing suit.

Shabbat Services
2025-08-09 10:00, 2025-08-02 10:00, 2025-07-26 10:00 UTC | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Experience the heartwarming blend of traditional egalitarian Shabbat morning services, engaging children’s programming, Torah study, enlightening talks, alternative creative services, spirited Israeli dancing, and the camaraderie of communal Kiddush. Whatever you seek on Shabbat, Darchei Noam has something to offer!
Our Shabbat morning services, filled with joyous singing accompanied by instruments, moments of contemplative reflection, and insightful divrei Torah (teachings), create a backdrop for life cycle celebrations within our welcoming community.
Enhance your communal Shabbat experience by joining our Kiddush lunch. Whether you practice Yiddish or Hebrew at our monthly Yiddish Tisch or Shulchan Ivrit, celebrate a simcha with a community family, join in our monthly Israeli dancing sessions, or host your own gathering, Shabbat at Darchei Noam is a chance to reconnect with old friends and make new ones!
We follow the Reconstructionist prayer book Kol Haneshamah Shabbat v’Chagim. Services take place on Saturday mornings at 10 am, with child care available. All our services are also streamed via Zoom!.
If you’d like a community member to accompany you during a Darchei Noam service, simply let us know – we’d be delighted to arrange it!
Come and immerse yourself in the richness and diversity of our community’s Shabbat observances.
Aliyah and Special Occasions
For an Aliyah during sanctuary services or to acknowledge a special occasion during virtual services, please contact Rabbi Ryan Leszner at least two days in advance. The Parnass will happily share news of your occasion with the congregation at the start of the Torah service.

Pins and Needles Circle
2025-08-05 13:30 - 15:30 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Pins and Needles is reaching out to let you know that we are always very happy to welcome new members to our group. This month we will meet on Tuesday, August 5th in the shul library from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., and on Zoom on the third Tuesday of the month. We knit, crochet, and socialize. We would love to have other crafters join us to show what they’re working on and to share tips and stories.
We also want to let you know that we are currently in need of yarn donations. Especially helpful are donations of blanket-weight yarn and multiple balls of the same weight or colour. If you’re doing some spring cleaning and have yarn you’re no longer using, we’d be grateful if you’d consider donating it to us.
Please contact nancy@kosiner.com if you have any questions.

Civic Holiday (office closed)
2025-08-04 | Ontario

Tisha B’Av Services
2025-08-02 19:30 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Join us for Tisha B’Av services, where we will acknowledge a day of mourning and reflection as we remember the destruction of the Temples and other tragedies in Jewish history and today.
Through prayer, poetry, and community, we hold space for grief while imagining the possibility of renewal.
All are welcome to join us for this meaningful service.
