News from Middle Tennessee's Jewish Community |
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025
Sukkot is known as the Festival of Joy, and as the Holiday celebrating the fall harvest. On the Sukkot the Sages declared it a mitzvah to eat 14 meals in the sukkah, and in keeping with the holiday’s agricultural meaning, gratefulness is expressed to God after the harvest through the eating of autumn fruits and vegetables.
THE HIGH HOLIDAY SEASON 5783 AT CHABAD OF NASHVILLE During the High Holidays, The doors to heaven are open to all… so are ours!
Chabad of Nashville is a happening place on Shabbat mornings for friends, Shabbat morning services, replete with joyful prayer, kavanah, simcha and great energy.
Chabad of Nashville will present an evening with Kabbalah Coach Shimona Tzukernik, on Tuesday, May 31, 7:30 PM on Zoom. Shimona will present a talk on, “Forgiving for Good,” as participants will learn when and how to let go and move on.
Chabad of Nashville will present an evening with Kabbalah Coach Shimona Tzukernik, on Tuesday, May 31, 7:30 PM on Zoom. Shimona will present a talk on, “Forgiving for Good,” as participants will learn when and how to let go and move on.
This fast is treated leniently. Thus, if there is a festive meal held that in connection with a mitzvah, for example, the celebration of a circumcision or of a siyum (the completion of a tractate of the Talmud) the firstborn son participates in the meal rather than fasting. It is therefore customary to arrange for a Siyum, which is the completion of the study of a tractate of the Talmud to take place in the synagogue after morning prayers on the fourteenth of Nissan. The firstborn sons who are present (and anyone else who is interested in enjoying some refreshments) participate in this festive meal and, having broken their fast, are free to eat for the rest of the day.
Chabad of Nashville will be hosting a variety of Purim events that will be offered to the Jewish community for people of all ages, including study, ritual, cultural and spiritual.