Welcome! Sukkat Shalom is our synagogue’s new outdoor community space. Tree-lined paths and native plants wind through four distinct but connected areas based on the themes of: COMMUNITY, CONTEMPLATION, PLAY, and RENEWAL.
Feel free to take a stroll through Sukkat Shalom, sit in the beautiful cedar Gazebo or find a nice bench to soak in nature.
Sukkat Shalom is a work in progress with many more enhancements coming over the next year. But there is plenty to enjoy now so we hope you will take the time to visit.
The term “Sukkat Shalom,” is found in our evening service where we read: ufros aleinu sukkat shlomekha, “Spread over us Your shelter of peace.” Although the word Sukkah is associated with the structure we build each year for Sukkot, the term means more generally “shelter” or “canopy.” Sukkat Shalom expresses our hope that this new and innovative space, as an extension of our synagogue, will offer a place of peacefulness, reflection, and connection with community in the shelter of nature.
This project has been made possible by a generous bequest from our late friend and fellow congregant, Molli Krausz. May her memory be a blessing to us all.
