5785 Sukkot / Shemina Atzerat / Simchat Torah / Shabbat Bereishis Schedule
Wednesday Morning - October 23rd
6:30am – 8:30am Shacharit
Extended pesukei d’zimra, and extended Hoshanot with Lulav & Etrog.
Hoshanot for the Arava Beating ceremony will be available in the Shul for purchase on Hoshana Raba.
Wednesday Afternoon – Say Goodbye to the Sukkah
Shemini Atzeret (October 23)
Wednesday evening/Shemini Atzeret Evening
5:50pm Candelighting (l'hadlik ner shel Shabbat v’Yom Tov and Shehecheyanu).
We sit in the Sukkah for both night and day meals but do not make a bracha of leishev basukkah. No Lulav and Etrog.
Special Prayer is said as we depart from the Sukkah usually a bit earlier on Shemini Atzeret Afternoon.
5:55pm Mincha
6:10pm Short Dvar Torah by Rabbi Stewart
6:25pm Maariv
Kiddush (after 6:46pm)
Shemini Atzeret Morning – October 24th
8:45am Shacharis
10:30am (Approximately) Yizkor
Geshem [Prayer for Rain] is said at Mussaf
Kiddush Sponsorship is available
Shemini Atzeret Afternoon
6:00pm Mincha
6:07pm Sunset
6:15pm Shiur
Simchat Torah (Thursday night and Friday morning, October 24-25)
Simchat Torah Evening
One may not prepare for one day of the Chag from the previous day.
6:46pm Candlelighting (with Shehecheyanu) (earliest time, from an existing flame); Kiddush order is haGafen, mekadesh yisrael, , Shehecheyanu.
6:45pm Maariv (followed by Hakafot and Torah reading)
7:45pm [estimated time] Communal meal by RSVP
Friday, October 25th, Simchat Torah Morning
9:00am “Shacharis”
9:35am Hakel [Shemah before 9:46am]
10:15 am Pre Hakafot mini-Kiddush
10:30 Hakafot, followed by Kriat haTorah
11:30 Kol haNearim, Chosson Torah, and Chosson Bereishis, Mussaf
12:15 Kiddush Luncheon Sponsored by Rav Mendel and Gitty Meyers in memory of Savta Molly Stauber – Malka bas Dovid]
5:48pm Candle Lighting for Shabbat [Standard brachos for Shabbos]
5:55pm Mincha
6:05pm Sunset
6:45pm repeat Kriat Shemah
Shabbos Bereishis, October 26th
8:45am Shacharis
9:52am Last time for Kriat Shemah
11:30am Kiddush [sponsorship available]
5:40pm Mincha
6:00pm Seudah Shlishis [sponsorship available]
6:05pm Sunset
6:50pm Shabbat Ends [regular Motsei Shabbat Havdalah]
Wednesday Morning - October 23rd
6:30am – 8:30am Shacharit
Extended pesukei d’zimra, and extended Hoshanot with Lulav & Etrog.
Hoshanot for the Arava Beating ceremony will be available in the Shul for purchase on Hoshana Raba.
Wednesday Afternoon – Say Goodbye to the Sukkah
Shemini Atzeret (October 23)
Wednesday evening/Shemini Atzeret Evening
5:50pm Candelighting (l'hadlik ner shel Shabbat v’Yom Tov and Shehecheyanu).
We sit in the Sukkah for both night and day meals but do not make a bracha of leishev basukkah. No Lulav and Etrog.
Special Prayer is said as we depart from the Sukkah usually a bit earlier on Shemini Atzeret Afternoon.
5:55pm Mincha
6:10pm Short Dvar Torah by Rabbi Stewart
6:25pm Maariv
Kiddush (after 6:46pm)
Shemini Atzeret Morning – October 24th
8:45am Shacharis
10:30am (Approximately) Yizkor
Geshem [Prayer for Rain] is said at Mussaf
Kiddush Sponsorship is available
Shemini Atzeret Afternoon
6:00pm Mincha
6:07pm Sunset
6:15pm Shiur
Simchat Torah (Thursday night and Friday morning, October 24-25)
Simchat Torah Evening
One may not prepare for one day of the Chag from the previous day.
6:46pm Candlelighting (with Shehecheyanu) (earliest time, from an existing flame); Kiddush order is haGafen, mekadesh yisrael, , Shehecheyanu.
6:45pm Maariv (followed by Hakafot and Torah reading)
7:45pm [estimated time] Communal meal by RSVP
Friday, October 25th, Simchat Torah Morning
9:00am “Shacharis”
9:35am Hakel [Shemah before 9:46am]
10:15 am Pre Hakafot mini-Kiddush
10:30 Hakafot, followed by Kriat haTorah
11:30 Kol haNearim, Chosson Torah, and Chosson Bereishis, Mussaf
12:15 Kiddush Luncheon Sponsored by Rav Mendel and Gitty Meyers in memory of Savta Molly Stauber – Malka bas Dovid]
5:48pm Candle Lighting for Shabbat [Standard brachos for Shabbos]
5:55pm Mincha
6:05pm Sunset
6:45pm repeat Kriat Shemah
Shabbos Bereishis, October 26th
8:45am Shacharis
9:52am Last time for Kriat Shemah
11:30am Kiddush [sponsorship available]
5:40pm Mincha
6:00pm Seudah Shlishis [sponsorship available]
6:05pm Sunset
6:50pm Shabbat Ends [regular Motsei Shabbat Havdalah]