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We are looking forward to spending the High Holidays together this year! 
We will have four services. Minyan Tehillah and Rabbi Harris will be at Tremont Street Shul (8 Tremont St.) and Traditional Egalitarian and Orthodox will meet for most services at the Washburn and Sherrill Buildings at Lesley University (16 Phillips Pl. and 89 Brattle St.). For times when Minyan Tehillah and Rabbi Harris' services are not meeting, the Traditional Egalitarian and Orthodox Services will meet in their usual locations at the shul. Both locations will have childcare for most services.

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The four services we are hosting are:

• Rabbi Harris’ (Egalitarian) services are led by Rabbi Robbie Harris from JTS and by TBS’ own David Sandberg as chazzan. The service uses the Lev Shalem machzor from the Conservative movement and also utilizes microphones for amplification. People of all genders sit together and all Jewish adults count toward a minyan.
• Traditional Egalitarian services are led by members of the community and use the more traditional Birnbaum machzor, without microphones or amplification. People of all genders sit together and all Jewish adults can lead services and count toward a minyan.
• Minyan Tehillah (Partnership) services have men and women sitting separately across a mechitza and feature service leadership from both the men’s and women’s sides. Minyan Tehillah also defines a quorum as having at least ten Jewish men and ten Jewish women. The liturgy will follow the Koren machzor.
• Orthodox services follow the liturgy in the Birnbaum machzor and will be fully compliant with Modern Orthodox Jewish practice. Men and women sit separately across a mechitza, a minyan consists of 10 Jewish men, and Jewish men serve as prayer leaders. The service will incorporate spiritual guidance and teaching from R. Talia Weisberg who will take part in the flow of services and offer reflections throughout.

Full Schedule:

EREV ROSH HASHANAH 
Wednesday, Oct. 2
6:00pm Ma'ariv (Rabbis Harris - Sanctuary)
6:00pm Ma'ariv (Orthodox - Vestry)
6:00pm Ma'ariv (Traditional Egalitarian - Washburn)

ROSH HASHANAH Day 1 
Thursday, Oct. 3
8:30am Shacharit and Mussaf (Rabbis Harris - Sanctuary)
8:30am Shacharit and Mussaf (Minyan Tehillah - Vestry)
8:30am Shacharit and Mussaf (Traditional Egalitarian - Washburn)
8:30am Shacharit and Mussaf (Orthodox - Sherrill)
4:30pm Tashlich (Weeks Footbridge)
5:45pm Mincha (Combined Egalitarian - Sanctuary)
5:45pm Mincha (Orthodox - Vestry;)
6:45pm Ma’ariv (Combined Egalitarian - Sanctuary)
6:45pm Ma’ariv (Orthodox - Vestry)

ROSH HASHANAH Day 2 
Friday, Oct. 4
8:30am Shacharit and Mussaf (Rabbis Harris - Sanctuary)
8:30am Shacharit and Mussaf (Minyan Tehillah - Vestry)
8:30am Shacharit and Mussaf (Traditional Egalitarian - Washburn)
8:30am Shacharit and Mussaf (Orthodox - Sherrill)
5:45pm Mincha/Ma’ariv (Orthodox - Vestry)
6:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat/Ma’ariv (Traditional Egalitarian - Sanctuary)

EREV YOM KIPPUR 
Friday, Oct. 11
2:00pm Mincha (Traditional Egalitarian - Sanctuary)
5:30pm Kol Nidrei/Ma’ariv (Rabbis Harris - Sanctuary)
5:30pm Kol Nidrei/Ma’ariv (Minyan Tehillah - Vestry)
5:30pm Kol Nidrei/Ma’ariv (Traditional Egalitarian - Washburn)
5:30pm Kol Nidrei/Ma’ariv (Orthodox - Sherrill)
8:30pm Late Yom Kippur Ma'ariv Service (Traditional Egalitarian, TBS Sanctuary)

YOM KIPPUR 
Saturday, Oct. 12
8:30am Shacharit/Mussaf (Minyan Tehillah - TBS Vestry)
9:00am Shacharit/Mussaf (Rabbis Harris - Sanctuary)
9:00am Shacharit/Mussaf (Traditional Egalitarian - Washburn)
9:00am Shacharit/Mussaf (Orthodox - Sherrill)
3:45pm Mincha (Rabbis Harris - Sanctuary)
3:45pm Mincha (Minyan Tehillah - TBS Vestry)
3:45pm Mincha (Traditional Egalitarian - Washburn)
3:45pm Mincha (Orthodox - Sherrill)
5:00pm Ask Rabbi Harris (TBS Sanctuary)
5:20pm Ne’ilah (Traditional Egalitarian - Washburn)
5:45pm Ne’ilah (Rabbis Harris - Sanctuary)
5:45pm Ne’ilah (Minyan Tehillah - TBS Vestry)
5:45pm Ne’ilah (Orthodox - Sherrill)
6:48pm Shofar/Ma'ariv (Fast Ends)

Temple Beth Shalom, also known as the Tremont Street Shul, is a warm, friendly, traditional synagogue located near the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts. We embrace people of all ages from a wide variety of backgrounds, and we welcome newcomers to feel at home in the shul. We support three styles of Jewish worship: egalitarian, partnership, and orthodox, as well as fostering many kinds of educational, social, and cultural experiences.

We host Minyan  Tehillah, an independent prayer group, as well as the Alef-Bet Child Care (a preschool with day care hours!), and we are often engaged in collaborative Jewish programming. In addition to a robust worship and programming schedule, on the first Friday of each month (with rare exceptions; double-check the calendar), we host a semi-potluck dinner open to all! A special treat of the Tremont Street community is that our weekly Shabbat/Saturday morning services are followed by a kiddush lunch at which everyone is welcome. We look forward to seeing you, and please feel free to reach out if we can be helpful in any way. 

Over the past year, our community has had the pleasure of hosting a wide array of Jewish musical acts from the Boston area and beyond. As a part of a wider mission to enhance community gatherings and to create a sustainable model for concert series and performances, TBS is starting a music fund! Click here to donate.

If you would like to purchase a plaque for our yahrzeit memorial boards, please contact the shul office and someone will hep you navigate the process.