Services

Kabbalat Shabbat in the Sukkah with Mashpi’ah Zahavi.

Click the photo for service with Shoshanna Nambi, of the Abayudaya community in Mbale, Uganda.

P’nai Or, a Jewish Renewal synagogue, celebrates Shabbat in many styles, including chanting, singing, live music, movement, meditation, storytelling and in-home Kabbalat Shabbat potlucks.

Locations:

  • Our usual meeting place is the Hillsdale Community Church, 6948 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland. We meet there about twice a month, plus most holidays, include the High Holy Days.

  • We meet at the Eastside Jewish Commons on the 3rd Friday evening of every month, 2420 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland.

  • Some services are on Zoom only. Our calendar labels each event as ZOOM, IN-PERSON, or HYBRID, which means it is in-person and live on Zoom.

  • We sometimes hold services in a park during nice weather.

Upcoming Services

  • EVERY NIGHT April 24-June 10: ZOOM, Counting the Omer with Rabbinic Student Zmira Lovejoy and Sheryl Shapiro

  • Friday, May 3, 7 pm Hybrid at HCC.

  • Saturday, May 11, 10:30 am Hybrid, at HCC.

  • Friday, May 17, 7 pm: HYBRID 3rd Friday @EJC Kabbalat Shabbat with Cathy Zheutlin & Friends at EJC.

  • Friday, May 24, 5:30 pm: ZOOM Kabbalat Shabbat with Elisabeth Rogolsky

  • Saturday, May 25, 2 pm: ZOOM Torah Study with Student Rabbi Zmira Lovejoy (Torah Study repeats on the 4th Saturday of each month).

  • SAVE THE DATE: On Tuesday evening, June 11, we will celebrate Shavuot with music, prayer, and teachings on Zoom with Havurah Shir Hadash (Ashland) and Aquarian Minyan (Berkeley). Our own Rivkah Coburn, Cassandra Sagan, and Zmira Lovejoy will be amongst the teachers, and Mashpi’ah Zahavi will lead us in chants for musical interludes.

Candles, by Zahavi