Please join us for this important Memorial event, organized by Havurah community member teens Eliza & Emma Doucet, marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
6:00-6:30pm Educational Opportunities for Ages 9 and up Holley Hall, Bristol Recreational Dept. 1 South Street
6:45-7:30pm Candle Lighting Ceremony & Vigil Bristol Town Green
Childcare will be provided. Please dress warmly for outdoor portions of the event. Masking required for all participants.
This event is supported by the Vermont Holocaust Memorial.
On Sunday, September 19, we will put up the sukkah behind Havurah House, and your help is most appreciated. We will meet at Havurah House at 5pm.
It should go up quickly if we have at least 4 to 6 volunteers working together.
Hardcore construction skills are NOT required!
It helps just to have people hold walls in place while others do the attaching.
We will have some ladders and drills (but please feel free to bring your own).
A pair of work or gardening gloves is recommended.
Not a builder? That’s OK. You can help out in other ways like making/bringing some decorations (corn, gourds and mini pumpkins) or cheering on our builders from the sidelines.
Adults and kids alike can assist at our decoration station. Come help make paper chains and other crafts to hang in and to beautify our sukkah.
Construction will be followed by a bring-you-own-picnic style dinner where everyone will eat in family/individual groups at separate tables or on picnic blankets spread out in the back at Havurah. Bring something delicious to eat and enjoy an evening connecting with Havurahniks as we usher in the festival holiday.
Sarit will be joined by guest musician David Perolman (as well as some additional talent!) for a selection of Chanukah music. We will be sharing a mix of tunes, from traditional favorites, to children’s classics and even some new interpretations of the holiday music. All ages welcome!
We will be lighting Chanukah candles together towards the beginning of the program and then be lighting Shabbat Candles (with Kiddush and Motzi) to close out the evening. If you need assistance sourcing Chanukah candles please contact Sarit.
Please RSVP to HHEdDirector@gmail.com for connection info.
With health concerns at the forefront we aren’t gathering in the traditional way this year. However, we hope to have friendly faces from both Havurah, Dave’s community in Rhode Island as well as friends and relatives from far afield who wish to welcome Chanukah and Shabbat together with music and loving community.
Saturday, April 6, 6-9 pm at Havurah House 56 N. Pleasant St., Middlebury
Havurah House will transform into a lovely, sparkling venue, with music, wine and delicious food. This event will provide us with an opportunity to socialize, visit with old friends, make new ones, and just get to know each other better, all while helping to support Havurah.
The cost is $25 per person (If you bring a potluck dish you’ll get a free raffle ticket with your admission.)
Sacred Text Burial and Talk by Torah Scribe Kevin Hale
Thursday, September 27
4:45pm at The Knoll (formally the College Organic Farm), Route 125
What happens to sacred texts when it has reached the end of its useful life?
Come find out how some traditions retire their sacred texts as we are led in a Jewish version of this ceremony by visiting Torah scribe Rabbi Kevin Hale, and in a multi-faith ceremony by the Middlebury College Chaplains.
The Havurah library will be contributing some texts in need of sacred burial.
After the texts are buried you are invited to remain at The Knoll to hear from Rabbi Hale about the work of a scribe and how sacred texts are handled in the Jewish tradition.
In the event of rain, the burial will still take place at the Knoll, but the talk will be in McCardell Bicentennial Hall 219 from 5:30-6:00 pm.
Please dress for the weather.
Co-sponsored by Special Collections and Archives, Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life, Department of Religion, and Jewish Studies.
On Sunday, September 23, we will put up the sukkah behind Havurah House.
We will meet at Havurah House between 1-2pm to begin the construction and decorating.
It should go up quickly if we have at least 4 to 6 volunteers working together.
Hardcore construction skills are NOT required.
It helps just to have people hold walls in place while others do the attaching.
We will have enough ladders and drills (but feel free to bring your own).
A pair of work or gardening gloves is recommended.
Not a builder? That’s OK. You can help out in other ways like bringing a snack for the workers or bringing some decorations (corn, gourds and mini pumpkins)!
Adults and kids alike can assist at our decoration station. Come help make paper chains and other crafts to hang in and to beautify our sukkah.
Please RSVP so we have a sense of how many helpers we have!
This year we will be hosting a brief Erev Sukkot Service in the Sukkah (weather permitting) followed by a special potluck dinner. We especially encourage people to bring food items related to the fall harvest and extra points for any locally grown items (perhaps from your own garden!)
We wanted to offer an opportunity to come together, shake a lulav, raise our voices and recall the meaningful themes of this festival holiday.
Our brief service will begin shortly after we gather at 5:30pm and dinner should be underway by 6:15pm. Feel free to bring your own lulav/etrog set but we will have one available.
Please let us know what delicious nut-free dish you can bring so we can plan our set up needs RSVP by Sept. 20 .
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