Sukkot Harvest Celebration

Lets Come together to Celebrate the Fall season and the joyful festival of booths with a hang, sukkah decorating, Sukkot teaching and ritual led by Rabbi Zelig, and a community potluck.

Sukkot is Z’man Simchateinu—the Season of Our Joy. In that spirit, we will gather to lift up sparks of joy, connection, and resilience. We will also hold space for the second anniversary of October 7th, honoring the memory of that day, the lives lost, and the ongoing pain and complexity that have followed. As we dwell in our sukkah—a strructure both fragile and sacred—we bring our whole selves: joy and sorrow, celebration and reflection, heartache and hope.

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm — Sukkah Decorating

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm — Gather at the pool

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm — Sukkot Teaching & Ritual

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm — Potluck

Rosh Hashanah (First Day)

Join us in the redwood grove for a soulful Rosh Hashanah morning of prayer, meditation, and Torah service, culminating in a powerful, heart-opening shofar ceremony to awaken the new year. After the service, we’ll share a community potluck lunch, followed by a Tashlich ritual at Salmon Creek to release what no longer serves and make space for renewal. Together, we begin the year in connection—with self, spirit, and the natural world.

Prayer and Music Leaders include

Zelig Golden (Rabbi), Suzannah Sosman (Cantorial Soloist), Sarai Shapiro (guitar & voice), Jen Myzel (guitar & voice), Melita Silberstein (guitar & voice), Casey Yurrow (mandolin), Candace Wase (upright bass), Brian Lemesh (percussion).

Youth Programming

Yael Raff Peskin

Schedule

9:30 am - 1:00 pm Shachart, Meditation, Torah service & Shofar Service

1:00 pm -3:00 pm Community Potluck and Pool Party

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Community Tashlich ceremony at Salmon Creek

Israel/Palestine Dialogue Circle: In the spirit of soul accounting and relational repair during the month of Elul, we aim to build a community that can lean into holding and engaging in the hardest issues and conversations that confront us, and there is no tougher topic today in our community than the heartbreaking in the Middle East today and how it is polarizing our Jewish communities. In this “receiving and feeling” council circle, we will hold brave space together to share together how Israel/Palestine lives in us today and how we want to be known in relation to the devastating conflict. This will not be a conversation to argue politics or convince others of our views, but rather an opportunity to share our hearts and flex the muscle of engaging in difficult conversation. This conversation will be facilitated by Rabbi Zelig and Wowlvenn Seward-Katzmiller with clear ground rules, so please join this conversation in the spirit of vulnerability and respect for the container. 

Our Goals
1) Create brave space that is attuned to each nervous system
2) Hear and be heard by each other
3) Know and be known by each other
4) Build healthy community through healthy, difficult conversation

Our Approach
1) We will sit in council around a sacred fire, according basic principles of the Way of Council
2) We will hold clear boundaries that keep us focused on our personal feelings about Israel/Palestine, without debating, arguing, defending etc.
3) We will hold a 4-step process for each share:

1. Share: Sharing from the holy "I" (sharing with "I feel..." will be the basic invitation)
2. Feel: Everyone feels how share lands in a sacred pause after each share
3. Receive: Person sharing Invites "receiving" comments if open to it - "receiving" comments simply reflect what was heard without response or rebuttal
4. Nervous system check: circle can each briefly share how their nervous system was impacted by share

Elul Fundamentals: Join Rabbi Zelig to explore the core themes of Heshbon Hanefesh ('soul accounting'), examining our personal lives for areas of growth and realignment, as well Teshuvah ('spiritual return'), engaging in relationship repair. We will also explore core Elul practices such as daily chanting of Psalm 27 and blowing the shofar to wake up during this transformational season. Finally, we will hold a heart-share council to explore and share the themes and material that is alive for us as we approach the High Holidays. 

💕 Gather OUTDOORS in REDWOODS

**BRING** - Readiness to Sing, Pray & Connect -

Cozy Clothes to stay Warm after sunset -

Chair or blanket to sit upon -

Siddur (prayer book) if you want the full liturgy -

POTLUCK ITEMS: Nourish People!! and If you have kid(dos), please also bring KID FOOD

• Gather (5:30pm +)

• Kid Potluck & Appetizer (6:00pm) Childcare for children ages 4 and up

• Kabbalat Shabbat Song & Rituals (6:30pm)

• Potluck Shabbat Dinner & Hang (8:00pm)

• Gather * Sing * Pray * Connect Shabbat Song & Ritual will be led by Rabbi Zelig Golden and amazing musicians

RSVP HERE