Sukkot and Simchat Torah Services and Celebrations at Temple Emanu-El
JOIN US FOR SUKKOT AND SIMCHAT TORAH!
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Erev Sukkot Services and Program
Wednesday, October 16 starting at 6 PM
6 PM - Pizza (and Salad) in the Hut
6:45 PM - Social Action Sukkot Activities
Every Voice, Every Vote
Help get out the vote by writing postcards to registered voters encouraging them to vote and providing them with the information they need to vote
Help The Homeless
Make sandwiches, decorate lunch bags, and pack lunches
7:15 PM - Erev Sukkot Services - followed by dessert in the Sukkah
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First Day of Sukkot Services
(Options for adults and for families with young children)
Thursday, October 17 at 10 AM
It’s Sukkot so join us in our Sukkah for a lively festival service. We’ll begin service together as a community and then we’ll split up with families with young children exploring Teva and participating in Sukkot activities, crafts, and music and the opportunity for adults to continue with the full Sukkot morning liturgy. At the end of services, we’ll come back together as one synagogue community for lunch in our Sukkah.
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Sukkot Friday Night Services
Friday, October 18th
5 PM Pre-Neg in the Sukkah!
6 PM Shabbat Services
Start your Friday night with us in the Sukkah with a special Pre-Neg followed services to celebrate Shabbat and Sukkot.
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First Bible Class of 5785 with Breakfast
Tuesday, October 22 at 9:45 AM
It is a new year and we are beginning a new book of Tanakh, the book of Judges! Always wanted to join us -- now is the time! We’ll meet in the Sukkah for breakfast and to start our studies! No prior Bible experience is necessary and we always love welcoming new people to study Bible together!
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TEEn Sukkah Party
Tuesday, October 22 at 7 PM
We invite all TEE Teens to join us in our Sukkah for a special dinner, games, and a community service project!
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Simchat Torah Block/ Party
Wednesday, October 23
5:30 PM Dinner
6:00 PM Service/Consecration/Dancing with the Torahs/Unrolling
Get ready to celebrate as we close down our parking lot for some eating, drinking, games and of course dancing with our Torah! Mark the end of a year of reading Torah and the very beginning of a new Torah cycle! We’ll need all hands on deck as we unroll the Torah and take a journey through the year!
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Simchat Torah and Yizkor Services with a remembrance of those murdered on 10/7
Thursday, October 24 at 10 AM
Join us for the final service of the festival as we begin reading the Torah again and recite psalms of Yizkor/Remembrance. At 11:00 am we’ll start reading names of those murdered on Simchat Torah last year. Sign up for a shift to read the names.
Purchase your very own personal set of Lulav and Etrog
Purchase your very own personal set of Lulav and Etrog by clicking https://teewestfield.shulcloud.com/form/lulav-and-etrog-order-form-5785.html by 4:00 PM on Thursday, October 10.
Pickup will be Monday, October 14, after 4:00 PM, Tuesday, October 15, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and Wednesday, October 16, until 2:00 PM. Sukkot begins on the evening of Wednesday, October 1.
The Lulav & Etrog sets will be in the kitchen refrigerator.
Questions? Please call Carol Jassin at 908-858-6318 or email cjassin@tewnj.org.