Tishrei 5779

May you finish with a good inscription for a sweet new year 5779!  

Rosh Hashanah

Beth Immanuel celebrated Rosh Hashanah with shofar blasts and prayers for a sweet new year as the biblical year 5779 commences. Now we look ahead to Yom Kippur and the joyous festival of Sukkot. Our Holiday service times are available in the form of a downloadable PDF of our Fall Festival Schedule. Visit the Fall Festivals page for an overview and Messianic teachings about the festivals. Watch the website and our Facebook page for announcements about specific, upcoming events.

Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur begins Tuesday evening, Sep 18 and concludes Wednesday evening Sep 19. For a list of our Yom Kippur services, see the festival schedule. Join us for Yom Kippur teaching and prayers and then break your fast with our first annual Yom Kippur Break-Fast Breakfast on Wednesday night.

Sukkot

Sukkot begins the evening of Sunday Sep 23. Services will be conducted daily. Download the festival schedule for service times.

Sukkah City

We are opening our parking lot up for Sukkah City again this Sukkot, Sep 23-Oct 2 and you are invited. We want to squeeze in as many Sukkah’s as we can and set a new Hudson record. Come join the fun. Put up your Sukkah and become a temporary resident of beautiful, historic Hudson, WI. We’ll have synagogue services every day of the festival, lots of fun including a Sukkah contest, a Youth and Young Adults Pizza in the Hut night, a Torah Clubhouse Sukkah, lots of lulav waving, and on Hoshana Rabbah, we’ll have a cookout, a carnival, and a Facebook Live broadcast from Sukkah City.

Hoshana Rabbah

Early on Sunday Sep 30, we will be circling the bimah with lulavs, beating the floor with willows, and praying for rains to bring an end to Israel’s six-year drought. Our annual Hoshana Rabba service begins at 7:00 AM.

At 11:00 AM, we’ll be serving up hamburgers and hot dogs for a Beth Immanuel Youth and Young Adult fundraiser. If the weather is nice, we’ll also have a carnival in Sukkah City with live music, a drum jam, face painting, concessions, children’s games, and a bouncy house.

Dipping Disciples in the Saint Croix River

Last month, two weeks before the holidays began, we had the privilege of initiating six new students into Yeshua’s school of disciples through the ritual of immersion in the authority of our Master’s name. The immersions were followed by prayers of investiture from the elders and a community meal to celebrate the glad occasion.

The Wedding Season

Love is in the air at Beth Immanuel. We celebrated one wedding a week before Rosh Hashanah, and we have two more to celebrate after Sukkot concludes. May God bless us with many more.  

Beth Immanuel Torah School

Beth Immanuel Torah School (BITS) starts Oct 21. To enroll your kids in BITS, fill out the enrollment form and make the tuition payment online.

• Kitah Aleph: Ages 3-5
• Kitah Bet: Ages 6-8
• Kitah Gimel: Ages 9-11

Tuition this year will be $40 per student.

(Note that the tuition DOES NOT include any levels of Aleph Champ or Hebrew Champ. Extra fees and price of materials apply to those programs.)

The End of Oneg

After serving approximately 1000 Shabbat and holiday community meals over the last sixteen years, we are bringing an end to the community “Oneg” meal. The growth of Beth Immanuel has made it increasingly difficult to facilitate the weekly banquet. Beginning on Shabbat Bereishit (Oct 6), we will no longer serve meals for the community on Saturday afternoons. Instead, we will conduct a brief Kiddush Rabbah with a small snack. After that, some light fare will be available for visitors and members from out of town. Seudah Shlishit (Third Meal) will continue as normal.

Sparks of Messiah

The teachers from our Beth Immanuel Torah School are launching an online version for distance learning. Sparks of Messiah Online Torah School is an online Torah school for Messianic Jews and Gentiles. Leveraging the power of technology and the latest teaching strategies, the school provides a quality Torah education that will nurture and grow the spark of discipleship in every young follower of Yeshua. Learn more about this exciting new venture at www.sparksofmessiah.com Help get this new venture going by spreading the word to Messianic families with children.

Torah Club Map

This fall Torah Club goes live, featuring contributions from three of teachers at Beth Immanuel. Aaron Eby, Toby Janicki, and D. T. Lancaster will be recording some of the weekly teachings to be featured in the new Parshah Connections videos which will be viewed by active Torah Clubs. In addition, several Beth Immanuel members will be leading weekly Torah Clubs in the vicinity and Twin Cities area. Punch in the Hudson Zip Code (54016) on the Torah Club website Club Finder to see the local clubs. Learn more about the new Torah Club launch at www.torahclub.org

Air Conditioning Update

Thank you to everyone in the Aleph Club who contributed toward the installation of air conditioning at Beth Immanuel. We have scheduled installation of AC units and should be plenty cool by November!  

Thank You for Supporting Beth Immanuel

Thank you to all our members, virtual members, and donors who make the ministry of Beth Immanuel possible. Thank you for sharing our vision for Messianic Judaism for all Nations and the message of the Kingdom of Heaven. May the LORD bless you with a sweet new year and seal you in the Book of Life. Please continue to sustain the work of Beth Immanuel with a regular monthly contribution or a one-time gift. Donations to Beth Immanuel are tax-deductible. Please donate online or send a check to:

Beth Immanuel
P.O. Box 562
Hudson, WI 54016-0562