Second Annual Sunday Sukkah Hop

Welcome to my second annual virtual sukkah hop, brought to you by Temple Sholom's first annual actual sukkah hop, which took place yesterday.

We began at Temple Sholom's sukkah, where rabbi Abraham explained that it is a mitzvah to eat in the sukkah during Sukkot:

We all noshed on some pumpkin bread, then it was on to the Saltzman sukkah:

Rabbi Abraham helped Noah shake the lulav

Then we all hopped in our cars and drove to the Brenner sukkah:

Next up was Ellen Berman's sukkah:

And last, but not least, the Lieberman sukkah:

Sukkah's Up, and in Time for Dinner!

Eric wanted to get an early start putting the sukkah together today, and we're glad he did.

 

 

 

 

Soon after he rolled out the bamboo mat roof, it started to rain.

 

Lucky for us, the downpour ended before dinner time. With the cooler air, chicken cacciatore over rice turned out to be the perfect first-night-of-Sukkot supper.

 

I Think I Wanna Build a Booth

Yom Kippur is over. Weather.com is predicting rain for the next couple of days. The etrog and lulav that I ordered through the temple have arrived. It must be time to put up the sukkah!

Thanks to Sarah Abrams for sharing this inspiring video:



Where do you think they got that etrog?!

For those of you who are putting up a sukkah for the first time (or you did it before but it's been a whole year so you sort of forgot a few things), here's the link back to the entry where Eric and I figured out how to put our sukkah together: http://www.weboughtasukkah.blogspot.com/2011/10/lumber-party.html

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