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| 2019-10-24 |
| H/T Instapundit [COLlive] For the first time ever, a Sukkah was placed within the White House complex in Washington, DC, to celebrate the holiday of Sukkos. While only open to White House and Treasury Dept. staff and their guests receiving US Secret Service clearance, dozens of officials took advantage of the Sukkah’s presence during Chol Hamoed, with a small event just prior to the Sukkah being disassembled before Shabbos. During several hours every day, those within the White House complex were able to make their way to East Executive Drive and spend time in the Sukkah to have lunch, bless the Lulav and Esrog and celebrate the Jewish Festival of Sukkos. |
| Posted by:Procopius2k |
| #11 Oi Vey! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-10-24 20:11 |
| #10 Temple Broth-El Could it be a misspelling? Beth El (House of God) is a common name for synagogues... Or perhaps a play on chicken soup? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-10-24 19:40 |
| #9 Now if someone could explain Temple Broth-El... |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-10-24 12:33 |
| #8 Glad someone posted some context as I thought WTF is this word salad before! |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-10-24 11:17 |
| #7 I am still such a babe in the woods. So long as you understand the details of your faith, JHH, you needn’t feel bad about knowing the less important details of someone else’s. I’ve been Jewish all my life, and never once put up a sukkah, though we’ve thoroughly enjoyed the ones we helped decorate at our synagogue and the local Jewish community center over the years. The different spellings in the article and Bobby’s link result from the fact that the Chabad chassids who put up the one at the White House use old-fashioned Ashkenazi pronunciation and transliteration. Bobby’s link uses modern, Israeli Hebrew, which developed from the Sepharadi (Middle Eastern) pronunciation and transliteration. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-10-24 10:24 |
| #6 (tinfoli hat) "Orange Man Bad. Therefore it is all a deep, deep cunning plot I say!" (/tinfoil hat) |
| Posted by: magpie 2019-10-24 10:15 |
| #5 |
| Posted by: jpal 2019-10-24 09:51 |
| #4 I didn't know. And the spelling is a bit different. What is Sukkot? Sukkot (Feast of Booths or Tabernacles) is one of the three biblically based pilgrimage holidays known as the shalosh regalim It is an agricultural festival that originally was considered a thanksgiving for the fruit harvest. Sukkot are hut-like structures that the Jews lived in during the 40 years of travel through the wilderness after the exodus from Egypt. As a temporary dwelling, the sukkah also represents the fact that all existence is fragile, and therefore Sukkot is a time to appreciate the shelter of our homes and our bodies. How is Sukkot celebrated? Sukkot is celebrated by, first of all, building a sukkah. Jews are required to eat in the sukkah for eight days (seven days in Israel), and some even sleep in the sukkah for the duration of the holiday. The sukkah is decorated and the first day is considered a holy day in which most forms of work are forbidden. The rabbis dictated that arbat ha’minim (four species) should be held together and waved during the holiday. These are based on four plants mentioned in the Bible, and the rabbinic version includes the following: etrog (fruit of the citron tree), lulav (palm frond), hadas (leaves from the myrtle tree), and aravah (leaves from the willow tree). This waving ceremony was performed at the Temple in the ancient world. The seventh day of Sukkot is called Hoshanah Rabah. On that day in the synagogue Jews circle the room seven times while the arbat ha’minim are held and special prayers are recited.. Link |
| Posted by: Bobby 2019-10-24 08:51 |
| #3 To the media it's just nowhere near as hip as the Bath House fambly's Chairman Mao Christmas tree ornaments. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-10-24 06:32 |
| #2 This is quite representative. And encouraging. God bless him. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-10-24 04:40 |
| #1 62 years old, I am still such a babe in the woods. When I clicked on this story earlier, I honestly thought from the word Sukkah it must be some hip hop thang. Sigh. |
| Posted by: JHH 2019-10-24 01:03 |