Sephardic Educational Center SEC

10/06/2026

Young Sephardic Leadership Summer Social🪬 over 100 guests joined us last month for our second event, a night to remember! Stay tuned for what’s to come for the LA Jewish community as we continue to grow YSL✨

09/30/2026

🌙📖 What if the last night of Sukkot was not the end of the holiday — but its spiritual climax?

In Rabbi Daniel Bouskila’s Moroccan family, Hoshana Rabah meant staying awake through the night in the sukkah.

Torah was studied.
Kabbalistic texts were chanted.
Sweet pastries and fruit filled the table.
Moroccan mint tea flowed late into the night.

Rabbi Bouskila remembers how his father’s family in Marrakesh would gather for Tikkun Leil Hoshana Rabah, an all-night celebration of Torah and prayer inspired by the ancient Temple tradition in Jerusalem.

At the center of those memories stood his great-grandfather, Rabbi Yosef Pinto — a Moroccan Kabbalist whose Torah helped shape the family’s spiritual life.

And the tradition did not end in Marrakesh.

Daniel Bouskila writes that his own family continues to learn Torah and enjoy Moroccan pastries in the sukkah on Hoshana Rabah today.

That is how tradition survives.

Not only by remembering it.

By living it.

09/23/2026

אלול.
הרגע הזה בשנה שבו הזמן מאט פתאום,
וריח ההתחדשות נישא באוויר,
ברגעים האחרונים לפני פתיחת השער.

בין האבנים העתיקות של ״הבית הספרדי״ בירושלים, רקמנו מסע.
פגשנו בתנועה פנימה, אל עבר השורשים שלנו,
ניגון עתיק יומין שקם פתאום לתחיה.

הישן והחדש נפגשו כאן.
בין צלילי הפיוטים לאוויר ההרים צלול כיין של ירושלים היפה,
בין תיקוני חצות ללימודי הגות,
גיטרות בסלון וחברותות צהריים,
חזרנו אל תוכינו פנימה.

אנשים שעד לפני רגע היו לנו לזרים הפכו לשותפים ושותפות לדרך, למסע שעזר לנו להתגעגע למה שיש לנו בבית.

להקשיב לסיפור הפנימי שלנו,
לשוב אלינו,
לשוב הביתה.

• אלול מן המזרח ירושלים, התשפ״ו-2026 •

09/17/2026

RSVP LINK 👇
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09/17/2026

YSL by SEC the next gen🪬
Want to attend our next Young Sephardic Leadership event on 9/24? Send us a message for private invite link!

09/14/2026

For the Entire Community - show our Unity!

Join us this Wednesday evening for SEC’s annual Selihot Concert — an inspiring night of Sephardic prayer, music, and tradition. Purchase your tickets today.

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09/14/2026

🌙🎶 Teshuva is not just repentance.

It is return.

Return to the soul.
Return to responsibility.
Return to the image of God within us.
Return to the belief that what is broken can still be repaired.

In Rabbi Daniel Bouskila’s reflection, the teachings of Rav Uziel and Rav Kook remind us that teshuva is not only personal. It is collective. It is the Jewish path back to life, dignity, justice, and hope.

And the shofar?

Rav Uziel teaches that although its sound may feel like crying, it is not a cry of despair.

It is a cry of hope.

Because Judaism never lets darkness have the final word.

Our tears become prayer.
Our prayer becomes repair.
Our repair becomes return.

That is teshuva.

09/08/2026

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🌙🎶 The sound of Selihot is unlike anything else.

The melodies.
The prayers.
The memories.
The hope for a better year ahead.

Join the Sephardic Educational Center for our annual Selihot Concert — a powerful evening of Sephardic prayer, music, and tradition featuring internationally acclaimed Hazan/Paytan Moshe Gold, amazing Sephardic cantors from around the world, and a live Middle Eastern ensemble.

As we prepare for the High Holidays, Selihot remind us that return is always possible — for ourselves, for our families, for our communities, and for the world.

📍 Kahal Joseph Congregation
10505 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025

📅 Wednesday, September 16
Doors open: 7:00 PM
Concert: 7:30 PM

Refreshments served.
Free entry for young adults under 30.

🎟 Tickets via link in bio.

Come experience the beauty, soul, and power of the Sephardic Selihot.

09/07/2026

🌙🎶 The sound of Selihot is unlike anything else.

The melodies.
The prayers.
The memories.
The hope for a better year ahead.

Join the Sephardic Educational Center for our annual Selihot Concert — a powerful evening of Sephardic prayer, music, and tradition featuring internationally acclaimed Hazan/Paytan Moshe Gold, amazing Sephardic cantors from around the world, and a live Middle Eastern ensemble.

As we prepare for the High Holidays, Selihot remind us that return is always possible — for ourselves, for our families, for our communities, and for the world.

📍 Kahal Joseph Congregation
10505 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025

📅 Wednesday, September 16
Doors open: 7:00 PM
Concert: 7:30 PM

Refreshments served.
Free entry for young adults under 30.

🎟 Tickets via link in bio.

Come experience the beauty, soul, and power of the Sephardic Selihot.

09/04/2026

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