Spiritual and Theological Foundations of Creating A Caring Community, with Rabbi Chai Levy (May 2026)
Kicking off our Gemilut Hasadim series, we’ll look at texts that address how the Divine manifests in human acts of lovingkindness.
How to Enter a Room and Be of Service: A Guide for the Comforter of the Sick and Bereaved, with Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan (July 2026)
The Art of Comfort: Opening the Space, with Dan Fendel (August 2026)
After-Kiddush Talk: Orchei Zemer|Singing Visitors
Saturday, November 7 | 1:15 PM
Sanctuary
Please come to learn about Orchei Zemer (Singing Visitors), a rewarding new initiative of Netivot Shalom’s Gemilut Hasadim committee.
What is Orchei Zemer?
Trained volunteers will visit our ill or home-bound members to sing Jewish
and Hebrew songs to them. You likely already know many of the songs and prayers on our “playlist” of about 8 songs, including “Hinei Mah Tov” and the Havdalah niggun.
The mitzvah: Three or four volunteers will make late morning or early afternoon visits for 20-30 minutes, before thanking their host for sharing time with them and asking whether they would like another visit. We will de-brief after our visits and meet monthly to share our learnings and fine-tune our process.
To learn more: We are very excited to share ideas with you on Nov. 7. If you want to learn more about a group doing similar work before the November 7 after-kiddush talk, please consider registering for an on-line presentation by the Shomer Collective on Wednesday, October 21 (9:00 am–12:30 pm) which will touch on aspects of this mitzvah. It should be a great learning opportunity. https://www.shomercollective.org/convening
See you on Nov. 7!
Questions? Please email Barry Kamil at [email protected].
Caring Community
Because we recognize the importance of valuing everyone in our community, the Gemilut Hasadim committee is organizing an initiative to visit and/or connect with all of our members who for any reason are unable to attend services or participate in community activities. Please join us to support this important effort!
Also, if you would like visits or phone connection, or know someone who might be interested please contact: [email protected].
Join Lotsahelpinghands.com to hear and sign-up when Netivot Shalom members need help.
Questions? The Gemilut Hasadim Committee is here for you at [email protected].
Art Project, with Margaret Dorfman (August 2026)
Your friendly Gemilut Hasadim coordinators are seeking your quick and easy go-to recipes that you enjoy preparing when helping a friend. Extra points for freezability!
Send us your favorite recipes!
Make-and-take workshop! We all want to pay it forward in big and small ways. Here is a fun, creative community event where we can make something beautiful to do just that.