A Word of Torah: The New Moon
08/10/2018 11:28:29 AM
The new moon this weekend begins the new month of Elul. By the time the moon has waxed and waned we’ll be arriving at Rosh Hashanah, the start of a new year. Elul is a time for preparing for the High Holy Days, of awakening ourselves to do the work of teshuvah.
A Midrash on the Song of...Read more...
A New Partnership & Two Events
08/03/2018 02:07:20 PM
Dear friends,
This is Lori Berry and Donna Rubenoff. We want to introduce ourselves as the co-leaders of the new temple-wide partnership that we launched in June with The...Read more...
A word of Torah: Gratitude for our food
07/29/2018 06:31:24 AM
The early Rabbis who codified the Oral Torah in the Mishnah and Talmud, made a distinction between religious obligations that were considered d’oraita (from the Torah) and d’rabbanan (from the rabbis). In this week’s Torah portion, Eikev, we read the source for...Read more...
Shabbat ~ Taking a moment to breathe together
07/02/2018 10:05:01 AM
Shabbat, as our sa
ges understood, is a taste of the world as it should be – a pause from the busyness and noise of the day-to-day and a time to be...Read more...
TOS Shows its Pride
06/05/2018 08:00:00 PM
Today, for the first time, our 175-year-old congregation marched as a community in Boston’s Pride Parade.
Shehechiyanu! It was such a wonderful celebration of life and love. From our truck, complete with a replica of our synagogue’s dome on top, we cheered, waved, and returned shouts of...Read more...
Rabbi Berkman's Invocation-Annual Meeting 2018
06/05/2018 07:00:00 PM
Invocation and Reflections:
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Parashat Bo—the Ninth Plague: Darkness by Ellen Mosner
03/26/2018 05:49:03 PM
The origin of my name Ellen is derived from the Greek root ēlē meaning light or bright. Perhaps that explains why I’ve always had an affinity for light. Or more precisely, fire. If you build a fire, I will be lost to it, mesmerized by the flames for hours. So, it makes sense that of...Read more...
Co-presidents Corner – Strategic Planning & Clergy Search
03/13/2018 05:29:55 PM
Dear TOS Community,
We are pleased to update you on our strategic planning and clergy search process.
Strategic Planning
On March 11th, we held our second community meeting. At this meeting, we examined our personal and congregational Jewish values. We then envisioned our community in the year 2023. Each table created a long list of...Read more...
A Purim Painting comes home
03/01/2018 05:29:29 PM
On Tuesday we received a visit from two local women and a painting…and the painting stayed. Martha Pierce and Norrie Epstein were little girls at TOS. Their grandfather, Louis Epstein, was President of TOS and their grandmother, Martha Epstein, was the first woman Vice President of...Read more...
Co-Presidents Corner ~ More about Strategic Planning
02/15/2018 05:17:21 PM
Hi Friends,
As we head into what is typically a quiet week for many in our community, we wanted to take this opportunity to share more about our Strategic Planning work – how it came about, why it’s important, and how it relates to previous planning initiatives.
As a community, there is so much we want to do. Strategic planning is an important tool...Read more...
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