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Imagine a community where …

  • Animals are valued, their lives protected, and their souls Remembered.
  • Kaddish is recited for a beloved pet.
  • Festivals (re)connect us to the living Earth.
  • Wilderness inspires, as experienced by prophets and mystics.
  • As in Gan Eden, our meals are from plants.
  • Learning is valued – we are open to new ideas.
  • Social Justice describes our lives, and we take care of our own.

Welcome to Chayot HaKodesh!

Chayot: A Movement of Love, Life, and Learning

We are building a free-spirited, naturalist, animal-loving, intergenerational, multicultural, inclusive global community of individuals whose spirituality is expressed through inquiry, loving-kindness, and good deeds.

Founded in Los Angeles (city of angels), we hope to grow through study, festivals, communal worship and gatherings. We respect each other, animals, and wilderness; we value family and regard our community as family. Join us!

Image: Pascal Volk, Cycle of life (detail), on flickr