Chanukah 2023/5784 December 7th - 15th
SPECIAL EVENTS | YOUTH | CHESED
First Candle, Thursday evening December 7th after 5:43pm
-
Chanukah Laws & Customs available here.
- The Bayit Social Action Committee have prepared a Chanukah Social Action Reader
reflecting and dealing with antisemitism available here.
Questions? Please email Rabbanit Bracha: rabbanitbracha@thebayit.org
Special Events:
Pre-Chanukah Golden Age Program • Monday, December 4 • 12:15pm-1:45pm
Join Rav Steven for a pre-Chanukah Lunch & Learn in the Main Lobby. Includs chocolate gelt, latkes and more. Cost: $10/person. Questions? Please email yael@thebayit.org.
Register at thebayit.org/ga
Lights in the Darkness - A Virtual Bereavement Gathering • Wednesday, December 6 • 8:00pm • zoom.us/j/6136133703
Join Rav Steven and social worker Adam Huttel for a one-hour virtual pre-Chanukah bereavement gathering to remember loved ones who have passed. Learn more at thebayit.org/jbfcs.
Chanukah Celebration Kiddush • Shabbat, December 9 • 11:30m
Celebrate Chanukah at our monthly celebration kiddush. Sponor the kiddush in honor of a special occation with your family.
Sponsor at thebayit.org/celebration.
Beth Aharon Chanukah Celebration • Motzaei Shabbat, December 9 • 6:30pm
A program for kids and adults will be in the spirit of the times and with a prayer for safety and victory, with many lights and light eats. To learn more email bethaharon@gmail.com.
Bayit Connections Bake Challah for Chanukah • Tuesday, December 12 • 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Andrea Davis will lead us in a challah bake with Chanukah themed toppings. Cost: $15/person. Space is limited to 25 bakers, so please register early! Questions? Please email bayitconnections@thebayit.org. Register at thebayit.org/connections.
Youth Chanukah Celebrations
Youth Families Chanukah Melave Malka • Motzaei Shabbat, December 9 • 5:30pm - 7:15pm
Families with children in Kindergarten and younger are invited to a musical Havdalah and menorah lighting in the Main Lobby. Includes arts & crafts, games, story time, and a light dinner. Musical Instruments will be provided. To RSVP and sponsor, please click here.
Youth Chanukah Palooza • Monday, December 11 • 4:00pm - 6:00pm
All Riverdale kids and their parents are welcome to join the Bayit team, youth leaders, and families from Kinneret Day School for a Chanukah celebration at the Bayit! Includes candle lighting ceremony, a Hip Hop musical performance with rapper Dvir Cahana, arts & crafts, packing emergency kits for the homeless, candle lighting ceremony.
Sponsorships are needed and welcome! To RSVP and/or sponsor, please click here.
Chesed Opportunities
Donate Supplies to be Packed in Emergency Kits for the Homeless
Homelessness in the Bronx is still high and winter is here. The Bayit is partnering with the 4Bronx Project to provide much needed emergency kits for the homeless. Families and tweens/teens are welcome to join us to pack these emergency kits that will include essential items. To learn more and sponsor supplies for the kits please click here.
Don't Light Chanukah Candles Alone! Your Bayit Family Wants to Join You.
Reach out to helpinghands@thebayit.org and we will send you a new friend to light with you. Neighbors and families - please reach out to helpinghands@thebayit.org if you would like to participate in this wonderful event. A marvelous teaching moment for your family as well. Let's share the light and the warmth of our Bayit with all.