Services and Torah Study

Kabbalat Shabbat in the Sukkah with Mashpi’ah Zahavi.

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

Chaim and Vikeka lead December 2025 service at P’nai Or of Portland. Photo Judith Auslander.

P’nai Or celebrates Shabbat with chanting, singing, live music, movement, meditation, storytelling and Kabbalat Shabbat potlucks.

Locations:

  • Each notice will state if the service is in-person, over zoom, or hybrid (in-person and over zoom). For the zoom link, please contact admin@pnaiorpdx.org.

  • We usually meet at the Hillsdale Community Church, twice a month and on most holidays, 6948 SW Capitol Hwy.

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

  • During warm weather, we often meet in a parks on the east and west side.

Saturday, Jan 11, 10:30 am: HYBRID Shabbat Morning @HCC with Cathy Zheutlin.

Friday, Jan 3, 7 pm: HYBRID 1st Friday Kabbalat Shabbat @HCC with Reb Zmira Lovejo

Saturday, Jan 11, 10:30 am: HYBRID Shabbat Morning @HCC with Cathy Zheutlin

Friday, January 17, 7 pm: HYBRID 3rd Friday Kabbalat Shabbat @EJC 

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

Saturday, Jan 25, 2 pm: Torah Study on ZOOM with Reb Zmira

Saturday, Jan 25, 7 pm: 25th Annual Community Havdalah Service led by Rabbi Eve Posen of Congregation Neveh Shalom. Open to the community and free to attend. Zidell Hall, Rose Schnitzer Manor, 6125 SW Boundary, Portland

Friday, Feb 7, 7 pm: HYBRID 1st Friday Kabbalat Shabbat @HCC