Bikkur Holim
Bikkur Holim (Visiting the Sick)
Havurah members, for the names and contact info of cluster leads, committee chairs, and some other Havurahniks in leadership roles, visit Havurah's Leadership Directory (log in to your Havurah Shalom member account for access).
The Bikkur Holim Committee helps the rabbi support congregants needing spiritual, communal, and pastoral support in times of illness, suffering, and death. The committee also cultivates within Havurah Shalom a regular practice of and process for the mitzvah of bikkur holim, visiting the sick, and the mitzvah of nichum aveylim, comforting the mourner.
The committee's current activities include the following:
- Visiting and/or making calls and/or sending cards to ill congregants in hospital, rehab, or recovering at home, as referred by the rabbi or other Havurah Shalom staff.
- Making regular calls of encouragement and support to congregants experiencing difficulties, as referred by the rabbi or other Havurah Shalom staff.
- Making calls and/or sending cards of condolence and support to congregants in mourning at regular milestones during the first year after a death.
- Coordinating and/or leading periodic healing services (including virtual services).
- In collaboration with the Ma’avar (End of Life) Committee, facilitating periodic online drop-in grief support groups.
If you need support, would like to learn more about the Bikkur Holim Committee, or would like to join this committee, please contact co-chairs Fran Berg or Tivona Reith.
If you are a member of Havurah, you are invited to use this form to request that the name of a relative or Havurah member be said during the Misheberach (healing prayer) at Shabbat services. You will need to log in as a member to access the form.
Tue, July 1 2025
5 Tammuz 5785
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Saturday ,
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JulJuly 11 , 2025
Friday, Jul 11th 11:00a to 2:00p
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JulJuly 11 , 2025
Friday, Jul 11th 6:30p to 8:30p
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JulJuly 12 , 2025
Shabbat, Jul 12th 10:00a to 12:00p
Led by community members and Rabbi Benjamin (who is on sabbatical until July 1, 2025), this service includes davening, Torah reading, and discussion. Join us afterward for a light community brunch provided by the Lunches and Noshes Committee! Free childcare is provided. For Zoom information, please email info@havurahshalom.org. -
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JulJuly 14 , 2025
Monday, Jul 14th 11:00a to 2:00p
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Tuesday ,
JulJuly 15 , 2025
Tuesday, Jul 15th 6:30p to 8:30p
**Our Steering Meeting this month will be held on Tuesday, July 15 instead of on the usual day (second Tuesdays).** Steering members and staff will meet to consider matters of governance. All Havurah Shalom members are invited to attend Steering Committee meetings. For Zoom join links, visit havurahshalom.org/zoom (must be logged in) or call the office in advance for assistance (503-248-4662). -
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Tuesday, Jul 15th 7:00p to 8:30p
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Wednesday, Jul 16th 1:00p to 2:00p
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JulJuly 19 , 2025
Shabbat, Jul 19th 10:00a to 12:00p
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Sunday ,
JulJuly 20 , 2025
Sunday, Jul 20th 10:30a to 2:00p
Havurah is marching in Pride! Havurah Shalom is a parade contingent in the 2025 Portland Pride Parade. **Havurahniks, please RSVP to let us know you'll be marching with us in the Portland Pride Parade. It will really help us with planning and communications.** (Note: 10:30 am is when parade organizers have asked marchers to arrive by.)
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