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Congregation Or Atid is a vibrant, innovative MetroWest Boston synagogue.

Members turn to Or Atid for friendship, holiday and lifecycle celebrations, and learning.

 

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Shabbat services are held in-person and online.  Click here for schedule times and additional information.

Learn About Our Community Hebrew School

Registration is open for the Jewish Learning Collaborative of Metrowest! 

We welcome all Jewish learners, regardless of denomination or affiliation, to join our Pre-K to grade 7 Hebrew School. “We are proud to be a pluralistic school that welcomes any child (and family) that is curious about and wants to explore their Judaism,” shares Orna Sonnenschein, the school’s director and longtime Jewish educator. Families do not need to belong to a synagogue to be part of our Hebrew School family! CLICK HERE to learn more.

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Rabbi David Finkelstein's Office Hours

Wednesdays 12:30-2:00pm (Onsite and on Zoom)

Rabbi David's Office Hours are on Wednesdays, excepting vacation days and holy days. During these hours, Rabbi David will be at Or Atid with his door open, available for unannounced visits in-person and on Zoom (email for a zoom link). Those who wish to connect with the Rabbi at a different time are invited to set up an appointment via email or phone call/text (781.786.8679).

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Upcoming Events

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  • Wednesday ,
    DecDecember  3 , 2025
    Climate Action: Your Yard, Our Climate
    Wednesday, Dec 3rd 7:30p to 8:30p
    Join us online! Think globally, plant locally! Even a few native plants on your property can buffer the effects of climate change. Trevor Smith of ReEarth Studio Social Impact Collective will give us a fresh picture of global warming in this program, that will leave you inspired to consider natives for spring planting. Free and open to the public. See the Oracle for registration information.

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  • Monday ,
    DecDecember  8 , 2025
    Psalms as Prayer & Poetry with Rabbi David
    Monday, Dec 8th 7:00p to 8:00p
    Remember “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want”? Ever heard this chestnut: “This is the day G-D has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it"? and “Behold, how good and pleasant it is when siblings dwell together”? All of these quotations come from the Book of Psalms, our great storehouse of prayer. But the Psalms also contain spiritual struggle, statements of dogma, Israelite history, snippets of Canaanite myth, and much more, all in a poetic package. In-person and on Zoom. See the Oracle for the Zoom link. In this class, we will look closely at one psalm, both as a prayer and as a poem. Participants will spend the majority of class time exploring several different English translations, poetry inspired by that psalm, and at least one musical setting of it. Works considered may include, but will not be limited to Opening to You (2002), by Norman Fischer; Rejoice, Beloved Woman! (2004), by Barbara J. Monda; The Book of Psalms (2007), by Robert Alter; The Complete Psalms (2010), by Pamela Greenberg; and Psalmsongs (2013), by Gaya Aranoff Bernstein. The psalm we will study this December 2025 is Psalm 30, which, in addition to being a mainstay of daily Jewish prayer, is also the Psalm for Hanukkah.

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  • Monday ,
    DecDecember  15 , 2025
    Or Atid Women’s Book Group Discussion: How to Read a Book
    Monday, Dec 15th 7:30p
    Join us online for a discussion of How to Read a Book by Monica Wood. From the award-winning author of The One-in-a-Million Boy comes a heartfelt, uplifting novel about a chance encounter at a bookstore, exploring redemption, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing power of sharing stories.

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  • Saturday ,
    DecDecember  20 , 2025
    Hannukah Happening
    Shabbat, Dec 20th 4:30p to 8:00p
    Join us for Activities for Families with Children • Havdalah + Chanukah community candle-lighting • Dinner • Chanukah Trivia Game with the Rabbis and Dessert

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  • Saturday ,
    NovNovember  21 , 2026
    Bar Mitzvah: Rafi Finkelstein
    Shabbat, Nov 21st 9:30a to 2:00p

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Calendar

Upcoming events this week of November
Fri 21
Rosh Chodesh Kislev
4:01pm
Candle Lighting
Sat 22
Parshat Toldot
9:30am
Shabbat Morning Services in Person and on Zoom
5:00pm
Havdalah
Sun 23
Mon 24
Tue 25
Wed 26
12:30pm
Rabbi David's Office Hours
Thu 27
Thanksgiving Day



Fri, November 21 2025 1 Kislev 5786