We warmly invite you to experience our inspiring and uplifting holiday morning services.

Thursday, October 9, 10 a.m.

Sukkot - Yom Tov Shacharit Service

Thursday, October 16, 10 a.m.

Shemini Atzeret - Yom Tov Shacharit Service With Yizkor in memory of departed loved ones

Friday, October 10, 6:15 p.m.

Bring your family, bring your friends, and experience the joy of Sukkot with your Shir Tikva community.

Our music-filled Simchat Shabbat service will be followed by a bountiful holiday buffet UNDER THE STARS!

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.   

We Want Your Feedback!

With the melodies of the High Holidays still fresh in our mind, the Rabbis, Cantor and Ritual Committee would like your feedback. As you know, we piloted segments of the draft edition of the new Reform Movement Machzor during the Erev Rosh Hashanah and Ne'ilah services.

We would love to hear your perspective about any of the aspects of the book that caught your attention. Tell us your thoughts about the layouts, translations, readings, and transliterations. Let us know what you liked and what missed the mark. Your feedback will help inform us as we vet this new Machzor as a potential replacement for the existing ones.  

 Click here and let us know what you think.

Monday, October 20, 7:30 p.m.

Please join us for a discussion of Bee Season and the important family issues that occur in the novel.

Bee Season is a delightful book about the brilliant Jewish Naumann family with an 'ordinary' daughter.  Eliza Naumann, the eleven year old 'ordinary' daughter unexpectedly becomes the winner of her school and district spelling bees.  Her victory causes a shift in family relationships and chaos ensues. Saul is a cantor and caring father who had invested heavily in the success of his brilliant son Aaron. His emphasis shifts to Eliza. Aaron must then deal with a rival to his father's attention.  Miriam is a successful lawyer and distant mother who becomes even more unanchored and more involved in her secret life.    

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We are pleased to have as moderator Judy Huizenga, MD, a psychoanalyst and child psychiatrist.  Snacks will be provided.  

Friday, Sunday, November 7-9, 2014

Friday, November 7 

Simchat Shabbat Services and dinner after services - Click here to register   

Saturday, November 8

Shabbat Torah Study - 9:30 a.m.

Shabbat Afternoon - Family Learning + Havdalah - 5:00 p.m.

AISH High School Program + Havdalah - 7:30 p.m.

Sunday November 9

More Family Learning Opportunities - 9:00-11:00 a.m.

ALEX CICELSKY is a remarkable teacher of Jewish ecological traditions. He is a senior staff member and founder of the Center for Creative Ecology (CfCE) and a founder of Kibbutz Lotan.

Founded in 1983 by graduates of the Reform Youth Movement of America, Kibbutz Lotan is an extraordinary place: one of Israel's two Reform kibbutzim.  Located in the Southern Arava desert, their community's mission is to live Jewishly, equitably, and in an environmentally sustainable way. Besides the environmental research work they do and the innovative practices they have put into place, their CCfCE runs a myriad of educational programs for post high school, college and post graduate students. They also run programs for American, Israeli and international youth groups and international (including Palestinian) visitors of all ages who come to experience the community and to learn firsthand about the kibbutz's sustainable building techniques, recycling, organic farming, water recycling and waste management, permaculture and philosophy of eco-village living.

His teaching throughout the weekend will be an invigorating and eye-opening exploration of the TORAH OF THE EARTH for adults & kids alike. Join us!

Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m.

October 22 (Note a date change from October 1), November 12, December 3,

January 7, February 4, March 11, April 1, May 6

Connect monthly with other parents of teens in a gathering designed to explore the blessings and challenges of parenting.  This will NOT be a lecture or training experience, in which participants passively receive knowledge or skills from an "expert". Rather, it will be a space for reflection and discussion in which parents can explore their parenting challenges with fellow congregants in a space devoted to learning (not to problem solving). 

To learn more, talk with facilitator, Dr. Max Klau - Shir Tikva congregant and chair of our AISH committee - on two conference call options:

11:00-11:30 a.m. on Tues, Oct. 7

1:00-1:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 17

Call in #: 605-475-6720 
PW: 695866

Our first gathering will be October 22 (Please note the date change from previously published October 1).   

Sunday, October 26, 9 a.m. 

Our entire community will start Mitzvah Day with a Temple-Wide kickoff at 9:00 am immediately followed by hands-on projects for everyone, including some new projects to benefit Habitat for Humanity, Sage House, Buddy Dog, Family Promise, Pearl St. and The Brain Tumor Society.

All project information  and online registration can be found at www.shirtikva.org/mitzvahday2014 . We request that all participants register before Mitzvah Day.

Important Temple-Wide Collections - Due October 19th to collection bins outside the office

Backpack Buddies:

• New or gently used Backpacks

Cradles to Crayons (for children birth -16)

• New socks and underwear
• New and gently used clothing, shoes and board books
• New and gently used toys - no plush or large plastic

Hope and Comfort

• Chapstick
• Tissue boxes
• Paper towels
• Unscented body lotion

• Marc and Diane Homer, on the birth of their granddaughter, Shayna Janelle Homer, daughter of Ross and Melissa Homer
• Michael and Kate Freed, on the birth of their son, Samuel Walter Freed
• Alan and Roberta Freed, on the birth of their grandson, Samuel Walter Freed, son of Daniel and Kate Freed

• Kenneth and Cheryl Chernack on the birth of their grandson, Evan Jai Greenstein, son of David Greenstein and Elizabeth Chernack

• Jeff and Laraine Levy on the marriage of Laraine's son Alex Cohen, to Tyler Marie Murphy

• Robert and Carole Bellman, on the engagement of their son, Miles Bellman to Leah Hess 
• Andrei and Liliane Schor,  on the birth of their grandson, Ryan Maxwell Schor, son of Kenneth and Erika Schor
• Sander and Lauren Rikleen,  on the engagement of their son, Alex to Leslie Nachbar

Lifelong Learning Opportunity for Members of Temple Shir Tikva

Lifelong Learners: An Independent Collaborative (LLAIC) started offering and classes in September, 2014, at Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley. Because of the interest in this program, and space limitations in Wellesley, we have started to offer extra-curricular learning activities on Tuesdays at Temple Shir Tikva in Wayland. Members of Temple Shir Tikva can become LLAIC members and attend any extra-curricular activities offered at both temples, and the standard $35 semester membership fee will be waived.

To learn more about LLAIC, you can visit our website at www.llaic.org. If you have additional questions, you can call Richard Mansfield, Chair of LLAIC's Board, at 978 443 9668.