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First we build, then we will decorate! Bring only natural materials (flowers, branches, gourds, etc.) to beautify our sukkah next to Shapiro House at Strawbery Banke. Cards and paper chains can be used to decorate the sukkah at TIP.
Erev Sukkot Service and Potluck at Strawbery Banke
Monday, October 6, 5:30pm
Welcome the festival in a shared event with Havurah Piscataqua and TIP. Bring a dairy/pareve dish to share and a chair. We will join voices in song and prayers from our tables as we welcome Shabbat and Sukkot.
Sukkot Yom Tov Service at Temple Israel
Tuesday, October 7, 10 am, led by Rabbi Rosalind Glazer.
Outdoor Shabbes Tisch Potluck at Strawbery Banke
Friday, October 10, 5:30 pm, led by Rabbi Rosalind Glazer. Bring a pareve/dairy dish to share and a picnic blanket or chair as we “dwell” in our sukkah.
Pizza in the Hut!
Wednesday, October 8, 5:30 pm
Celebrate the Feast of Booths with delicious cheese pizza! This family-friendly event takes place at the Temple Israel sukkah following Hebrew School. Learn more and register.
Hoshana Rabbah Service with potluck lunch
Monday, October 10, 10am
Celebrate the final day of Sukkot with an outdoor service at a private sukkah, including waving of lulav and etrog. Address and directions will be provided in the registration confirmation email. Please bring a dairy / pareve / vegetarian dish to share! Register.
During the week of Sukkot (Monday night, October 5, through Tuesday, October 13), fulfill the mitzvah to dwell in the sukkah. Bring a snack, have a seat and recite this blessing:
Barukh Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melekh ha-olam asher kidshanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu lei’sheiv ba-sukkah.
Blessed is Adonai our G-d who sanctifies us with mitzvot and with this mitzvah to sit in the sukkah.
Sunset, Tuesday, October 14 – Wednesday, October 15
Shemini Atzeret Service with Yizkor
Tuesday, October 14, 10 am
Sanctuary service and Zoom
Help us make a minyan as we join in prayers for rain, recite Hallel, read Torah, and remember our loved ones with Yizkor prayers.
Simchat Torah Celebration with Klezwoods Band, Pizza, and Ice Cream
Tuesday, October 14, 5:30-8:30 pm
Sanctuary (with Zoom) and Levenson Social Hall
Complete our yearly cycle of Torah reading and begin a new cycle with a return to Genesis 1:1. Everyone gets an aliyah! Join in the joy of the moment as we dance with our Torahs to tunes by the Klezwoods, a Boston-based klezmer band. Prior to the service, pizza will be available at 5:30 pm for those who sign up,. Enjoy ice cream and all the fixings in the Social Hall following the service, with more live music.