upcoming events
We gather at 6pm to welcome Shabbat with a short Kabbalat Shabbat service followed by a community potluck. Services start at 6pm, dinner around 6:30pm. You are welcome to join for any portion of the evening that interests you. Sign up here to let us know what you can bring and to help with set-up or clean-up.
Tu B'Shvat is traditionally known as the "Birthday of the Trees", a day of expressing gratitude for the blessings of the trees and their fruits, and the ways that we are nourished by the earth. Over time, it has expanded to be a day of also recognizing our obligation to care for all of creation, acknowledging the climate crisis, and committing to action.
Our celebration begins with a serene tree walk in the beautiful Merion Botanical Garden, starting at 10:00 AM at the park entrance near Merion Train Station. The twenty to thirty minute walk will end at a member's home, where we'll enjoy the fruits of the trees as we hear from Havurah member and Rebecca Rutstein, who will share a visual presentation of her work. An environmentally-focused multidiscplinary artist, Rebecca's work sheds light on hidden systems in the natural world to foster deeper connection in the face of our climate crisis. Her collaborations with oceanographers, ecologists, microbiologists, molecular scientists and planetary geologists give her a unique perspective and broad view of the interconnectedness of all things in nature.
Feel free to join us for both the walk from 10:00 am to 10:30 am, and the "mini Tu B'Shvat seder" and Rebecca's talk from 10:45 to 11:45, or just for one or the other! RSVP to rabbisimchazevit@gmail.com, and put “Tu B'Shvat RSVP” in the subject line, and the address of the members home will be sent to you.
New Year, New Members! The Weekend of February 21st - we will have two of our community’s favorite events with an emphasis on our new members as well as prospective ones. The entire community is encouraged to attend one or both events, but we hope you will consider bringing a prospective member with you.
Start your weekend off with intergenerational Shabbat services and Havurah schmoozing. Rabbi Simcha will join us for a Shabbat morning service at 10am followed by bagels and coffee. Through traditional and contemporary melodies, song, chant, meditation, poetry and engaging discussions of the weekly Torah portion, we’ll experience the Shabbat Together and grow our connections to each other. Depending on interest, we'll offer separate programming for adults and children during the Torah study portion of the service.
New Year, New Members! The Weekend of 2/21 - we will have two of our community’s favorite events with an emphasis on our new members as well as prospective ones. The entire community is encouraged to attend one or both events, but we hope you will consider bringing a prospective member with you.
Join Havurah friends and members for “Dining With Adults,” a series of monthly meals at local restaurants, for camaraderie, conversation, and various types of cuisine.
Attendees will be responsible for their own bill.
Please email Jen Pardee a week in advance to let her know you're coming.
Join us as we celebrate Purim this year! There will be activities for all to enjoy including baking hamantashen, face painting, and art projects followed by dinner and a Purim spiel. Come in costume or not - it is all good!
Please RSVP here and sign up to help with side dishes, hamantashen supplies, and more.
The event is free, and there will be a donation box to help cover costs of pizza and supplies if you'd like to contribute.
Looking forward to celebrating together!
Start your weekend off with intergenerational Shabbat services and Havurah schmoozing. Rabbi Simcha will join us for a Shabbat morning service at 10am followed by bagels and coffee. Through traditional and contemporary melodies, song, chant, meditation, poetry and engaging discussions of the weekly Torah portion, we’ll experience the Shabbat Together and grow our connections to each other. Depending on interest, we'll offer separate programming for adults and children during the Torah study portion of the service.
Join Havurah friends and members for “Dining With Adults,” a series of monthly meals at local restaurants, for camaraderie, conversation, and various types of cuisine.
This month’s DWA will be held at TBAe.
Attendees will be responsible for their own bill.
Please RSVP by October 24th to Jen Pardee to let her know you're coming.
We gather at 6pm to welcome Shabbat with a short Kabbalat Shabbat service followed by a community potluck. Services start at 6pm, dinner around 6:30pm. You are welcome to join for any portion of the evening that interests you. Sign up here to let us know what you can bring and to help with set-up or clean-up.
We gather at 6pm to welcome Shabbat with a short Kabbalat Shabbat service followed by a community potluck. Services start at 6pm, dinner around 6:30pm. You are welcome to join for any portion of the evening that interests you. Sign up here to let us know what you can bring and to help with set-up or clean-up.
We will mark the end of shabbat and the beginning of the secular week with a community gathering with dessert and a fire pit, and a Havdalah ceremony. We will gather at a member’s house. Location TBA.
Please RSVP and sign up to bring dessert or a beverage here.
All Havurah Members are invited to join this annual tradition - a time to connect, celebrate the year behind, and plan for the next year. We will discuss next year's budget, elect next year's Executive Committee, and talk about changes for next year. Rabbi Simcha will join us for the second half of the meeting. Happy hour refreshments will be served.
Join the Green family in celebrating Shabbat as Eliza becomes a Bat Mitzvah!
Eliza will be co-leading the service with Rabbi Simcha and others, in a Havurah-style Shabbat service, filled with traditional and contemporary melodies, song, chant, poetry and Torah.
Through traditional and contemporary melodies, song, chant, meditation, poetry and engaging discussions of the weekly Torah portion, we’ll experience the Spirit of Shabbat and grow our connections to each other.
Join Havurah friends and members in supporting Eliza's Bat-Mitzvah project at JRA! Packing begins at 10AM. Around 11AM if you choose to reserve a route, you will deliver boxes. Please register in advance by going to: https://jewishrelief.org/register-to-volunteer
Can't make Distribution, but want to support Eliza in supporting JRA? Here's How!
1. Warm Clothing Drive for Kids: You can drop off NEW KIDS socks, mittens, hats and scarves (dollar store is great!) to the Green's home through Friday, January 17th - there isa bin in front of the garage labeled JRA.JRA when we go back next month.
2. Make Caring Cards: You can drop any cards off in the JRA box as well! at my house if we aren’t home. These will go in the boxes to JRA recipients. Instructions on what to in/exclude in cards can be found here.
Our annual "Gotta Latka" contest is back! Bring your tried and true traditional latkes, or latkes with a creative twist to win the coveted prize(!) for best tasting latkes. We’ll enjoy post Hannukah hoiday fun, sing and dance to Hannukah music, make havdalah candles, and enjoy a potluck feast and time to connect with Havurah friends new and old!
Please bring serving utensils for your dish, which should serve 12-15 people. We ask that all food be labeled, so that those who have food sensitivities, keep kosher, or are vegetarian will know what is in them.
Please RSVP and sign up here
Join Havurah friends for a homestyle version of Dining with Adults! This month's dinner is a potluck at the home of Sara and Alex and has a limit of 12 attendees.
Please rsvp to Sara Schuh no later than December 11th - she will send out the potluck sign-up by December 12th.
We gather at 6pm to welcome Shabbat with a short Kabbalat Shabbat service followed by a community potluck and then "Wine and Wisdom". Services start at 6pm, dinner around 6:30pm, and Wine and Wisdom around 7:30pm. You are welcome to join for any portion of the evening that interests you. Sign up here to let us know what you can bring and to help with set-up or clean-up.
Join Havurah friends and members for “Dining With Adults,” a series of monthly meals at local restaurants, for camaraderie, conversation, and various types of cuisine.
This month’s DWA is at Goat’s Beard in Manayunk.
Attendees will be responsible for their own bill.
Please email Jen Pardee a week in advance to let her know you're coming.
Havurah kids and their families are invited to Rabbi Simcha's home for a Shabbat Together experience that includes a brief morning service and discussion of the Torah portion, a craft, and of course challah and snacks with time to play, "shmooze", and connect. Please text Rabbi Simcha at 216-402-2949, or email rabbisimchazevit@gmail.com to let her know you'll be there, and she'll send you the address!
In the midst of all that Havurah members are feeling and thinking in the aftermath of the election, and as we navigate the stress and uncertainty of these times, we turn to our tradition and to our connection to community. We'll gather on Zoom for a gathering space of inspirational readings, poems, and prayers (feel free to bring one to share) and to hear one another in a Listening Circle where all voices can be heard and held with respect and care.
All Havurah Members are invited to join our fall Open Community meeting. This is a time to reflect on the last few months and look ahead to what's next! Email Tara for address
Start your weekend off with intergenerational Shabbat services and Havurah schmoozing. Rabbi Simcha will join us for a Shabbat morning service at 10am followed by bagels and coffee. Through traditional and contemporary melodies, song, chant, meditation, poetry and engaging discussions of the weekly Torah portion, we’ll experience the Shabbat Together and grow our connections to each other. Depending on interest, we'll offer separate programming for adults and children during the Torah study portion of the service.
Join Havurah friends and members for “Dining With Adults,” a series of monthly meals at local restaurants, for camaraderie, conversation, and various types of cuisine.
This month’s DWA will be held at Ripplewood Whiskey and Craft in Ardmore.
Attendees will be responsible for their own bill.
Please RSVP by October 24th to Jen Pardee to let her know you're coming.
Join us an evening of celebration and fun in the Sukkah! We encourage all attendees to bring dinner items and sign up to help with set-up or clean-up. Rabbi Simcha will join us! We will hold our potluck at Sara and Alex Schuh’s home. No need to bring your own utensils/cups./etc., they are on it!
Join us after the Yiskor/Neilah concluding service of Yom Kippur as we break the fast together in community. Both Havurah members and guests are welcome! The timing is dependent on when services end, with the expectation that we will be ready to break the fast by 6:15 or 6:30 pm.
This is a potluck, so please sign up to bring something. This will not be a "sit down dinner"; rather offerings should be easy take and eat "pick up" foods that can be enjoyed standing and mingling with others, both indoors and outside, weather permitting.
For information about donations, the High Holidays theme, children’s programming, locations and parking, accessibility, and virtual attendance, please visit our High Holidays page.
We will hold Yizkor (remembrance) and Neilah (closing service), immediately followed by the break-fast.
High Holiday services with the Narberth Havurah are filled with prayer, introspection, the joyous music of our own Havurah band, discussion, and interaction designed to fill this holy time of year with personal and communal meaning.
We are excited to gather once again at The Narberth Havurah @ Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Services will also be broadcast for those not attending in person.
For information about donations, the High Holidays theme, children’s programming, locations and parking, accessibility, and virtual attendance, please visit our High Holidays page.
High Holiday services with the Narberth Havurah are filled with prayer, introspection, the joyous music of our own Havurah band, discussion, and interaction designed to fill this holy time of year with personal and communal meaning.
For information about donations, the High Holidays theme, children’s programming, locations and parking, accessibility, and virtual attendance, please visit our High Holidays page.
Our children’s services are for children aged 10 and under to join in the songs, stories, and prayers of Yom Kippur kid-style! The children’s services are led by Havurah volunteer parents who create a service that their children, and yours, will enjoy being part of!
For information about donations, the High Holidays theme, children’s programming, locations and parking, accessibility, and virtual attendance, please visit our High Holidays page.
Kol Nidre is sung on the eve of Yom Kippur. This is a beautiful service that ends with the shofar blowing.
High Holiday services with the Narberth Havurah are filled with prayer, introspection, the joyous music of our own Havurah band, discussion, and interaction designed to fill this holy time of year with personal and communal meaning.
We are excited to gather once again at The Narberth Havurah @ Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Services will also be broadcast for those not attending in person.
For information about donations, the High Holidays theme, children’s programming, locations and parking, accessibility and virtual attendance, please visit our High Holidays page.
This Listening Circle will open with a poem and reading offering to honor those killed on October 7th. The majority of our time together will be an opportunity, though, to simply be present to one another to listen to what is on each others hearts and minds as we honor the lives lost and the impact of the year gone by. We create a safe space through our intention to hold one another with respect and caring. Everyone will have a chance to speak and be heard, or participants can just choose to be present. This is not a time to be right or wrong, to share news and opinions - but rather a time to bring our hearts to one another and be met with compassion.
Come hear the shofar and scatter breadcrumbs, seeds or pebbles in the creek. This service is for all ages.
Note that this event takes place in Shortridge Park.
For information about donations, the High Holidays theme, children’s programming, locations and parking, accessibility and virtual attendance, please visit our High Holidays page.
High Holiday services with the Narberth Havurah are filled with prayer, introspection, the joyous music of our own Havurah band, discussion, and interaction designed to fill this holy time of year with personal and communal meaning.
For information about donations, the High Holidays theme, children’s programming, locations and parking, accessibility and virtual attendance, please visit our High Holidays page.
Our children’s services are for children age 10 and under to join in the songs, stories, and prayers of Rosh Hashanah kid-style! The children’s services are led by Havurah volunteer parents who create a service that their children, and yours, will enjoy being part of!
For information about donations, the High Holidays theme, children’s programming, locations and parking, accessibility and virtual attendance, please visit our High Holidays page.
High Holiday services with the Narberth Havurah are filled with prayer, introspection, the joyous music of our own Havurah band, discussion, and interaction designed to fill this holy time of year with personal and communal meaning.
We are excited to gather once again at The Narberth Havurah @ Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Services will also be broadcast for those not attending in person.
For information about donations, the High Holidays theme, children’s programming, locations and parking, accessibility and virtual attendance please visit our High Holidays page.
Join Havurah friends and members for “Dining With Adults,” a series of monthly meals at local restaurants, for camaraderie, conversation, and various types of cuisine.
This month’s DWA is at In Riva in East Falls.
Attendees will be responsible for their own bill.
Please email Jen Pardee a week in advance to let her know you're coming.
Join us for a welcome back, end of summer park gathering! There will be shmoozing, bagels and coffee. Those interested in the Havurah are invited to come and meet us, and members new and old will have the opportunity to reconnect.
Click here to sign up.
We gather at 6pm to welcome Shabbat with a short Kabbalat Shabbat service followed by a community potluck and then "Wine and Wisdom", when we'll spend some time learning together about the month of Elul as a time for preparing for the High Holidays ahead. Services start at 6pm, dinner around 6:30pm, and Wine and Wisdom around 7:30pm. You are welcome to join for any portion of the evening that interests you. Sign up here to let us know what you can bring. Please bring your own washable dinnerware to keep from using disposables.
Please email tara.cherwony@narberthhavurah.org for address.
Join Us at Narberth’s Second Annual Pride at the Park
Join Havurah friends and members for “Dining With Adults,” a series of monthly meals at local restaurants, for camaraderie, conversation, and various types of cuisine.
This month’s DWA is at Las Fridas in Bryn Mawr.
Attendees will be responsible for their own bill.
Please email Jen Pardee a week in advance to let her know you're coming.
All Havurah Members are invited to join this annual tradition - a time to connect, celebrate the year behind, and plan for the next year. We will discuss next year's budget, elect next year's Executive Committee, and talk about changes for next year. Rabbi Simcha will join us for the second half of the meeting. Happy hour refreshments will be served.
Tues, Sept 13th @6pm
Tues, Sept 13th @6pm
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