High Holidays 5772/2011 Schedule of Services

Regular Services: The shul has services all year round: Sundays at 8:30 am (Trad), Mondays at 7 am (Egal), Friday nights at 6:30 pm (Egal) and Shabbat mornings at 9:30 am (Egal and Trad). See the online calendar for a complete schedule | See our services page for more information on our services

Services over Chagim: We will be holding Egalitarian Services in our Main Sanctuary throughout the chagim, The Traditional minyan will be meeting in our Vestry (downstairs) on shabbat and sukkot. Both minyanim meet at the same time unless otherwise noted. (Note that some of these times may be subject to change.)

Sunday, Sept 18
10:00am-12:30 pm Pre-High-Holiday Open House

Thursday, Sept 21
6:30pm 20s&30s Fall Kickoff BBQ

Saturday, Sept 24
9:30am Egal/Trad Shabbat morning services Selichot
10:30pm Egal Selichot Services
11:15pm Inter-Selichot Pizza Bash
12:30am Trad Selichot Services

Wednesday, Sept 28 - Erev Rosh Hashanah
6:15 PM Minchah/Ma'ariv

Thu Sept. 29 Rosh Hashanah I
8:30 AM Shacharit - Egalitarian Minyan ( Sanctuary )
10:00 am Torah service
Youth Services at Faith Lutheran Church. ( No signup required. )
 10:30 a.m - 11:15 for grade 3 and up
 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 for kindergarten - 3rd grade.
10:30 am Sermon
11:30 am Musaf
5:00 PM Tashlich - Weeks Footbridge
6:00 PM Minchah/Ma'ariv

Fri Sept. 30 Rosh Hashanah II
8:30 AM Shacharit
10:00 am Torah service
10:30 am Sermon
11:00 am Shofar
11:30 am Musaf
6:00 pm Mincha (followed by Kabbalat Shabbat)

Sat Oct. 1 9:30 AM Shacharit

Sun Oct. 2 8:30 AM Tzom Gedalia -- trad shacharit

Fri Oct. 7- Erev Yom Kippur (SHABBAT)5:45 PM Kol Nidrei + Ma'ariv

Sat Oct. 8 Yom Kippur
9:00 AM Shacharit
10:30 am Torah Service
Youth Services at Faith Lutheran Church (No signup required.)
 10:30-11:15 am for grade 3 and up
 11:30am-12:15pm for kindergarten - 3rd grade.
11:00 am Sermon
11:30 am Yizkor
12:00 pm Musaf
4:45 PM: Minchah
6:15 PM: Ne'ilah
7:30 PM: Shofar

Sunday Oct 9
10:00 AM-3:00PM Sukkah Building

Wed Oct 12 Erev Sukkot
6:30 PM Ma'ariv
7:30 PM potluck dinner
Note: the Sukkah is open to the public all week long.

Thu Oct 13 Sukkot I
9:30 AM Shacharit

Fri Oct 14 Sukkot II
9:30 AM Shacharit
6:30 PM Kabbalat Shabbat
7:30 PM potluck dinner

Sat Oct 15
9:30 AM Shacharit

Sun Oct 16
8:30 AM trad shacharit

Mon Oct 17
7:00 AM egal shacharit

Thu Oct 20 Shemini Atzeret
9:30 AM Shacharit
6:30 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..

Fri Oct 21 Simchat Torah
9:30 AM Shacharit
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.
6:30 PM Kabbalat Shabbat

Sat Oct 22
9:30 AM Shacharit

Seating on the High Holidays
TBS will as always make seats available (and affordable) to non-members. We do request that you 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 Main Sanctuary Seat reservation form
Non-member seating: reserved $150, unreserved seating (balcony) $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.

Youth Services and Child Care on the High Holidays
On Rosh Hashana Day One and Yom Kippur there are Youth High Holiday Services at Faith Lutheran Church, 311 Broadway side entrance
10:30 to 11:15 3rd grade and up
11:30 to 12:15 K to 3rd grade

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).

Sukkot
The Shul Sukkah is open to the public during non-Alef-Bet hours: 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 HaShanah, 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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