Shabbat
Shabbat Services
Kabbalat Shabbat
Every Friday: 6:15pm
Shabbat Morning Service
Every Saturday: 9:00am
Shabbat child care available beginning at 9:30am. Please call 503.246.8831x100 by the preceding Wednesday to reserve space.
Shabbat Services with special themes:
Singing Service with Ilene Safyan
1st Fridays, 6:15pm
Chik-Chok Service
3rd Fridays, 6:15pm
A traditional, lay-led service featuring Carlebach tunes followed by dinner. Reservations required for dinner ($12/adult, $6/child). Contact Mel Berwin at 503.452.6890 or michaelvmel@gmail.com.
NOTE: on 3rd Fridays when there is no Bar/Bat Mitzvah, the main service is combined with Chik Chok in one service.
KEVA with Rabbi Greenstein
1st Saturdays, 10:00-11:45am
See more information below
Downstairs Minyan
2nd & 4th Saturdays: 9:00am
Downstairs Minyan is a lay-led Shabbat service followed by a light Kiddush and lively singing of z'mirot. If you are interested in leading a part of the service or reading Torah please contact Eddy Shuldman at eddyj54@msn.com.
Rose Schnitzer Manor
3rd Shabbat: 10:00am
On the 3rd Shabbat of each month Neveh Shalom volunteers from Downstairs Minyan lead Shabbat services for seniors at the Robison Home Chapel, escorting residents to the Chapel and conducting services at 10am.
Weekday Services
Daily Minyan: Sunday-Friday
This minyan is maintained by devoted congregants to ensure that this service be available to those who seek it.
- Weekday services begin at 7:15am, except on Rosh Chodesh and intermediate days of a holiday (Sukkot, Hanukkah, and Passover) when services begin at 7:00am.
- Services on Sundays, major Jewish holidays, and major American holidays begin at 9:00am, year-round.
Shabbat Services for Children, Youth, and Parents
Tot Shabbat - Ages 0-5 years old
1st & 3rd Saturdays, 10:15am
Tot Shabbat is a warm, age-appropriate Saturday morning service designed to introduce our youngest members to Shabbat morning worship. This interactive, engaging 45-minute Shabbat service includes prayers, music, songs and story time followed by a light Kiddush lunch. We are lucky to have two special Tot Shabbat leaders Amy Katz (1st Saturdays) & Levia Friedman (3rd Saturdays). Check weekly e-blasts for updated Tot Shabbat information throughout the year. We welcome parent volunteers to assist with Tot Shabbat. Kiddush sponsorship opportunities are also available to celebrate family milestones-birthdays, anniversaries, new babies, etc. Tot Shabbat is coordinated by the Shoreshim Young Families program. For more information on any aspect of Tot Shabbat, please contact Shoreshim staff liaison, Caron Blau Rothstein, crothstein@nevehshalom.org. NOTE: NO Tot Shabbat or Kehillat Noar in September. All services resume October 2, 2010.
Kehillat Noar - Grades 1-5
1st & 3rd Saturdays, 10:15am
Join us for Neveh Shalom's family service! Kehillat Noar (Youth Congregation) is an interactive, fun, musical, and exciting Shabbat Morning service for children in grades one through five and those who love them. Join us for tefilah, storytelling, and lots more (including Kiddush) led by Gershon Liberman (1st Saturdays) and Amy Katz (3rd Saturdays). NOTE: NO Tot Shabbat or Kehillat Noar in September. All services resume October 2, 2010.
New Babies Shabbat
Saturday, January 29, 9:00am Shabbat Morning Service
On this special Shabbat, as a community, we will welcome our youngest members born during the past year. Parents and their newborn children, along with siblings, will be called to the Torah for an Aliyah and a special blessing. This is always a memorable Shabbat.
All Member Friday Shabbat Dinners
Approximately 7:15pm, following Erev Shabbat Service
Join us after services for a kosher, family-style Shabbat dinner. Reservations required. $14 per person, $7 per child age 10 and under, $42 limit per immediate household. RSVP by noon on the preceding Wednesday. Call the office at 503.246.8831x100,
CNSreceptionist@nevehshalom.org
Sept 24 - All Member Sukkot Dinner
October 8* - Scholar in Residence - R. Byron Sherwin with Shir Tikvah
November 5
December 10* - Celebrate with Kabbalat Torah families
February 4
March 4 - Shabbat Across America
April 1
May 6 - Yom ha Atzmaut
June 3
KEVA - A little time for your soul
You may have heard the buzz around town, come be part of the excitement! YOU are warmly invited to come check out KEVA. When you place your mezuzah on your home the prayer to say is "leekboa mezuzah" which comes from the root word KEVA. KEVA means to carve out a space, to set a time, to create a place....for your soul. The flipside of Keva is Kavannah (deep intention/focus) and you can't have one without the other, they live for each other, the yin and yang of Judaism. We study, we sing and dance, we meditate and engage deeply in prayer together...no experience necessary.
We meet in rm.102 at 10:00am
the first Saturday of the month.
For more info email Rabbi Greenstein at bgreenstein@nevehshalom.org.
Welcome!
Prayer and Song We believe prayer can be the deepest expression of the human heart and to come together in song as a community of seekers can be creative and profound. We believe prayer has the power to transform our lives and therefore the world.
Study We search the texts of our Torah to be relevant for our lives and seek to bring their justice, compassion, and healing into our daily lives. An engaging and welcoming Torah study is the centerpiece of our service.
Spirituality of Welcoming We believe prayer isn't about doing it right or wrong. We sit and stand and move around. We know all the words, enjoy humming along, or sit in silence. We come early and late and walk in and out of the room. We come here from different places and for different reasons. Our mission is to celebrate Shabbat and delve into the mysteries of our tradition together.
Family We echo the words of our Talmud that the "world rests on the breadth of children." Although we are not specifically a kids service they are always welcome and we hope to hear the sounds of children playing, laughing, and crying and realize these are not interruptions but part of our collective prayer.
Vision We believe in the vitality of our tradition and our ancient sages' mandate for progression. Introducing new songs and interpretations is authentic and exciting. We are traditional and we are progressive. We are creative, spiritual, and musical. We welcome you to be part of our cosmic chorus.