From Rav Claudia's Shabbat Metzora Message...

"This past week, I am sure many of you felt like I did, a roller coaster of feelings between despair and hope. On Saturday night, as we learned about the Iranian missile and drone attack on Israel, I know I felt a great sense of fear and despair. In contrast, on Monday, as we cheered the runners of the marathon, one of my favorite days of the year in Boston, and saw the sea of people running, I felt an immense sense of joy and pride in humanity. I was especially moved this year seeing the visually-impaired runners, accompanied by their guides, taking such a difficult challenge, with the support they needed and being cheered by humanity. I felt hopeful as I spent my hours on Beacon Street and was reminded that there is beauty and goodness in our world. There is compassion, there is humanity, there is joy… even in the midst of fear and darkness."

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Tonight’s meeting about the affordable housing proposal will be on Zoom only,

starting at 7:30pm (link below). 

Join us to learn about an exciting initiative of our Housing Justice Team: a proposal to build mixed-income, affordable housing on the “rear yard” parcel behind TBZ which fronts on Lancaster Terrace.  Meet our partner, the Brookline Community Development Corporation, and get a full presentation from the project architect. It will be on Zoom only (previously planned as multiaccess) and there will be plenty of time for comments and questions. This is only a proposal so far which is under consideration by the Board, which needs the community’s engagement and input to inform their decision. For more information, feel free to contact Jonathan Klein (jklein728@gmail.com, 617-308-1952), Chair of the TBZ Rear Yard Committee.

Join us tonight at 7:30pm on Zoom! 

Meeting ID: 845 9725 4810; Passcode: 901480

ALSO:

The TBZ Kitchen and building have been cleaned for Passover. No Kiddush will be served this Shabbat. We apologize for the inconvenience. 

Between April 18 and April 30th we kindly ask you not to bring any foods to TBZ unless they are kosher for Passover. In addition, we ask that you do not bring donations for Family Table until after Pesach. Thank you for your collaboration.

WELCOMING SHABBAT

FRIDAY, APRIL 19

6:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat/Shabbat Zimrah

(in person and online: Zoom)

Shabbat Zimrah brings the mystical sounds of Arab Jewry to the TBZ sanctuary. Co-led by artist-in-residence Yoni Battat on the oud, this service will utilize traditional and original melodies to chant excerpts from Shir Hashirim and the psalms of Kabbalat Shabbat, followed by Ma’ariv (Reading Song of Songs is a Mizrahi Friday night tradition practiced year round – not just on Shabbat Shira!). Click here to listen to recordings from Shabbat Zimrah

Download the Kabbalat Shabbat Siddur.

Check the Schedule of Service leaders.

SATURDAY, APRIL 20

9:00am Torah Study (in person)

10:00am Shabbat Morning Service

(in person and online: Zoom Link)

Download the Shabbat Morning Siddur.

Check the Schedule of Service leaders.

NO KIDDUSH

10:00am Shabbat with Commentary: During Shabbat morning services (in person)

Once a month, join TBZ community members and rabbis to answer questions about services while services are happening! Learn how tefillah (prayer) works, get insights into the structure and meaning of various elements of the service, and get to know how this tool works for increased spiritual living.

1:30pm Men's Group Meeting (in person)

5:00-6:00pm, Shabbat HaGadol: Can You Do a Seder Without a Haggadah?

with Rabbi Ebn Leader (in person)

in the Community Room - enter from the ground floor door

Come learn the Mishnah’s description of the Seder and understanding of the core of the Seder meal and practice before it accumulated many layers of text reading… With this understanding, you can choose how much text and which ones you want to include in your own Seder.

Sunday, April 21 - Deadline to sell your Hametz!

Hametz is leavened food and is forbidden on Pesach. Jews may not own, eat or benefit from hametz during Passover. Where disposing of hametz will result in considerable financial loss, it is permissible to temporarily sell one’s hametz to someone who is not Jewish, who owns the hametz during Pesach and relinquishes it after Pesach. Rav Claudia will sell TBZ’s hametz to the Rector of All Saints Parish, Rev. Richard Burden on the morning of April 22. Complete the form to sell your hametz!

Monday, April 22, 8:00am Service Marking the Fast of the Firstborn (in person)

Join us for the first time at TBZ on the eve of the seder for the service marking the Fast of the Firstborn. We make concrete our sense of solidarity with the first born of Mitzrayim by entering the holiday with our own vulnerability in mind. So as not to enter Passover on a fast, we will have a communal celebration for the completion of a tractate of Talmud. The morning service, including the reading of Torah, begins at 8:00 a.m. Our study and celebratory breakfast will begin around 8:40 and conclude around 9:00. We are grateful to Rabbi Lenny Gordon for offering to lead this service and learning. We need to make sure we have a minyan. If you are planning to join please email Rochelle.

Tuesday, April 23, 10:00am First Day Pesach Morning Service

(in person and online: Zoom Link)

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS!

Alisa Zomer and Michael Goldstein with their daughter, Yaara Zomer Goldstein

For more information about upcoming programs, read the Happenings email that

was was sent on Monday to TBZ membership.

STAY CONNECTED

Office hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday 9:00-5:00pm; Friday 9:00-1:00pm; 

Tuesday staff work from home.

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