Virtually Neighbors Circle

What’s Virtually Neighbors? We are an all-and-always online community of folks connected with IKAR.

Virtually Neighbors
4 days ago • Feb 13, 2025
Virtually Neighbors Circle: Tu Bishvat Seder
Th Feb 13 4-6:30pm PT / 5-7:30 MT / 6-8:30 CT / 7-9:30 ET Zoom Captions will be Enabled. If we need an ASL interpreter, please let me know asap and I’ll do my best to find one! If you ARE or know an ASL interpreter, please let me know because one day we will for sure need one! This Tu BiShvat, let’s come together in celebration of the trees, the earth, and the seasons. Join us for a Tu BiShvat Seder, where we’ll honor the beauty of nature, enjoy symbolic fruits, and reflect on our connection to the world around us. What to Bring: 🍊 A selection of fruits for the seder Fruits with a hard outer shell and edible inside  Fruits with an inedible pit or seeds  Fruits that are edible both inside and out  Something from a tree that smells delicious Additionally, please have a cup of wine or grape juice for kiddush We will connect with nature and with each other. Whether you’re new to Tu BiShvat or have celebrated before, we’ll have plenty of room for discussion about climate action, Jewish learning, and joy! 
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Virtually Neighbors
Sunday, Mar 9 • 8:30 am to 10 am
Virtually Neighbors Circle: Purim Megillah Reading!
Virtually Neighbors Megillah Reading! After minyan Sun March 9 for 1.5-2 hours In the US 8:45am Pacific, 9:45 Mountain, 10:45 Central, 11:45 Eastern! Zoom Captions will be Enabled. If we need an ASL interpreter, please let me know asap and I’ll do my best to find one! If you ARE or know an ASL interpreter, please let me know because one day we will for sure need one! Join our megillah reading with our Virtually Neighbors Event Link! Thank you to EVERYONE who is coming together to make this happen! Get ready to celebrate Purim with joy. We’re thrilled to invite you to our online Megillah Reading, where we’ll come together to hear the incredible story of Esther, raise a toast, and enjoy some Purim goodness. Costumes encouraged.   We would LOVE for you to participate by reading IN ENGLISH, IN HEBREW, or by CHANTING – please let us know by signing up for what you want to do here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19DZ_GspLEH3IMK4LoACiPXdtKXAlJ_2a2qUCUMAPi9Q/edit?usp=sharing  YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME TO HEAR THE MEGILLAH AS A LISTENER! READING/CHANTING IS AN INVITATION AND NOT AN OBLIGATION!  Still, could we get 7 people to read or chant? We absolutely think so! Then we’ll have at least 1 person for each of the days of the week. Could we get 10 people? A minyan? No doubt!  Think we can get 127 people representing all 127 provinces in the Megillah? Now THAT would be a great challenge. Chag Purim Sameach!
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Virtually Neighbors
Sunday, Apr 13 • 1 pm to 4 pm
Virtually Neighbors Circle: Passover Seder
Sun April 13 1-4pm PT / 2-5pm MT / 3-6pm CT / 4-7 ET We have a very big ‘table’ and there is ROOM for EVERYONE! Zoom Captions will be Enabled. If we need an ASL interpreter, please let me know asap and I’ll do my best to find one! If you ARE or know an ASL interpreter, please let me know because one day we will for sure need one! Options to Bring to our Table OPTIONS! Don’t have it? NO WORRIES! This is a very come-as-you-are seder!  Kiddush Cup & Grape Juice/Wine Three Matzot & something to cover them Seder Plate with Zeroa (bone) or Beet, Charoset, Maror (bitter herbs – often lettuce), Hazeret (more bitter herbs – often horseradish), Karpas (greens for dipping like parsley or celery), Salt Water (or any tangy sauce), Beitza (roasted, hard boiled egg) Vegetables and dip welcome for snacking/appetizers! Carrot sticks, celery, potato spears – anything covered in the karpas “ha’adamah” bracha for food that grows in the ground. Your add-ons for this Pesach: for example an olive for real peace in Israel and Gaza and for everyone in the Land, something that represents a justice issue you care about A handwashing vessel of some kind with water and a basin/bowl and a towel You are welcome to bring but don’t need your favorite Haggadah. Everything we need will be on the screen. **Because the timing is different for all of us, we are not organizing this seder around the shulchan orech (festive meal). That said, if it is EXACTLY the right time for you to eat (whatever time that is) while we are sedering, please do! ***If there is anything I can do to help facilitate/accommodate/support your full participation, please let me know! If I can’t make it happen, I’ll let you know, but please do ask. IF YOU NEED ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN’T FIND HERE: [email protected] Can you IMAGINE Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai listening in on THIS seder? We are forever grateful that he chose Yavneh and made this possible. What about Rabbi Akiva and Rachel, or Ima Shalom and Rabbi Eliezer? Miriam and Batya? We love being our ancestors’ wildest dreams.
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Virtually Neighbors
Sunday, Jun 1 • 6:15 pm to 8 pm
Virtually Neighbors Circle: Erev Shavuot/Shavuot Get Together
Virtually Neighbors Erev Shavuot/Shavuot Get Together Sun June 1 6:15pm PT / 7:15pm MT / 8:15pm CT / 9:15pm ET Let’s be together at Sinai for a gentle evening of learning, discussion, connection, and repair as we explore the Torah, Jewish texts, and mystical teachings.  We will choose a theme in April after Passover. Suggestions welcome anytime. In this complicated and challenging world we need soft, intentional spaces to connect more than ever. Pajamas, cozy blankets, and cups of tea welcome.
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