Rabbi Shire leads the procession carrying the Torah scrolls to the new Ark on Rosh Hashanah followed by Michael Scanlon and Jill Silverstein.
Photos by Jesse Kiefer
The word rabbi means "teacher" and our rabbi embodies that title in a very special way. Reading his sermons is a wonderful way to reach a deeper understanding of the ethics that support our faith tradition.
Wherever you are on your spiritual journey,
the focus of Central Reform Temple of Boston is to provide everyone with a home
for growth and new horizons.
We are a house of prayer for all people.
Erev Rosh Hashanah MulticastWednesday, October 2, 7:30pm
Welcome the New Year online or onsite with Central Reform Temple of Boston. This is a special time and we welcome all to come home to your Jewish family this High Holiday season. These services are moving and inspiring and we want everyone to have the opportunity to experience this deeply spiritual holiday.
All visitors and guests MUST pre-register at least 24 hours before the service to attend. This procedure is for safety. Come celebrate a sweet New Year with us at
Central Reform Temple of Boston. We look forward to seeing you!
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Rosh Hashanah Morning
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Yom Kippur Eve Multicast ServiceFriday, October 11, 7:30pm
Welcome the New Year online or onsite with Central Reform Temple of Boston. This is a special time and we welcome all to come home to your Jewish family this High Holiday season. These services are moving and inspiring and we want everyone to have the opportunity to experience this deeply spiritual holiday.
All visitors and guests MUST pre-register at least 24 hours before the service to attend. This procedure is for safety. Come home to your Jewish family this High Holy Day season.
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Yom Kippur Multicast ServiceSaturday, October 12, 10:00am
The day begins with the morning multicast service followed by a break from 12:00 to 3:30pm. The afternoon includes a study and discussion session that begins at 4:00pm followed by Yizkor and N'ilah services.
All visitors and guests MUST pre-register at least 24 hours before the service to attend. This procedure is for safety. Come home to your Jewish family this High Holy Day season.
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Shomrei Adamah
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Build the Sukkah!Wednesday, October 16, 3:30-5:00
Come on! You know you want to do it! Join your friends at 15 Newbury Street to build and decorate our Sukkah right off the side walk in Back Bay Boston. It's fun, you'll get to know people, enjoy the afternoon together. This is a highlight of our year at Central Reform Temple of Boston. What a feeling of absolute joy you will have watching people stop, take photos, ask questions and marvel that a Sukkah is going up on Newbury Street. It's a treat you don't want to miss so join us!
No carpentry, tool, or decorating skill required, although if you have these things bring it on! 
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Central Reform Temple of Boston is a uniquely welcoming community that embraces the richness of the Jewish tradition. Our worship, conducted primarily in English, is inclusive and accessible. We offer a warm, unconditional welcome to all who seek to join us in worship, study, and service, without regard to religious background or beliefs. One need not be born Jewish, be able to read Hebrew, or convert to Judaism to be a full, participating member of Central Reform Temple. Interfaith families and people of all faiths, including the unaffiliated, are fully embraced. Members of the LGBTQ community are a vibrant part of our Temple family.
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With a focus on adult programming and social justice, we strive to be engaged with each other both within and outside our Shabbat, Festival, and High Holy Day Services. Our one-of-a-kind covenant relationship with Emmanuel Episcopal Church with whom we share our spiritual home, integrates us both physically and ideologically within the Back Bay interfaith community.
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From the Rabbi's Study
Perhaps the single most practical thing Judaism has offered to the world, is the distinction between the working week and a day of rest. This concept of Shabbat first conceptualized in the Hebrew Bible and then spun into a myriad forms has been applied by every Civilization through the ages to provide a cessation in the unceasing drive to have, to own and to obtain more!
For as Abraham Joshua Heschel stated in his Classic work, ‘The Sabbath’, Shabbat is rather a time to be, to become, to be open to wonder...
For as Abraham Joshua Heschel stated in his Classic work, ‘The Sabbath’, Shabbat is rather a time to be, to become, to be open to wonder...
Social Action
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Shabbat Service at Central Reform Temple of Boston on June 7, 2024. Rabbi Michael Shire leads the service with music by Cantorial Soloist Amy Lieberman and Music Director and Accompanist Andrew Mattfeld. This service honors our outgoing and incoming CRT Board members and officers with a special tribute to Rabbi Devon Lerner as the congregation bestows her honorary title Founding Rabbi Emerita. Service V can be found on the CRT website under Worship https://www.crtboston.org/service-pdf.... Use UPB Service V Shabbat Evening Service and CRT Songbook
Shabbat Service at Central Reform Temple of Boston on May 24, 2024. Rabbi Michael Shire leads the service with music by Cantorial Soloist Jason Edelstein and Guest Accompanist Ed Swanborn. Rabbi Howard A. Kosovske, formerly Interim Rabbi at CRT, is guest preacher. Documents for the service can be found at https://www.crtboston.org/service-pdf.... Use A Time to Reflect Shabbat Evening Service and CRT Songbook.
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Enjoy CRT Shabbat Services “on demand” on the temple YouTube channel. When you subscribe you will be notified by email each time a new video is uploaded. Experience CRT services for the first time, review a service you missed, or relax into prayer and meditation in the middle of the week. Enjoy!
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Central Reform Temple of Boston meets at our home in Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church,
15 Newbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts. We welcome you to join us!
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CRT members lighting shabbat candles on Simchat Torah at The Ark - Pinner and Northwood Liberal Synagogue in UK
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CRT members study ancient Jewish manuscripts at
The Bodleian Library in Oxford, UK
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Many photos courtesy of Jesse Kiefer.
