High Holiday Registration
High Holiday Registration is open! As in previous years, we will be offer 4 services styles at 2 locations. High Holiday services are included with membership and available to non-members on a sliding scale. We ask that everyone who plans to attend, including members, please register in advance so that we can plan for accurate attendance numbers.
The four services we are hosting are:
- Rabbi Harris’ (Egalitarian) services are led by Rabbi Robbie Harris from JTS and by TBS’ own David Sandberg as chazzan. The service uses the Lev Shalem machzor from the Conservative movement and also utilizes microphones for amplification. People of all genders sit together and all Jewish adults count toward a minyan.
- Traditional Egalitarian services are led by members of the community and use the Koren machzor, without microphones or amplification. People of all genders sit together and all Jewish adults can lead services and count toward a minyan.
- Minyan Tehillah (Partnership) services have men and women sitting separately across a mechitza and feature service leadership from both the men’s and women’s sides. Minyan Tehillah also defines a quorum as having at least ten Jewish men and ten Jewish women. The liturgy will follow the Koren machzor.
- Orthodox services follow the liturgy in the Koren machzor and will follow Modern Orthodox Jewish practice. Men and women sit separately across a mechitza, a minyan consists of 10 Jewish men, and only men serve as prayer leaders. The service will incorporate spiritual guidance and teaching from R. Talia Weisberg who will take part in the flow of services and offer reflections throughout.
YOM KIPPUR SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, Oct 1
7:00am Egalitarian Shacharit (TBS Sanctuary, pending signup)
7:30am Orthodox Shacharit (TBS Vestry)
2:00pm Egalitarian Mincha (TBS Sanctuary)
- Kol Nidre/Ma’ariv -
5:45pm Rabbi Harris (TBS Sanctuary)
5:45pm Traditional Egalitarian (Washburn Auditorium)
5:45pm Orthodox (Washburn Lounge)
5:45pm Minyan Tehillah (TBS Vestry)
6:08pm Candle Ligthing
8:45pm Late Ma'ariv (TBS Sanctuary)
Yom Kippur, Thursday, Oct 2
- Shacharit/Musaf -
8:30am Orthodox (Washburn Lounge)
8:30am Minyan Tehillah (TBS Vestry)
9:00am Rabbi Harris (TBS Sanctuary)
9:00am Traditional Egalitarian (Washburn Auditorium)
- Mincha -
4:00 pm Minyan Tehillah (TBS Vestry)
4:20 pm Rabbi Harris (TBS Sanctuary)
4:20 pm Traditional Egalitarian (Washburn Auditorium)
4:30 pm Orthodox (Washburn Lounge)
- Ne’ilah -
5:45pm Minyan Tehillah (TBS Vestry)
5:50 pm Traditional Egalitarian (Washburn Auditorium)
5:50pm Orthodox (Washburn Lounge)
6:00pm Rabbi Harris (TBS Sanctuary)
7:06 pm Shofar/Ma'ariv/Havdallah (Fast Ends)
Locations Notes:
TBS, including both the vestry and the sanctuary, is at 8 Tremont Street in Cambridge.
Washburn, including both the auditorium and the lounge, is at 16 Phillips Place in Cambridge.
ABOUT THE TREMONT STREET SHUL
Temple Beth Shalom, also known as the Tremont Street Shul, is a warm, friendly, traditional synagogue located near the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts. We embrace people of all ages from a wide variety of backgrounds, and we welcome newcomers to feel at home in the shul. We support three styles of Jewish worship: egalitarian, partnership, and orthodox, as well as fostering many kinds of educational, social, and cultural experiences.
We host Minyan Tehillah, an independent prayer group, as well as the Alef-Bet Child Care (a preschool with day care hours!), and we are often engaged in collaborative Jewish programming. In addition to a robust worship and programming schedule, on the first Friday of each month (with rare exceptions; double-check the calendar), we host a semi-potluck dinner open to all! A special treat of the Tremont Street community is that our weekly Shabbat/Saturday morning services are followed by a kiddush lunch at which everyone is welcome. We look forward to seeing you, and please feel free to reach out if we can be helpful in any way. 
Services at TBS
Weekday Zoom Services (Egalitarian)
Occurring 7:30am Monday through Friday. Details, sign-ups, and Zoom links can be found here.
Thursday Morning Minyan (Egalitarian)
Occuring Thursdays at 7:00am at 8 Tremont Street. Additional in-person weekday services are added for Rosh Chodesh, Chol Hamoed, fast days, minor jewish hoidays, and federal holidays (8:30am).
Sign up here.
Sunday Morning Minyan (Orthodox) and Breakfast
Sundays at 8:30am at 8 Tremont Street. Sign up here.
Shabbat services
| Minyan | Time | Location | Link |
| Friday Night Egalitarian (weekly) | 7:00pm | Sanctuary | |
| Friday Night Orthodox (weekly) | 7:00pm | Vestry | |
| Shabbat Morning Egalitarian (weekly) | 9:15am | Sanctuary | |
| Shabbat Morning Orthodox (1st, 3rd, 5th Saturdays of the month) | 9:15am | Vestry (downstairs) | |
| Shabbat Morning Hashkamah Orthodox (2nd, 4th Saturdays of the month) | 7:00am | Sanctuary | Sign up here |
| Minyan Tehillah Partnership (2nd, 4th Saturdays of the month) |
9:15am | Vestry (downstairs) | |
| Shabbat Egalitarian Mincha (Weekly, pending signup) | 40 min before sunset | Sanctuary | Sign up here |
| Shabbat Orthodox Mincha (Weekly) | 40 min before sunset | Vestry (downstairs) | Sign up here |
Volunteer!
We need you! Please volunteer to read Torah portions or to lead services. The more people who volunteer, the more "TBS-like" these services will be. What are you waiting for? Sign up here.
