Temple Beth Shalom, also known as the Tremont Street Shul, is a warm, friendly, traditional Jewish synagogue located near the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts. We embrace a wide variety of ages, backgrounds, and styles of worship. We hold a spirited Friday night service, and on Saturday morning both egalitarian and traditional services as well as a sit-down Kiddush lunch. Children, from infants on up, are especially welcome at our services. More information on our worship services. | More about our community.


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Torah Repair Project

Temple Beth Shalom is undertaking a major project to restore our Sefri Torah (Torah Scrolls). We have 12, and as of the beginning of the project in June of 2008, 4 were usable, but 3 of those would benefit from repair/restoration work. Of the other 8, 5 needed major repairs, and 3 were unfortunately, not repairable. Additionally various Torah dressings, etc. needed repair or replacement. Most of this work remains to be done. Please visit our Torah repair page to learn more or make a donation.

High Holiday Schedule

Upcoming Schedule

Special events:
Sun Oct. 12 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Sukkah Building Sukkah engineers wanted! E-mail gedalia@gmail.com if you can help with sukkah assembly. Bring your own hex wrench if you have one. Rain date = Monday 10/13 (Columbus Day).
Mon Oct. 13 Erev Sukkot
2:00 - 5:00 pm Lulav Pickup
6:30 - 7:00 pm 1st Night Sukkot Maariv (egal & trad)
7:00 - 9:00 pm 1st Night Sukkah Potluck Join us for a festive meal in the TBS sukkah, our annual potluck sukkah dinner. Bring a dairy/pareve dish to share, either from your kosher kitchen or prepackaged with a hechsher. There is no registration fee for dinner, besides the requested potluck contribution.

The TBS sukkah will be also open all week for community use, so you can bring your own meals over at any time.
Tues Oct. 14 Sukkot I
9:30 - 11:30 am Sukkot I Morning services (egal & trad)
Wed Oct. 15 Sukkot II
9:30 am - 11:30 pm Sukkot II morning services (egal & trad)
12:30 - 2:30 pm Sukkah Match It’s that time of the year again! While we keep making the shul sukkah bigger, our community continues to grow...  The TBS Sukkah Match is a great way to get to meet other community members in a smaller setting -- and for those with a sukkah to help others be able to fulfill the mitzvah of eating in a sukkah.

The annual second-day Sukkah Match will take place this year on Wednesday, October 15th. As in previous years, we will match these quasi-potluck meals based on kashrut, distance and allergies, based on availability of hosts. If you are planning to build a sukkah, we especially encourage you to consider hosting for someone who is unable to! RSVP flyers will be available as we head into High Holiday season... or respond directly to chesed@tremontstreetshul.org and we will get back to you with further questions about matching criteria. Hosts and guests who respond by the deadline (before Shabbat on October 10th) will be sent details of their matches by noon on Sunday, October 12.
Fri Oct. 17 7:30 - 9:30 pm Informal Sukkah Potluck Shabbat Dinner The TBS sukkah will be open all week for community use, so you can bring your own meals over at any time. Friday night, we'll also provide the challah and wine/grape juice.
Mon Oct. 20 Sukkot VII (Hoshana Raba)
6:30 - 8:00 am Egal Morning Minyan
Tues Oct. 21 Shmini Atzeret
9:30 - 11:30 am Shemini Atzeret Morning Services (Egal & Trad)
5:30 - 7:00 pm Simchat Torah Family Program Bring your own Picnic Dinner

Come and join us for a program which will include songs, dance and most importantly a chance for you and your children to get a close up Simchat Torah experience. Specifically geared to families with children under 8 years old.

We will conclude the family program with a "bring you own picnic dinner". Please bring a milk/parve meal. At 7:00 the famous Tremont Street Shul Simchat Torah service will begin.

For more information please contact the shul office office@tremontstreetshul.org or 617-864-6388
6:30 - 7:00 pm Trad Ma'ariv For those who would prefer to daven on erev Simchat Torah in a service with mechitzah, there will be a brief traditional Ma'ariv service at 6:30 PM in the upstairs Gimel room of TBS before the main TBS Simchat Torah celebration. We will then join the main TBS Simchat Torah celebration for hakafot.
7:00 - 10:00 pm Simchat Torah Maariv and Hakafot Join 700 of your fellow TBSers and other Boston-area Jews for the holiday that puts Tremont Street on the map. We close off Tremont Street for dancing with our 12 Torah scrolls... The Ma'ariv service begins at 7:00pm. Hakafot (Torah processions) begin around 7:30. Don't miss it!

Come back in the morning for more singing, dancing, hot food, and an aliyah. Both our Egalitarian and Traditional/Mehitzah minyanim will be meeting, services begin at 9:30 am.

This year TBS is in the midst of a major project to repair our Torah Scrolls, at a cost of more than $30,000. Our Simchat Torah celebration is open to anyone, as always. However, this year we are asking everyone who has not already donated to consider making a donation to our Torah repair project in honor of Simchat Torah.
Donate $36

Donate $18

To learn more or make a larger donation, please visit our ( http://www.tremontstreetshul.org/Torah-repair.html">Torah repair page.
Wed Oct. 22 Simchat Torah
9:30 am - 1:30 pm Simchat Torah Morning Services (Egal & Trad) Come back in the morning for more singing, dancing, hot food, and an aliyah. Both our Egalitarian and Traditional/Mehitzah minyanim will be meeting, services begin at 9:30 am.

This year TBS is in the midst of a major project to repair our Torah Scrolls, at a cost of more than $30,000. Our Simchat Torah celebration is open to anyone, as always. However, this year we are asking everyone who has not already donated to consider making a donation to our Torah repair project in honor of Simchat Torah.

Donate $36

Donate $18


To learn more or make a larger donation, please visit our ( http://www.tremontstreetshul.org/Torah-repair.html">Torah repair page.
Sat Oct. 25 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Bar Mitzvah of Gabriel Karger (Traditional Minyan)
Sat Nov. 15 9:30 am - 1:30 pm Shabbat Services (Egal) and Bat Mitzvah of Lilly Sandberg Egalitarian minyan in the Main Sanctuary followed by kiddush.
Tues Nov. 18 8:00 - 10:00 pm 20s&30s Bowling Night Hit the lanes with us! Stay tuned for details.
(See the full calendar | See the TBS 20s 30s events page | See everything going on for the next 2 weeks)

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