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Join us for a Sukkah Party

You and your family our invited to a Sukkah Party, eat delicious food, shake the Lulav & Etrog, and learn more about the festive holiday of Sukkot, see you there!

Service Schedule
Sukkot Meal
Simchat Torah Dancing
What Is Sukkot?
Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish holiday that comes five days after Yom Kippur. Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorates the miraculous protection G-d provided for the children of Israel when they left Egypt. We celebrate Sukkot by dwelling in a foliage-covered booth (known as a sukkah) and by taking the “Four Kinds” (arba minim), four special species of vegetation.
Upcoming events
Nov. 19, 2024
2nd class. The Art of Listening: See how your attention shapes every relationship. Discover the power of attentive listening and why every word shared is worthwhile, and gain practical tools for ...
Nov. 22, 2024
Join us for a Thanksgiving Shabbat dinner at 7pm filled with delicious kosher food, warm community, and gratitude!
Service is at 6:30pm.
NO charge.
Nov. 26, 2024
3rd class. The Art of Disagreeing: Does love conquer all? Explore when direct communication on hard topics is healthy, and when it’s not, and see how to sidestep personal offense, maintain ...
Dec. 03, 2024
4th class. The Art of Positivity: How can we stay connected to flawed people? Learn to identify biases that misconstrue our view of others, and unlock the tools Jewish thought offers for seeing ...
Dec. 07, 2024
Dec. 10, 2024
5th class. The Art of Influence: Learn the limits of “live and let live.” See how Jewish texts chart a kind, considerate, and effective path for offering critique and guidance grounded in ...
Dec. 17, 2024
6th class. The Art of Forgiveness: How can we rebuild after hurt? Explore a realistic approach to forgiveness that addresses wrongs while overcoming resentment, rescuing connections, and ...
Order Lulav & Etrog
Four Kinds
On every day of the holiday of Sukkot (with the exception of Shabbat), there’s a mitzvah to take the “Four Kinds”—a lulav (date palm frond), an etrog (citron), at least three hadassim (myrtle branches) and two aravot (willow branches). In the words of the verse (Leviticus 23:40), “You shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of the hadar tree [citron], date palm fronds, a branch of a braided tree, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the L-rd your G-d for a seven day period.”