Independent Jewish Shul in Brookline, MA

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Sukkot – Shmini Atzeret – Simchat Torah

Sukkot

Sukkot starts the evening of Friday, September 25.

The TBZ sukkah is open all Sukkot for anyone who wants to enjoy it. Please feel free to come, sit, and use it! This includes staying after services to eat meals (bring your own vegetarian/kosher) or stopping by at other times during the holiday, even if the synagogue is closed.

The entrance is along the walkway, to the left of the ground-floor entrance. There is a plug to turn on the lights, the outlet is on the bottom right side by the side door. Please make sure to always unplug the light when you leave. There are some programs planned during Sukkot in the sukkah, so please check the calendar to know when those are happening. We will leave a lulav and etrog set in the sukkah for those who would like to do the blessings during the week.

Join us throughout the festival week:

Friday, September 25
Office closes at 1:00pm
6:00pm: Kabbalat Shabbat and Sukkot Service (in person and online)

Saturday, September 26
10:00am: Shabbat and 1st Day of Sukkot morning service (in person and online)
NO lulav and etrog blessing due to Shabbat
No Torah study

Sunday, September 27: 2nd Day of Sukkot
No Sukkot Service


Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah

Friday, October 2, 11:00am, Hoshana Rabbah Ritual led by Rabbi Ebn Leader at Gann Farm (co-sponsored by TBZ)

Friday, October 2, 6:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat and Shmini Atzeret service (in person and online)

Saturday, October 3, 10:00am: Shabbat and Shmini Atzeret  service – includes yizkor and reading of Kohelet (in person and online)

No Torah study

Saturday, October 3, 6:30pm: Simchat Torah service and celebration (in person and online)
Black and white photo of Zina Pelzman dancingCome celebrate Torah as we dance joyfully as a community! We will hear the end and the beginning of the Torah together.

The music on Simchat Torah is being sponsored by Lilly Pelzman and Jeffrey Borenstein in honor and memory of our dear Zina Pelzman z”l. Zina loved music and dancing!

  • 7:15pm: Ma’ariv service, followed by unrolling the sefer torah (Torah scroll) and reading a summary of the whole Torah
  • 8:00pm: Hakafot (dancing/circling) begins
  • Ends around 9:45pm

Sunday, October 4, Simchat Torah day service with Rabbi Ebn Leader (in person)

  • 9:00am: Shacharit and Hallel
  • 10:30am: Hakafot, chanting and walking (this should take approximately 1.5 hours)
  • 12:00pm: Torah reading (we will do group aliyot rather than individual aliyot for every person, in order not to lose the energy of the hakafot – circlings), followed by silent time for Mussaf before concluding the service