Shabbat Services this Week and Next Week are Virtual
Friday, December 24, 20 Tevet 6:00 PM Please join Rabbi Plumb and Ellen Allard for a virtual "From Our Home to Yours" Kabbalat Shabbat Service
We will be offering a special blesseing to Michael and Barbara Sheff in honor of their anniversary.
Saturday, December 25, 21 Tevet 9:30 AM Please join Rabbi Plumb and Cantor Ellen Band for a virtual "From Our Home to Yours" Service.
Please join us as we call Charlotte Gliksman for an Aliyah in honor of her birthday.
Kiddush and HaMotzi will be done by Irene Gaffin in memory of her father, Barney Glazer
If you have a simcha, please share it with us and receive a special blessing from Rabbi Plumb during an upcoming Shabbat service. Sponsor a Kiddush by virtually inviting us to your home as you lead the community in KIddush and HaMotzi prayers. (we will provide challah and grape juice!) Please contect Rosalie Reszelbach, Janet Stein Calm or Toni Spitzer to arrange.
Please click here for the link to the new Conservative prayerbook, Siddur Lev Shalem: Shabbat Shaharit Siddur Lev Shalem The prayers will be the same as in our usual blue siddur, so feel free to use that instead if you wish.
Please click here for the link to the page numbers for Shabbat morning prayers in Sim Shalom (Blue) and in Lev Shalem Page Numbers for Shabbat Morning
We Remember: This week's upcoming Yahrzeit Observances
Shloshim Adele Hoffman Leo Karas
Saturday Bertha Gliksman Harry Oppenheim Perla Modricamin
Sunday Mason Drukman Lillian Hyman
Monday Mary Kaitz Alan Tichnor Saul Jacobs Harold Kaitz
Tuesday Judith Alpert David Sands Anna Elman Harry Kadis Charles Sagan
Thursday Esther Wise Chafetz Samuel Gordon Margery Hyman Susan Swerling
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From Our Rabbi: A Teaching
This week, we join the rest of the world in looking back on 2021. Based on congregants’ reviews, here are our Top 10 CMT Events from 2021! We loved them all, but we count backwards from 10 to 1.
10. Virtual Tours–of Israel and the Jewish Museum in NYC
9. Collaborations with Synagogues across the country-- including an Israel course, speakers, and wonderful musical services
8. Shabbat Torah study with Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire–a monthly pleasure that is in popular demand
7. Silver Lining Buddy Project - a CMT-created and led collaboration with organizations all over Boston, supported by CJP, which matches young people with elders in an highly praised buddy program
6. Weekly zoom services—more people attend weekly services than ever before including new members who joined during the pandemic, plus a great Pesah seder via zoom!
5. Mussar–-new mussar groups, men’s mussar, mussar moments, and new members who found us via our mussar work
4. Fab High Holy Day services-including our beautiful Yizkor service and Erev Rosh Hashanah seder
3. Being there for each other-- through thick and thin, worry and joys through several weekly touchpoints, like Tea with the Team
2. Re-entry moments-like schmoozing at the Diamond’s home, challah baking with Rose,Toni, Sam and the Rabbi, and our new Book Read group
And the Number One Hit from 2021 (drum roll please….):
1. Our Welcome Home Hanukkat HaMishkan Hanukkah Shabbat in person this month!
We pray that we will all find healing of the body and the spirit in 2022. No matter what 2022 brings, Congregation Mishkan Tefila will be here for you.
If you are able to offer an end of the year donation to help CMT expand what we can do in 2022, it would be gratefully appreciated.
