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High Holidays 5786
Services Schedule
Erev Rosh Hashanah - Monday, September 22
(Hellenic Cultural Center in Watertown, MA)
7:00- 9:00 pm
Rosh Hashanah Day 1 - Tuesday, September 23
(Hellenic Cultural Center in Watertown, MA)
*10:00am - 1:30 pm
Rosh Hashanah Day 2 - Wednesday, September 24
(MEMBERS SERVICE ONLY, LOCATION TBD)
Erev Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre) - Wednesday, October 1
(Hellenic Cultural Center in Watertown, MA)
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Yom Kippur Day - Thursday, October 2
(Hellenic Cultural Center in Watertown, MA)
*Morning Service – 10:00 am - 1:30 pm
Yizkor – 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Nei’lah – 5:40 - 7:00 pm
Havdalah and Break-Fast – 7:00 pm
*CHILDREN'S PROGRAM FOR AGES 3-12
WILL BE OFFERED Rosh Hashanah Day 1 and Yom Kippur Day
from 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
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Events and Classes
Celebrate Sukkot with Us!
Come join us for a festive and meaningful Sukkot gathering. Together we’ll shake the lulav and etrog, and enjoy inspiring teachings from Ariel Hendelman that bring the spirit of the holiday to life. Afterward, treat yourself to the flavors of the season with fresh cider donuts available for purchase. It’s a chance to celebrate the harvest, connect with community, and experience the joy and beauty of Sukkot.
Jacob's Ladder is an internationally touring band pushing the boundaries of contemporary Jewish music and traditional American Roots music through Jewish communal singing and prayer. In melding these two musical worlds, they tell their story through Eastern European Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jewish traditions, but also through their American heritage and its influence on their unique musical style.
Jacob’s Ladder
B’nai Or members are invited to join us for $30, while students can attend for $18. General admission is $36, and children under 13 are welcome at no cost.
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Buried Treasure: Torah As Sacred Mythology returns on October 28th!
The class will be taught by B'nai Or Boston's Spiritual Leader and Aleph Ordination Program's Erev Rav, Ariel Hendelman. We will continue to look at Torah through the lenses of mythology, mindfulness and dreamwork, with a focus on diving into the wild and wonderous world of Midrash.
In the words of Rabbi Lawrence Kushner from his book, The River of Light: "Midrash is the writing that sprouts up in the spaces between the consecrated words of scripture. Somewhere between commentary and fantasy...To fill in the spaces in between the words, is this not the task of all who would become whole? Health, like real understanding of Scripture, will occur at a time when the spaces are filled in. When the beginning of the story is meaningfully and honestly joined with the end. Midrash...does not seek to change the text. Rather, by joining its fragments together in a new and more coherent pattern of meaning, it seeks to set it free of old, paralyzing stereotypes."
Midrash is our subversive mythology. It speaks from the silence of the parchment that surrounds the black ink of the written words. Our lives are midrash. We carry the stories of our ancestors and we are rewriting them all the time, each moment. Please join us for a mix of study and practice. We'll open each session with an original chant from Ariel, and each session will also include some time for creative writing and/or guided meditation.
No prior experience necessary. Just an open heart and mind.
Dates:
10/28, 11/11, 11/25, 12/9, 12/23, 1/20, 2/3, 2/17, 3/17, 3/31, 4/14, 4/28, 5/12, 5/26
Time: 7:00–8:00 PM (via Zoom)
Cost: Suggested donation of $18 per session. This is a pay-what-you-can model—no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Registration is REQUIRED for ZOOM link. Sign up HERE
The Buried Treasure series is co-sponsored by
ALEPH Alliance for Jewish Renewal.
Buried Treasure: Torah as Sacred Mythology