Events

Music for the Tree of Life

Tu B’Shevat

Tu B’Shevat is a strange festival as it has had a very interesting change in character over the past 2000 years or so. In Torah it is designated as a Festival that had a quite practical purpose – that of setting tithes on trees and...

Chanukah

HANUKAH at Etz Hayyim - 24 Kislev - 1st Dec. 2010   Etz Hayyim and its fraternity and friends celebrated the first night of Hanuka as is usual since 1999.  This year the celebration was especially notable as we had over 60 people.  For three days before...

Announcement for Chanukah

Although the weather may not show it, December is fast approaching, and with it Chanukah! We will be celebrating the lighting of the first candle for Chanukah (Erev) on Wednesday, December 1st at 18:00 at the Synagogue and we invite you to attend and celebrate with...

The High Holidays at Etz Hayyim

We have a weekly challenge in Hania at the synagogue as we never really know how many people will be attending services - especially Erev Shabbat.  During the summer months we can have up to 50 people and during the winter when there are few visitors we...

Video After the Fires

June Wedding at Etz Hayyim

In early June we had a festive wedding in the Synagogue. Since last year plans had been afoot for this event and though there were some initial halachic and even canonical problems we broached these with no difficulty. The couple, Mathieu and Alexandra Touboul of Paris...

Pesach at Etz Hayyim

Passover at Etz Hayyim is somewhat like a family gathering...