Sukkot

Sukkot at Beit Am 5781

Photo credit: Joni Plotkin


Photo credit: Larry Plotkin


Miriam in the sukkah, Photo credit: Miriam

Let's celebrate Sukkot together.  Our Beit Am Sukkah is up on the back porch and we are ready to take reservations for lunch and dinner in the Sukkah!

Lunch and Dinner RSVP in the Sukkah:

Use the links below to reserve the sukkah for your household to have lunch or dinner in the sukkah.  The reservation time is lunch:10am-3pm or dinner: 5pm-10pm.  You can come and stay as long as you like within that timeframe.  Please be sure to see the Sukkah visitng guidelines below:
• Login and then reserve for lunch RSVP at this link:
• Login and then reserve for dinner RSVP at this link:
• Eating and Dwelling in the Sukkah with Rabbi Phil: https://youtu.be/Vkzqw6Crzus
  

Sukkah Visiting Guidelines:

The building may be locked when you visit.  The building should only be accessed to use the restroom, other common spaces of the building are closed.  Limit your group for lunch or dinner to one household.  Lunch is "pack-in pack-out". That is, be sure to bring everything you need for lunch and then pack it out again (along with any trash).Bring your mask in case you encounter others at the Beit Am building.

More ideas:

• Bring a decoration for the Sukkah!
• Take a selfie in the Sukkah and send it to vegasystems@gmail.com so we can post them or put them in the newsletter!
  
• Wave the lulav and etrog while you visit.
  
  Videos
  • Wave the Lulav with Rabbi Phil: https://youtu.be/YgYej8hWtKc
    
  • How to Assemble Your Lulav: https://youtu.be/e4U6niBAA34 (Rabbi Eve Posen, Congregation Neveh Shalom in Portland)
  • How to Say the Blessings and Shake the Lulav: https://youtu.be/RZ5t-t-AJ7E (Rabbi Sari Laufer, Stephen Wise Temple in Los Angeles)
• try building a sukkah at home.  Have one?  send a picture/selfie to vegasystems@gmail.com
videos
• Sukkah Building in the Pandemic Era: https://youtu.be/IghfWrRpc6c (Rabbi Aviva Richman, Hadar Institute)

Services:

• Sukkot morning service info: https://beitam.org/vba7/events/2020-10-03/sukkot-morning-service-over-zoom

More Resources: You may find some of these materials helpful in your celebration of Sukkot

• Reconstructing Judaism - Virtual Sukkot Box
• Jewish Theological Seminary (Conservative) - We Are All Sukkah-Dwellers
• Reform Judaism - Sukkot and Simchat Torah Social Justice Guide
• Rabbi David Seidenberg (Renewal) - The Eco-torah of Sukkot
• The Shalom Center - Share Sukkot: Green and Grow the Vote Resources

Note:

This page is under development and will be updated over the coming days.