Rabbi David Kasher

09/01/2026

SELICHOT LEARNING SAT. NITE IN SF!

This Saturday night with the Mission Minyan, starting at 8:15pm:

"To Forgive and Be Forgiven" - Get ready for Rosh Hashana with an evening of learning and prayer with Hadar West and the Mission Minyan. Sign up here: https://hadar.org/learn/classes-events/hadar-west-selihot-learning-and-singing

05/07/2026

EASTSIDE BEIT MIDRASH - TONIGHT, 7PM!

05/01/2026

LAG BAOMER HILULA w/ R. Deborah Sacks Mintz - This Monday!

We are nearly sold out, but there are some tickets left!
Join us Monday night at 7:15 for a musical journey into Jewish mystical tradition. An experience not to be missed!

https://hadar.org/learn/classes-events/hadar-west-lag-baomer-rising-song

04/16/2026

HUMILIATION.

That's the topic tonight at Hadar's Pico Beit Midrash, our last one of the season. Join us TONIGHT, 7PM at the Workers Circle on Robertson, for a deep dive into the human psyche through the prism of the Jewish laws of damages.

Plus cholent.

There's no better place to learn Torah than in the classical setting of the Beit Midrash. And there's no better time to learn Torah than on Thursday evening, in preparation for Shabbat. So come join us on the third Thursday of the month at the Workmen's Circle on Robertson for some nigunim and some....

04/13/2026

Lag BaOmer Hilula with R. Deborah Sacks Mintz of Hadar's Rising Song Institute - May 4, 7:15pm, on Pico Blvd.

Now that Passover has passed, and we are counting our way towards Shavuot, I am excited to invite you to a musical, mystical gathering, a traditional Lag BaOmer 'Hilula,' celebrating the life and legacy of R. Shimon bar Yohai (the rabbinic figure at the center of the teachings of the Zohar, the central text of Jewich mysticism). Join us for this spiritual ascenscion, with R. Sacks guiding us into another sonic dimension as we contemplate Zoharic wisdom along the way.

Register here: https://hadar.org/learn/classes-events/hadar-west-lag-baomer-rising-song

03/01/2026

My friend Tori Greene is putting together a very cool Jewish music event next week, exploring the ancient tradition of Bakashot - songs of supplication sung before the sun rises.

Tuesday, March 10 at Pico Union. Strongly recommend! Check it out:

Enter a hidden world of ancient melodies sung before dawn... will you cross the threshold?

02/18/2026

"THE (nearly unlimited) POWERS OF A KING" - Hadar's Pico-Robertson Beit Midrash

Tomorrow night at 7:00pm at the Workers Circle at 1525 S. Robertson Blvd.

This year we’ve been learning through Nezikin, the section of the Talmud devoted to justice. We started with civil law — property, damages, privacy — and now, as we enter Tractate Sanhedrin, we turn to criminal law, capital cases, and the larger structure of courts and government… including the laws of a King.

In a moment when so many of us are thinking about the scope and limits of executive power, it is is a good time to dive into the ancient Jewish debate about authority, governance, and political responsibility.

Join us for some singing, cholent, and Talmudic political theory.

https://www.hadar.org/learn/classes-events/hadar-west-pico-robertson-beit-midrash-0

02/09/2026

STRANGER THAN A GOLEM: The Hidden World of the Maharal of Prague

Tonight, at 7pm, I'm excited to begin a three-part online class for New Lehrhaus exploring the thought of my favorite mystical philosopher, Rabbi Yehudah Loew, best known as the Maharal of Prague from the legend of the Golem.

To join, register here: https://newlehrhaus.org/series/golem-hidden-world-maharal

01/21/2026

Pico-Robertson Beit Midrash, tomorrow night, 7pm, at the Workers Circle!
We'll be studying the Laws of Privacy -both physical and digital.
Come for the Talmud, stay for the cholent! Or vice versa.

There's no better place to learn Torah than in the classical setting of the Beit Midrash. And there's no better time to learn Torah than on Thursday evening, in preparation for Shabbat. So come join us on the third Thursday of the month at the Workmen's Circle on Robertson for some nigunim and some....

01/08/2026

TONIGHT, 7pm Temple Beth Israel of Highland Park and Eagle Rock!
Don’t miss Rabbi Elie Kaunfer’s teaching on the Mourner’s Kaddish.