Sukkot & Simchat Torah

Holiday Schedule at Chabad of Uptown

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Sukkot

Friday, September 25

Community Sukkot Dinner Under the Stars
Advance RSVP required

Shabbos, September 26

  • The Lulav and Etrog are not used on Shabbos.
  • 9:00 am Chassidus Torah Study
  • 10:00 am Morning Services
  • Kiddush Lunch in the Sukkah
  • 7:00 pm Mincha and Evening Services
  • After 7:49 pm Light Holiday Candles

Sukkot Dinner Under the Stars
Advance RSVP required

Sunday, September 27

  • 7:13 am Sunrise and earliest time for Lulav and Etrog
  • 9:00 am Chassidus Torah Study
  • 10:00 am Morning Services
  • Kiddush Lunch in the Sukkah
  • A Lulav and Etrog will be available for public use.
  • 7:00 pm Mincha and Evening Services
  • 7:47 pm Maariv, Havdallah and conclusion of the holiday
  • Chol Hamoed begins.

Chol Hamoed

Monday, September 28

  • 6:45 am Morning Services
  • 7:14 am Sunrise and earliest time for Lulav and Etrog
  • A Lulav and Etrog will be available for public use.

Tuesday, September 29

  • 6:45 am Morning Services
  • 7:14 am Sunrise and earliest time for Lulav and Etrog
  • A Lulav and Etrog will be available for public use.

12:00 pm Sukkot Lunch and Learn
RSVP

6:45 pm Guys Sushi and Scotch in the Sukkah
RSVP

Wednesday, September 30

  • 6:45 am Morning Services
  • 7:15 am Sunrise and earliest time for Lulav and Etrog
  • A Lulav and Etrog will be available for public use.

Thursday, October 1

  • 6:45 am Morning Services
  • 7:15 am Sunrise and earliest time for Lulav and Etrog
  • A Lulav and Etrog will be available for public use.

6:30 pm Smoke Mirrors & Sukkot Party w / YJP, YAD & Olami
RSVP

Hoshana Rabbah

Friday, October 2

  • 6:45 am Hoshana Rabbah Morning Services
  • 7:15 am Sunrise and earliest time for Lulav and Etrog
  • Final day of the mitzvah. A Lulav and Etrog will be available for public use.

Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah

Friday Evening, October 2 Shemini Atzeret

6:45 pm YJP October First Fridays: Shemini Atzeres Edition
Simchas Torah warm-up, brief dancing and dinner in the Sukkah
RSVP at yjphouston.org/pinkatzeres

Shemini Atzeres at Chabad is celebrated with Hakafot and celebratory dancing. This is only the warmup, connecting with the celebration in Israel.
The main Hakafot celebration is listed below.

Shabbos, October 3 Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah

  • 10:00 am Morning Services
  • 12:15 pm Yizkor, including a special service honoring the memory of those murdered in the October 7 massacre
  • Tefillas Geshem
  • Our final opportunity to eat in the Sukkah
  • 6:45 pm Saturday Night ALIVE! Grand Hakafot and Family Celebration
    Celebratory dancing, refreshments and tremendous Simchat Torah joy. This is the real deal!
    www.chabaduptown.org/joy
  • After 7:40 pm Light Holiday Candles

Sunday, October 4 Simchat Torah

  • 10:00 am Morning Services
  • Hakafot and celebratory dancing
  • 6:45 pm Mincha
  • 7:39 pm Maariv, Havdallah and conclusion of the holiday