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SUMMARY:Sukkot at Tufts Hillel 2025
DESCRIPTION:Join Tufts Hillel to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot! We will be having services and meals throughout the holiday\, in addition to a variety of programming. See below for our service and chag meal schedule. \n\n\n\nContact Katie (Kate.Hamelburg@tufts.edu) with any questions!
URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/sukkot-at-tufts-hillel-2025/
LOCATION:Tufts Hillel\, 220 Packard Ave\, Medford\, Massachusetts\, 02155\, United States
CATEGORIES:High Holidays,Holidays
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SUMMARY:Pickling in the Sukkah
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Bayit Sukkah to make pickled vegetables and celebrate the Sukkot harvest! The Bayit Sukkah is in the backyard of 98 Packard Avenue. All supplies will be provided – just bring yourself and your holiday spirit!
URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/pickling-in-the-sukkah-2/
LOCATION:The Bayit\, 98 Packard Avenue\, Somerville\, MA\, 02144
CATEGORIES:Be Social,Be Social (Social Program),Holidays
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SUMMARY:Simchat Torah Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the holiday of Simchat Torah\, where we restart reading the Torah and celebrate as a community. This particular Simchat Torah\, we’re marking not only the completion of the Torah reading cycle\, but celebrating the return of the hostages home at last. Join us for a celebration of gratitude and hope—for healing\, for peace\, and for new beginnings. There will be hot appetizers\, decadent dessert\, dancing\, community\, and fun—we look forward to dancing with you! \n\n\n\nThere will be celebrations on both Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. Join us for part or all! \n\n\n\nTuesday evening\, October 146:15 pm: Yizkor\, a memorial service remembering those we have lost.7:00 pm: Simchat Torah Celebration: Singing\, Dancing with the Torah (Hakafot)\, hot appetizers\, dinner\, and decadent dessert. \n\n\n\nWednesday morning\, October 1510:00 am: Services: Singing\, Hallel\, Dancing with the Torah (Hakafot)\, and Torah reading. We’ll finish reading the full cycle of the Torah\, and start anew at the very beginning!12:00 pm: Lunch On Simchat Torah\, we perform hakafot—dancing in a circle with Torahs in hand as an expression of unity\, joy\, and unending connection to Torah. May our dancing\, prayers\, community\, and shared presence reflect gratitude\, resilience\, and a renewed future. We hope you will join us as we mark this sacred and meaningful moment together. 
URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/simchat-torah-celebration/
CATEGORIES:Holidays
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SUMMARY:Challah for Hunger
DESCRIPTION:Challah for Hunger is a student group committed to giving back through the tradition of baking challah. Each week\, we bake and sell delicious flavors like Chocolate Chip\, Cinnamon Sugar\, Everything Bagel\, Sweet Crumb\, and Plain. All proceeds support Family Table\, one of the largest Jewish food banks in Greater Boston\, helping provide meals to families in need. \n\n\n\nThis semester\, our bakes are on 9/11\, 9/25\, 10/16\, 10/30\, 11/13\, 12/4.  \n\n\n\nYou can join us for…  \n\n\n\nDough Making 3-4PM \n\n\n\nBraiding 5-6PM \n\n\n\nBaking 7-9PM \n\n\n\nSign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gwh5K3jQw-jW_pK81vj7gW6oQ3AWssRpN6g8sXFJ3ew/edit?usp=sharing
URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/challah-for-hunger-13/2025-10-16/
LOCATION:Tufts Hillel-Downstairs Chapel\, 220 Packard Ave\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
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SUMMARY:Interfaith Relationships: Discussion & Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Let’s discuss interfaith dating and marriage in a Jewish context over dinner! Join our group discussion on Jewish values and differing perspectives within and outside our communities. Everyone is welcome and all viewpoints are valued. Hope to see you there!
URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/interfaith-relationships-discussion-dinner/
LOCATION:Tufts Hillel Building\, 220 Packard Ave\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Be Social (Social Program),Jewish Learning,Social Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251017T100000
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SUMMARY:Talmud Chaburah
DESCRIPTION:Want to take sharpen your Talmud skills? Join a weekly\, text-based study group where you’ll work through the Hebrew/Aramaic of the Gemara together\, sharpening both reading skills and analytical thinking. Guided by Rabbi Brawer\, this chaburah offers a collaborative space for deep learning and thoughtful discussion. \n\n\n\nPrerequisite: Participants should be comfortable reading Talmud in the original Hebrew/Aramaic.
URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/talmud-chaburah/2025-10-17/
LOCATION:Tufts Hillel Building\, 220 Packard Ave\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Jewish Learning
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SUMMARY:Shabbat at Tufts Hillel
DESCRIPTION:Shabbat at Tufts Hillel \n\n\n\nShabbat is an opportunity to unplug from the week and plug into rest of all kinds as a community. On Shabbat\, we invite you to step away from school\, technology\, and other stressors of the week\, and step into holy rest and celebration at Tufts Hillel! We’re so happy you’re spending Shabbat with us. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday Nights:  \n\n\n\nCandle Lighting: Every Friday\, join us in the Hillel lobby as we transition into Shabbat with a communal candle lighting and intention-setting. Candles will also be available to light on your own time as you arrive at the Hillel building. In the winter\, feel free to come by earlier to light candles as the sun sets.Services: After candle lighting\, welcome Shabbat with prayer in our Reform or Traditional Egalitarian services. Services are student led\, with song\, dvar torahs\, intention setting\, and a way to begin the weekly holiday with joy as a community. \n\n\n\nInterested in leading a part of the service? Want to bring a melody you love\, or a poem you want to share? Looking to learn some of the prayers? Looking to start (or re-start) a new minyan or service during Shabbat? Contact our staff or Tufts Hillel minyan chairs!  \n\n\n\n\nShabbat Dinner: There is always a place for you around our Shabbat table! All students are welcome – bring your friends or come make new ones at Hillel every week for our delicious kosher Shabbat dinners. Each week is facilitated by a cohort of Shabbat Fellows\, who are there to welcome you\, facilitate the evenings\, and ensure everyone who attends feels at home.Dinner concludes with Birkat Hamazon (the blessing after meals)\, dessert\, and board games – we would love to see you for any or all parts of Friday night you can make it for!Registration for Shabbat dinner is strongly encouraged. To Sign up for weekly Shabbat dinners and to receive information about Shabbat each week\, sign up for our text bot system: \n\n\n\n\nText the word ‘Dinner’ to 617 420 7411\n\n\n\nclick here to see upcoming Shabbats\n\n\n\nSaturdays:  \n\n\n\nShabbat at Tufts Hillel continues on Saturday mornings\, with bi-weekly Saturday morning Conservative services. All students are welcome!  \n\n\n\nFollowing Shabbat morning services\, join us for Shabbat lunch upstairs at Hillel. To register for Shabbat lunch\, text the word ‘lunch” to 617 429 7411.  \n\n\n\nShabbat at Tufts Hillel concludes on Saturday afternoons and evenings\, with bi-weekly mincha and maariv services\, dinner\, singing\, and Havdalah! Join us for any or all parts of the evenings as we conclude the day of rest as a community \n\n\n\nAll are welcome! We look forward to celebrating with you.  \n\n\n\nFor questions please email hillel-center@tufts.edu
URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/shabbat-at-tufts-hillel/2025-10-17/
CATEGORIES:Be Social,Holidays,Shabbat
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SUMMARY:Chai Latte Making
DESCRIPTION:Looking for a little Shabbat-friendly pick-me-up? Come to Hillel to learn about the significance of Chai (the Hebrew word for “life”) and make delicious chai lattes!
URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/chai-latte-making/
LOCATION:Tufts Hillel Building\, 220 Packard Ave\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Be Social,Be Social (Social Program),Shabbat
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