Temple Shir Tikva

Please join us for worship, study, fulfillment and fun!

Temple Shir Tikva is a 30 year-old Reform Jewish Congregation, affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism and a member of the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts, located on the historic Boston Post Road in the suburban setting of Wayland, Massachusetts. We support a Religious School of over 450 children. Congregants have grown up, or participated, in orthodox, conservative, and reform environments. We hold a music-filled Simchat Shabbat service at 6:15 pm on Fridays using a prayerbook of our own creation. On Saturdays we have an 8:30 am Shacharit morning service followed by Torah study at 9:15 am. There is also a late Shacharit service at 10:45 am when students become B’nai Mitzvah.

Purim Celebration 2009

We have families of all ages from young families with no children to empty nesters. We support programming directed at all of these groups. Over the past several years we have added and enhanced programs such as a re-invigorated social action program (Tekiah), a significantly expanded Youth program including trips and outside programs for each grade level, and a comprehensive set of adult learning opportunities on both weekdays and weekends. We hold a comprehensive Jewish Explorations Weekend annually, and have groups such as Reyim for empty nesters, an Israel Connection Committee, Kesher - a caring community, active Brotherhood and Sisterhood groups, and STIFTY, a NFTY-affiliated Youth group for teens. Special monthly Tot Shabbats for younger children and now youth and teen participatory Shabbat morning services are held regularly.

6th Grade Shabbatathon at Great Barrington 2009

Special events include a Brotherhood-sponsored golf tournament, Rabbi-led congregational trips to Israel, Cantorial Concerts, and this year in May, Shir Tikva Players produced a fully staged production of Fiddler on the Roof showcasing the extraordinary talents of Shir Tikva members and to celebrate TST's 30th anniversary!

TST Players Cast Photo May 2-3 Performance of Fiddler on the Roof

(photo by Janet Wolbarst)

Clergy and lay leadership work together in an open environment and encourage the discussion of Jewish-related topics among members, as well as with those invited from outside the Temple.

Please explore this site to learn more about Temple Shir Tikva and its programs. Hineni, our monthly newsletter, is now on the web site. Our Program Book is a comprehensive annual publication describing many opportunities for both adults and children. You can even join us in Torah study online! We have recently added a collection of sermons from our Rabbi and a collection of music from our Cantor, choir, and cantorial soloists. Also, we are now putting on-line various Temple publications that have been sent out in the mail so that you can always come to the web site to find what you're looking for and to find the latest information.

See how Shir Tikva celebrates the joy of Simchat Torah over past years, complete with our famous Chocolate Oneg! And information about our plans for the upcoming holidays is found here.

Photo by Steve Zieff

Questions/comments about the website? Send e-mail to webmaster@shirtikva.org. Questions or for more infomation about our Temple? Send e-mail to info@shirtikva.org.

This web site and all its contents are copyright 2007 Temple Shir Tikva. All Rights Reserved. Permission to copy in whole or in part should be requested through e-mail to webmaster@shirtikva.org. In general permission will be granted to other not-for-profit organizations as long as attribution as to original source is made.

If you truly wish your children to study Torah, study it yourself in their presence. They will follow your example. Otherwise, they will not themselves study Torah, but will simply instruct their children to do so.
Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk

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