The Jewish holiday we going to talk about is ✨✨Sukkot✨✨
Sukkot is a special Jewish holiday that comes just five days after the New Year and ten days after Yom Kippur. It’s known as the “Feast of Tabernacles.”
During Sukkot, Jewish people build outdoor tents called Sukkahs. They spend seven days and nights in these tents with family and friends, sharing meals and good times. Some even sleep in the tent overnight!
The roof of a Sukkah can’t be too solid. It’s often made of things like bamboo, pine boughs or palm branches, so you can see the sky. This reminds us of when Jew’s ancestors, escaping from Egypt, had to live in temporary tents during their forty years of exile in the desert.
Another story also says that Sukkot celebrates the miracle of how G-d protected the Jews from the scorching sun with sheltering clouds in the desert.
Of all the Jewish holidays, Sukkot is the only one whose date does not seem to commemorate a historic event, Sukkot symbolizes the end of a long exile and the start of a better life in Jerusalem.
At the Jeffrey D Schwartz Jewish Community Center, we’re also setting up the Sukkah at our beautiful plaza to celebrate Sukkot.