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Sukkot
Candle Lighting Time:
Monday, October 13, 2008 5:59 p.m.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 after 6:59 p.m.
Friday, October 17, 2008 5:53 p.m.
A group in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, is developing a “Smart House.” This
computer-equipped home can be programmed to monitor the baby, make the
coffee, start the shower, dim the lights, and turn on the music. It senses
whether people are in the room and adjusts the heat and lights accordingly.
If the vacuum cleaner is running when the doorbell or telephone rings, the
computer automatically shuts it off.
Imagine owning a dream house like that! You could have a taste of the life
of Solomon, who in his day had anything a person could want. During Sukkot
we read the book of Kohellet, Ecclesiastes, and in it his writes: “I
withheld from my eyes nothing they asked for, and denied myself no
enjoyment; rather, I got enjoyment out of all my wealth. And that was all I
got out of my wealth.” (2:10)
Remember; however, that when Solomon filled his life with luxuries, he also
filled it with emptiness. “Then my thoughts turned to all the fortune my
hands hand built up, to the wealth I had acquired and won-and oh, it was all
futile and pursuit of wind; there is no real value under the sun!” (2:11)
When he lived for riches and comfort, he ran into the same kinds of problems
that put For Sale signs in front of thousands of homes. Riches don’t turn a
house into a home and money in the bank doesn’t prevent divorce, substance
abuse, and depression.
Solomon finally came to his senses. He returned to his principles. He
remembered that the fear of heaven is the beginning of all wisdom, and that
a real dream home is any house, no matter how big or small, that is built on
the wisdom of God. In Solomon’s later book Proverbs, he instructs us:
“Through wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established.”
To dramatize Solomon’s lesson in our own lives, we move from our comfortable
homes into the Sukkah and read the scroll of Kohellet during the holiday of
Sukkot. Applying this lesson, the Sukkah could be the best dream house we
ever build!
Services Schedule:
Erev Sukkot, October 13
Candle Lighting Time 5:59 p.m.
Mincha/Ma’ariv 7:00 p.m.
1st Day Sukkot, October 14
Shacharit 9:00 a.m.
Mincha/Ma’ariv 7:00 p.m.
Candle Lighting after 7:22 p.m.
2nd Day Sukkot, October 15
Shacharit 9:00 a.m.
Traditional Mincha/Ma’ariv 6:15 p.m
Creative Sukkot services 6:15 p.m..
Candle Lighting 6:19 p.m.
Shabbat Hol Hamoed Sukkot, October 16
Sukkot Servces 6:30 p.m
Dinner in the Sukkah 7:00 p.m.
Shabbat Hol Hamoed Sukkot, October 17
Shacharit 9:00 a.m.
Carlbach minyon 10:00 a.m.
Hoshana Rabba, October 20
Shacharit Services 6:00 a.m.
Candle Lighting Time 5:49 p.m.
Ma’ariv 7:00 p.m.
Shimini Atzeret, October 21
Shacharit 9:00 a.m.
Yizkor approx. 11:00 a.m.
Candle Lighting Time after 6:49 p.m.
Mincha/ Ma’ariv, &
Simchat Torah Hakafot 7:00 P.M.
Simchat Torah, October, 22
Shacharit 9:00 a.m.
Sit Down Chollent Kiddush after Services
Ma’ariv 7:00 p.m.
Erev Shabbat, October 24
Candle Lighting Time 5:43 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat Services 7:00 p.m.
Shabbat Beraisheet, October 25
Shacharit 9:00 a.m.
Dates to Remember
October 17 Sisterhood sponsors Dinner in our Sukkah
October 19 Douglaston Interfaith discussion group meets at the Community
Church at 8PM. Please note the change of date.
October 25 We celebrate David Baum’s Bar Mitzvah
October 26 Come purchase your Chanukah gifts early at our Chanukah Fair
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