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, or email bikkurholim@havurahshalom.org.

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.