Sukkot

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In our backyards, on our porches, and outside our synagogues, Jews mark the fall harvest by building sturdy—yet fragile—structures out of natural materials, symbolizing both human vulnerability and God’s protection. No harvest holiday is complete without its fertility symbols, and Sukkot—when we wave the lulav and etrog—is no exception. Welcome Jewish women from throughout the ages into your sukkah as ushpizot, honored guests. Enjoy the crisp autumn air as you decorate your sukkah, then spend time with friends and family, celebrating your blessings and committing to sharing your bounty with others.

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“Learn to live together as the family you have always been. Together, let us be a blessing.”
“On Sukkot we bring our disparate parts back to ourselves…”
“I squeeze the etrog and smell it, and my heart swells. / The mitzvah is to take the dare…”
“She had become a / living, breathing tabernacle…”
A new tikkun to add meaning to the traditional ritual.
“In Hebrew, shakan, dwelling place, often referred to a royal residence. / The rabbis gave it a feminine ending: Shekhinah. Divine mother.”
“Every day we exist inside unfinished business.”
“…I wish to take a redcedar frond, salal and spirea, and pacific crab apple and bring them together…”
“The quest for wisdom, / The struggle for justice”
“May we taste and smell the beauty around us”

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