HIGH HOLY DAYS

SUKKOT CELEBRATIONS

Sukkot: Celebrate the Bounty of Our Lives

Decorate the Sukkah
Thursday, October 1 • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sukkot offers a potpourri of tastes, smells, touches, and sights that all take place in the sukkah. The joy of Sukkot becomes an even more meaningful experience when you join the Temple community in helping to create and decorate the Temple's beautiful sukkah. Bring your friends or make new ones. For more information, please contact Sharan Goldstein at slslogo@aol.com or 214.361.7300.

Sukkot Across Emanu-El and Shabbat Festival Service
Friday, October 2 • 6:15 p.m.
Join us for a community celebration! Services begin at 6:15pm in the Olan Sanctuary. Dinner follows in the Klein Garden with activities for all ages. Join with the rest of this community to experience our joy and gratitude of the holiday through prayer, celebration, and, of course, good food! Our communal meal, held before the evening activities, is an intergenerational celebration that brings together members of all ages and interests.

The evening will include: Dinner, hosted by Women for Reform Judaism; Linz Coffeehouse, sponsored by Young Adults; Tips on How to Make A Green Jewish Home; Arts and Crafts; Storytelling in the Sukkah; Games and more!

$10 for adults and $5 for children ages 3-10 years. Complimentary childcare is available, BY RSVP ONLY, during services for children ages 3 months to 5 years and during dinner for children 3 months to 3 years. Please remember to bring snacks for your child(ren).

Registration is now closed. Please contact or contact Sherri Samuels at 214.706.0000 ext. 131.

Sukkot Across Emanu-El is chaired by Becky Bull, Jackie Katz, Melissa Rubenstein, and Randi Steinhart. Community dinner is chaired by Rosalee Cohen and Shirley Rubinett.

Sukkot Across Emanu-El Young Adult Coffee House
Friday, October 2 • 8 to 10 p.m. • Linz Hall
Temple Emanu-El Young Adults will run a Coffee House for participants in Sukkot Across Emanu-El. For more information, please contact Mimi Zimmerman at mzimmerman@tedallas.org or 214.706.0000 ext. 166.

Sukkot Morning Festival Service
Sunday, October 3 • 10:30 a.m.
Join us in the sukkah (in case of rain, we will relocate to Lefkowitz Chapel) to take up the lulav and etrog, rejoice in the words of Torah, and share songs and prayers of gratitude for having reached this season of nature's bounty.

Lunch and Learn in the Sukkah
Wednesday, October 7 • 12 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Please join fellow congregants in the sukkah to celebrate, study and nosh! This is a wonderful opportunity to study with Rabbi Oren Hayon during the festival of Sukkot. Bring your own lunch and drinks and dessert will be provided by the Women of Reform Judaism.

Gan Shalom Early Childood Sukkah
Friday, October 8-9
The children of Temple Emanu-El Pre-School along with their teachers will build and decorate a small sukkah in the Gan Shalom. The Gan Shalom is a specially designed learning garden for our Pre-School children. Just as in the Torah, children will fulfill the mitzvah of living in the sukkah by eating a snack and/or lunch with their friends.

For more information, please contact Shelly Sender at 214.706.0020.

Early Childhood Sukkot Shabbat
Friday, October 2 • 9:10 a.m.
Join our Pre-School family in the celebratio0n of Sukkot. We will meet in the sukkah to sing, say prayers, and listen to a story from the rabbi or cantor.

For more information, please contact Shelly Sender at 214.706.0020.