Simchas Torah Children’s Hakafos in 770

Simchas Torah is primarily a Yom Tov which is celebrated as a family. Fathers dance happily together with their children and the Sifrei Torah. For this reason, there will be special Hakofos in 770 where children will be able to experience Hakofos in the Rebbe’s Shul. The Hakofos will only be on Thursday night, the night of Tahalucha. In order for this to proceed in a respectful way, please read the following instructions.

Simchas Torah is primarily a Yom Tov which is celebrated as a family. Fathers dance happily together with their children and the Sifrei Torah.

However, as Chassidim, the Rebbe has taught us the importance of being mesameach other Yidden, and therefore the men and older boys go on Tahalucha, leaving the women and children at home, with little opportunity to participate in any Hakofos.

For this reason, we are making a special Hakofos in 770 where children will be able to experience Hakofos in the Rebbe’s Shul. The Hakofos will only be on Thursday night, thenight of Tahalucha.

In order for this to proceed in a respectful way, please follow these instructions:

• Very young girls children stay with your mothers. Older girls (under Bas Mitvah) will stand with madrichos.

• All carriages are to be left on Eastern Parkway. Please do not attempt to bring them into shul.

• The older boys will stand on the bleachers behind the Rebbe’s davening bima. Boys are asked to stand with other boys in their class so that the classes can say a posuk of Ato Horeisa together.

We would like to thank Rabbi Velvel Karp & Rabbi Yitzzi Hecht who initiated this peuloh and has worked tirelessly to see it come to fruition. We would also like to thank the gaboim of 770 as this would have been impossible to arrange without their help.

It is our sincere hope that the plans will be changed and we will all have hakofos together with the Rebbe in the Beis Hamikdosh Hashlishi.

Gut Yom Tov, Rabbi Sholom Ber Baumgarten

• 7:15pm The downstairs Shul will be open for girls and women with young children. Upon entering theShul they will have the Zechus of kissing the Rebbe’s Sefer Torah. (Till 7:45pm)

‘• 7:21pm. Marriv will begin. After Marriv, Kiddush will be made, the children will receive flags, and Hakofos will begin.

• From 9:15 -9:30 The boys, women and girls over bas mitzvah will have the Zechus of kissing the Rebbe’s Sefer Torah.

NOTE TO GIRLS OVER BAS MITZVAH AND WOMEN WHO ARE NOT TAKING CARE OF YOUNG CHILDREN:

PLEASE DONT ATTEMPT TO COME DOWNSTAIRS BEFORE 9:15