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Schedule Simchat Torah at Chabad:
Monday, Oct 13 - Shmini Atzeret night:
Candle lighting: 5:52 pm
Mariv: 6:00 pm
Dinner in the Sukkah: 6:15 pm
Hakafot begins approx: 7:00 pm until around 9 or 10pm
Tuesday, Oct 14 - Simchat Torah night:
Morning services: 10:00 am
Yizkor: 11:30 am (including special prayer for the victims of 'Oct 7th' - today is their second yarhtzeit)
lunch in the sukkah: 12:00 pm
followed by Mincha approx 1:10 pm
Main hakafot - Simchat Torah night:
Mariv: 6:37 pm
Candle lighting after (from pre existing fire) 6:52 pm
Kiddush, Lchaim and Dinner: 7:00 pm
Hakafot beginning approx 7:45 pm - 11:00 pm (or later) snacks will be provided throughout the evening
Wednesday, Oct 15 - Simchat Torah day + completion of the Torah & children's Aliya:
Shacarit: 10:00 am
Followed by a dairy brunch at 11:00 am.
Dancing with Torah approx 11:45 am
Followed by the reading of the end and beginning of the Torah, children Aliya to the Torah around 12:15 pm.
Mincha: 1:10 pm
Final part of the Simchat Torah holiday, special Nigunim (chasidic melody/farbrengen) time: 5:45 pm
Mariv & Havdalah: 6:50 pm
Each dinner/lunch cost between $1000-$1800. Please consider sponsoring or to be a co-sponsor for the meals or the Lchaim's. Message us at 773-495-7127 or fill out this form Thank you!