Celebrate Shavuot at Havurah with Music, Food, Learning!
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Shavuot Celebrate the Giving of the Torah!
7 pm to 11 pm+, Tuesday, June 11 – Havurah Shalom (and in Zoom Room Bet from 8 pm on) Shavuot commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai and was also one of the three major pilgrimage festivals, celebrating the wheat harvest. It ends the counting of the Omer, which began the second day of Passover. Two observances we’ll be doing at Havurah Shalom are enjoying dairy and dairy-substitutes and studying Torah into the night, meaningful traditions with storied origins. Join us at Havurah for our Shavuot celebration: a night of noshing, music, and learning!
Bring a dairy dessert, or some other sweet noshing, or just yourself! Childcare is available! Please RSVP.
7-8 pm: Dessert potluck/smorgasbord 8-9:30 pm: Niggunim, Piyyut, Shiviti: Creative Spiritual Technologies for Being Present, with Alicia Jo Rabins 9:30-10 pm: Singing Circle 10 pm on: Awake to our Lives, Awake to the Other, with Rabbi Benjamin
Tasty food is provided by Havurah members, but more potluck commitments are needed! Volunteers to help during part of the night will also make the night even more enjoyable for all!
Parking Available! Legacy has generously given us permission to park in its lot at 1919 NW Lovejoy on weekdays after 5 pm and all day on weekends. We can park in any spot but 1-10. We hope this will make it easier to come for services and other programming! Please help us maintain our relationship with Legacy by honoring these guidelines.
Zoom Room Bet
Room Bet PC/Mac/Smartphone: Click here to join. Note for all devices: You can also open your Zoom app first, click “Join a Meeting” then enter meeting ID 291215092 and "call via device audio." The passcode is 5472. Cell/Landline: Dial +1 669-900-6833 and enter meeting ID 291215092.
To see our full Zoom room instructions, click here. Member sign-in required.
(IP) Learn to Chant Torah (registration closed) Monday, Feb 10th 7:00p to 8:15p Are you interested in learning how to chant the Torah? This beautiful, ancient system is a treat to learn, and inspiring to sing. A five-session class led by Ken Lerner will teach you everything you need in order to connect with this heritage, and become a proud “leyner” (Torah chanter). Ken has been a patient teacher of beginning Torah readers for over 30 years at Havurah, and would be happy to help you feel the satisfaction of gaining this skill. There is a minimum of three interested students to make the class a reality, and there is a limit of seven people. Please RSVP soon if you are interested, but no later than Jan. 15, 2025, and Ken will be in touch about the class.
(IP) Monthly Music Jam Monday, Feb 10th 7:00p to 8:30p Monthly music jams are back! Tune your instrument, warm up your voice and head down to Havurah to jam with us. Join your fellow Havurah musicians for an evening of playing and singing together—for the joy of it! Jams are led by fellow Havurah members and are completely democratic--everyone chooses songs! Our songbook includes both Jewish and secular songs from a wide range of artists and eras. Please RSVP.
(HYB) Steering Meeting Tuesday, Feb 11th 6:30p to 8:30p 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).
Middle School: Welcome Home Assembly Wednesday, Feb 12th 6:30p to 8:30p A Tikkun Olam opportunity in Collaboration with the Poverty and Homelessness Committee. We will assemble Welcome Home kits for Community Warehouse who will share them with folks moving into new homes.
(IP) Hebrew as a Tool: Prayer and Torah (registration closed) Wednesday, Feb 12th 7:00p to 8:15p (This class will now be starting on January 8.) Using an in-depth, word-by-word approach, we discover literal meaning(s), ancient layers of understanding, and our own personal interpretations that stem from the nuances of the Hebrew text. Basic Hebrew decoding skills necessary.
(ZM) Healing the Heart, Soothing the Soul Thursday, Feb 13th 5:30p to 7:00p The Havurah Ma’avar Committee is offering a six-week grief process-support group for Havurah members in any stage of grief. Chaplain Candi Wuhrman will facilitate the group with a focus on the dying experience, the impact of the relationship, the things unsaid, making peace within ourselves, forgiveness, and continuing the relationship after death. (This group will be limited to eight participants. If we reach capacity, that will be indicated here on the RSVP page.)