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Welcome to Temple Tiferet Shalom!
Your Reform Jewish Home
We are a warm and vibrant congregation based in the Reform Jewish tradition. Here you will find a welcoming and inclusive community of spirituality, comfort, and life-long learning for individuals and families. We have a culture of engaging in Jewish life through prayer, study, celebration, and social action to make our world a better place.
Pre-registration by all visitors (who are not members) is now required.
Temple Tiferet Shalom warmly greets all newcomers to its community. However, during these challenging times, out of an abundance of caution, we now require all visitors who are not temple members to pre-register with the Temple Office at least 24 hours in advance before attending a service or event.
To pre-register, please call 978-535-2100 between 9AM and 4PM. You may not receive a confirmation call back, but you will be placed on the guest list. Visitors may accompany a Temple member to Temple without pre-registration.
TEMPLE TIFERET SHALOM WILL REQUIRE PRE-REGISTRATION BY ALL VISITORS:
Temple Tiferet Shalom warmly greets all newcomers to its community; however, during these challenging times, out of an abundance of caution, we now require all visitors who are not temple members to pre-register with the Temple Office at least 24 hours before attending a service or event. Thank you for helping to keep our community safe.
To pre-register, please call 978-535-2100 between 9AM and 4PM. Visitors may accompany a Temple member to Temple without pre-registration.
While no steps can guarantee Temple security, we believe this strikes the correct balance between our desire to be a warm and welcoming community and a safe one.”
Messages from...
Rabbi, Evan Sheinhait
Now in my second contract with the Temple, the seeds planted
over the past three years are beginning to blossom. The foundation
of the Temple has been laid (both literally and symbolically) as
we celebrated 10 years under the name Tiferet Tiferet Shalom. This
we reaped the benefits of the investment in our community. By looking inward, we strengthened our commitments to our members so that every time you are at Temple Tiferet Shalom, you find fulfillment and purpose.
Through prayer, study, and connection, Shabbat offers a moment to
deepen our spiritual identity. Every month, over 100 congregants and
guests join us in our sanctuary and chapel to experience Shabbat in
community. To reinforce our commitment to nurturing an inclusive and welcoming community, we begin every service sanctuary with a Shabbat spark. These 45 seconds of introduction and conversation strengthen the bonds of fellowship with other congregants, transforming our neighbors in-prayer into acquaintances and friends. Our Saturday morning minyan, formerly known as Service, Snack & Study, is now rebranded as Shir L’Shabbat, A Song for Shabbat. With a renewed focus on communal singing and sharing our personal stories, Shabbat mornings share in the joys and pains of our individual lives with a trusting and supportive community. The L’dor Vador community family services are preparing our religious school students and families for the journey towards b’nai mitzvah, while being a welcome introduction into prayer for those looking for a more intimate and relaxed service. Over the summer, we will be unveiling our new initiative: Shabbat Reset. Through this program, we will offer entry points into Shabbat beyond our liturgy for a twenty-first-century Shabbat experience. Thank you to our wonderful worship committee for ensuring Shabbat at TTS is truly a celebration of contemporary Jewish living.
This year, we offered new ways to bring in subsets of our community
often left bereft of programming. Thanks to the continued support from the Combined Jewish Philanthropies, we’ve established Mishpachah: our initiative for families with young children. We expanded BalaGan, our program for toddlers, to engage over 30 families this year, with much gratitude to our fantastic organizer, Bari Johnson. This summer, we are launching a Baby & Me program, which will allow us to engage the youngest members of our community, building a pathway into the preschool and to long-term TTS involvement. We also have increased programming for our senior members with Zahav. Thank you to Ruth Nager for providing robust and engaging programs for our members in their golden years. We also have new weekly open game nights for your mahjong, canasta, and Scrabble needs. Every day, our congregation gathers in our building for moments of joy and connection.
One of the most exciting changes this year has been the growth of TTS’ partnership with our neighbors. We welcomed with open arms our friends from Congregation Sons of Israel to share our sacred space after the sale of their building. Old connections have been reacquainted and new bonds have formed between our two Peabody communities. We have joined together for programming, services, and meals as our parking lot is fuller and our lobby buzzes with energy every weekend. I, along with our leadership team, hope for a continued partnership with CSI as they plan for their future. I have also opened the doors to our community, hosting both the Peabody Clergy and Ministerial Association and North Shore Rabbis and Cantors Association, and will convene leaders across the North Shore to understand the recent CJP community survey. We have partnered with the Mayor’s office, joining together for civic moments, including my offering of the opening blessing and benediction at this year’s city inauguration for newly elected officials. Temple Tiferet Shalom is a household name on the North Shore!
My goal as your rabbi is to ensure every time you set foot in your temple, you feel a sense of pride and connection to your culture and community. With the right investment, Temple Tiferet Shalom is on the path towards its next exciting chapter. In Pirkei Avot, Rabbi Hillel said: אַַלת ִּּפְְ רֹֹש מִִן הַַ צִּּ בּ וּר Do not separate yourself from the community. As we continue to foster the next stage of Jewish learning and belonging, how could you stay away?!
RABBI EVAN SHEINHAIT
President, Jeff Goldsmith
Worship in our sanctuary during the high holy days was magnificent in so many ways. We had Rabbi Evan leading us through the rituals. We had our cantor and musicians who make the words of our prayers into something extraordinary. We had the brightness of our recently-renovated sanctuary. We had our torah scrolls in their splendid white robes. We had so many of our family members and friends here with us. We had the invigorating religious experience of lifting our voices together in prayer and song. We had our streaming service, so congregants could share the experience wherever they were. And at the end of Shabbat and Yom Kippur services, we enjoyed sharing some of our favorite foods. For all of our holiday and Shabbat services throughout the year, we succeed at being a place of Jewish worship.
In our growing religious school, we cultivate a love and understanding of our Jewish heritage in our youngest generation. Our preschool develops a respect for Judaism in both our new families and our North Shore community. And we provide many opportunities for life-long learning for all generations. We succeed at being a place of Jewish study.
And there’s so much more! Our Oneg Shabbats, our Sisterhood, our Brotherhood, our schools, and our events provide opportunities for schmoozing and for feeling good about being Jewish. And when you encounter difficulties in your life, we are a support network for assistance and counsel in your times of need.
We welcome any Jewish families of the North Shore to be in our own holy community. If anyone has financial or other hardships, we offer reduced dues and other services to the Jewish members of our larger community.
We facilitate life-cycle events, be it a baby naming, a bar or bat mitzvah, a wedding, or any other celebration. And when a loved one passes away, we have our sanctuary for the memorial ceremony, our office to help with arrangements, our cemeteries for a resting place, our Rabbi for the rituals, our fellow members for shiva minyans, and our memorial plaques to preserve their memory.
It’s the people of our community that makes us special. You and I and everyone else worshipping and learning and celebrating with us – we are the Jewish community of Temple Tiferet Shalom. Above all, this holy community is the foundation for everything else that we do together.
After being a member for more than four decades, it is now my honor to serve as Temple president. Many past presidents have built this Temple for us, and many are still active members of our congregation. I can’t say just how much it means to me to be serving as a leader for them, and for everyone else who does so much for our congregation, and for all of the families who are our future.
Thanks to everyone who turns the mission of our congregation into reality.
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