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January 7

This month we are experimenting with sending the newsletter out on Tuesdays to coordinate with the SCFLP newsletter, followed by a brief reminder on Fridays of details for the upcoming weekend.

Torah Study, 11AM (Hybrid - Register for Zoom link)

Shabbat Services, 9AM (Hybrid - Click for live stream link)

Sunday Morning Service, 9AM (Hybrid - Register for Zoom link)

Parashat Vayechi

3rd Triennial Genesis 49:27 - 50:26

PDF of Reading in Etz Hayim (Page 293)



Yahrzeits: Shabbat 1/11/25 - Friday 01/17/2025

This is the first official SCFLP newsletter of 2025! Please take a moment to read about all the wonderful SCFLP happenings.

JAN 11 | 9 AM (In-person)

Interactive and engaging Shabbat experience for all ages. 9 AM service with Rav Naomi, 9:30 AM Tot Shabbat with Alex Marques (ages 6 & under). We conclude the service together in the sanctuary and have a kiddush lunch afterward.

JAN 10 | 6:30PM (In-person)

Join fellow TAA members for Shabbat Dinner in members' homes. All Dinners are open to everyone. Curious about hosting future dinners? Contact Sue Adams and/or Joan Brooks.

JAN 17 | 6 PM (Hybrid)

A special musical service with Rav Naomi, Abigale Reisman, the TAA Band & Choir. Appetizers before service.

Click on the name of an event to learn more and register early.

As of February 3, Rav Naomi’s schedule will change in order to accommodate her course schedule in her final semester of rabbinical school. Most weeks, she will be in Gloucester from Thursday afternoon through Monday afternoon. Due to that shift, the weekly Torah Study will have a different time slot. Torah Study participants, please click here to vote on which time slots could work for you.

JAN 9 | 2:30PM (Zoom)

Dedicated to carrying on the work of

Elie Wiesel, the Witness Institute presents a powerful conversation between Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger (A student of Professor Wiesel) and esteemed educator Parker Palmer. 

JAN 12 | 1PM (In-Person)

Join the Jewish Community of the North Shore for an event to support the people of Israel during this ongoing crisis. The afternoon will feature Israel art, clothing, and spices, plus activities for kids and adults and a concert by Israeli performer Hadar Orshalimy.

JAN 23 | 7:30 PM (Zoom)

TAA is pleased to be a community partner for the Lappin Foundation's program for International Holocaust Remembrance Day featuring Dr. Hans Fisher. A Holocaust survivor and passenger on the steamship St. Louis in 1939, Dr. Fisher will share his memories of leaving Germany after Kristallnacht.

Temple Ahavat Achim Leadership

• Rav Naomi Gurt Lind
• Rabbi Myron Geller, Rabbi Emeritus
• Naomi Stonberg, President
• Suzanne Ewer, Office Assistant

• Alexandra Marques, Director Sylvia Cohen Family Learning Project
• Abigale Reisman, Music Director
• Maya Smith, Office Coordinator