Welcome to our unique High Holy Days! We have a lot to offer as we create a meaningful, joyful, spiritual, High Holy Day experience this year.
Join Mishkan Tefila and our High Holy Day Musical team, from around the world, as we journey as a community, in prayer, and in song,
to celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
At Mishkan Tefila we are socially distant, yet spiritually together.
Keep reading....there is a lot you will want to register for!
Memorial Service at Mishkan Tefila Memorial Park Tomorrow, Sunday September 13, 11:00 AM
There will be a Memorial Service at the Temple Mishkan Tefila Memorial Park, TOMORROW Sunday September 13, 11.00 am, led by Rabbi Marcia Plumb. The cemetery is located on Centre Street, West Roxbury. All are welcome. Social distancing rules will apply and masks must be worn at all times. The service will also be available on Zoom by CLICKING HERE .
Gift Bag and Machzorim Distribution
REGISTER TONIGHT FOR TOMORROW PICK-UP!! In preparation for our days of reflection and renewal, we are offering High Holy Day Gift Bags and loaning Machzorim to be used during our virtual services. Please registerhere to pick-up your gift bag and Machzorim on Sunday, September 13, 1.00 – 3.00 pm in Brookline or 4.00 – 6.00 pm in Newton.
Purchasing Virtual Seats We welcome all guests, family members and newcomers. Please consider purchasing virtual seats in order to make it technologically possible to provide dynamic, spiritual, and music-filled High Holy Day experiences. CMT community members are encouraged to support High Holy Days by making a donation, if possible. Click here to purchase your virtual "seats".
Join Rabbi Marcia Plumb and our wonderful musical team!
Join Rabbi Marcia Plumb as we begin the High Holy Day season with the Sephardic tradition of a fun, food-filled, mini Rosh Hashanah focused Seder. Try it, you’ll like it! Click herefor more information and to register. Click here to join the virtual seder.
Rosh Hashanah Day 1 Morning Service September 19, 9.30 am - 12.00 pm Join us for a unique, engaging Rosh Hashanah morning service, filled with spirited music and meaningful, joyful prayer. During the service, you can pray, journal, share hopes, go to the Schmooze Room, take a spiritual break, smell flowers and more.
9.30 Shacharit: Awake to a Fresh Start and Renewal 10.00 Celebration of New Hope with Torah Service, led by Rabbi Plumb and Adirchai Haberman Browns 10.30 Quiet Personal ‘Beauty Break’ to see the majesty in the world; smell your flowers and “walk” outside 10.40 Musaf focusing on Hakarat Hatov/Gratitude and Healing – Special Blessings for Health Care and Front Line Workers in our congregation and beyond; Prayers for Healing in these challenging times 11.05 Shofar Service: Let’s make some noise! (without the Shofar!) Celebrate our Resilience 11.30 Sermon by Rabbi Marcia Plumb 12.00 Joyful Conclusion. Enjoy apples and honey and bless the start of a new year.
Rosh Hashanah Day 2 September 20, 9.30 am - 11.30 am 9.30 Join Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire as we delve into the Akedah and all its complexities
Click here to join the Zoom with Rabbi Dr. MIchael Shire. 10.30 Deep Dive into Avinu Malkeinu: A Spiritual and Musical Reflection with Rabbi Marcia Plumb (How many renditions of Avinu Malkeinu are there?) Click here to join the Zoom with Rabbi Marcia Plumb.
Tashlich & Shofar Service - Weather Permitting led by Rabbi Marcia Plumb September 20, 2.00 pm, 3.30 pm and 5.00 pm (Family Service) Join us for a small (30 people max) in-person, socially distant, gathering to hear Fred Gordon blow the Shofar as we come together for a Shofar and Tashlich service. Choose a time to join us. These small gatherings will be following Massachusetts strict guidelines for safety.
5:00 Family Tashlich & Shofar Service with Hands on Learning Project, led by Ellen Allard and Rabbi Marcia Plumb with Shofar blowing by Fred Gordon
Click here for more information and to register. Pre-registration is required.
We will gather at City Hall Pond in Newton, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton Centre.
Please note: the 3.30 pm Tashlich & Shofar Service will be livestreamed - the link will be posted on our webpage in advance.
Click here for a guided meditation for a personal Tashlich.
YOM KIPPUR: WHERE HAVE YOU COME FROM, WHO ARE YOU BECOMING, AND WHO WALKS WITH YOU?
Genesis 16:8
Kol Nidre Service September 27, 6.00 pm Candle lighting at 6.14 pm
Yom Kippur Morning Service: We Are in This Together September 28, 9.30 am - 12.00 pm Join us on this day-long journey into our souls, as we hold each other in our vulnerability.
9.30 Shacharit: I am Here with my Hopes and Regrets 10.00 Torah Service & Reflections from congregants 10.30 Vidui, Confessions of our Times: Who am I Becoming? 11.15 Sermon by Rabbi Marcia Plumb 12.00 Conclusion of Morning Yom Kippur Service
Yom Kippur Afternoon September 28, 2.30 pm - 3.15 pm Jonah: An interactive discussion from a Mussar perspective Personal Reflection Walk: Click here for an individual guided meditative walk to be done whenever you choose.
Yizkor: Who Walks with Me? September 28, 4.00 - 5.00 pm Join us as we honor the memories of our individual and community loved ones.
Neilah September 28, 5.30 pm Join us to light our havdalah candles and smell our spices as we journey into the new year of 5781 with our Mishkan Tefila family.
Thank you to Larry and Ben Chafetz for making the havdalah spice bags. Thank you to a generous donor who is supporting these services. Thank you to the Sisterhood for sponsoring our High Holy Day gift bags. Thank you to the Membership Committee for coordinating and distributing gift bags and Machzorim. Thank you to the High Holy Day Task Force for all their hard work and dedication.
Congregation Mishkan Tefila 384 Harvard St. Brookline, MA 02446
