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!Â
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) Pride Kabbalat Shabbat in the Park Friday, Jul 11th 6:30p to 8:30p Celebrate queer and Jewish joy and resistance with a special Kabbalat Shabbat service at Columbia Park! We’ll enjoy a potluck dinner together afterward. Beverages will be provided. BYOB. All are welcome.
(HYB) Shabbat Morning 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.
(HYB) Steering Meeting on July 15 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).
Shabbat Morning with Bat Mitzvah of Sylvia Hartman Shabbat, Jul 19th 10:00a to 12:00p Please join us for Shabbat morning services, including welcoming Sylvia Hartman as a Bat Mitzvah and member of our community.
Havurah Marching in the Pride Parade 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.)
HCAT Book Group Meeting Monday, Jul 21st 7:00p to 8:00p Join us for our first meeting for the book "Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility."
