Holiday Activities

Chabad House offers a variety of programs and activities throughout the year for each Jewish Holiday. Chabad's Programs are designed  for people of all ages and affiliations in Judaism. The following is a list of our Holiday Activities:

High Holidays

·    Chaplains visit Jewish people  in hospitals, nursing homes & prisons

·    Kaporos Service is offered to the community

·    Lectures on the significance of each holiday

·    Shofar factory is presented to local Hebrew Schools

·    High Holiday Guide Publications

·    Shofar Service for those not able to attend Synagogue

Sukkot

·    Community Sukkah Party

·    Sukkah building service

·    (Sukkah on Wheels) offers Jews of all backgrounds the opportunity to recite a blessing on the Lulav and Esrog in Chabad's portable Sukkah.

·    Lectures on the significance of Sukkot

·    Lulav & Esrog Distribution

Chanuka

·    Chanukah Party

·    Menorah Distribution

·    Chanuka Guide Publication

·    Visitations to hospitals, nursing homes & prisons to bring to them the joy of the Holiday

·    Lectures on the significance of Chanuka

·    Giant Public Menorah Lightings

·    Olive Oil Workshop - Learning about Chanuka

Purim

·    Public Megilla Readings

·    Community Purim Dinner

·    Lectures on the significance of Purim

·    Purim Guide Publications

·    Chaplains distribute Mishaloch Monos to Jewish people  in hospitals, nursing Homes & prisons

Pesach

·          Shemura Matza Distribution

·          Pesach Guide Publications

·          Community Seder

·          Lectures on the significance of Pesach

·          Chaplains visit Jewish people  in Hospitals, Nursing Homes & Prisons, providing Kosher for Passover food and religious items

·          The Children's Model Matzo Bakery is open for the community

·          Kosher for Passover food baskets for the needy

Lag B'omer

·          Lag B'omer Children's Fair

·          Holiday Bonfire

·          Lectures on the significance of Lag B'omer

Shavuos

·          Lectures on the significance of Shavuos

·          The Ten Commandments Ice Cream Party

·          (Dusk Till Dawn) All Night Torah Study

·          Chaplains wish all Jewish people  in hospitals, nursing homes & prisons a Happy Shavuos