The Chai Times #53 // High Holy Mirror
Oct 07, 2022 9:39 pm
Hi! If this is your first email, or if you never got officially welcomed in, Hello! this is your official welcome.
This is a weekly email (Friday morning-ish) that brings you the upcoming events, some of my thoughts, and a small collection of reads and videos that we found interesting and pertinent.
Sukkot is upon us!
This lesser-known half of the High Holidays is the opposite of the first half. No fasting, weeping, chest pounding, no. This is about eating and dancing, celebrating and joy. Better said - it is the mirror image of the first days.
What we have done over Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur through meditation and introspection we now continue on Sukkot and Simchat Torah through joy and celebration.
What does this mean practically?
Eat in a sukkah, shake a lulav, and celebrate over these next 2 weeks. Celebrate the joy of being a Jew, blessed by G-d for a good year, of being alive in 5783.
Wishing you an uplifting Shabbat!
Rabbi Mendy & Mussy
p.s. from Monday through Sunday it's a mitzvah to shake the Lulav and Etrog every day. Reach out to us we would love if you would swing by to perform the mitzvah with the YJP LUlav and Etrog
Of interest:
How the Manischewitz gets made — a behind-the-scenes taste of America’s most iconic kosher wine
Chinese censors ban printing of Hasidic woman’s memoir due to ‘anti-communist’ content
Last few weeks: Buy yourself a letter in the Torah
You can have a part of history.
We are renewing a 100 yeard old Torah and bringing it to YJP. A Torah of our own!
We will use it every Shabbat and on the holidays.
You can dedicate a portion of this Torah.
5 books of the Torah
Bereishit (Genesis) - reserved.
Shmot (Exodus) - available
Vayikra (Leviticus) - available
Bamidbar (Numbers) - available
Devarim (Deuteronomy) - available
There are many portions still open!
You will get a beautiful certificate with your portion or letter described on it.
Upcoming Events:
TONIGHT: October 7: First Friday's October
Sukkot
YJP Garden
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9
- 6:49 pm - Light Holiday Candles
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10
- 10:30 am - Morning Services with Lulav & Etrog
- 7:41 pm - Light Candles after this time
Mensch Club: Steak and Scotch in the Sukkah
YJP Sukkah
October 12, 8:00 pm | $37
RSVP coming after Shabbat
YJP + YAD Sukkot Happy Hour
YJP Sukkah
October 13, 6:30 pm
Simchat Torah
Chabad Central on Hyridge Dr.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 9:00 pm
Schedule of complete High Holiday services and events here: yjpaustin.org/high-holidays
🌱 Chai Society:
Special thanks to our Chai Society Monthly giving members.
Individuals who donate monthly to support YJP events and activities.
Yankee Andrusierׁ • Carolina Bueno • Marc Cooper • Nate Firebaugh • Paulina Flasch • Matt Ford • Sara Guccione • Ari & Sandra Hoffman • Michael Nadel • Chaim & Amanda Pollak • Daniel Speiss
Join the Chai Society here - make an $18 monthly donation and support the programs and events you love.
Together, we’re High Energy!
Shabbat Ha'azinu
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