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Sukkah Jam & Late Night Study

It is traditional to stay up late for Torah study on Hoshana Rabba, the final Sukkot weekday before Simchat Torah weekend.

We’ll start with a music Jam as is also customary to be ively and joyou...

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SIMCHAT TORAH 2013 Extended Weekend Schedule

We’re now coming around the bend to the last stretch of the holiday season. With much of Sukkot behind us, we’re now approaching Shmini-Atzeret and Simchat Torah!  It is once again a 3-day holid...

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Why emphasize Lulav over Etrog?

It so happens that today, on Shabbos, the last of a long 3-day YomTov with many meals served, we’re down to 9 green tablecloths, and one yellow. This set-up makes you think of the Lulav and Etrog. (Tru...

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Changing Lightbulbs

Bedtime is an important ritual in this house, especially for the younger kids, on nights that we don’t have events going on. Reading books, Or “stories from my mind” is a big part of it. We...

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The Sukkahleh Song

Thanks to enthusiastic students over the years, this Sukkaleh song has become a true Shabbos House favorite, sung every night in the Sukkah, and on other nights of the year as well. This rhyming translation ...