| Date | Time | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/17/08 | 4:00PM to 7:00 | Shir Hadash President's BBQ | Our annual meat event (with vegetarian options). Please bring salad, side dishes, fruit, but no dairy products. At: member's home |
| 9/6/08 | 9:30AM to 12:00 | Breakfast Torah Study and Service | "Jewish Self-Improvement: An Introduction to Mussar" is what Ben Kruskal will teach in an interactive session after a light breakfast. The member-led service will begin at 10:45. At: Lutheran Church |
| 9/13/08 | 9:45AM to 12:00 | Service: Speaker Steven Greenberg | In the place of a traditional D'var Torah, Steven Greenberg, executive director of Boston's Vilna Shul, will speak about the history and rebirth of the Shul. Shir Hadash has been connecting with the Vilna Shul through its klezmer band, Shir Madness. Ruth and Aaron Seidman will provide a special Kiddush to follow, in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary. At: Lutheran Church |
| 9/13/08 | 7:30PM to 10:00 | Klezmer Dance Party | Renowned klezmer flutist and dance leader Adrianne Greenbaum will join our own Shir Madness Klezmer Band, leading and instructing both Israeli and Klezmer dances. Refreshments provided. Public is invited.
At: Lutheran Church |
| 9/20/08 | 9:45AM to 12:00 | Member-led Shabbat Service | Kiddush will follow. At: Lutheran Church |
| 9/20/08 | 8:00PM to 10:00 | Selichot | Jointly-sponsored by Hillel B'nai Torah, Dorshei Tsedek, and Shir Hadash. 8pm Refreshments and socializing; 8:30, Speaker: Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg; 9:30-10, Selichot ritual, led by Rabbi Toba Spitzer, with participation by Shir Hadash choral group. Held at Hillel B'nai Torah, W. Roxbury At: other |
| 9/26/08 | 6:30PM to 9:00 | Potluck and Service | At: member's home |
| 9/27/08 | No Service | ||
| 9/29/08 | 6:00PM to 7:00 | Erev Rosh Hashana service | At: other |
| 9/30/08 | 9:30AM to 1:00 | Rosh Hashana morning, first day | At: other |
| 9/30/08 | 4:00PM | Tashlich at the Charles River | Tashlich, after the afternoon service on the first day of Rosh Hashanah (except where the first day falls on Shabbat, in which case tashlich happens on the second day) involves a ritualized casting off of sins. It is a short, participatory service of prayers and group singing. The origin is most often traced back to a verse in Micah (7:19) concerning repentance: "He will take us back in love, He will cover up our iniquities; you will hurl all our sins into the depths of the sea." The point of tashlich is to symbolically cast our sins into the sea, or at least into a swiftly flowing body of water. We either empty our pockets of stones, which sink and can never be retrieved, or more often these days, throw bread crumbs which the ducks and geese on the Charles River carry away for us. At: other |
| 10/1/08 | 9:30AM to 12:30 | Rosh Hashana morning service | second day At: other |
| 10/4/08 | 9:45AM to 11:00 | Service: Gabovitches to Speak | Shabbat Shuvah member-led service. Bill and Lauren Gabovitch will speak about their volunteer work in the Boston Jewish community and will lead a discussion on how others can get involved. At: Lutheran Church |
| 10/8/08 | 6:00PM to 7:30 | Kol Nidre at SSDS | At: other |
| 10/9/08 | 9:30AM | Yom Kippur services at SSDS | Study break 2:30-4:00 pm Mincha 5:00 Ne'ilah 6:00 (fast ends at 6:54) |
| 10/11/08 | No service | ||
| 10/18/08 | 9:45AM to 12:15 | Shabbat service/chol-hamo'ed Sukkot | At: Lutheran Church |
| 10/19/08 | 2:00PM to 5:00 | Succah Hop | We will visit succot at members' homes At: member's home |
| 10/20/08 | 7:00PM to 9:00 | Simchat Torah Celebration | Simchat Torah service and joyous celebration accompanied by our Klezmer group, Shir Madness At: Lutheran Church |
| 10/25/08 | 9:30AM to 12:15 | Breakfast Study and Shabbat Service | It's Shabbat Bereishit. Henry Morris will teach after a light breakfast. Service will begin at 10:45. At: Lutheran Church |
| 11/1/08 | No service | ||
| 11/15/08 | JRF convention/no SH service | ||
| 11/22/08 | 9:45AM | Adina Kruskal bat mitzvah | |
| 11/29/08 | No service |