A
kavannah
for candle lighting for
Shabbat Ha'azinu
May my intentions of love and forgiveness find expression in the words I speak to my family, friends and associates; may they emanate from my heart and find their way into the hearts of others.
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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!
S
ukkot starts Sunday night. Communal celebration on Sukkot marks th
e
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 book time in
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our
sukkah last year
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the
sukkah
starting on
Sunday, October 13 for a special,
joyous celebration of this remarkable season with family
and friends so that you can fulfill the
mitzvah
of eating in a
sukkah
. The Chasidic rebbes teach that what we accomplish
on the High Holy Days through our intr
ospection and fasting
and tears, we can accomplish on Sukkot and Simchat Torah
with
celebration! (Email Renee to reserve your sukkah time.)
Yom Tov Sukkot is Sunday night, October 13 (light candles at 5:39 p.m.) t
hrough sunset on Tuesday, October 15 (though some observe only one day).
And, for some Sukkot ends Sunday the 20th at sunset (yom tov is Saturday night the 19th) and Simchat Torah begins then (Sunday night the 20th -- candle lighting 5:31 p.m.) and ends at sunset on Monday the 21st; for the rest of the Jewish world, Sukkot ends at sunset on Monday the 21st with Simchat Torah starting then and ending on Tuesday the 22nd at sunset.
I'll talk more about Sukkot and Simchat Torah in next week's 
candle lighting reminder, but mark your calendars for our
October 21, starting at 5:00 p.m. on our patio.
