Sukkot celebration set for Oct. 9

An African-style Sukkot celebration, featuring the Drum Cafe, will bring a new element to the holiday of Sukkot at Chabad of Western Monmouth County. The barbecue under the stars will begin at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 9 in the Chabad House sukkah at 26 Wickatunk Road, Manalapan.

According to a press release, the Drum Cafe is an interactive drumming company whose creative musicians and experienced facilitators encourage synergy between the individual and the group. Young and old will be welcome to join in the drumming for a new and memorable experience.

According to Rabbi Avraham Bernstein, program director, the Drum Cafe will transform the group of individuals into a harmonized orchestra. This will emphasize the message of the holiday, which is the unity of the Jewish people.

There will also be an opportunity to follow the traditional Jewish ritual of shaking the lulav and etrog and saying a blessing in the sukkah, a temporary structure that commemorates the huts the Jewish people lived in following the exodus from Egypt.

The cost of the event is $15 for adults and $5 for children. Call (732) 972-3687 to make reservations.