The High Holiday season at Chabad House at Syracuse University was a whirlwind!
It began with a wonderful Rosh Hashana, for which Chabad hosted 70 students for services in their outside patio area followed by delicious Holiday meals. Rabbis Yaakov and Mendy Rapoport also walked throughout campus blowing shofar during for students all over Syracuse University. Although a solemn day for contemplating and prayer, Chabad also had a full house for Yom Kippur services.
After days of awe come days of joy! Chabad brought out the joy of the Sukkot holiday with the Sukkah Mobile, a mobile space of worship, driving around campus so students can shake the Lulav and Etrog, also known as the “4 species.” Sukkot is also known as the Jewish Harvest festival, and so for eight days the Jewish people eat in a special hut called a “Sukkah.” This fulfills the commandment which the Jewish people received from G-d after they left Egypt. The High Holidays were concluded with the Holiday of Simchat Torah, where Chabad took the joy to the streets of campus singing songs of Jewish pride.