Jewish Community Association

From the community to the community
We are an independent non-profit organization committed to serving the cultural, social, spiritual, religious, and educational needs of the Jewish community in the Tri-Cities and Fraser Valley areas of British Columbia, Canada. We offer a diverse range of educational, social, and recreational programs for all ages.
Simchat Torah celebration
Tue, Sep 28
|Coquitlam
Celebrate Simchat Torah with us!


Time & Location
Sep 28, 2021, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. PDT
Coquitlam, 2860 Dewdney Trunk Rd, Coquitlam, BC V3C 2H9, Canada
About the event
Dear friends, Simchat Torah (Celebrating the Torah) is the last holiday of our holiest season of the year. The period from Sukkot through to Simchat Torah is called “Z’man Simchateinu” (Season of our joy) and begins four days after Yom Kippur, which ended the Ten Days of Teahuvah (return) beginning with Rosh Hashanah. During the season of our joy we are actually commanded in the Torah to be happy and to celebrate the holiday with gladness (v’samachta, v’hagecha, v’haita ach sameach). On simchat Torah we celebrate both the completion of the yearly Torah reading cycle and the beginning. The cyclical aspect of the holiday is common to Rosh Hashanah which celebrates the New Year. Cyclical occurrences have very important meaning in Judaism as they represent the ongoing cycle of life, and the ongoing presence of the Holy One, as we sing in Adon Olam, “v’hu hayah, v’hu hoveh, v’hu yih’ye” (God was,…