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Sat 28

Torah Study
Saturdays 9 am – 10 am

January 28 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Sat 28

Shabbat Morning Service
Celebrating the Bat Mitzvah of Millie Burger
Sat. Jan. 28 (10:30am)

January 28 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Sun 29

Swap, Sip & Schmooze
Sun. Jan. 29 (9:30am-12:30pm)

January 29 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Sun 29

Back to Basics course
Sunday mornings (10-11:30 am)
Taught by Rabbi Pokras & Rabbi Weiss

January 29 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Sun 29

WTBA Fall/Winter Yoga
Sundays (2-3 pm)
Oct. 2 – Jan. 29
on Zoom

January 29 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Sukkot

October 9-16, 2022

Service Schedule
Sunday, October 9 – Erev Sukkot Under the Stars
6:00 pm Picnic Dinner, 6:30 pm services in the Rova (weather permitting – in the Sanctuary if necessary)

Monday, October 10 – 1st Day of Sukkot
9:30 am Family Sukkot Celebration, 10:30 am Sanctuary Service 

10/9/2022 Update:
Erev Sukkot will be celebrated inside due to the chilly forecast. Please enjoy your picnic dinner in the Kinneret and join us for a joyful celebration. Services will be in the sanctuary, followed by Oneg in the Sukkah with plenty of room in the Yarden to stay warm while enjoying a sweet treat. 

Erev Sukkot Outside

Erev Sukkot will be celebrated under the stars in the Rova. Please bring your picnic dinner and join us for a joyful celebration. The service will take place outside in the Sukkah followed by Oneg offered in the Sukkah but can be enjoyed indoors. 

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  • Sunday, 10/9 - Erev Sukkot Picnic - 6 pm

    Bring your picnic dinner at 6 pm to enjoy before Erev Sukkot Services at 6:30 pm. 

  • Sunday, 10/9 - Erev Sukkot Service - 6:30 pm

    Welcome Sukkot – Festival of Booths, The Season of our Rejoicing, and the Holiday of the Ingathering – and enjoy a sweet Oneg celebration after services in our Sukkah.

    Our hope is to enjoy services in the Rova (backyard) in our Sukkah. A final decision based on the cooler temperature forecasted will be made on Sunday morning. Please check the website by 10 am on Sunday for a final decision on whether the picnic and service will be outside vs. inside. 

  • Monday, 10/10 - Family Sukkot Celebration - 9:30 am

    Pre-schoolers and their families are invited for a Sukkot sing-along followed by sweets in the Sukkah. 

  • Monday, 10/10 - First Day of Sukkot Sanctuary Service - 10:30 am

    Join us in the sanctuary to celebrate Sukkot. A light lunch will follow services in the Sukkah. 

Sukkot, a Hebrew word meaning “booths” or “huts,” refers to the Jewish festival of giving thanks for the fall harvest.  It also commemorates the 40 years of Jewish wandering in the desert after the giving of the Torah atop Mt. Sinai. Sukkot is celebrated five days after Yom Kippur on the 15th of Tishrei, and is marked by several distinct traditions. One, which takes the commandment to dwell in booths literally, is to erect a sukkah, a small, temporary booth or hut. Sukkot (in this case, the plural of sukkah) are commonly used during the seven-day festival for eating, entertaining and even for sleeping.

Sukkot, also called Z’man Simchateinu (Season of Our Rejoicing), is the only festival associated with an explicit commandment to rejoice. A final name for Sukkot is Chag HaAsif, (Festival of the Ingathering), representing a time to give thanks for the bounty of the earth during the fall harvest.

The Festival of Booths is a week-long festival that falls 5 days after Yom Kippur. It is a joyous festival and a welcome change of religious pace following the solemn days of prayer and introspection. The mitzvot for Sukkot are building and eating in the sukkah.

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