High Holidays 5769/2009 Schedule of Services

Regular Services:
The shul has services all year round: Sunday at 8:30 am (Trad), Monday at 7 am (Egal), Friday night at 6:30 pm (Egal) and Shabbat day at 9:30 am (Egal and Trad). See the on-line calendar for a complete schedule
See our services page for more information on our services

Services over Chagim: ( Note some of these times may change )

Monday Sept 8th Deadline for High Holiday Seat Reservations

Thursday, Sept 11th
6:30 pm 20s & 30s Fall Kickoff BBQ

Sunday, Sept 14th
8:30 am Morning Minyan (Trad)
10:30 am - 12:30 pm Open House Brunch-High Holiday Ritual Preparation Day

Saturday, Sept 20th
10:30 pm Egal Selichot services
11:30 Pizza Bash
12:30 am Trad Selichot Services

Monday, Sept 29 - Erev Rosh Hashanah
Egalitarian Minyan ( Sanctuary )
Traditional Minyan ( Youville Hospital
)
6:00 pm Mincha/Maariv
6:11 pm Candle Lighting

Tuesday, Sept 30 - Rosh Hashanah I
Egalitarian Minyan ( Sanctuary )
Traditional Minyan ( Youville Hospital
)
8:30 am Shacharit
10:00 am Torah service
10:30 am Sermon
10:30 am Youth High Holiday Services
11:30 am Musaf
5:00 pm Tashlich (Weeks footbridge)
6:00 pm Mincha/Maariv

Wednesday, Oct 1- Rosh Hashanah II
Egalitarian Minyan ( Sanctuary )
Traditional Minyan ( Youville Hospital
)
8:30 am Shacharit
10:00 am Torah service
10:30 am Sermon
10:30 am Youth High Holiday Services
11:00 am Shofar
11:30 am Musaf
6:00 pm Mincha

Thursday, Oct 2 - Tzom Gedalia

Wednesday, Oct 8 - Erev Yom Kippur
Egalitarian Minyan ( Sanctuary )
Traditional Minyan ( Youville Hospital
)
5:45 pm Kol Nidre ( 5:45 pm sharp)

Thursday, Oct 9 - Yom Kippur
Egalitarian Minyan ( Sanctuary )
Traditional Minyan ( Youville Hospital
)
8:30 am Trad Shacharit
9:00 am Egal Shacharit
10:30 am Torah Service
10:30 am Youth High Holiday Services
11:15 am Sermon
11:45 am Yizkor
12:00 pm Musaf
4:30 pm Mincha
5:45 pm Ne’ilah
7:00 pm Shofar

Sunday, Oct 12
10:00 - 3:00pm Sukkah building

Monday, Oct 13 - Erev Succot
6:30 Marriv (Trad/Egal)
7:30 pm Potluck Sukkah Yom Tov Dinner
Note the Sukkah is open to the public all week long.

Tuesday, Oct 14 - Succot I
9:30 am Services (Egal and Trad)

Wednesday, Oct 15 - Succot II
9:30 am Services (Egal and Trad)
12:30 Sukkah Match lunch

Friday, Oct 17 - Succot IV
6:30 Kabbalat Shabbat (Egal and Trad)
7:30 Informal Potluck Dinner

Monday, Oct 20 - Hoshanah Rabbah
6:30 am Shacharit (Egal)

Tuesday, Oct 21 - Shemini Atzeret
9:30 am Shacharit (Egal and Trad)
11:00 am Yizkor

5:30 pm Simchat Torah Family Program
7:00 pm Simchat Torah Eve  Ma’ariv Followed by Hakkafot
Join 700 of your fellow TBSers and other Boston-area Jews for the holiday that puts Tremont St. on the map. We close off Tremont St. for dancing with our 12 Torah scrolls...

Wednesday, Oct 22 - Simchat Torah
9:30 am Shacharit (Egal and Trad)
11:00 am Torah Service

Come get an aliyah! After closing down Tremont St. the previous night, we're still going in the morning! Come back for more hakafot, singing, dancing, hot food, and get called to the torah as we restart the yearly cycle of torah reading.

Yom Kippur And Rosh Hashanah: We will be holding Egalitarian Services in our Main Sanctuary throughout the chaggim. The Traditional Minyan will be meeting on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur at Youville Hospital.

Seating on the High Holidays
TBS will as always make seats available (and affordable) to non-members, we need you to contact our executive director Miriam Klapper in the shul office (617) 864-6388 or office@tremontstreetshul.org) if you are interested in obtaining seats, Or you can fill out and send in the Main Sanctuary Seat reservation form or the Traditional minyan seat reservation form and send it to the shul office.

Shul members have until September 8th to respond, and Miriam would like to have a list before then of non-members who want tickets. It will be first-application basis, so the earlier you apply, the better your seat.

Non-member seating: reserved $150, unreserved seating (balcony, Traditional Minyan) $65
Non-member Full-Time Student: reserved $75, unreserved $35.

You can also donate to the shul or pay for seats via paypal, be sure to specify what it's for.

Child Care on the High Holidays
If you are planing to make use of the formal child care program at TBS please fill out the Child care registration form (space is limited). On Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur there is a Youth High Holiday Services at Faith Lutheran church, 311 Broadway side entrance
10:30 to 11:30 3rd grade and up
11:30 to 12:30 K to 3rd grade

Sukkot
The Shul Sukkah is open to the public during non aleph-bet hours, ie anytime after 5 M-F, and all weekend.
There is usually informal dairy potlucking after services on chag.

Home Hospitality over the High Holidays
New to the community? Looking to meet new TBS friends? If you would like to open your Rosh HaShannah, Seudah Mafseket (ritual pre-fast meal) or Break Fast meal to others, please send email to chesed@tremontstreetshul.org with the number of guests you would be able to host. If you are interested in being a guest at the home of another community member, likewise, please send e-mail to chesed@tremontstreetshul.org.

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