Sukkot is associated with hospitality. We welcome guests into our sukkah; we appreciate the beauty of our friends’ sukkot and the meals they serve us there. We also invite ushpizin—imaginary honored guests, traditionally in the form of iconic male biblical characters. We suggest expanding your guest list to include women, portrayals of Jewish heroes, or people who have taught you lessons about hospitality.
In this place, any one of us can be.
Blessings to recite for building the sukkah and dwelling in it
Biblical heroines are invited to the sukkah, along with the traditional honored male “guests”
Ushpizot, inviting biblical prophetesses into the sukkah, is a new ritual based in tradition. Ma’yan has designed a beautiful poster to enhance your sukkah.
An invitation to our biblical mothers and other Jewish women to join us in the sukkah
A seder based on Sephardic tradition and form for welcoming the spiritual matriarchs and patriarchs to the sukkah
A lively song that welcomes each ancestral guest to the sukkah by name
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