The time has gone quickly, and I will now be taking the month of July off  for parental leave. To have designated time solely devoted to supporting my son was essential for my rabbinate. Micaela and I discussed before having children that when the fateful time arrived, we would both take parental leave to support our family. We are both immensely grateful to everyone here in the congregation, especially the rabbinic search committee, for believing in the importance of paid family leave.

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Paid leave allows me, as a new parent, to bond with my son and restructure our home to be one suitable for children. This couldn’t happen in just my spare time since babies are notoriously unpredictable and demanding of our time. Parental leave not only will help me bond with Reuven, but also affirm my new identity as Abba. Parental leave will fuse an ever-lasting bond between me and my son. Parental leave is the celebration of a different type of time, a richer type of time for my family that can only be achieved through this exceptionally sacred pause.

 

I hope you all have a recharging summer. I look forward to returning in August, revitalized with the blessings of parenthood, to what lies ahead for our Temple in the year to come.

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Rabbi Evan (he/him)

Chaverim:

 

I hope everyone is having an enjoyable, peaceful summer! 

 

I wanted to take a moment to introduce our Cantorial Intern for this year, Lisa Schnapper. A New York native, Lisa attends the Cantorial Program at Hebrew College in Newton and anticipates receiving her Certificate in Sacred Jewish Music in the spring of 2024. Lisa is a graduate of Brandeis University and received her Master of Arts from the New York Institute of Technology and has received a four-year professional studies diploma in Healing Science. 

 

Lisa will be contributing to High Holiday services, and to holiday and Shabbat services through the end of May 2024. Please join me in welcoming Lisa Schnapper to Temple Tiferet Shalom!

 

Speaking of High Holiday services, planning is well underway, and we will be distributing schedules in August. With the exception of Rosh Hashanah Day 2, all of our services will be taking place in our newly renovated Sanctuary this year. On the second day of Rosh Hashanah, we will again be visiting Willowdale in Topsfield.

 

As you all know, we are planning a party in late October to celebrate Bryna Toder Tabasky’s – our new Music Director Emerita’s – career. We would like to prepare a video celebrating her career, but WE NEED YOUR HELP! Please dig into your pictures and videos from over the years and send me or Lauren Cherkas any videos you have of Bunny and the choir. Please email your materials to us at bmisiura@cmbg3.com or to lauren7364@gmail.com. 

 

This summer, my two daughters participated in the Lappin Foundation’s Youth To Israel (or Y2I) program, along with two other Temple Tiferet Shalom teens. Each year, the Lappin Foundation sponsors this free, 10-day trip to Israel for teens after their sophomore or junior year in high school. To say the least, the trip was amazing, and my daughters formed bonds with other Jewish teens that I hope they have well into the future; however, they also now have a love of Israel that is impossible to teach in books. I want to encourage all families with teens in this age range to consider this trip. We started working with Lappin Foundation for this July trip in October of last year. We will post more information about the 2024 trip in the fall, but for now, see the information further in this bulletin.

 

Finally, this year we are bringing back the TTS Sh-BBQ, so mark your calendars for Friday evening, August 25th! I look forward to seeing you then!

 

L’Shalom,

 

Bryna Rosen Misiura, Temple President