THIS SATURDAY, May 2: HYBRID 1st Saturday Shabbat Service
and New Member Ceremony
at St. Luke Lutheran Church
with Reb Zmira Lovejoy and Michael Eaton

Join us this Saturday for a joyous Shabbat morning service, with special guest drasher Michael Eaton, as we honor our new members and embrace them into our P’nai Or Family!

From guest drasher, Michael Eaton: “Join us for this week's service honoring the new members, led by Michael Eaton and Friends, Reb Zmira, Zahavi, Cathy Zheutlin, Joel Glick, and Cassie Falling.”

A celebratory potluck lunch for our new members will follow the service.
Please bring a vegetarian or fish (no shellfish) dish to share!

After lunch, please join us for an in-person only Torah Study with Reb Zmira.

When: Saturday, May 2, at 10:30 am

Where: St. Luke Lutheran Church,
4595 SW California St, Portland, OR 97219

Please join us for the New Members ceremony during
the Shabbat Morning service.

Join us for an in-person* Torah Study with Reb Zmira Lovejoy
this Saturday after the Service!

When: Saturday, May 2, at 12:30 PM
(After the celebratory potluck lunch)

Where: St. Luke Lutheran Church,
4595 SW California St, Portland, OR

*no hybrid option at this time

• Saturday, May 2, 10:30 am: HYBRID 1st Saturday @SLLC
  and New Members Ceremony
  with Reb Zmira Lovejoy and Michael Eaton
  Zoom Link
  Meeting ID: 833 0961 3461; Passcode: 826631

• Saturday, May 2, 12:30 pm: IN-PERSON Torah Study with Reb Zmira Lovejoy
  After the New Members Celebratory Potluck Lunch after the service, join Reb Zmira for Torah Study.

• Tuesday, May 4th - Wednesday, May 5th: Lag BaOmer

• Friday, May 8, 5:30 pm: ZOOM Kabbalat Shabbat
  Zoom Link
  Meeting ID: 833 0961 3461; Passcode: 826631

• Sunday, May 10, 6:30 pm: Tikkun Olam Committee Meeting
  To join in person or on Zoom, please contact Hilda at welchhilda@gmail.com
  Meeting ID: 854 1428 9362; Passcode: 107024

• Friday, May 15, 7 pm: 3rd Friday Kabbalat Shabbat @EJC
  Zoom Link
  Meeting ID: 833 0961 3461; Passcode: 826631

• Friday, May 22, 7 pm: 4th Friday Kabbalat Shabbat @EJC
  Zoom Link
  Meeting ID: 833 0961 3461; Passcode: 826631

• Thursday, May 28, 7 pm: Holy Joy: Exploring the Shabbat Liturgy - Adult Education Class with Reb Zmira Lovejoy
  Register by clicking here

• Sunday, May 31, 11 am: HYBRID Chantlings with Zahavi
  Contact Zahavi3@comcast.net for more information

We are grateful for Cathy Zheutlin, Lynn Taylor, and Lisa Lieberman for leading last week’s service!

We are grateful for recent donations!

Special Sponsorships

• In celebration of the 60th anniversary of her Bat Mitzvah, Marla Resnick has made an offering of sponsoring the Oneg Shabbat.
  And in celebration of the 63rd anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah, Michael and Lois Eaton have made an offering of sponsoring the Oneg Shabbat.

Donation cards are available for $18+ each. Send one “in memory of,” “in honor of,” or “in celebration of,” and we’ll list your donation and dedication in This Week. Email donationcards@pnaiorpdx.org for more info.

KVELL: Bronte and Zahavi will be exhibiting art in the same exhibition! All are invited to attend the opening reception this Friday for JEW&, an “exhibition that challenges expectations about who Jewish artists are and the duality of the Jewish experience.” Created and curated by Jessica Rehfield (who is Bronte’s dear friend) for the Salem Art Association. Jew& is the first exhibit of its kind in Oregon to exhibit all Jewish artists in a space outside a Jewish institution!
Reception: Friday, May 1, From 5:30 – 7:30 P.M.
Where: A.N. Bush Gallery,
600 Mis­sion St SE, Salem, OR 97302
More Info Here

KVELL: Joan Glebow is our Song of Miriam Recipient this year and will be honored at the Jewish Women's Round Table brunch on June 14th. Please check out JWRT.org (laptop only) to register, and alert rep. Linda Zahavi if you are attending. Seating is reserved.

PRAYERS: Please continue to pray for the restoration of health and hope to Michael Garcia, Judith Auslander, Cassie Falling, Mindy Miller, Anita Mention, Bronte Grimm, Lisa Stiller, and Aryeh Tzvi ben Shoshanna Tova, and for the family of Maddox Alexander Luke, Alex and Barry Luke, and Lynda Malerstein.

Next class: “Kabbalat Shabbat - Class 3”,
Thursday, May 28, at 7 pm

Join Reb Zmira Lovejoy for Holy Joy: Exploring the Shabbat Liturgy, a 12-session journey through the prayers and spiritual flow of Shabbat.

- Free for P’nai Or of Portland members
(Check your inbox for the Members-Only Promo Code!)
- $18 per session for nonmembers

Please join Reb Zmira and her friend Sheryl Shapiro at this link each Thursday at 8:45 pm, April 2 through May 14, for a brief exploration of the Sefirah of the week in our Omer counting.

In ancient times, a sheaf/measure (omer) of barley was brought to the Temple on the second day of Pesach (Passover). The 7 weeks between Pesach and Shavuot (Shavuot literally means "Weeks," a week of weeks) are counted each night. This practice of counting the omer has agricultural and biblical roots in addition to being a spiritual journey from liberation (from slavery in Egypt) to revelation (of Torah on Mount Sinai).

In Hebrew, the counting of the omer is called Sefirat haOmer, and clearly the early Kabbalists were inspired by the fact that the word for counting (sefirah) is the same as the word for each of the 10 emanations (Sefirah singular, Sefirot plural) in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. They mapped each of the 7 weeks of the Omer period to one of the 7 lower Sefirot, starting with Chesed, and each day in each of these weeks also corresponds to one of the Sefirot--it's like fractals of holiness! Thus we pair our counting with an exploration of each Sefirah inside each of the Sefirot, starting with Chesed sh'b'Chesed (the lovingkindness within lovingkindness), moving to Gevurah sh'b'Chesed (the strength/boundaries within lovingkindness), and so on, through Malchut sh'b'Malchut (the Sovereign Presence/Shechinah) within Sovereign Presence/Shechinah).

Reb Zmira and Sheryl Shapiro will introduce the theme of each week's Sefirah at the beginning of each week on Zoom, Thursdays at 8:45 pm, at this link. Please join us!

Chant Group News:

Next Session: Sunday, May 31st

Chantlings will be meeting most every last Sunday of the month, 11-12 PST, over Zoom or in person at Zahavi’s in West Linn. Check with her if you’d like to join in person.

This session is a nourishing, meditative, almost continuous hour of chanting with mindful guidance and kavanot (setting of intentions) in between.

Newcomers welcome!

Please contact Zahavi for the link and more information:
Zahavi3@comcast.net

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