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Independent Jewish Shul in Brookline, MA

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Archive: December 2025

Beit Rabban (in person)

Posted on December 3, 2025

December 3, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Wednesday afternoons, 4-6pm (in person) In the Talmud, beit rabban, which literally means “house of our rabbis,” is where students would go to learn the wisdom of our tradition and prepare to engage Jewishly with the world. Beit Rabban, TBZ’s after-school Jewish education program, is for members in grades K-7. We engage our children and […]

Parents’ Learning with Rav Claudia (in person)

Posted on December 3, 2025

December 3, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Parents’ Learning with Rav Claudia October 22, November 19, December 3, 17, January 7, 21 4:20-5:20pm (during Beit Rabban) (in person) While your children are learning, join Rav Claudia and other Beit Rabban parents to learn together. Each week, we’ll study a different Jewish concept and build a basic vocabulary of Jewish spiritual life and […]

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, […]

Boker Tov TBZ (online)

Posted on December 4, 2025

December 4, 2025 @ 8:00 am – 8:45 am – Boker Tov (Good Morning) TBZ is a daily morning prayer group, led by TBZ rabbis, rabbinic interns, and the Boker Tov community. It started from a desire for daily connection during the pandemic and has persisted and grown into a supportive community for members saying kaddish, as well as an opportunity to learn and grow […]

Boker Tov TBZ (online)

Posted on December 5, 2025

December 5, 2025 @ 8:00 am – 8:45 am – Boker Tov (Good Morning) TBZ is a daily morning prayer group, led by TBZ rabbis, rabbinic interns, and the Boker Tov community. It started from a desire for daily connection during the pandemic and has persisted and grown into a supportive community for members saying kaddish, as well as an opportunity to learn and grow […]

Nishmat Hayyim Friday AM Sit (online)

Posted on December 5, 2025

December 5, 2025 @ 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. Find out […]

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

Posted on December 5, 2025

December 5, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – 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 utilizes 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 Mizrahi Friday night tradition practiced year […]

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 teachers 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 […]