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Sukkot

Simchat Torah

 

Sukkot

LulavChag Sameach!  Our services will be in-person, on stream and Zoom (use our regular Shabbat morning and Mincha links).  Contact the synagogue office to obtain passwords. Stream our services here.        
Etz Hayim:  Chol HaMoed Sukkot (weekdays)
Color a Simhat Torah flag here.  Download the songsheet here.             The link for the Yizkor book is coming soon.  Links to the programs will also be posted.           
                                      
SERVICE SCHEDULE:
Erev Sukkot, Wednesday, October 16
6:00 pm Mincha/Festival Ma'ariv evening service and oneg in the sukkah

1st day Sukkot, Thursday, October 17
9:00 am Festival Service
10:30 am  Family Service & Program (Halpern Hall)
6:00 pm Mincha and oneg in the sukkah

2nd day Sukkot, Friday, October 18
9:00 am Festival Service 
10:30 am Family Service & Program (Halpern Hall)
6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat and oneg in the sukkah

Hoshanah Rabbah, Wednesday, October 23
7:15 am Morning Minyan 
6:00 pm Mincha/Festival Ma'ariv/Erev Shemini Atzeret Service

Shemini Atzeret, Thursday, October 24
9:00 am Shemini Atzeret Service; Yizkor (at approx. 10:45 am)
Etz Hayim:   Shemini Atzeret           
10:45 am Children's Activities during Yizkor
5:45 pm Erev Simchat Torah Family Program
6:15 pm Congregational Dinner 
7:00 pm Festival Ma'ariv/Erev Simchat Torah Service and Dancing

Simchat Torah, Friday, October 25
9:00 am Festival Service - Etz Hayim:   Simchat Torah  
10:00 am Dancing
10:30 am  Children's Program (Halpern Hall)
A congregational luncheon will follow the service.

Click HERE for songs for Simchat Torah.

Sukkah Raising & Decorating Party

Sunday, October 13 • 11:30 am

We need your help to set up and decorate our sukkah! Children will have opportunities to make decorations for our sukkah and their own; teens and adults – come to put all the decorations for our Sukkah and your own; teens and adults – come in to put all the decorations up in our sukkah; free lunch for all.

Congregational Luncheon in the Sukkah

Thursday, October 17 • noon • Rudin-Luria Sukkah

Celebrate Sukkot with your BJC family and join us for a special kiddush luncheon. The luncheon will follow our Sukkot service and we will walk to the home of Rabbi Hal and Erika Rudin-Luria. Registrations are encouraged by Monday, October 14. 

Beshert in the Sukkah

Wednesday, October 16 • 7 pm • Jacobs/Rosenbaum Sukkah

Newlywed? Soon-to-be-wed? Join Rabbi Jacobs & Rabbi Alex in their sukkah at their home for the first night of the holiday. Enjoy dinner, drinks and Sukkot traditions with other young couples in Cleveland. Contact Rabbi Jacobs for more information. 

Sukkot Together

Friday, October 18 • 6 pm
Take part in the mitzvah of Sukkot by hosting a family or being a guest for Shabbat dinner in the sukkah. Everyone will be paired together by age groups, interests and special requests. Register here by October 8.

Sukkot B'Yachad

Saturday, October 19 • 10:30 am

Get ready for a Sukkot story time unlike any other! Halle Bo Bally is an interactive story time that not only includes books, but songs and movement too!

 Contact Julie Sukert for more information. 

Sukkah Comedy Night

Saturday, October 19 • 7:30 pm

We’ll begin in the Sukkah with Havdalah, then move
into Rosenthal Auditorium at 8 pm for the main event. This year, we’re featuring Antonia Lassar, a well-known comedian on TikTok and the Jewish Internet. She is based in Los Angeles and has
taken her Jewish-themed stand-up act, which is sprinkled with music, to summer camps, JCCs and synagogues nationwide. The show will be geared towards adults of all ages. The emcee will be Rabbi Jacobs and the evening will end with a dessert reception. This year’s Comedy Night
is dedicated to the memory of Michael Frankelz”l and a portion of event proceeds will be donated to charities designated by his family (IAC Cleveland, The Friendship
Circle and Bikur Cholim).

$25 per person through October 13 and $30 per person thereafter. Cost includes comedy, snacks, non-alcoholic beverages and the dessert reception. Register here. Sponsored by Men’s Club, JMen, and Sisterhood. 

The Bridge Sukkot Tailgate

Sunday, October 20 • anytime before the game

Nothing reminds us that everything is fleeting like the sukkah (and an early Browns lead). Let’s combine the two for another Bridge tailgate at the Browns game. Shake the lulav in our pop-up sukkah with other young professionals downtown and on the East Side. Contact Rabbi Jacobs for more information. 

L'Chaim Schmooze in the Sukkah

Monday, October 21 • 3 pm
We’ll have doughnuts and cider as we make new friends and connect
with each other. Rabbi Foster will also share with us interesting Sukkot traditions across the world. Register here by October 15.  Co-chaired
by Judy Friedman and Larry Rosner, L’Chaim provides seniors with social, spiritual, physical and educational opportunities through a variety of interesting programs.

Roll with the  Torah

Thursday, October 24 • 5:45 pm
Erev Simchat Torah Program

Join our young families, Bessie Hershey Religious School & Day School families as we “Roll with the Torah” and journey through the five books of the Torah. We will see the entire Torah “unrolled” and take part in a Torah Hunt as we search for words, prayers and everything that makes our Torah unique. Followed by a congregational dinner and our Simchat Torah service with hakafot, dancing with the Torahs!

Sun, October 6 2024 4 Tishrei 5785