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SUMMARY:Torah Completion and Dedication
DESCRIPTION:We are honored to invite you to celebrate the completion and dedication of two new Torah scrolls. \n\n\n\nRSVP Below \n\n\n\nRSVP’s for this event are now closed \n\n\nTable of Contents\n\n\nRegistration and Donation\n\n\n\nPlease fill in all information for yourself and guests. \n\n\n\nClick here to make a gift in honor of this momentous occasion \n\n\n\nRSVP’s for this event are now closed \n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule and Details\n\n\n\nSunday\, March 1\, 2026 \n\n\n\nEaton Hall \n\n\n\n· 11:00am Torah completion ceremony with performance by Shir Appeal. The award-winning mixed-gender Jewish a cappella group at Tufts University. \n\n\n\n· 12:00pm Procession to Hillel with live music \n\n\n\nGranoff Family Hillel Center \n\n\n\n· 12:30pm Welcome and Dedication of Torahs \n\n\n\n· 1:00pm Festive Lunch \n\n\n\nPlease join us for this joyful and historic moment as we welcome these new Torahs into our community. \n\n\n\nTorah Completion and Dedication Ceremony \n\n\n\nA Torah completion and dedication ceremony is a joyful and rare moment in the life of a Jewish community. It marks the creation of a new Torah scroll—a sacred\, painstakingly hand-written text—and its formal welcome into communal life. This is a once-in-a-generation occasion that celebrates continuity\, devotion\, and the enduring chain of Jewish learning and practice. \n\n\n\nWhat is a Torah Scroll?\n\n\n\nA Sefer Torah is the handwritten scroll containing the Five Books of Moses. Each scroll is crafted with extraordinary care: \n\n\n\n· Handwritten by a trained ritual scribe (Sofer) using a quill and special ink. \n\n\n\n· Inscribed on parchment prepared from kosher animal hide. \n\n\n\n· Meticulously formed\, with every letter written according to precise laws. Any error can invalidate the scroll until corrected. \n\n\n\nFor a Jewish community\, a Torah scroll is not simply a ritual object. It is a symbol of continuity\, identity\, and sacred obligation\, linking past generations to the present and future. To welcome a new Torah is to affirm the life of the community and its commitment to the Jewish future. \n\n\n\nWhat to Expect at the Ceremony\n\n\n\nA Torah completion and dedication typically includes four key components: \n\n\n\n1. Completing the Scroll\n\n\n\nA Sofer writes the final letters of the Torah with community members gathered around. Witnessing the last strokes brings the scroll to life as a fully sanctified Torah. Immediately after completion: \n\n\n\n· The finished scroll is raised aloft. \n\n\n\n· It is dressed in a beautiful mantle\, specially designed for this moment. \n\n\n\n2. Dancing the Torah to the Synagogue (Hillel)\n\n\n\nThe newly completed Torah is carried in a joyful procession beneath a wedding canopy (chuppah)\, symbolizing its marriage to the community. Accompanied by live music and spirited dancing\, participants take turns holding the Torah as it is brought to Hillel. \n\n\n\n3. Reception and Blessings\n\n\n\nUpon arriving at the synagogue (Hillel)\, the new Torah is greeted by the community’s existing Torah scrolls. More dancing follows\, along with special prayers and blessings. Finally\, the new and older Torahs are placed together inside the Ark\, symbolizing unity and continuity. \n\n\n\n4. Festive Meal\n\n\n\nThe celebration concludes with a communal meal\, filled with joy\, gratitude\, and the shared uplift of welcoming a new Torah into the community’s life. \n\n\n\nThis ceremony weaves together tradition\, celebration\, and deep meaning\, honoring the sacred text at the heart of Jewish life and the community that will carry it forward. \n\n\n\nRegister now
URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/torahdedication2026/
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SUMMARY:Purim 2026
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Purim with us at Tufts Hillel! \n\n\n\nSchedule: \n\n\n\nPurim Night: Monday\, March 2nd\n\n\n\n6:30pm – Megillah Reading \n\n\n\nCome hear the Megillah (Book of Esther) with us! \n\n\n\n7:30pm – Purim Masque-RAGER  \n\n\n\nCome celebrate Purim at Hillel’s Masque-Rager and Variety Show! 🎭✨ \n\n\n\nWear your best costumes\, enjoy delicious foods and drinks\, and watch the Purim variety show featuring performances by the Jackson Jills\, sQ!\, and Fire-n-Flow\, plus our very own Purim spiel featuring the Hillel Student Board Religious Branch! \n\n\n\nPurim Day: Tuesday\, March 3rd\n\n\n\nAll Day: Mitzvah Bar! \n\n\n\nStop by our “Mitzvah Bar” to make mishloach manot (Purim food gift bags) to gift to friends! \n\n\n\n12:00pm – Megillah Reading \n\n\n\nCome hear the Megillah (Book of Esther) with us! \n\n\n\n5:30pm – Community Dinner \n\n\n\nEnjoy a festive meal with community at our weekly Tuesday night Community Dinner featuring Purim treats!
URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/purim-2026/
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SUMMARY:Purim Masque-Rager
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate Purim at Hillel’s Masque-Rager and Variety Show! 🎭✨ \n\n\n\nWear your best costumes\, enjoy delicious foods and drinks\, and watch the Purim variety show featuring performances by the Jackson Jills\, sQ!\, and Fire-n-Flow\, plus our very own Purim spiel featuring the Hillel Student Board Religious Branch!
URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/purim-masque-rager-2/
LOCATION:Tufts Hillel Building\, 220 Packard Ave\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Be Social,Be Social (Social Program),Holidays
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SUMMARY:Community Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free mid-week Kosher catered dinner! Come for the food\, stay for the people! Check the instagram on Tuesday morning for what’s being served. \n\n\n\nFood. People. Comfort. \n\n\n\nFor the most up to date info please see our social media \n\n\n\ninstagram.com/tuftshillel \n\n\n\nfacebook.com/tuftshillel
URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/community-dinner-14/2026-03-03/
CATEGORIES:Be Social (Social Program),Israel
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SUMMARY:Sophomore Bowling
DESCRIPTION:Our sophomore community at Hillel is invited to take on bowling at American Flatbread in Davis Square! We’ll have a fun night of old-fashioned\, candlepin bowling with food and drink available for purchase. This event is first-come\, first-serve and we have limited space so make sure to sign up with this link ASAP!
URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/sophomore-bowling/
LOCATION:American Flatbread\, 45 Day St\, Somerville\, Massachusetts\, 02144\, United States
CATEGORIES:Be Social (Social Program)
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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/2026-03-06/
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/2026-03-06/
CATEGORIES:Be Social,Holidays,Shabbat
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