Shabbat

Shabbat (Friday evening to Saturday evening) marks the seventh day of creation, the Sabbath. On this day, we rest from the act of doing, making, and creating. In order to honor this practice, we will not make fire (though fires started before Shabbat may continue until they go out), drive, build, or work.  For instance, we will not have a community fire on Friday night and all cooked food will be prepared before Shabbat. Because of the number of people at our festivals we will use amplification at times on Shabbat so that everyone can hear important messages from our ritual, prayer leaders, and elders.  For Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat and Saturday morning shacharit there will always be options that are non-amplified and without instruments.

We will end Shabbat by making Havdallah (the ceremony that divides the holy day of Shabbat from the rest of the week). Due to the rustic nature of living on the farm, we will make certain halachic (Jewish Law) exceptions for the health, safety and comfort of the community. For example, the kitchen will prepare hot water during Shabbat to ensure that hot dish water is available to maintain proper sanitation in the kitchen.

Your own personal observance level may vary and that is fine, please also respect others’ observance levels. If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions about Shabbat observance, please contact us.

Sukkot

Chag Observance

Our festival begins on Thursday evening, October 13th and this year Sukkot begins on sundown of Wednesday October 12th.  If your practice is to refrain from travel on on the first days of Sukkot we invite you to join us before sundown on Wednesday.  Please let us know in your registration if you plan to join us early, and contact us if you have questions.

If you have questions about observance, please email us.