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Archive: April 2024

Nishmat Hayyim Friday AM Sit (online)

Posted on April 19, 2024

April 19, 2024 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am – Join our Zoom Friday AM Meditation Session. For those who are joining us for the first time, the schedule for Friday AM is: chant, meditation sit, walking meditation/break, teaching, Q&A, and a closing minute of silence. Please see our weekly Nishmat Hayyim email or call the office (617) 566-8171 for the Zoom link.

Shabbat Zimrah Kabbalat Shabbat with TBZ (in person and online)

Posted on April 19, 2024

April 19, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Shabbat Zimrah: April 19, 6:00-7:30pm Shabbat Zimrah brings the mystical sounds of Arab Jewry to the TBZ sanctuary. Co-led by artist-in-residence Yoni Battat on the oud, this service will utilize traditional and original melodies to chant excerpts from Shir Hashirim and the psalms of Kabbalat Shabbat, followed by Ma’ariv (Reading Song of Songs is a […]

Torah Study (in person)

Posted on April 20, 2024

April 20, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am – Join us for Torah Study on Shabbat mornings. (In-person only) Click here to see who is leading Torah Study.

Shabbat Morning Service (in person and online)

Posted on April 20, 2024

April 20, 2024 @ 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: During Shabbat morning services (in person)

Posted on April 20, 2024

April 20, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – 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 service, and get to know how this tool works for increased spiritual living.

Men’s Group Meeting (after kiddush) (in person)

Posted on April 20, 2024

April 20, 2024 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm – For more information, contact Mark Dinaburg through the TBZ office. 

Shabbat HaGadol: Can You Do a Seder Without a Haggadah? With Rabbi Ebn Leader (in person)

Posted on April 20, 2024

April 20, 2024 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Come learn the Mishnah’s description of the Seder and understanding of the core of the Seder meal and practice before it accumulated many layers of text reading… With this understanding, you can choose how much text and which ones you want to include in your own Seder.

Deadline to Sell Hametz

Posted on April 21, 2024

April 21, 2024 @ All Day – Hametz is leavened food and is forbidden on Pesach. Jews may not own, eat or benefit from hametz during Passover. Where disposing of hametz will result in considerable financial loss, it is permissible to temporarily sell one’s hametz to someone who is not Jewish, who owns the hametz during Pesach and relinquishes it after Pesach. […]

Hebrew with Rabbi Sam Seicol (online)

Posted on April 21, 2024

April 21, 2024 @ 10:15 am – 12:00 pm – Deepen your knowledge of the Hebrew of the Tana”kh (Jewish Bible) as well as our prayers and blessings. These sessions use Hebrew text with English translation provided to all members of the group. Knowledge of the aleph-bet and a basic ability to read Hebrew is suggested but not required. There is a 6-session basic Hebrew […]

Twelve Jewish Steps to Recovery (in person)

Posted on April 21, 2024

April 21, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Join Jews and Non-Jews for a bi-weekly opportunity to explore the 12 Steps of AA from a Jewish perspective using the book “Twelve Jewish Steps to Recovery: A Personal Guide to Turning From Alcoholism and Other Addictions―Drugs, Food, Gambling, Sex…”  About the book: A rabbi, a psychiatrist, and many recovering Jewish people share their understanding […]