SUKKOT5779/2018

Hahn Judaic Campus 7900 Montoya Circle N. • Boca Raton, Florida 33433-4912

(561) 394-0394 • www.brsonline.org

INCLUDING SIMCHAT TORAH

SCHEDULE

SUKKAH SCHEDULE 2018/5779EREV SUKKOT

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23Sephardic Mincha (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 6:45 pmCandle Lighting - with Shehecheyanu 6:57 pmMincha 7:00 pm

Who Would You Invite? A New Take on the Old Tradition of Welcoming the Ushpizin

Dvar Torah - Rabbi Efrem GoldbergMa’ariv 7:40 pmEarliest time for Kiddush 7:51 pmFor Ashkenazim: Rain on the 1st Night - If it rains the first on the first night of Yom Tov, the Halacha is: One should wait for one hour after nightfall (8:51 pm) for the rain to stop. If the rain does not stop, one should make Kiddush without reciting Leishev Basukkah, and eat an olive size of bread in the Sukkah. One may then continue to eat the meal in the home. If the rain stopped before one goes to sleep, one should return to the Sukkah and eat more than an egg size of bread with the Beracha of Leishev Basukkah.

SUKKOT FIRST DAY MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

Neitz Minyan (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 6:29 am Hashkama Minyan (Social Hall) 7:30 amSephardic Minyan (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 8:30 amMain Minyan (Rand Sanctuary) 9:00 am Sermon: Rabbi Efrem GoldbergShtiebel Minyan (Shtiebel Beit Midrash - 2nd floor) 9:30 amSof Zman Kriat Shema 10:11 amYouth Tefillah Groups 10:30 amDaf Yomi 5:55 pmRabbi’s Class 5:55 pm

Celebrating Sukkos with Ezra and NechemiaRabbi Philip Moskowitz

Sephardic Mincha (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 6:55 pmMincha 6:55 pm

Understanding The Women In Our Lives: Women & Mitzvos Asei Shehazman Grama

Dvar Torah - Rabbi Moshe SchochetSephardic Ma’ariv 7:35 pm Ma’ariv 7:40 pmCandle Lighting with Shehecheyanu and preparationfor second day not before 7:49 pm

SUKKOT SECOND DAYTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

Neitz Minyan (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 6:29 am Hashkama Minyan (Social Hall) 7:30 amSephardic Minyan (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 8:30 amMain Minyan (Rand Sanctuary) 9:00 am Sermon: Rabbi Philip MoskowitzShtiebel Minyan (Shtiebel Beit Midrash - 2nd floor) 9:30 amSof Zman Kriat Shema 10:11 amYouth Tefillah Groups 10:30 amDaf Yomi 5:55 pmRabbi’s Class 5:55 pm

Tekhelet: The True Blue and the Mitzvah of TzitzitRabbi David Shabtai

Mincha 6:55 pmTwo Visions of the Sukkah

Dvar Torah - Rabbi Dovid KimcheMa’ariv 7:48 pm

DAILY SERVICES - CHOL HA’MOEDWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28Daf Yomi 7:00 amShacharit 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30 & 9:15 amSephardic Minyan (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 6:45 & 8:00 amMishna Berura Yomi 6:42 pmSephardic Mincha/Ma’ariv (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 6:50 pmMincha/Ma’ariv (Wednesday and Thursday) 6:55 pmDaf Yomi (Board Room) (Wed & Thurs) 8:40-9:30 pmLate Ma’ariv (Senders Library) 9:45 pm

CHOL HA’MOEDFRIDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 28

Friday Night Live: Please invite someone to this Outreach Program 6:00 pmSephardic Mincha (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 6:35 pm Candle Lighting 6:52 pmMincha/Kabbalat Shabbat (Rand Sanctuary) 6:55 pm

The Community is warmly invited to a Simchat Beit Ha’Shoeiva at 9:30 pmin the Sukkah of Alan & Susie Berger 22169 Larkspur Trail in Thornihill Green.

Divrei Torah - Singing – Ruach(Weather permitting)

SHABBAT CHOL HAMOEDSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

Neitz Minyan (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 6:31 am Hashkama Minyan (Social Hall) 7:30 amSephardic Minyan (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 8:30 amMain Minyan (Rand Sanctuary) 9:00 amShtiebel Minyan (Shtiebel Beit Midrash - 2nd floor) 9:30 amTeen Minyan (Berdugo Beit Midrash) 9:45 amSof Zman Kriat Shema 10:11 amYouth Tefillah Groups 10:30 amSukkot Stay (for children Kindergarten—4th Grade) 4:30-5:30 pmRabbi’s Class 5:35 pm

Is Sukkos a Universal Holiday or Our Particular Yom Tov? Reflections on the Embassy Opening in Yerushalayim

Rabbi Efrem GoldbergSephardic Mincha (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 6:30 pm Mincha 6:40 pmSh’kiah 7:09 pmSeudah Shlishiet in SukkahDaf Yomi between Minhca/Ma’arivMa’ariv/Havdalah 7:44 pmDaf Yomi 8:15 pmAshkenazi Tikkun Leil Hoshana Rabbah with Rabbi Josh Flug 9:00 pmSephardic Tikkun Leil Hoshana Rabbah 1:00 am

HOSHANA RABBAH - EREV SHEMINI ATZERETSUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

Ashkenazi Neitz Minyan (Shtiebel Beit Midrash) 6:45 amSephardic Shacharit 6:53 amAshkenazi Shacharit 6:15, 7:00 & 8:00 am Sephardic Mincha/Ma’ariv (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 6:30 pmCandle Lighting with Shehechiyanu 6:50 pmMincha/Ma’ariv (Rand Sanctuary) 6:55 pm

SHEMINI ATZERET - MONDAY, OCTOBER 1Neitz Minyan (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 6:32 am Hashkama Minyan (Social Hall) 7:30 amSephardic Minyan (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 8:30 amMain Minyan (Rand Sanctuary) 9:00 amShtiebel Minyan (Shtiebel Beit Midrash - 2nd floor) 9:30 amTeen Minyan (Shechet Beit Midrash - 2nd floor) 9:45 amSof Zman Kriat Shema 10:11 amYizkor (Rand Sanctuary) Approximately 10:30 amYouth Tefillah Groups (Jacobs and Rubin Youth & Senior Center) 10:30 amDaf Yomi 5:40 pmRabbi’s Class (Rand Sanctuary) 5:40 pm

Rabbi Menachen PennerMincha (Rand Sanctuary) 6:40 pmSephardic Mincha (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 6:45 pmKiddy Hakafot (Social Hall) 6:55 - 7:25 pmMa’ariv/Hakafot 7:25 pmAfter the first two Hakafot, we will divide into: Simchat Hakafot in the BallroomHakafot in the Rand Sanctuary Candle Lighting with Shehechiyanu No Yom Tov Preparation Prior To 7:38 pm

SIMCHAT TORAH - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2Neitz Minyan (Sephardic Beit Midrash) (Shacharit Only) 6:32 amAshkenazi Shacharit (Rand Sanctuary) 8:00 amSephardic Shacharit (Sephardic Beit Midrash) 8:15 amSof Zman Kriat Shema 10:12 amHakafot (Social Hall) 8:50 - 10:00 amAliyot 10:00 am

SIMCHAT TORAH READING ASSIGNMENTSHashkoma Minyan: Room 203

Sephardic Minyan: Three stations in the Sephardic Beit MidrashMain Minyan: Six stations in the Rand Sanctuary

Shtiebel Minyan: Room 211/212Teen Minyan: Room 101

Gala Kiddush (Meat) 10:00 amKiddush available for women (Berdugo Beit Midrash) 10:00 amHakafot for Women (Berdugo Beit Midrash) 10:00 - 10:30 amMagic Show for Kids TBD 10:00 amWomen’s Shiur (Shechet Beit Midrash ) 10:30 - 11:15 am

Real Friends Pray for Friends Going Through a Hard Time: Exploring the Power of Pray

Rabbi Efrem GoldbergChattanim & Mussaf 11:15 am SHARP

Chattan Kol Hanearim – Rabbi Eli ZiansChattan Torah – Rabbi Ari MirzoeffChattan Breishis - Ken BenderChattan Maftir – Dr. Tomer Haik

Daf Yomi 5:45 pmSephardic Mincha 6:44 pmMincha 6:45 pm

Short Ideas on Simchas Torah to Take With Us Into The YearDvar Torah - Rabbi Ari Mirzoeff

Ma’ariv/Havdalah 7:41 pm

SIMCHAT TORAH GUIDELINESIn order to create the appropriate atmosphere in the Shul, and to protect our children on Simchat Torah, we ask for full cooperation from adults: 1. Zero tolerance for alcohol on the Hahn Judaic Campus on Simchat Torah night 2. Alcohol is restricted on Simchat Torah Day to the Social Hall and to the Hashkoma Minyan Aliyot rooms which will be under supervision.

ARBA MINIM (The Four Species) GENERAL LAWS• There is a mitzvah to hold the following four species: an etrog, a lulav, three hadasim (myrtle branches),

and two aravot (willow branches). The exact identity of the species is known to us on the basis of unbroken oral tradition.

• The Arba Minim are taken all seven days of Sukkot except on Shabbat .• The mitzvah of the four species must be performed during the daytime.• Children who are trained to observe the mitzvah of the four species must use a “set” which satisfies all

the conditions which would be proper for an adult to use.• This year, on the first day of Sukkot, the following blessings are made: 1st. 2nd. On . On subsequent days only the first blessing is made.• One should stand when reciting the blessing and taking the four species. Since the blessing must immediately precede the performance of the

mitzvah, one should pick up the four species with the etrog upside down, make the blessing, and then turn the etrog upright.• One takes the etrog in his left hand and the other three species in his right hand. According to Ashkenazic custom, a left handed person holds

his lulav in his left hand. However, the setting of the haddasim and avrot is the same as everyone else. The Sephardic custom is that even a lefty holds the lulav in the right hand. The shidra - central spine of the lulav should face towards the person. The lulav, hadasim and aravot are bound together with lulav leaves. The hadasim should be on the person’s right and the aravot on his left, and the hadasim should be higher than the aravot.

• After taking the four species, one points them three times in each direction in the following order: East, South, West, North, up and down.• It is proper for there to be no separation between one’s hands and the four species. Thus, if one puts on tefilin during chol hamoed, he should

remove them before taking the four species.• Some have the custom to take the four species and recite the blessing in the sukkah.• One may not eat before one takes the four species.

REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH OF THE FOUR SPECIESEtrog

• An etrog is unfit if it is smaller than a walnut, dried up, or punctured.• Some etrogim naturally grow with a pitum (a protuberance at the opposite end from the point of detachment from

the tree); some do not. If an etrog naturally grows with the pitum, then it is unfit for use if the pitum has become completely detached.

Lulav• A lulav is unfit if its tip is broken off, or dried up, or if its shidra (central spine) is split the majority of its length.

Hadasim• The hadasim must be at least nine inches long.• The leaves of the hadasim must completely cover the stems; and for at least the majority of this length (starting from the tip, but not necessarily

in succession), the leaves of the hadasim must grow in clusters of three from the same point on the stem.• The tips of the hadasim must not be broken off or completely dried up. Most of the leaves must not be so dried up that they are white and split

at the touch of the fingernail.Aravot

• The aravot must be a species of which the stems will eventually turn red upon maturity. • The edges of the leaves of aravot must be either smooth or obtusely serrated, not acutely serrated; not acutely serrated.• The minimum length of the aravot is nine inches.• If the tips of the aravot are broken off or dried up, or if most of the leaves are so dried up that they split at the touch of a fingernail, the aravot

are unfit for use.

TREATMENT OF THE FOUR SPECIESThe most successful method to preserve the hadasim-avrot, is to provide a large plastic bag or sheet in which to place the entire hadasim-avaros unit. A water saturated sponge or cloth toweling is placed in this bag to provide a moist atmosphere. Upon returning from the Synagogue, the entire unit is slipped off the lulav, put in the plastic bag and placed in the refrigerator. Care must be taken not to tear off the leaves.

SIMCHAT TORAH

Hahn Judaic Campus 7900 Montoya Circle N • Boca Raton, Florida 33433-4912

(561) 394.0394• www.brsonline.org

Two Magic Shows for the BRS Youth!Tuesday, October 2, Simchat Torah morning

FOR AGES 3-6 Room 101 at 10:00 am

FOR AGES 7-11Room 106 at 10:00 am (No Parents Allowed)

We welcome back one of our favorite magicians for a spectacular show.

MAGIC SHOWS

Sukkah Hop & Stop! Our third annual

Shabbat, September 29 at 4:00 pm in the Shul Sukkah

Join the BRS Youth community for our incredible Sukkah Hops and Stops. Children up to 2nd grade, join us in the Shul Sukkah to create your very own Candy Sukkah. 3rd- 5th graders will join our incredible group leaders & Group leaders in training on a fun Sukkah hop with great snacks & activities. In the event of rain all groups will meet in the Berdugo Beit Midrash for an indoor activity.

Hahn Judaic Campus 7900 Montoya Circle N • Boca Raton, Florida 33433-4912

(561) 394.0394• www.brsonline.org