Program Guide - July-Dec 2018 2018-program-guide_small | Page 3

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, celebrated in the seventh month of the Hebrew Celebrations calendar. It begins the ten day period where we reflect on ways that we have missed the mark over the past year. Jews often eat apples dipped in honey. Wishing you and your family a Shanah Tovah U’Metukah, a good and sweet new year! SUNDAY 9/9 - TUESDAY 9/11 OPEN UNTIL 6PM (9/9) CLOSED (9/10 & 9/11) Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement. The day is spent reflecting on how we will strive to do better in the New Year. Jews who are of Bar and Bat Mitzvah age and older may fast and are encouraged to help feed those less fortunate. On a deeper level, Yom Kippur is an opportunity for us to reconnect with ourselves and our communities. TUESDAY 9/18 - WEDNESDAY 9/19 OPEN UNTIL 4PM (9/18) CLOSED (9/19) Sukkot , the Festival of Booths, is the one Jewish holiday where Jews are commanded to be joyous. We remember the wandering in the desert after leaving Egypt and celebrate the fall agricultural harvest. Did you know that Sukkot is one of three pilgrimage festivals, and in ancient days, was one of the times when people made their way to Jerusalem? Pesach and Shavuot are the other two pilgrimage festivals. SUNDAY 9/23 - SUNDAY 9/30 OPEN UNTIL 6PM (9/23) CLOSED (9/24) OPEN REGULAR HOURS (9/25) Shemini Atzeret begins after the seventh day of Sukkot. Traditionally, this is the day the Jews leave their sukkahs and return to their homes. The holiday also marks the end of the annual cycle of weekly Torah reading. SUNDAY 9/30 - TUESDAY 10/2 OPEN UNTIL 6PM (9/30) CLOSED (10/1) Simchat Torah means “joy of Torah” and on this holiday we celebrate the beginning of the Torah reading cycle. Did you know that the last letter of the Torah, lamed , and the first letter of the Torah, bet , spell the word lev (heart)? The Torah can be described as the heart of the Jewish people. Simchat Torah is the official end to the Jewish High Holy Day season that began with Rosh Hashanah. MONDAY 10/1 - TUESDAY 10/2 CLOSED (10/1) OPEN REGULAR HOURS (10/2) Hanukkah is the festival of lights! Celebrating the miracle of the oil, Jews add one candle to the hanukkiyah each night for eight nights. Traditionally, we eat foods cooked in oil, such as latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganyot (jelly donuts). Since Hanukkah falls during the darkest time of the year, it has become custom to help bring light to others during the holiday. SUNDAY 12/2 - MONDAY 12/10 • OPEN REGULAR HOURS 3 3