Erev Rosh HaShanah

Wednesday, September 24

Ma'ariv Service, 8:00 p.m.

Rosh HaShanah - 1st Day

Thursday, September 25

Family Shacharit Service, 8:30 a.m.

Late Shacharit Service, 11:30 a.m.

Tashlich, 2:15 p.m.

Children's Service, 3:00 p.m.

Rosh HaShanah - 2nd Day

Friday, September 26

Shacharit Service, 10:00 a.m.

Sunday, September 28

Memorial Service at Beit Olam, 11:00 a.m.

Simchat Shabbat, Friday, 6:15 p.m.

Early Shacharit, followed by Torah study, Sat. 8:30 a.m.

Late Shacharit, Saturday, 10:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.
 
Shabbat Yeladim (Tot Shabbat) - 1st  Saturday of each month, 9:30 a.m.

Shabbat Mishpacha (Family Shabbat) - 3rd Saturday of each month, 9:00 a.m.   

Every year during each of the High Holy Days services, a dedicated crew of volunteers acts as ushers. We help seat worshipers, hand out books, keep order and work in that very visible background to help services go smoothly.

Many of our ushers have been helping for a lot of years and they have formed the backbone of our group. Over the years, we have welcomed new members and have seen some retire. Many of us have are "empty nesters" and some have young school age children.

To the point, we really do need some new members. And we are an equal opportunity group. Men and women wanted. Ages 16 and up. We even have a few younger members as young as 13 who help us when they accompany their usher parent.

If you are interested in joining us, please call or send me an email. Some ushers work multiple services and some members just one. Some prefer helping when their family is seated in the congregation and others prefer helping when their families are not at services. The choice is always yours.

Please contact Alan Kivnik at alan@kivnik.com or 508-877-6151 if interested.

"Preparing our Hearts and Minds for the Days of Awe"

Saturday, September 20, 8 p.m.

Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur can be life-enriching days that shape the year-to-come as one of blessing and growth. To accomplish this, however, requires some spiritual preparation.

At Shir Tikva to come together as a community the Saturday evening before Rosh HaShanah for a late-night spiritual investigation into the themes of Days of Awe.

This very special evening offers an array of learning sessions designed to nurture our hearts, minds, and souls, a dessert reception; Havdalah; and a beautiful Selichot service.

Our Torah scrolls are dressed in their magnificent white mantles, representing the High Holy Day themes of Malchuyot (majesty/the present), Shofarot (redemption/the future), and Zichronot (memory/the past). Everyone is invited to join us.

Friday, September 12, 2014

Come together with our TST community as we recognize with appreciation our current synagogue leaders and welcome our new Board of Trustees and Committee Chairs.

Oneg to follow. 

Sunday, September 14, 2014, 9:00 a.m.

Join us at 9:00 a.m. for an all school gathering to kick off the year. Parents can drop off younger siblings at childcare, grab a delicious cup of coffee and choose from 3 parent-learning sessions with our Rabbis and Cantor.  The day will conclude with our annual Back-to-Shul BBQ at 11:00 a.m.

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AISH for Teens Begins Wednesday, September 10!

Welcome back to a new year of AISH: Shir Tikva's Center for Youth Leadership!  There is something for teens to do with Shir Tikva on nearly EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. Choose from Learning, Leadership, Tikkun Olam, and Social Opportunities.

Saturday, Sept. 27

Come celebrate the New Year on the Boston Harbor with Rachael Pass, Rabbi Gubitz and other Teens in grades 8-12!

RSVP by 9/19 to Rachael at rpass@shirtikva.org 

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Wednesdays following Religious School 5:45 - 6:15 p.m.

Come to Religious School and then stay for pizza dinner!  Students in grades 3, 4, 5, and 6 now have the option to stay for dinner and spend even more time with their Temple Shir Tikva friends. Pizza will be served in the open space at 5:45 and students will be dismissed at 6:15 from the atrium's couches.  Gluten-free pizza is available upon request at time of registration.  

Cost for this program is $175. 

Please register on FamilyID. Registration is required. 

Sunday, September 14, 9:15-10:30 a.m.

Take Action This Year...SOCIAL ACTION

Meaningful opportunities await...

Join us for the first SOCIAL ACTION MEETING of the school year. We will meet in the Beit Midash.

Are you looking to participate in a mitzvah project or just get more involved at TST? This meeting is for you! Find out more about social action activities at TST, no obligation required. Tikkun Olam - repairing the world - is our sacred responsibility, and at Shir Tikva we are fortunate to have a vibrant community of "mitzvah mensches."  There are opportunities big and small, and every action counts.

Questions? Contact Amy Podolsky: amy@studio-joy.com

 "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." -  Anne Frank

Brotherhood Golf Classic

Monday, September 15

Join us for our 14th annual TST Brotherhood golf tournament. This year's event will be held at Stow Acres Country Club in Stow, MA on Monday September 15, 2014.

This is a great opportunity to not only participate in a fun filled gathering of golf enthusiasts at every level of play, but also an opportunity to support Temple Shir Tikva at the same time! So come on out and help us make this year's event a big success!

Click here for more information and to register 

If you have any questions, please contact Peter Abend at tstbrotherhood@shirtikva.org or at 978-443-7819.

All proceeds directly benefit Temple Shir Tikva, thank you for your support.

Dear Friends,

I need your quick response to this request - I hope you'll agree it's important.

At Shir Tikva, we value staying in touch with all of our students-to let them know that we miss them and that Shir Tikva remains a spiritual home for them even while they are away. Our College Connections volunteers send out several care packages to TST students throughout the year, and I, personally, like to stay in touch. 

So, I'm following up on this summer's note from the College Connections Committee because we haven't heard back from you.

PLEASE - if you haven't done so already - send your child's SNAIL MAIL and EMAIL addresses to my assistant Karen Edwards kedwards@shirtikva.org and Mona Dolgov Dolgov@comcast.net.  This is the ONLY WAY that we will know your child's contact information and be able to reach out to him/her.

PLEASE do this today so we can have all the information for our Rosh HaShanah mailing, which is going out at the end of next week!

Thank you for your prompt response and we wish you and your children and happy and healthy start of the new year both at home and at school.

L'shalom,

Rabbi Neal Gold

September 24 - October 3

Pick up your empty grocery bag on Rosh HaShanah and bring it bag filled on Yom Kippur!

We need your help.  Please lend a hand.  Invite a friend.

• Volunteer for a shift accepting food donation bags at the truck during High Holiday services.
• Join us for Packing Day, Sunday, October 5, 10 am. Help assemble boxes, sort food and pack into boxes.  All ages welcome- extra hands will be much appreciated!

Contact Debbie or Michael Pullen at 978-440-9429 or at dmpullenfamily@yahoo.com to volunteer or with any questions.

Food donations will benefit Boston Medical Center's Preventive Food Pantry and MetroWest Harvest.

• Scott and Marcia King on the birth of their grandson, Zachary King Levine, son of Daniel and Julie Levine

• Bruce and Debbie Tofias,  on the birth of their grandson, Samuel Ross Tofias, son of Zachary and Natasha Tofias
• Steve and Trudy Sonis,  on the marriage of their son Jonathan Sonis to Lily Preer
• Arnold and Charmi Sperling, on the marriage of their daughter Deborah to Christopher Hess
• Marc and Susan Karofsky,  on the birth of their grandson, Alexander Morgan Guttell, son of Dan and Lindsay Guttell
• Doug and Andi Shaw, on the birth of their granddaughter, Isla Sydney Rosenberg, daughter of Brad and Lauren Rosenberg
• Robert Koster and Kate Bell, on the marriage of their son, Michael Koster to Meg Jones
• David and Nancy Poorvu, on the engagement of their son, Dr. Philip Poorvu to Maya Kahn Woods

• Lawrence Zusman, on the death of his mother, Rita Zusman
• Marc Maxwell, on the death of his husband, David Passer
• Jennifer Weisberg, on the death of her father, Albert Hunt
• Jessie Fein,  on the death of her father, Leibel Fein
• Ellen Chasen, on the death of her mother, Alys Schnabel
• Beth Nadel Dorfman, on the death of her father, David Arthur Nadel
• Debbie Pullen,  on the death of her father Alan Bronstein

October 19-24, 2014

There is no better time to travel to Israel than now. Join us on this important mission to support our movement and our people, and gain valuable insight to Israeli society and politics.

View the day-to-day itinerary and register for this trip here. 

Land Cost: (includes accommodations, ground transportation and some meals); $1049

Overnights in Tel Aviv, Ashkelon and Jerusalem. Programming will include where Israel stands after Operation Protective Edge and what is being done to move forward.

Register Now!

To book flights please contact: Eitan Battat - eitan@traveland.net, Traveland (for ARZA World), 1-800-246-0466 Ext 223, 1-203-814-3535 - Direct