Erev Sukkot Service & Soup in the Sukkah

Shake the lulav. Smell the etrog. Eat in the Sukkah and give thanks for all of our blessings.

WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 23, 6 PM (Service at 6 PM followed by dinner.) 
WHERE: Temple Sinai Sukkah
WHAT: Grilled Cheese & Chef Drew’s Homemade Old-Fashioned Tomato Soup
HOW: RSVP by Sunday, Sept. 16 at Noon to Debbie Haber at DHaber@TempleSinaiPGH.org or (412) 421-7039 or click to register in your Temple Sinai account.
COST: $7/Free for children 3 and under

Click to download the 2018 ~ 5779 High Holy Days booklet.

"Sukkot, a Hebrew word meaning 'booths' or 'huts,' refers to the Jewish festival of giving thanks for the fall harvest. It also commemorates the 40 years of Jewish wandering in the desert after the giving of the Torah atop Mt. Sinai. Sukkot is celebrated five days after Yom Kippur on the 15th of the month of Tishrei, and is marked by several distinct traditions. One, which takes the commandment to dwell in booths literally, is to erect a sukkah, a small, temporary booth or hut. Sukkot (in this case, the plural of sukkah) are commonly used during the seven-day festival for eating, entertaining and even for sleeping.

Sukkot also called Z’man Simchateinu (Season of Our Rejoicing), is the only festival associated with an explicit commandment to rejoice. A final name for Sukkot is Chag HaAsif, (Festival of the Ingathering), representing a time to give thanks for the bounty of the earth during the fall harvest."*

*Source: https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-holidays/sukkot