Practice Organized Kindness: Shir Hesed-Song of Kindness
Sun, Aug 04
|Location is TBD
Shabbat with Friends is organizing a Kindness (Gemilut Hasadim) Initiative called Shir Hesed-Song of Kindness. We will visit seniors and isolated individuals to share songs of Shabbat and the Festivals.
Time & Location
Aug 04, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MDT
Location is TBD
Guests
About the event
Shabbat with Friends is organizing a Kindness (Gemilut Hasadim) Initiative called Shir Hesed-Song of Kindness. The purpose of the Shir Hesed is to bring songs through visits of Jewish seniors and isolated individuals. The aim of our visits is to bring joy and comfort to individuals and groups by sharing Jewish and Shabbat folk songs. We plan to visit people both in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas.
The first step of the initiative is forming an informal singing group. We are planning a first rehearsal of volunteers on Sunday, August 4th.
We call on volunteers who can make a time commitments of roughly 4-5 hours a month: 2 hours to learn and rehearse from a playlist of songs. 2-3 hours for prearranged visits to individuals and groups who will enjoy the music we share. We are building on our musical Shabbat gatherings where many of the songs we will…