Kehilla means community, and our Kehilla Calendar is your hub for Jewish life, from Jewish holiday celebrations and speaker series to family programs. The Kehilla calendar features events hosted or sponsored by the Federation’s local Jewish community partners. It’s the best way to stay connected.
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This harvest festival is named for the temporary dwellings, called Sukkot, decorated with fruit and vegetables, set up to recall the booths in which the Jews lived during their journey from Egypt. The holiday is marked by processions with the lulav (palm branch with myrtle and willow) and etrog (citron).
Looking for a meaningful way to celebrate Sukkot? Leora Balinsky, chaplain at Jewish Family Services St. Louis, leads this cozy Mirowitz Center program under the Jewish Federation’s sukkah on the Millstone Campus. She will explore how Sukkot’s timeless messages continue to resonate today, while discussing spiritual themes, rituals and symbolism. […]
The day after Sukkot is Shemini Atzeret, which is combined in Israel with Simchat Torah, nominally a separate holiday; thus, there is no partaking of meals in the sukkah, nor use of the lulav and etrog. The special prayer for rain is recited during the musaf service.
Outside of Israel, the day after Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah marks the end of the annual Torah reading and the beginning of the cycle for the coming year. It is celebrated with singing, dancing, and merry processions of people carrying Torahs and children waving flags.
Don’t miss this festive family-friendly service in the Gall Family Sanctuary where we will unroll the entire Torah! The Rabbis will help us read the ending and beginning lines of the Torah as we conclude it and start anew. We will also be giving a special blessing to our new […]
Join Bais Abe following Shabbat morning services for lunch and Sol Laudon presenting "Far East of Eden: Jews in China and Chinese Jews." This historical outline of the Jewish experience in China from the 10th century on, will set the scene for our Sunday Coffee Get Together with Charles Klotzer, […]
In 167 BCE, the Maccabees led a band of Jews in a successful battle against the occupying Syrian-Greeks, who had desecrated the Second Temple’s eternal light. Miraculously, one day’s supply of oil lasted eight days, until more could be found.
Chabad of Greater St. Louis presents the 5th Annual Chanukah at the Arch, a magical, family-friendly celebration of Chanukah in the heart of downtown St. Louis. Gather at Kiener Plaza beneath the iconic Gateway Arch as thousands come together to celebrate the Festival of Lights. The celebration features the lighting […]