President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Suffern on Friday, the first day of Shavuos, for an official White House event with Congressman Mike Lawler at Rockland Community College, in a rare presidential visit to heavily Jewish Rockland County.

The event is scheduled for 3:00 PM at the Eugene Levy Fieldhouse, with local officials, residents, supporters, and community members expected to attend. The White House said the president will speak about his economic agenda, including tax relief and the expansion of the SALT deduction cap, a major issue for New York families.

According to Belaaz, Rabbi Shmuel Gancz, shliach in Suffern, was invited to speak at the event and said he would attend if he would be allowed to read the Aseres Hadibros, the Torah reading of Shavuos. When the request was not accepted, he declined to participate.

Trump’s visit comes on the day Yidden around the world gather in shul to hear the Aseres Hadibros, marking Matan Torah. In Rockland County, home to one of the largest frum populations in the country, the timing gives the presidential stop a distinctly Shavuos connection, even as most frum residents will be unable to attend because of Yom Tov.

The visit is expected to be the first by a sitting president to Rockland County in decades, with CBS New York reporting that the last such visit was by President Gerald Ford in 1976. The event has drawn attention across the Hudson Valley, where officials have been preparing for road closures, traffic delays, and heightened security.

Several Rockland school districts announced early dismissals ahead of the visit, and Rockland Community College offices and campus operations are set to close for the day.

Lawler, whose district includes Rockland and Putnam counties along with parts of Westchester and Dutchess, is considered one of the most closely watched Republicans in the country. His district is expected to be a major congressional battleground, and Trump’s appearance is being viewed as a strong show of support.