Hoshanah Rabbah service will be Friday morning at 7:30 AM

Dear Congregants:

Reminder that Hoshanah Rabbah service will be Friday morning at 7:30 AM.

Yes, that is in the morning. If you have never been to a weekday service during Sukkoth then you are in for a treat when we march around with the lulav and etrog as was done in the Temple 2000 years ago. You owe it to yourself to be there. Here is an excerpt from Judaism 101 on the web:

"The four species are also held and waved during the Hallel prayer in religious services, and are held during processions around the bema (the pedestal where the Torah is read) called hakafot each day during the holiday. These processions commemorate similar processions around the altar of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem. This part of the service is known as Hoshanot, because while the procession is made, we recite a prayer with the refrain, "Hosha na!" (please save us!). On the seventh day of Sukkoth, seven circuits are made. For this reason, the seventh day of Sukkoth is known as Hoshanah Rabbah (the great Hoshanah). After the circuits on Hoshanah Rabbah, we beat the willow branches against the floor five times, shaking loose some or all of the remaining leaves."

Henry Ray Wengrow
Ritual Chair
Beth Shalom