Dear {{first_name}}, We look forward to seeing you on the holiday of Sukkos, and welcoming you at services and events!
Our huge community Sukkah is open 24 hours a day throughout the holiday. Everyone is welcome to make use of the Sukkah at any time of the day or night.
Stop by with your own food and drink or enjoy some of the provided treats and drinks. The blessings for the Sukkah are also provided for your convenience.
See below for holiday schedule, candle lighting blessings and Sukkos events for all!
Many have asked if they can still make a donation for Yizkor or Yom Kippur. The answer is YES PLEASE!
Wishing you a happy and healthy Sukkos holiday! Sincerely, Rabbi Mendel & Elke Zaltzman
Shabbos and Holiday Times
Wednesday, October 16 - Sukkos Eve Candle lighting: 5:56pm Evening Service: 6:00pm
Thursday, October 17 – 1st day Sukkos Morning Service: 10:00am Kiddush in Sukkah: 12:15pm Evening Service: 6:00pm Candle lighting: after 6:53pm from pre-existing flame
Friday, October 18 – 2nd day Sukkos Morning Service: 10:00am Kiddush in Sukkah: 12:15pm Evening Service: 6:00pm Candle lighting at 5:53 pm from pre-existing flame
Shabbos, October 19 - 3rd day Sukkos Morning Service: 10:00am Kiddush in Sukkah: 12:15pm Evening Service: 5:45pm
Shabbat ends: 6:51pm
A BISSELE HUMOR
A company, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hires a new CEO. This new boss is determined to rid the company of all slackers. On a tour of the facilities, the CEO notices a guy leaning on a wall. The room is full of workers and he wants to let them know he means business. The CEO walks up to the guy and asks, "And how much money do you make a week?" Undaunted, the young fellow looks at him and replies, "I make $600.00 a week, sir. Why?" The CEO then hands the guy $6,000 in cash and screams, "Here's ten week's pay, now GET OUT and don't come back! No room in this company for people just leaning against walls. Out of there!” Feeling pretty good about his first firing, the CEO looks around the room and asks, "Does anyone want to tell me what that goof-off did here?" With a sheepish grin, one of the other workers mutters, "Pizza delivery guy from Domino's. He was waiting for his tip."
WEEKLY eTORAH
"Your Sukkah of Peace" Our Sages associate the mitzvah of sukkah with unity, as may be seen by the phrase, "Your sukkah of peace," and in our Sages' statement that "All Israel are fit to dwell in one sukkah." Why is the sukkah associated with peace and unity? Chassidic thought explains that observing the mitzvah of sukkah draws down to this world a transcendent spiritual light whose revelation erases all differences between men and establishes a fundamental equality among them. Our world is characterized by differentiation. The mitzvah of sukkah is intended to suffuse the world with a G‑dly state of oneness that is, essentially, uncharacteristic of this diverse world. In another sense, the unity established by this mitzvah resolves the differences that exist between spirituality and material existence. From the perspective of the world, the two appear to be opposites. From G‑d's perspective, however, both the material and the spiritual are expressions of Himself and can be fused together harmoniously. The Ultimate Sukkah Our Rabbis explain that through dwelling in the sukkah we will merit the rebuilding of the Beis HaMikdash, as is implied by the verse, "And His sukkah will be in [Jeru]salem." The ultimate fusion between the material and the spiritual will take place in the Era of the Redemption and in particular, in the Beis HaMikdash, where the Divine Presence will be openly revealed. May this take place in the immediate future. -adapted from www.chabad.org
