This Week at TBI Eugene

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Mar 19-25, 2020 / 23-29 Adar 5780

This Week

(All events are online. See below for links.)

TONIGHT, Wednesday, Mar 18

5:30 pm Wednesday Minyan

Thursday, Mar 19

Noon Torah Study, w/Rabbi Ruhi Sophia

Friday, Mar 20

7:30 pm Erev Shabbat Services ( YouTube)

Saturday, Mar 21

8:30 pm Community Havdalah, w/Rabbi Ruhi Sophia

Sunday, Mar 22

7:30 pm Setting a Kavannah, w/Rabbi Ruhi Sophia

Wednesday, Mar 25

5:30 pm Wednesday Minyan
7:30 pm The Place Where You Are Standing Is Holy, w/Rabbi Ruhi Sophia

Rabbi’s Message

In this week’s Parasha, Vayakhel-Pekudei, the Israelites construct a sacred space in the wilderness together. The Israelites are still wandering in the wilderness, still in a situation of great uncertainty, yet by taking on this project, they affirm that they are agents in creating sacred community. Rabbi Shai Held discusses the significance of that act in his dvar Torah. Please join me tomorrow at noon for a discussion on how Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei can inspire us, too, to create sacred community even in this challenging, uncertain time.

Spotlight On...

TBI Is Livestreaming Several Services

Please tune is as you're able to stay connected with the TBI community.

Wednesday Minyan, TONIGHT, Wednesday, March 18, 5:30pm

     » Click here for Wednesday minyan

Erev Shabbat Services, Friday, March 20, 7:30pm
You will see on our YouTube page the links for future services and events, along with links for past services. The link for the most current one will become live when it starts. (If you tuned in last week and were frustrated by the sound and video quality, please give it another try! We’ve made some updates and continue to do our best to improve the experience.)

     » Go to our YouTube channel for Erev Shabbat Services

Community Havdalah w/Rabbi Ruhi Sophia, Saturday, March 21, 8:30pm
Join together in song as we say goodbye to Shabbat.

     » Click here for Havdalah

Online Torah Study w/Rabbi Ruhi Sophia

Thursdays at Noon (starting tomorrow, March 19)

All are welcome to remotely join Rabbi Ruhi Sophia for a discussion of this week’s Torah portion and how it impacts our lives.

» Click here for Torah study

Setting a Kavannah/Intention for the Work Week w/Rabbi Ruhi Sophia

Sundays, 7:30pm

» Click here for Setting a Kavannah

“The Place Where You Are Standing Is Holy:” Rituals for creating sacred space when you’re stuck at home, w/Rabbi Ruhi Sophia

Wednesdays, 7:30pm (starting March 25)

» Click here NEXT WEEK for The Place Where You Are Standing Is Holy

Resources for Passover

Rabbi Ruhi Sophia is putting together a packet of resources to get ready for Passover. You will be able to read, print, download, and share these resources.

Additional Resources to Keep Our Community Connected

Over the next few weeks—and possibly months—we will be sharing a variety of interesting items that we hope will be of interest to our community: videos, writings, music, learning opportunities, etc. We will spotlight them here in TW@TBI and on our website's home page. If you come across something you think might be of interest to the community, please email Jody in the office.

Here are two resources for this week:

Virtual Shabbat Box: In this time of mounting uncertainty, we offer you a Virtual Shabbat Box. It doesn’t contain challah or candles, but rather essays, meditations and other resources for your senses that you can download and digest for Shabbat.

» Get the Shabbat box

Jewish Meditation Starter Kit: Get started with Jewish Mindfulness meditation. Learning to meditate might help you make greater peace with the frustration of these bizarre times!

» Get the starter kit

• • • F Y I • • •

Ways to Take Action from Home for National Refugee Shabbat Speaker

Friday, March 20

The COVID-19 outbreak is scary and disruptive. Yet, even as we make adjustments to our lives and how we gather in community, the world’s refugees and asylum seekers still deserve our support. In this time when we are reminded just how interconnected and interdependent we all are, we will continue to show solidarity for refugees and asylum seekers worldwide.

» Learn what you can do

Israeli Dancing with Havaya

Thursday, March 19, 11:00am
Turn up the volume and dance your heart out with Jacob Oshins, Assistant Director of Camp Havaya.

» Click for Havaya Israeli Dancing

TBI Blood Drive

Sunday, April 19, 9:00am to Noon

Several blood drives have been cancelled, but our community is facing a significant blood shortage due to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation. It’s important to know that the act of giving blood is still safe yet donors are staying home–and this puts our community supply at risk. TBI will be hosting a drive in the parking lot of TBI on Sunday, April 19, from 9:00am to Noon. All sanitary precautions will be taken. Please contact Rob Stein if you have questions or want to make an appointment.

» Email Rob Stein

Yahrtzeits

The following yahrtzeits will be observed this Shabbat.

Frank Lefton
Claudia Weber
Bess Hankin
Louis Ledwitz
Roy Sampson
Jamie Ede Rosen
Jamie Rosen
Sidney Todras
Joseph Warobick
Louis Brooks
Avraham Hamburger
Tony Alperin
Fanny Pagter
Rachel Rubenstein
Lillian Tash
Bertram Yood
Rose Todras
Nahum Hamburger
Anna Urshan
Jack Rosenblum
Greg Zwettler
John Gaiser
Dori Chortek
Irwin Ginsberg
Judith Henry
Bernard Levy
Elizabeth Pfeiffer
Erma Louise Rykus
Idelle Shure
Judith Brown

• • • Todah! • • •

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Submissions to This Week at TBI Eugene received by noon Tuesday will be considered for inclusion in Wednesday’s e-news. Email jody@tbieugene.org.