Sukkot

Erev Sukkot – Monday, September 20, 2021

Evening Services, 6:25pm (Sanctuary & on Zoom)

Home/Sukkah Ritual

• Light festival candles at home with two blessings (l'hadlik ner shel yom tov and shehechiyanu) no later than 6:27pm.

• It is customary to light a long-burning or yahrtzeit candle as well (without a blessing) so fire will be available to transfer for lighting candles on Tuesday (7:27pm) evening or for cooking during the holiday.

• Kiddush for festivals should be made in the Sukkah followed by the additional blessings asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu leisheiv basukkah then shehechiyanu.  We invite ushpizin (spiritual guests to sit alongside the people we have invited in (See here for more info).  We say hamotzi as usual, over two challot, and additional prayers are included in Birkat HaMazon.  If it is raining, we eat indoors.

• All seven days of Sukkot, we make an effort to eat, drink, learn, and spend free time in the sukkah.  Conceptually during this period, our homes become our temporary dwellings and our sukkot our permanent dwellings.

Sukkot, First Day - Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Morning Services, 9am, Sanctuary & on Zoom

Other approximate times are as follows:

• 9:45am, Hallel with lulav & etrog

• 10:05am, Torah service

• 11:40am, Hoshanot (circular procession) with lulav & etrog

• 12:15pm, Kiddush in the sukkah

We take up our lulavim before hallel.  With the lulav held in the right hand and the etrog in the left, the blessing al n’tilat lulav is said with the etrog upside down (pitom, flower, facing down) Following the blessing, the etrog is turned right side up. The cluster is waved three times in each of the six directions: front, right, back, left, up, and down.

Afternoon Services, 6:25pm, Sanctuary & on Zoom

• Mincha will be followed by Ma’ariv at 7:25pm

• Kiddush in the sukkah

Home/Sukkah Ritual

• Light festival candles at/after 7:25pm (transferring fire from an existing flame), with the blessing l'hadlik ner shel yom tov

• Recite festival kiddush in the sukkah for the second night of Sukkot, followed by shehechiyanu first and leisheiv basukkah (invert the order from the previous night)

Sukkot, Second Day - Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Morning Services, 9am, Sanctuary & on Zoom

Other approximate times are as follows:

• 9:45am, Hallel with lulav & etrog

• 10:05am, Torah service

• 11:40am, Hoshanot (circular procession) with lulav & etrog

• 12:15pm, Kiddush in the sukkah

Afternoon Services, 6:25pm, Sanctuary & on Zoom

• Mincha will be followed by Ma’ariv at 7:25pm

 Chol Hamoed – Intermediate Days of Sukkot – Thursday-Friday, September23-24, 2021

 Morning Services, 6:45am, Sanctuary & on Zoom

• Hallel recited with lulavim

• Hoshanot procession with lulavim

Evening Services, Sanctuary & on Zoom

• Thursday evening at 7:15pm

• Friday evening, erev Shabbat services, at 6:15pm

Shabbat Chol Hamoed – Friday, September 24, 2021

• Mincha/Ma’ariv for Shabbat 6:15pm (Sanctuary & on Zoom)

• Kiddush in the sukkah

Home Ritual

• Light Shabbat candles from an existing flame no later than 6:20pm.

• Shabbat rituals take place in the sukkah. 

Shabbat Chol Hamoed – Saturday, September 25, 2021

Morning Services, 9am,  Sanctuary & on Zoom

Other approximate times are as follows:

• 9:45am, Hallel without lulav

• 10:25am, Torah service

• 11:40am, Hoshanot (circular procession) without lulav 

• 12:15pm, Kiddush in the sukkah

Afternoon Services, 6:20pm, Sanctuary

• Mincha followed by learning and Ma’ariv

• Havdallah 7:19pm 

 Sunday, September 26, 2021

Join Rabbi Silverman’s family - and the entire congregation - at a sukkah brunch at her house from 12-3pm. All are welcome! Please sign up here. Masks and vaccinations (for all who are eligible) are required. 

Hoshana Rabba – Monday, September 27, 2021

Morning Services, 6:15am, Sanctuary & on Zoom

• Hallel recited with lulavim (last chance!)

• Hoshanot procession with lulavim

• Extra willows are beaten on the ground as a prayer for rain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoshana_Rabbah)