Sukkot & Simchat Torah 2024

Sukkot

Sukkot Service, Shakshuka in the Sukkah Dinner and Guest Speakers October 7th Survivors Jacqui and Yaron Vital

6:00 pm    Sukkot Shabbat Service
7:00 pm    Shakshuka in the Sukkah Dinner
7:45 pm    Presentation by Jacqui and Yaron Vital
9:00 pm    Dessert Oneg

We look forward to balancing the bitter with the sweet in this year’s Sukkot observance.  Join us as we celebrate Shabbat under the stars in our congregation’s sukkah in the Klein Courtyard.  We will then enjoy an Israeli themed shakshuka dinner, either indoors or in the sukkah itself.

Following dinner, we will be joined by October 7th survivors Jacqui and Yaron Vital, visiting from Israel.  Jacqui and Yaron are cousins of Rabbi Jaffe’s wife, Yael.  They lost their daughter, Adi, who was murdered in Kibbutz Holit on October 7th.  Adi’s infant children were abducted by Hamas but later retrieved and Yaron spent October 7th hiding from terrorists as they rampaged through the kibbutz.  Jacqui and Yaron have been featured on CNN, The New York Post and other media outlets, and met with our congregation’s February solidarity mission.  As last year’s Sukkot holiday ended tragically in the Simchat Torah attacks, we welcome Jacqui and Yaron to share their harrowing tale, memorialize their daughter, and keep the legacy of those lost on October 7th alive.  Please join us for any part or all of the evening.  

Simchat Torah

Friday, October 25
10:00 am Yizkor Service

Please join us for a Simchat Torah morning service in the Beit Midrash led by Rabbi Londy.  We will pray, learn, read from, and celebrate the Torah, recite Yizkor at the end and celebrate with a light oneg. 

6:00 pm Simchat Torah Service

Meaning “the joy of Torah”, Simchat Torah marks the completion of the annual cycle of reading the Torah by chanting the final verses and then starting all over again.  One of Judaism’s most celebratory holidays, Simchat Torah is highlighted by the unscrolling of the entire Torah, dancing with the Torah and partaking in delicacies to remind us of the sweetness of learning.  Our celebrating will fittingly include a robust oneg, featuring our chocolate fondue station.