You are invited to join me for a
Virtual Livestreamed
Simchas Beis HaShoeva (Sukkah Party)
in Honor of my Mother’s 33rd Yahrzeit
Rivkah bas Yisroel – Ruth A. Meyer
• Tuesday, October 6, 7:00pm-10:00pm
• LOCATION: This Year we will be VIRTUAL
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This year we mark the 33rd Yahrzeit (33 years since the passing) of my Mother,
Rivkah bas Yisroel by livestreaming from our Sukkah in Riverdale!
It is customary to make a Farbrengen (gathering) to celebrate the life of one who has passed, as well as the celebrate “Simchas Bais HaShoevah”** for the Holiday of Sukkos.
So come into my virtual Sukkah and say L’chaim, have something to eat (all food will be pareve including the Sushi!) and hear or tell stories about my mom, or one of your loved ones! Sing some songs, share insights about the holiday or just sit and breathe in the atmosphere of the holy Sukkah*. Afterwards – should the Virus be gone by then – we will go up to Kingston Avenue and dance with the thousands of people who come into Crown Heights to dance with the live music!
All are welcome, come for a few minutes or stay till we’re done!
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It’s the EVENT of the season – I’ll be there, will you?
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*The Sukkah is the ONLY mitzvah in the Torah that you do with your WHOLE body! You fulfill the mitzvah simply by entering theSukkah! As it is written in the Torah, “You shall sit in theSukkah for eight days”.
**What is “Simchas Bais HaShoevah”?
According to the Mishnah, (Tractate Sukkah), “He who has not seen (Simchas Bais HaShoevah) the rejoicing at the Place of the Water-Drawing has never seen rejoicing in his life.”
When sacrifices were offered in the Holy Temple, there was also a special pouring of wine and oil at the altar. On Sukkos there was also a special ceremony entailing the pouring of water.
The water was drawn the night beforehand from the Shiloach spring, and this was done with great joy and hapiness, with singing and dancing. This was called “Simchat Beit Hashoeva” — the “joy of the drawing.” Today’s Simchat Beit Hashoeva is a commemoration of that one, and a fulfillment of the Mitzvah to rejoice on the holiday ofSukkos. (This is the source for the verse in Isaiah: “And you shall draw waters with joy from the wells of salvation” (Isa. 12:3).