Sukkot & Simchat Torah at UAlbany
5767 / 2006 at the Shabbos House Jewish Student Center

There's just something special about the atmosphere and experience of Sukkot at Shabbos House, and the celebratory build-up climaxes with an incredibly joyous celebration on Simchat Torah (this year on Sat Night!)

All Sukkot and Simchat Torah events are at Shabbos House, unless otherwise noted:

Sukkot

Sukkah Building BBQ
Sunday Oct 4th 12-6pm

Festive Dinners in the Sukkah 7:30 prayers*, 8pm dinner
Fri 10/6, Sat 10/7, Fri 10/13, Sat 10/14 (buffet dinner - Simchat Torah celebration)

Festive Lunches in the Sukkah 9:30am Prayers*, Lunch 12-2
Sat 10/7, Sun 10/8, Sat 10/14, Sun 10/15 (last day of the holiday)

Other special Sukkot events include:

• Great Lulav Shakes at the Campus Center Podium (select times mid-week)

• Lulav & Etrog available all Sukkot Days at Shabbos House for Great Shakes!

• L'chaim's Sukkah Party Tues 10/10 7:30pm - Auction Game & Etrog 2 Etrog!

• Hillel's Hookah in the Sukkah at Shabbos House, Thursday October 12 7:30pm

Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah

Shmini Atzeret
- Friday Night Oct 13th, 7pm Prayers with (warm-up) Hakafot, 8pm dinner in Sukkah
- Sat  Oct 14th, 9:30am Prayers, followed by 12-2 Lunch

Simchat Torah!!! - The Big Party!
- Sat Night Oct 14th, 7pm prayers followed by Ata Horaysa Auction and then Kiddush, Buffet Dinner and Joyous Celebration dancing with Torahs late into the night!
- Wed Oct 15th, 9:30am Prayers followed by last festive holiday Lunch...

Stay tuned for Sukkah Take-Down, possible after nightfall on Sunday Oct 15th...

check back here for more info (and later pictures) to be posted...

* as with all dinners and lunches at Shabbos House, feel free to come and go at your leisure and please come to enjoy the meals and atmosphere even if you can't make it to the prayers!

The SUKKALEH Song
the Sukkah anthem at Shabbos House, which lasts long after the holiday
was translated by Rabbi Israel Rubin from an old Yiddish song

My Sukkahleh is small,
not fancy at all,
but is specially dear to me.
Schach I threw on a bit,
hoping to cover it,
there I'd sit and think. (2X)

The wind was a cold one,
the cracked walls were old ones,
the candles were flickering low.
At times as if dying,
but suddenly rising,
as if they did not want to go. (2X)

My sweet little daughter
sensing the danger,
got scared and started to cry.
Father, she cried,
don't stay there outside,
the Sukkah is going to fall! (2X)

Fear not my child,
it's been quite a while,
the Sukkahleh still stands strong.
The wind has been worse, my dear,
but it's almost 2000 years,
yet the Sukkahleh still stands strong! (2X)