Just having completed the High Holy Days, it's time to actualize our good intentions.
And...just having completed the High Holy Days journey, it is now time to celebrate!
Sukkot starts Sunday night. Communal celebration on Sukkot marks the completion of the cycle of the
Tishrei holy days, moving from introspection to implementation of
teshuva and our good intentions = joy! Congregation Kehillah members are invited to the
sukkah on Sunday, October 16th for a special, joyous celebration of this remarkable season with friends, fun, and a pot luck dinner, so that we can fulfill the
mitzvah of eating in a
sukkah while enjoying each others' company. (See below for details.) The Chasidic rebbes teach that what we accomplish on the High Holy Days through our introspection and fasting and tears, we can accomplish on Sukkot and Simchat Torah with celebration!
And, for some Sukkot ends Sunday the 23rd at sunset and Simchat Torah begins then and ends sunset on Monday the 24th; for the rest of the Jewish world, Sukkot ends at sunset on Monday the 24th with Simchat Torah starting then and ending on Tuesday the 25th at sunset. More about this in next week's candle lighting reminder.
I look forward to sharing a joyous Sukkot with you! Candle lighting on Sunday is 5:35 p.m.
Shabbat Shalom!