Celebrate this festive season with classes taught by our clergy, meals in our beautiful succah, and events for the whole family, all at Shearith Israel.

Succot through Shabbat Bereshit

Our Succot Traditions

Succot, Zeman Simhatenu, is truly joyous at Shearith Israel. The Torah's are adorned in their festival pastels and the Elias Room Succah is breathtaking with its harvest greenery.

Succot - Shabbat Bereshit Prayer Schedules

Consult prayer schedules here.

Lulabim Orders

Purchase your lulab and etrog set.

Holiday Offerings

We traditionally make offerings during the High Holiday season. These offerings are a beautiful way to memorialize or pay tribute to loved ones and help maintain our synagogue.

Meals in the Succah 5780

For Shearith Israel members and their guests who wish to eat meals in the Elias Room succah, we offer timed seatings on yom tob.

Hatanim Luncheon 5780

On Shabbat Bereshit, our community and friends come together to honor our Hatanim — David J. Nathan, Hatan Torah, and Jack Daar, Hatan Bereshit — with an elegant luncheon and celebration.

Sisterhood Succah Decoration

Our unique open air Elias Room succah is considered one of the most beautiful in the world. Teens and adults, women and men, are invited to help decorate in preparation for the Succot Festival.

Annual Simhat Torah Dinner 5780 & Ice Cream Extravaganza

Join us for our annual Simhat Torah Dinner, plus our youth ice cream extravaganza following hakafot!

Women's Hakafot

On the evening of Simhat Torah, a parallel Hakafot ceremony for women is held in the Small Synagogue, accompanied by a choir of women congregants.

Hoshaana Rabba Mishmarah-Tikkun

Join us in this annual Shearith Israel tradition as we bid farewell to Succot and prepare for Simhat Torah in our stunning Elias Room succah.

Ice Cream Extravaganza & Annual Simhat Torah Dinner

Join us for our annual youth ice cream extravaganza following Hakafot on Simhat Torah!

Congregation Shearith Israel

America's First Jewish Congregation