Sukkot/Shabbat Seudah in the Sukkah At 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, we gather at the home of Fay and Rabbi Doug to celebrate the beginning of both Sukkot and Shabbat. Come to experience the sukkah; the waving of the lulav and the etrog; and our Seudah, or festive meal. To attend, an RSVP is required (and to get directions, if needed) to rabbidoug@kolamikc.org.
Upcoming Kol Ami Event
Mah Jongg Club Meetup The next game night for Mah Jongg Club is 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2, at All Souls. Questions? Email office@kolamikc.org.
Community Event National Coming Out Day Kol Ami and the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education present a webinar at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, that looks at gender nonconformity during the Third Reich and Shoah and its relevance to Holocaust history. The presenter, Noë L. Bourdeau, is a doctoral student at Carleton University. To register, click here. Yahrzeit This Week Sept. 30 Florence Munter – grandmother of Brad Ordo
We Wish Mi Shebeirach A Complete Healing of Mind, Body and Spirit to:
Robert Clinton Kenneth Dantzler Beth Greenwald Josh Greenwald Brian Guthrie Marc Ordo Michah ben Sarah
If you would like a name to continue to be listed or if you have a new name to include, please send an email to healing@kolamikc.org.
There’s not a lot of time to blog this week coming off Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur and heading straight into Sukkot and Simchat Torah. My simple message this week is to not have it all end with Yom Kippur. Fight the fatigue and reward yourself with the most upbeat and joyous of holidays — Sukkot. I hope to see everyone at our celebration this Friday night.
This Week's Torah Portion Vayikra/Leviticus 22:26-23:44
This week we read a special Torah portion for Sukkot. Reading about the holiday and our festival calendar connects us to the rhythm of the seasons, and the emotional ebb and flow of our lives. With Sukkot, we arrive at Z’man Simchateinu, the Season of Our Joy. May we connect to the joy in our lives during this special holiday.
Holiday Notes
Symbol-Rich Sukkot On the heels of the High Holidays comes Sukkot, often referred to as a fall harvest festival and one of the three Jewish pilgrimage festivals (along with Passover and Shavuot). During Sukkot, it is customary to eat meals outside in a sukkah, typically a flimsy sort of structure and one of the central symbols of the holiday.
While "sukkot" may have originated as huts for farmers in their fields during the final hectic days of the harvest, they were later reinterpreted to recall the temporary shelters that the Israelites used while wandering in the desert. Sukkot is a happy holiday that not only gets us thinking less about materialism but also puts us in a fall frame of mind.
Upcoming Social Justice Event
Last year in Lexington MFAF Service Night in Lexington Kol Ami returns to Lexington, Mo., Monday, Oct. 23, to help pack and organize meal kits for migrant farmworkers, and also provide to-go desserts. The group will be in Lexington from 4:30 until about 7 p.m. If you’re interested in volunteering or have questions, email Brad Ordo at kehilahvp@kolamikc.org.
Our mailing address is: Congregation Kol Ami 4501 Walnut Street ℅ All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church Kansas City, MO 64111
