Passover Seder at Congregation Etz Chaim - 2005

Sukkot

A family service celebrating the Autumn harvest festival. The service is approximately an hour and a half, with a gathering in the Sukkah for Kiddush after the service. Don't forget to bring your "gaily decorated basket of fruit" for donation to a local food pantry.

Simchat Torah

A family service that marks the end of the yearly cycle of the reading of the Torah. We read the last portion from Deuteronomy and start again with Genesis 1:1. There's plenty of singing and dancing with the Torah in celebration. Our Kindergarten children also are consecrated to formally mark the beginning of their Jewish education.

Congregational Seder

We celebrate together as a community on the second night of Passover with a joyous Seder. We recall the Exodus from Egypt through story, song and traditional food. (How will Rabbi Bob keep the Afikoman from being stolen this year?)

Shavuot

A family service in which we celebrate the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. The entire Torah scroll is opened around the sanctuary and the year's Bar and Bat Mitzvah children each read the Maftir from their portion. We bring flowers to decorate the Ark and celebrate the Spring harvest festival.

Sukkot – October 13, 2008 – 7:00pm

Simchat Torah - October 20, 2008 – 7:00pm

Congregational Seder - April 9, 2009 – 6:00pm

Shavuot - May 28, 2009 – 7:00pm