Shabbat shalom – Sunday night Shake the lulav – sing some songs!

Friday Night Shabbat Services

Tonight 10/14, at the regular time of 7:00 PM.

Our next Shabbat morning services are a week away Saturday OCTOBER 22.

Sunday October 15, Hebrew school at 10 AM with the children helping to decorate the sukkah for the evening party!

Sukkot services, sing a long and dinner Sunday evening October 15 at 6:15 PM. Services in the sanctuary at 6:45. Dinner immediately following.

Simchat Torah Monday October 15 at 7:15 PM. Come and dance with the Torah!

Candle lighting in Austin is at 6:41 PM
Cantor Ben Moshe’s Message

As we move past Yom Kippur and towards Sukkoth, we read Parshat Ha’azinu, the penultimate parshah of the Torah. Moshe gives his last instructions to the People of Israel in the form of a song. Music is of course a potent aid to memory-this is why we chant our prayers and our Torah readings. Music in fact activates the right brain, which adds to the processing of language in the left brain. Singing engages all of our mental faculties. As we enter the Season of Rejoicing, the Festival of Sukkoth, let us always try to have a song in our hearts- a song of praise and gratitude to God. Shabbat Shalom and Hag Sameah. Hazzan Yitzhak Ben-Moshe

Happy 69th wedding anniversary to Morris and Elaine Shapiro! Pictured with Cantor Ben-Moshe sounding the shofar. We were all so happy to see Elaine at services and wish them both much nachas together!

Happy October birthdays to: Herschel Hochman, Iris Daniel, Patrice Jones, Natalie Bowers-Benderly, Amanda Golden, Elyse Tarlton and Rachel Union.

Please send us your birthday so we can give you a shout out.

You will learn…
THE THREE MITZVOT OF SUKKOT:
Sukkot has all the ingredients for one large-scale party: a special place to have the party (sukkah), decorations, guests (our friends and family as well as Ushpizin, food and special party equipment (a lulav and etrog). The three basic mitzvot for Sukkot are:
1) Live in the sukkah, which at its minimum means having a nosh in a sukkah.
2) Shake the Lulav & Etrog, also called “gathering together the four species.”
3) Rejoice during the holiday. That is not a typo: we are actually commanded to rejoice!! It is so important a mitzvah that it is even more important than dwelling in the sukkah. For instance, if there are bees in the Sukkah, or it’s raining too hard, one does not have to dwell in one’s sukkah…but you have to be happy – it’s Sukkot.
We will be making decorations to beautify our sukkah, just in time for the congregational Sukkot dinner, later Sunday evening following services!
If you LOVE making decorations, I encourage you to make one with your family and bringing it this Sunday to put up in the Beth El sukkah!
See ya soon!

L’Shalom, Shereen Ben-Moshe