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Building a Sukkah - Some Practical Issues
on Oct 7, 2008 in sukkah Sukkot My sukkah is a simple frame of bolted 2x4s, with plastic outdoor blinds for the walls. But after seven years and too many warped 2x4s (now with some extra holes), I decided to design and build a new sukkah this year. Two other families I know were...
Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, Death, Rebirth, and Poetry
on Oct 20, 2008 in sukkah death rebirth Velveteen Rabbi Sukkot Simchat Torah Shemini Atzeret The holidays of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah have subtle and sometimes overlooked themes of death endings, followed by rebirth and new beginnings. And the Velveteen Rabbi has captured this theme nicely in a recent poem.Death and endings run thr...
Sukkot - Time to Start Building
on Sep 25, 2009 in sukkah Sukkot Sukkot might be one of the few post-denominational holidays. Everyone can do what they love. Orthodox Jews can focus on lots of technical halachic details, like how much wall flapping is permitted. Reform Jews can think about social justice issues...
Video of me Lulav and Etrog shopping in Crown Heights
on Oct 2, 2009 in Frum Satire sukkos video crown heights etrog heshy fried lulav lulav and esrog matthue roth my jewish learning succos sukkah Matthue Roth of My Jewish Learning asked me if I would go lulav and esrog shopping in Crown Heights so they could make a fun video showing what it entails. It allowed me to seriously mess with some people, and check out the babes in CH. Share and...
Remembering The First Mobile Sukkah in Poland – 1997
on Oct 5, 2009 in Jewlicious first mobile poland Rabbi Yonah Rachel Bookstein ronald s. lauder foundation sukkah Last night I spoke at the Happy Minyan about Sukkot, and it just felt right to tell some of the story of the first sukkah tour in Poland we created in 1997. The Mobile Sukkah was built at night in Gdansk, after celebrating the first days of the Festi...