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Archive: December 2025

Rededicating Your Light: A Pre-Hanukkah Shabbat Retreat at Kripalu (in person)

Posted on December 4, 2025

December 4, 2025 – December 7, 2025 @ All Day – with Cantor Lizzie Shammash and Rabbi Claudia Kreiman December 4-7, 2025 at Kripalu More information and Registration OPEN TO THE LOVE INSIDE YOU Practicing Shabbat is like experiencing a deeply renewing yoga posture. Join gifted teachers Cantors Lizzie Shammash and Claudia Kreiman for a retreat that draws upon the Jewish and spiritual practices of mindfulness, […]

Torah Study (in person)

Posted on December 6, 2025

December 6, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am – Taught by Rav Claudia, Rav Leah and other rabbis and scholars from our TBZ community. Join us to study and discuss before Shabbat services.  Click here to see who is leading Torah Study.

Shabbat Morning Service (in person and online)

Posted on December 6, 2025

December 6, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm – Spend Shabbat morning in community. Our morning service is offered both in-person and on Zoom. Please call the office at 617-566-8171 for the Zoom link. Click here to download the Shabbat Morning Siddur. Find out who is leading Shabbat morning services!

Shabbat with Commentary (in person)

Posted on December 6, 2025

December 6, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Shabbat with Commentary November 1, December 6, January 24,  During Shabbat morning services 10:00am, upstairs in Room Gimel  (in person)  Once a month, join TBZ community members and rabbis to answer questions about services while services are happening! Learn how tefillah (prayer) works, get insights into the structure and meaning of various elements of the […]

WonderMinyan (in person)

Posted on December 6, 2025

December 6, 2025 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm – At WonderMinyan, young Jews begin to learn Shabbat morning and holiday prayers, the weekly parasha (Torah portion) through stories and plays, as well as build a community of friends. 10:30-11am Shabbat Shabreakfast in the Meeting Room 11-11:30am Age-appropriate parasha/Shabbat engagement: Littles (babies-1st grade) in the Meeting Room Middles (2-4 grades) in the Community Room Olders […]

Tikkun Olam Tables (in person)

Posted on December 6, 2025

December 6, 2025 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm – Tikkun Olam Tables September 20, October 11, November 8, December 6, January 3  Each month, members of the Tikkun Olam Steering Committee (TOSC) host a table at kiddush after Shabbat Morning Services to discuss our social justice initiatives. No commitment necessary! 

Kiddush Talk: Ancestral Dreaming (in person)

Posted on December 6, 2025

December 6, 2025 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm – We are the dreams of our ancestors, the future embodiment of their hopes and visions.  Yael Linda Schiller’s new book helps you connect with your ancestors, heal any intergenerational wounds you may have inherited, and receive the ancestral blessings and wisdom gifted to you as well. You can then pass on these healed and whole […]

B’Mitzvah Havdalah and Movie (in person)

Posted on December 6, 2025

December 6, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – B’Mitzvah Movie: Keeping up with the Steins Adam and Joanne Fielder (Jeremy Piven, Jami Gertz) are determined to throw the most lavish bar mitzvah imaginable for their 13-year-old son, Benjamin (Daryl Sabara). Overwhelmed by the outrageous scope of their plans, Ben uses the event to force a reconciliation between his father and estranged grandfather, Irwin […]

TBZ 55+ Social Evening (in person)

Posted on December 6, 2025

December 6, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – DATE: Saturday, December 6 TIME: 7:00-8:30 pm PLACE: TBZ Community Room RSVP: by Tuesday, December 2 at 5:00 pm. RSVP HERE. TBZ 55+ Social Evening Come for a social evening to meet new friends and connect with old ones Come for an evening of conversation, camaraderie and dessert Come longtime members and new ones Come […]