Chag Sukkot Sameach!
Monday, October 6 – Wednesday, October 15
Join us for our Festival of Rejoicing. As we welcome our hostages home, this season of gratitude takes on deeper meaning, fuller joy, and a hope we scarcely dared to imagine.
Simchat Torah
Tue, Oct 14 at 6:30pm: Dancing with the Torah
Wed, Oct 15 at 9:15am: Simchat Torah morning services
This Simchat Torah, we dance not just with scrolls, but with joy beyond words. Our hostages are free and home. Come rejoice with us. Simchat Torah marks the end and the beginning of the Torah reading cycle. We complete the final verses and immediately begin again — a powerful marker of continuity, renewal, and resilience. Come sing, dance, and celebrate with us.
Shabbat Tinok Celebration and Blessings
Saturday, October 18
Families that had babies born within the past year are invited to participate in Shabbat Tinok (Baby Shabbat) here at Adas. Families are welcome to gather in the Beit Midrash beginning at 11:00am for a pre-kiddush and schmooze. Babies will be honored in the service at 11:45am.
Simchat Torah Celebration
Featuring The Mayer Brothers, and our local DC klezmer players, to lead us in song & dance
Erev Simchat Torah, Tuesday Evening, October 14 at 6:30pm
This Simchat Torah, we embrace the timeless tradition of dancing with the Torah—not just in joy, but in defiance of darkness. At a time when the global Jewish community needs it most, we lift up the truth that joy and resilience are intertwined. We will honor this unique moment in our world with all of it—celebration, song, stillness, and above all, togetherness. The Torahs dance because they carry the light we need, and together, we carry that light forward.
Simchat Torah Honorees 5786:
Bonnie Benwick, Barbara Yellen, Ilene Chait, Rachel Mauro
Simchat Torah Morning, Wednesday, October 15 at 9:15am
Click here to read more about this year's honorees
Each year, several congregants who have served with unusual dedication are selected to receive special honors on Simchat Torah. For each of them, Adas Israel is deeply entwined with their lives and those of their families. Please join us on the morning of Simchat Torah when we honor this year’s worthy honorees.
Erev Sukkot, Monday, Oct. 6
7:30am Morning Minyan
Livestream or Join in Person, Biran Bet Midrash
6:00pm Mincha / Kabbalat Chag Service
In-person only, Biran Bet Midrash
Day 1, Tuesday, Oct. 7
9:15am Combined Morning Service
Join Us In-Person, Gewirz Beit Am or Livestream
11:00am Sukkot Tot T'filah for children and their parents, 0 - 7 years old
Join us in-person, in Funger
6:00pm Mincha and Kabbalat Chag Service - including festive Yiddish Sukes songs
Join in-person, Biran Bet Midrash
Day 2, Wednesday, Oct. 8
9:15am Combined Morning Service
Livestream or Join in Gewirz Beit Am
1:00pm Mincha immediately following morning services
In person only
Day 3, Thursday, Oct. 9
7:15am Morning Minyan / Chol HaMoed Sukkot
Zoom or Join in Person Biran Beit Midrash
6:00pm Mincha / Maariv Services
Zoom or Join in Person
Day 4, Friday, Oct. 10
7:15am Morning Minyan / Chol HaMoed Sukkot
Zoom or Join in Person Biran Beit Midrash
5:00pm Families with Young Children Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Rabbi Andy Weissfeld
Join in Person, Wasserman
6:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Musical Service with Adas Clergy and Band
Join Us In-Person, Gewirz Beit Am or Livestream
Day 5, Saturday, Oct. 11
9:15am Chag/Shabbat Service
Livestream or Join in Person Charles E. Smith Sanctuary
9:15am TEM Service in the Gewirz for Shabbat
1:00pm Mincha Services
In-Person, Biran Beit Midrash
Reading of Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) in the Sukkah, following Mincha - In Person only
Day 6, Sunday, Oct. 12
9:00am Morning Minyan / Chol HaMoed Sukkot
Zoom or Join in Person Biran Beit Midrash
10:00am Family Sukkot Brunch and Crafts
Click Here to Register
6:00pm Mincha / Maariv Services
Virtual only (Zoom)
Day 7, Erev Shemini Atzeret, Monday, Oct. 13
7:15am Morning Minyan / Hoshana Rabbah
Zoom or Join in the Biran Beit Midrash
6:00pm Kabbalat Chag Services
In-person only, Biran Bet Midrash
Day 8, Shemini Atzeret / Erev Simchat Torah, Oct. 14
9:15am TEM Morning Service/Yizkor Service (10:30am) in In-person, Gewirz Beit Am
9:15am Chag Morning Service/ Yizkor Service (10:30am)
Livestream or in the Charles E. Smith Sanctuary
5:30pm Family Simchat Torah Dinner & Crafts
Register Here, Cohen Hall
6:30pm Erev Simchat Torah Maariv & Hakafot
Livestream or Join in Kay Hall
Simchat Torah, Wednesday, Oct. 15
9:15am Clergy Led Service
Livestream or in Charles E. Smith Sanctuary
11:00am Simchat Torah Tot T'filah
Join us in-person, Funger
1:00pm Mincha immediately following morning services
In person only
Weekday Siddur Pages
Sukkot Weekday Morning Pages: Download Here
Siddur Sim Shalom Mincha Pages: Download Here
Siddur Sim Shalom Maariv Pages: Download Here
Shabbat & Chag Siddur Pages
Siddur Shabbat & Festival Morning Pages: Download Here
Siddur Shabbat & Festival Afternoon Pages: Download Here
Siddur Shabbat & Festival Evening Pages: Download Here
Siddur Lev Shalem: Download Here
Torah Pages
Torah Reading, Sukkot Day 2: Download Here
Torah Reading, Shemini Atzeret: Download Here
Torah Reading, Simchat Torah: Download Here
Extras
Psalm 27 for the Season of Repentance: Download Here
Hakafot for Simchat Torah: Download Here
