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Sukkot Dinner and Bonfire at Dickinson College Farm

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 This family friendly event will feature a vegetarian meal of locally grown foods and informal text study led by Prof. Andrea Lieber, Sophia Ava Asbell Chair of Judaic Studies at Dickinson.  The evening will also include composting workshops and tours of the Dickinson College Farm, a 180-acre working farm and educational resource located in Boiling Springs, PA.  The farm includes state-of-the-art sustainable operations, such as solar-electric and solar-hot water systems.  Stay past sunset and enjoy a festive bonfire! 

(There is no charge for this event, but registration is mandatory.  Transportation is available for those who register before Friday, September 24th.  Vans will depart Kaufman parking lot promptly at 4:30 pm.  To RSVP, contact Lori Loudon at (717)-254-8963 or loudonl@dickinson.edu 

Hillel Students: Selling Challah

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Hillel will be selling Challah this Friday, September 24th, in the lower level of the HUB from 11:30 to 1:30. Make sure to come by and show your support for Hillel by buying a delicious $4 chocolate chip, raisin cinnamon, or plain challah!

Celebration of Sukkot at the Asbell Center

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Event Name: Celebration of Sukkot
Location: Asbell Center for Jewish Life
Event Type: Miscellaneous
Fee: Free
Teaser: Services and a free pot-luck dinner
Description: Sukkot, the Hebrew word for “hut” of “booth,” is sometimes referred to as the Jewish Thanksgiving. Beginning four days after Yom Kippur, it is the time when Jews give thanks for the fall harvest and commemorate the forty years of wandering in the desert. The holiday is celebrated with festive meals in a sukkah, which is a temporary hut that provides shade but also allows those in it to see the sky. The sukkah symbolizes the fragility of life. It also enables people to connect with Jewish history by replicating the type of structures in which those wandering the desert would have lived. The Asbell Center for Jewish Life will be celebrating Sukkot with the Beth Tikvah Congregation and Hillel students on Friday, September 24th, on the lawn between Weiss Center and the Asbell Center. Please come to enjoy the Sukkot Services and music by Eric Komar, Jewish musician from NJ. All are welcome!
Phone: 717-254-8963
Email: loudonl@dickinson.edu
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Date/Time: Fri, Sep 24, 2010 - 6:00 PM
 

Decorating the Sukkah at the Asbell Center

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 Do you like pizza? Do you like sunshine? If you answered yes to one or both of the questions, come eat some delicious pizza in the Sukkah! We will also be decorating the Sukkah. Bring anything you'd like to decorate the Sukkah with…we will also provide supplies for you to decorate it. We will meet in the Sukkah (outside, between Weiss and the Asbell Center) this Thursday, September 23rd, from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm.