Sukkot Eve Friday, September 29 Candle Lighting 6:22 pm Evening Services 6:30 pm
Sukkot I Shabbat, September 30 Morning Services 9:00 am Tot Shabbat 10:30 am Evening Services 6:15 pm Candle Lighting After 7:21 pm
Sukkot II Shabbat, October 1 Morning Services 9:00 am Evening Services 6:15 pm Yom Tov ends 7:19 pm
SPEAKER
On the first day of Sukkot, Rabbi Kean will deliver a Dvar Torah entitled, “Arba’ah Minim & Views We Disagree With.”
On the second day of Sukkot, Rabbi Kean will deliver a Dvar Torah entitled “Why Are We So Happy on Sukkot?”
KIDDUSH
Kiddush on Sukkot I is sponsored by Paula Mosher in memory of her husband Paul Mosher z"l and his grandparents and parents Rabbi Abraham and Esther Swire Horwitz z"l and Dr. Solomon and Millie Horowitz Mosher z"l The CBAJ Sukkah is a generous gift to the CBAJ community from the Mosher family
Kiddush on Sukkot II is sponsored by CBAJ
MESSAGE FROM RABBI KEAN
Halachic Notice: Rain on the First Night of Sukkot I am sharing this notice with you since it looks like the rain will continue all night on Sukkot.
Generally speaking, the halacha is that a “mitz’ta’er patur min hasukkah,” i.e., even though we are obligated to eat our meals, sleep, and otherwise live in the Sukkah, we are exempt from this mitzvah if the Sukkah is uncomfortable, and rain would make it uncomfortable to eat in the Sukkah.
On the first night of Sukkot, the halacha is a different because the first night of Sukkot, there is a higher level of obligation to have one’s meal in the Sukkah (the Talmud connects eating a meal in the Sukkah on the first night of Sukkot to the obligation to eat matzah at the Pesach Seder).
As such, ideally, a person should try to wait an hour or two after Tzeit HaKochavim (nightfall) to see if the rain will clear up and the Sukkah will be dry enough to eat it. If it does not, then Kiddush and HaMotzi should be done in the Sukkah, a kabeitzah (egg-size serving) of bread should be eaten in the Sukkah, and then the rest of the meal may be eaten indoors. The bracha of “leishev ba-sukkah” should NOT be recited in this case.
Please note: waiting 1 or 2 hours will likely not be practical in certain cases, such as families with young children who need to go to sleep, or people with diets that need to eat at specific times. Waiting a shorter time or foregoing waiting in these cases is acceptable.
Wishing you and your family a Shabbat Shalom and a Chag Sukkot Sameach, Rabbi Ben Kean
YOUTH PROGRAMMING
Youth Groups Groups for kids in grades k-5 will begin on Sukkot I & II at 10:00 am. Join Youth Leader Daniela for an exciting scavenger hunt on Sukkot I Tot Shabbat on Sukkot I For children ages 0-5 and their parents at 10:30 am in classroom 3. Babysitting Babysitting for children 5 and under will begin at 10 am on Sukkot I (no babysitting on Sukkot II)
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