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Welcome To My Succah, Just A Little Peak!
Tonight we are ushering in the last day of the Jewish holiday of Succot, a very holy and important day called Hoshana Raba. In our community reading of the Book of Devarim, and the book of Tehillim takes place in the synagogue starting at 2am! The morning prayer service then starts at around 6am followed by a special breakfast in the Succah and then for those up most of the night, a long nap! And then………..because seven days of holy celebrating is apparently not enough, we have another holiday back in our homes, the holiday of Simchat Torah! Here in Israel this is only one day, but elsewhere in the…
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Wishing You A Wonderful Succot Holiday!
Above: A photo showing a succah on a balconay in Cannes, france. Photo sent to me by a reade. and I just love it! This week we are celebrating my favorite holiday, Succot, and I am busier than busier which I why I am only showing up now on Thursday, while the holiday actually began on sunday night! So wishing you all a wonderful and meaningful Succot! (Yes I am hoping to take some photos of my succah to share with you, but not sure when that is going to happen exactly as our schedule is packed. The succah looks great and a bit different this year, so I will…
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Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to craft schooling Sunday! Tonight we are ushering in the Jewish holiday of Succot, one of my very favorite holidays that involves sleeping and eating in our temporary dwelling, which is called a succah. Succahs are built in all kinds of places and many folks, especially those outside of Israel, have a portion of their home with a retractable roof such that that space can be made into a succah. We are fortunate to have two porches, one is our entry courtyard, which becomes our eating succah, and our second and larger porch becomes home to a succah that is used for sleeping only. It is hard to put…
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Accordian Folded Paper Medallions
Accordian folded paper medallions are so simple to make, look great, and may just be the answer to your Succah crafting dilemma right about now? I made around fifty of these medallions in a few sizes and colors and they sure came in handy at my son's bar mitzvah, not to mention that I'm about to decorate our succah with them as well, phew! You can make your medallions as simple as can be, as shown here, or glue a circle or flower shape to the center if you desire, there are no rules and so many possibilities! I'm planning to actually sew these to some of the curtain wall…
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Recycling Crafts For The Succah
The glorious Jewish holiday of Succot starts Sunday night, so there is no time like the present as far as using every spare minute to make fabulous decorations for the succah! This year I got a bit of a head start as most of the decorations that I made for my son's bar mitzvah are now going to be put to use in the succah, but preparing for the holiday will feel really strange if I don't make something! So having just taken a look through my archives I put together a little roundup of recycling crafts that are perfect to make now, and likely you'll have many of the…
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Wishing You A Meaningful Yom Kippur!
Tonight is the very important holiday of Yom Kippur, so I'm just popping in to wish you all a very meaningful holiday, and for those fasting (as I will be) an easy fast! In hebrew we say "gemar chatima tovah" which is loosely translated into English as "may you be sealed in the book of life." Today we eat a festive meal and start our fast at sundown, and tomorrow our community spends the entire day in the synagogue……a day filled with prayer and instrospection and a desire to truly delete all the wrongs from the previous year and start over again with a clean slate. We aspire to be…
