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Our Beit Midrash

How awesome is this place! This is none other than a Beit Elohim!

(Gen . 28:17)

Transforming our building from stone and steel into a makom, a sacred space.

About Our Beit Midrash

The beit midrash was designed for more intimate prayer, learning, gathering, quiet reading, and reflection.  The book-lined shelves, visible as you enter the building, express the values of study, story, and history held by our community. By keeping in active service our ner tamid and ark doors from our prior sanctuary, we honor our past and create a separate smaller dignified and beautiful worship space.  Many of life’s special moments happened under the ner tamid and many blessings were bestowed in front of the ark doors…these precious memories are preserved with us in our small chapel.

Art, Iconography & Judaica

Community Commentary

Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World

Family Social Action Group prepares craft kits for pre­school children in the Parent Child Home Program.

Family Social Action Group prepares craft kits for pre­school children in the Parent Child Home Program.

Family Social Action Group prepares craft kits for pre­school children in the Parent Child Home Program.

TBE collects holiday gifts to distribute to children and families in care at Boston hospitals.

TBE Racial Justice Initiative meets for a discussion about the book White Fragility by Dr. Robin DiAngelo. 

The Racial Justice Initiative creates a list of recommended books and films on race, racism, and racial justice. 

Stories from our Beit Midrash

Finding Meaning for Our Kids and Ourselves

Framing these questions through the lens of Jewish values and traditions allowed me to engage with Judaism in a tangible, modern way.

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What I Learned in Adult Ed

Studying together as adult learners is a surprisingly bonding experience. We share. We question. We seek together.

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Civil Discourse

We’re on a path to better understand how to engage about controversial topics. The goal is to connect, rather than to persuade.

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Mindfulness Practice

Mindfulness has expanded my sense of gratitude and allowed me to explore who I am and what matters to me. 

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Hitting Reset On My Parenting

Our group shared different perspectives as we considered how to apply ancient and modern Jewish concepts to daily parenting situations.

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TBE in the Beit Midrash

TBE community in action in our beit midrash and online.

Reading Our Beit Midrash

Reflect on the Jewish text that inspired the design of our beit midrash and how we live our values here.

“God is in this place, but I, I didn’t know it. How awesome is this place,” he said, “this indeed is a Beit Elohim, a House of God.”

—Genesis 28:17

Our beit midrash reflects the understanding that the act of learning is powerful, offering the opportunity for change and transformation through a dynamic relationship between past and present, personal and communal.

How do you experience learning?

What role, if any, does learning play in your growth? Your communal connections? Your connection to Judaism?

What is a time when you had a realization of the sacred and it awakened you?

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