Photo Credit: Jewish Press

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State Capital: Boston
State Nickname: The Bay State
State Motto: By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty
State Flower: Mayflower
State Bird: Chickadee
First Shul: Shaarei Torah Synagogue in Worcester, Massachusetts, built in 1906, is the oldest synagogue still standing in Massachusetts.
Baseball Team: Boston Red Sox
Basketball Team: Boston Celtics
Football Team: New England Patriots
Hockey Team: Boston Bruins

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Rabbi Benjamin J. Samuels
Benjamin J. Samuels has served as the rabbi of Congregation Shaarei Tefillah, a Modern Orthodox synagogue of 250 families in Newton, Massachusetts, since 1995. He is the president of the Vaad Harabonim of New England, a musmach of RIETS, a member of the Executive Committee of the RCA, and teaches widely in the Greater Boston Jewish community. The Shaarei community aspires to provide an inclusive, friendly, and participatory atmosphere conducive to personal religious growth through Torah study, tefillah, chesed and tzedek, and to building a supportive community of Torah values and Jewish meaning.