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Welcome to Temple Sinai
MARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS
Your Contemporary Conservative Synagogue
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About Temple Sinai
We’re a warm and welcoming congregation where your voice is heard and your presence makes a difference. Celebrate Judaism with traditional, egalitarian services, family, food and fun, as you engage in in meaningful social action and adult education activities. You’ll enjoy a fulfilling spiritual and social life at Temple Sinai!
What’s Happening at Temple Sinai
A Modern “Song of Songs”: a 4 part series
Explore great Jewish cultural themes through Israeli Rock & Roll.
Free for Temple Sinai members. $5 per session for the community.
Current Events
Torah from Sinai
- Friday, March 22, 2024 / 12 Adar II 5784Remember what Amalek did to you on your journey, after you left Egypt— how, undeterred by fear of God, he surprised you on the march, when you were famished and weary, and cut down all the stragglers in your rear. Therefore, when Adonai your God grants you safety from all your enemies around you, in the land that Adonai your God is giving you as a hereditary portion, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget. — Deuteronomy 25:17-19 It would be a fun riddle to solve, if it was not so serious. This shabbat is known as Shabbat Zachor, “The Sabbath of Remembrance”, which is always on the shabbat prior to Purim. We read three verses from Deuteronomy, above, which instruct us to remember the evil cruelty that Amalek inflicted upon us…in order to blot out the memory of Amalek…and not to forget to do so… Apply the insights about leadership that Rabbi Sacks gleans from these comments on the Torah portion to our leaders who have to make some incredibly difficult choices during the extreme times we are living through. How might any of our leaders in the US or in Israel benefit from taking to heart a lesson or two from this Torah commentary? From the personae of Moses and of Aaron in this story? Aside from some sympathy – perhaps – for our leaders navigating treacherous political and principled territory, what values and principles would you demand our leaders uphold? What are the ‘red lines’ no leader should be willing to cross? How do you prioritize issues of principle in relation to expediency, short-term losses versus long-term gains, sacrificing much for the hour’s critical need when that heavy price will ultimately have to be painfully repaid?
Service Times
KABBALAT SHABBAT
Friday – 6pm
SHABBAT SERVICE
Saturday – 9:30am
MINYANS
Saturday – 9am & 7pm
Monday – 7:30am & 7pm
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday* – 7:30am & 7pm
*Tuesday-Thursday minyans Held at Congregation Shirat Hayam, Swampscott
Sisterhood
Identity, friendship, spirituality and bonding are the hallmarks of Temple Sinai’s Sisterhood.
Brotherhood
Our Brotherhood fosters fellowship throughout the congregation and the greater North Shore with a book club and a variety of programs.