Sukkot - Osher Marin Jewish Community Center

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COMING SOON
SUK K O T
YOU DID WHAT TO MY COMICS? Art Gallery Opening Reception
Sukkot
9/9 • 4pm
HARVEST FESTIVAL
NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
9/23 & 12/16 • 5pm
Sunday,
SUNDAY,September
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“Designing Tomorrow, The Emerging Future”
9/27 • 5:30pm
7pm
10/11 5774
Jewish Year
/ Sundown Sep 18-25
CONNECTED - Film Screening and Discussion with Director
•
The Other Café Comedy Showcase Presents
AN EVENING OF POLITICALLY ORIENTED COMEDY
10/20 • 8:30pm
AT THE OSHER MARIN JCC
free entrance | all are welcome | food from miller’s deli
ENTRANCE IS FREE | All are welcome! | Food for purchase
Bring yourWe
friends—and
experience
Osher Marin
invite you to celebrate
the joyfulthe
holiday
JCC Fitness
Center
& pools for
free fromroots
11:30am-5pm!
of Sukkot
commemorating
our agricultural
and
the 40 years thatmarinjcc.org/harvest
ancient Israelites roamed the desert.
Wander the JCC and experience our center for free all day!
BEN SIDRAN
There Was a Fire: Jews, Music & the American Dream
10/21 • 4pm
9:30am-11:30am
FAMILY CONNECTIONS
RABBI HAROLD KUSHNER
The Book of Job: When Bad Things Happen to a Good Person
For families with kids birth to 3 and their siblings.
Sukkah decorating party! Music with Mimi Greisman, art,
healthy snacks, and parent education.
11/4 • 7pm
10:00am-12pm
THE BUDDY CLUB - Fun Family Performances
ZUMBA PARTY!
11/4 & 12/2 • 1-2pm
Zumba is the wildly popular form of Latin aerobic exercise that
Please bring
new
men’s
to donate.
combines
Merengue,
Cumbia,white
Reggaeton, socks
Salsa & more!
MILL VALLEY PHILHARMONIC - Music from the Nordic
SUKKOT HARVEST FESTIVAL
• For families w/kids 0-3 + siblings
Learn about Sukkot & win prizes • Create corn husk dolls
Sukkah decorating,
snacks
& parent
Decorate music,
the sukkahhealthy
with Mexican
tissue paper
flowers education.
RSVP to [email protected]
Do the lulav & etrog shake • Hear the buzz on the importance of bees
11/18 • 7:30pm
12/3 • 8pm
What is Sukkot?
THE OTHER CAFÉ COMEDY SHOWCASE
New Year’s Eve Comedy Celebration
12/31 • 8pm
The Hebrew word Sukkot (plural of sukkah)
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I N J C CIn. Oour
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means
porches, and outside our JCC, Jews mark
the fall harvest by building sturdy, yet
fragile, structures out of natural materials,
symbolizing both human vulnerability and
God’s protection. Reminiscent of camping
in the temporary booths or shelters that
Jews occupied during the exodus, building
a sukkah gives us a chance to be in nature
(you must be able to see the stars through the
roof), entertain guests (hakhnasat orekhim),
and feel gratitude for the bounty of our lives
(blessings said with the lulav and etrog).
Discover the mystical origins of wiggly worm composting
zumbathon • 9:30am-11:30am
• $10
• Ages 13+, 12 w/parent
Attend a “Healthy Aging”
seminar
•A wildly popular
form of Latin fitness combining Merenque,
MARINJCC.ORG/HARVEST
Cumbia, Reggaeton, Salsa & more!
Sukkot Harvest Festival
NEWMAN• 11:30am-2:30pm • All ages
URJ
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Camp
Wilderness Torah
•Help our community’s less fortunate with Adopt A Family, JCRC,
JFCS, Ritter Center, and St. Vincent de Paul Society
•Hear the buzz on bees with Marshall’s Farm
•Meet & learn how to raise chicks with Mill Valley Chickens
•Craft folk art flowers and paper cuts
with
Be’chol
A tradition
of the holiday
is playingLashon
Dreidel, a gambling game played with a
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square top. The traditional explanation of this game is that during the time of
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who PJ
wanted
to study Torah (an illegal activity), would
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•Paint pots & spin the wellness wheel
with LIFT
activity), whenever
an officialLevántate
or inspector was within sight.
•Shop for local, organic produce
at the Marin Community Farm Stand
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made entirely from homeless signs!
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Hebrew letters: Nun, Gimel, Hay
•Create
corn husk dolls & get your face painted with JCC Kidcare
and Shin. These letters stand for
nun
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Hebrew phrase
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seed
balls with Camp gimel
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•Decorate tzedakah “homes”
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community hanukk ah celebr ati
the osher marin jcc presents...
Join the
Osher Marin JCC for
the biggest & best
Hanukkah Party
ever!
9:30-11:30am • Family connections • Yad B’Yad room – 2nd floo
Free for Families with children ages 0-3 and their siblings. Music, art,
cooking & schmoozing. RSVP to Melody at [email protected].
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Including: Hanukkah latkes, brisket & sufganiyot (donuts)
12-3pm • Games, Crafts & shows • Hoytt Theater
• Make menorahs & eco-friendly crafts... make a pedal-powered smoothie...
play dreidel, and engage in Hanukkah-themed fun
• 1pm: Drake High School Jazz Band
• 2pm: Jewish Community High School “Jew Man Group” A Capella Performanc
12-3pm • hanukkah stories & sonGs • Gallery
• Holiday stories co-sponsored by The PJ Library
• 12pm & 1:30pm: Klez California presents Yiddish Musician & Storyteller Gerry T
• 12:45pm & 2:15pm: Isaac Zones & Brady Gill perform a special Hanukkah show
9:30-11:30am
FAMILY CONNECTIONS
12-3pm • artisan marketplaCe • Lounge & Atrium
Buy all of your holiday gifts from local vendors and artisans
• Check out handmade Judaica, fused glass, jewelry, mixed media collages,
printed scarves & much more!
• Enjoy a FREE 5-minute chair massage from a JCC Massage Therapist
11:30am-2:30pm
Festival
of Lights
• Watch Chanukah on Planet Matzah Ball on the hour
12-3pm • Kid zone (ages 8 & up) • Gym – 3rd floor
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YEMEN BLUES - Yemenite Jazz, Blues & Funk
11:30am-2:30pm
FAMILY CONNECTIONS • 9:30-11:30am
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11/11 • 2pm
• Bounce House and Hanukkah-themed games
12-3pm • miraCle of liGht dark room • Teen Lounge – 2nd floo
• Explore quirky animated cartoons of classic Jewish texts from G-dcast
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3pm All Ages
- Free
Sunday,
Nov 24
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45 san pablo ave. to the Osher Marin JCC.
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The traditions of Sukkot...
During this holiday,
Jews are instructed to build a sukkah, a
temporary structure in which to eat meals,
entertain guests, relax, and even sleep.
Decorating a sukkah with strings of lights,
hanging fruit, and other ornaments is a lot of fun
for adults and children. It is customary to invite
friends and family into your sukkah to enjoy a
meal together.
If you do not have a sukkah, consider
purchasing a kit and decorating it with your
family and friends.
The Torah commands us to gather together the Four Species
— lulav, myrtle, willow, etrog — during Sukkot.
What is a lulav? A lulav
is a palm branch which
is bundled with myrtle
and willow branches and
ceremonially shaken, along
with an etrog in the sukkah.
What is an etrog? An etrog
is a yellow citrus fruit similar
to a lemon, identified as “the
fruit of a goodly tree.”
blessings for Sukkot
Before waving the lulav and etrog, recite the following blessing:
Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha-olam,
asher kidshanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al n’tilat lulav.
Praised are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the Universe,
Who has made us holy by Your commandments
and has instructed us to take hold of the lulav.
Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha-olam,
she-he-cheyanu v’kimanu v’higianu laz’man ha-zeh.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the Universe,
Who has granted us life, Who has sustained us,
and Who has enabled us to reach this festive occasion.
Before reciting the kiddush
or eating a meal in the sukkah,
recite the following blessing:
After the blessing:
Hold the lulav in your right hand
and the etrog in your left, with
the two touching on another.
Facing East, shake three times
in each direction: in front of you,
to your right, over your shoulder
and to your feet. Shake it above
you and finally, below you.
The first time each year you celebrate
Sukkot, add the Shehecheyanu blessing
to celebrate arriving at a new season or
occasion.
Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha-olam,
asher kidshanu b’mitzvo tav v’tzivanu leishev ba-sukkah.
Praised are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the Universe,
Who has made us holy by Your commandments and has
instructed us to dwell in the sukkah.