Shemini Atzeres & Simchas Torah is here! Complete schedule at www.chabaduptown.org/joy
WATCH THE 2 MIN. SIMCHAT TORAH VIDEO SHORT!
Highlights:
- Wed. night, Shemini Atzeret Hakafot-warmup at 6:30 pm
- Thurs. morning, Service 10 am, Geshem & Yizkor at 12:15 pm
- Thurs. night, Grand Simchat Torah Hakafot at 7:30 pm (kids hakafa at aprox. 8:30 pm)
- Fri. Torah completion and restart & Day Hakafot 10:00 am
Next Shabbos, weekend of Oct. 24-25, in conjunction with The Shabbos Project, join us for a weekend of inspiration with guest speaker, Sara Esther Matz Crispe, Shabbos dinner at the Hampton ($25 | $18 | $180), signature CKids program for the kids and special hotel room rates ($105 per night) so you can keep Shabbos in it's entirety!
- Please RSVP for dinner at www.chabaduptown.org/shabbatdinner
- Reserve sleeping rooms at hotel for $105 at www.houstongalleria.hamptoninn.com or call 1-800-426-7866 using group code CHA
Sara Esther Crispe is the Co-Director of Interinclusion.org, a multi-layered educational non-profit celebrating the convergence between contemporary arts and sciences and timeless Jewish wisdom.
She has traveled the world as a sought out motivational speaker and educator, presenting on interpersonal relationships and the Kabbalistic approach to self-development. Sara Esther was also the creator of TheJewishWoman.org where she served as its editor for eight years and has worked with Part2Pictures as a consultant on Judaism for shows on the Oprah Winfrey Network and HARPO Productions.
A prolific writer, her pieces can be found, amongst other places, on The Huffington Post, Times of Israel and Chabad.org. She is currently working on a book about parenthood titled, I Used to be the Perfect Mother, Then I Had Kids. She lives with her husband, Rabbi Asher Crispe, and four children in Merion Station, PA.
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Complete Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah Schedule
Wed., Oct. 15 - Shemini Atzeret
Make Eruv Tavshilin
- 6:34 pm Light Holiday Candles
- 6:35 pm Mincha & Evening Services Hakafot-celebratory dancing
This one is only the warm up - to connect with Israel! (See main hakafot below).
Thurs., Oct. 16 -
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
- 10:00 am Morning Services
- 12:15 pm Yizkor
- Teffilas Geshem
- Say Goodbye to Sukkah
- 6:35 pm Mincha & Evening Services Grand Hakafot-celebratory dancing - This one is the real deal!
- After 7:27 pm Light Candles
Kids Hakafa at approx. 8:30 pm
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Fri., Oct. 17 -Simchat Torah
- 10:00 am Morning Services
Hakafot-celebratory dancing
Mincha after Hakafot
- 6:30 pm Shabbat Evening Services
- 6:32 pm Light Shabbat Candles
Sat., Oct. 18 -Shabbat Bereishit
- 10:00 am Morning Services
- 6:30 pm Mincha
- 7:24 pm Maariv, Havdalla and Shabbat Ends
- Living Torah Video