Sukkot Gives You Jewish Camping Under the Stars
We are doing it here in Calabria and many of you are doing the same thing all over the world. When my daughter was a little girl she always called this holiday Jewish camping. For Jewish families, many of us will be “camping out” this coming week as we eat our meals under the little […]
Thanksgiving and Sukkot
Thanksgiving’s Jewish Connection Legend has it that the first Thanksgiving was a sort of neighborhood block party when settlers invited local Indians to a festive celebration with tables piled high with all sorts of yummy delights. But that’s not how it happened. The real story is that the English settlers observed that first Thanksgiving after […]
Symbols of Sukkot
The Symbols of Sukkot How the Lulav and the Etrog Bind Jews Together When my daughter was a little girl she called Purim, “Jewish Halloween,” and Sukkot, “Jewish camping.” Building the sukkah, eating in it and sometimes even sleeping in it is really like that… a spiritual camp out and a Jewish return to nature. […]
Sukkot
Symbols of Sukkot The October Holiday That Binds Jews Together My daughter, Rosie called Purim, “Jewish Halloween,” and she called Sukkot, “Jewish camping.” And building the sukkah, eating in it and sometimes even sleeping in it is really like that… a kind of camping. The Torah asks us to remember and keep three holidays – Pesach, […]
