סוכת ושמחת תורה
Sukkot and Simchat Torah Services and Events
Sukkot is known as זמן שמחתנו/z'man simchateinu, the time of our joy. We are delighted to have so many opportunities to celebrate together as a community.
JP Community Sukkah
Hope Central Church at 85 Seaverns Ave. in Jamaica Plain
Hosted by Nehar Shalom, Kavod, and Rabbi Silverstein.
Please look at each event for location.
Community Open House and Sukkah Decorating
Sunday Oct. 9th 10am-12pm
Sukkah at Hope Central, 85 Seaverns Ave.
Join the Nehar Shalom Community to meet your neighbors, schmooze, and decorate the sukkah! There will be activities for children, as well as an opportunity to pick up your own lulav and etrog and learn how to assemble.
If you are interested in your having your own lulav and etrog, please order here by Oct. 2nd.
Sukkot Morning Services
Monday Oct 10th at 9am
First Church JP, 6 Eliot St.
Join Nehar Shalom for spirited festival services. This service will run roughly 9am - 12pm, and includes Hallel (songs of joyful praise), Torah reading, and marching around waving branches in the air! If you have a lulav and etrog, bring them along.
Kiddush in the Sukkah
Monday Oct 10th at about 12:30pm
Sukkah at Hope Central, 85 Seaverns Ave.
Join the Nehar Shalom community for kiddush in the JP Community Sukkah following morning services.
Services.
If you would like to bring a picnic lunch and stay to eat in the Sukkah, you are more than welcome.
We will walk to the Sukkah together to make kiddush (grape juice provided).
JP Community Sukkah Lunch hosted by Rabbi Becky Silverstein
Tuesday Oct 11th at 12:30pm
Hope Central, 85 Seaverns Ave
Join neighbors observing the festival of Sukkot for a low-key lunch. Bring your own lunch.
Challah, grape juice, and dessert will be provided.
Shabbat Chol Ha'mo'ed Sukkot Services
Saturday Oct 15th at 9am
First Church JP, 6 Eliot St.
Join Nehar Shalom for spirited Shabbat morning services, including Hallel (songs of joyful praise) and the Book of Ecclesiastes.
Tot Shabbat Services
Saturday, Oct 15th, 10-10:30am
First Church JP, 6 Eliot St.
Tot Shabbat, for kids ages 0-5, is outdoors - all are welcome!
Kiddush in the Sukkah
Saturday Oct 15th at about 1pm
Sukkah at Hope Central, 85 Seaverns Ave.
Join the Nehar Shalom community for kiddush in the JP Community Sukkah following morning services.
Hoshanah Rabbah Services
Sunday Oct 16th at 10am
Sukkah at Hope Central, 85 Seaverns Ave.
Join us for The Big Hosanna (also known as Hoshana Rabbah) in the JP Community Sukkah, October 16th at 10am! This is the time of year when Jews have called out to God with prayers and praise. We’ll be doing a musical Hallel (joyous praise service for holidays and new moons), followed by Hoshanot (circling ‘round with lulav and etrog in prayer) and a mini morning dance party put on by the Kavod House Band. If you have your own arba minim (four species - lulav & etrog), please bring them!
Co-sponsored by the JP Community Sukkah partners (Kavod Comunity, Congregation Nehar Shalom, and Rabbi Becky Silverstein).
Contact Anat Hochberg (anathochberg@gmail.com) with questions or if you want to join the band!
Music in the Sukkah
Sunday Oct 16th at 3:30pm
Sukkah at Hope Central, 85 Seaverns Ave.
Join Rabbi Becky and Music at the Blissful (Evan!) for singing and storytelling in the sukkah. This program is for families with children ages 2-5. BYO Snack and Blanket.
To help offset the cost of this event, attendees are asked to contribute a sliding scale donation of $5-15. Cash or venmo (@Becky-Silverstein-2)
Erev Shemini Atzeret Services and Yizkor
Sunday Oct 16th at 6pm
Sukkah at Hope Central, 85 Seaverns Ave.
Join Nehar Shalom in the sukkah for a cozy evening service, including Yizkor, a brief service for remembering the dead. You are invited to bring photos of or objects connected to loved ones you are remembering. We will welcome in sacred time, share reflections about those we are remembering, and sing and pray together.
Erev Simchat Torah Services and Celebrating
Monday Oct 17th at 6:30pm
The Footlight Club, 7 Eliot St.
Join Nehar Shalom for evening services, dancing, and celebration. The service will be co-led by students in our Mishpacha program, and the dancing will be as raucous as we can make it!
Simchat Torah Morning Services
Tuesday, Oct 18th at 9am
First Church JP, 6 Eliot St.
Join Nehar Shalom for spirited festival services, as we conclude one cycle of Torah reading and turn right back to the beginning. This service will be full of dancing, and anyone who wants to say blessings before the Torah will have an opportunity to do so.
Sukkah Breakdown
Wednesday, Oct 19th, 4:00-6:30pm
Sukkah at Hope Central, 85 Seaverns Ave.
Help take down the community sukkah. Come by the Hope Central Lawn anytime from 4:00-6:30pm. If you are there on the later side and don’t see anyone, hang out! We may just be moving materials back to storage across the street. Know that you are coming? Email Rabbi Becky to let him know.
There are many more Sukkot programs happening in the JP Community Sukkah, hosted by our partners! Click here for a list of all events as well as guidelines about how to use it whenever you would like.