||Sukkot, the Hebrew word for “hut” of “booth,” is sometimes
referred to as the Jewish Thanksgiving. Beginning four days
after Yom Kippur, it is the time when Jews give thanks for the
fall harvest and commemorate the forty years of wandering in the
desert. The holiday is celebrated with festive meals in a
sukkah, which is a temporary hut that provides shade but also
allows those in it to see the sky. The sukkah symbolizes the
fragility of life. It also enables people to connect with Jewish
history by replicating the type of structures in which those
wandering the desert would have lived. The Asbell Center for
Jewish Life will be celebrating Sukkot with the Beth Tikvah
Congregation and Hillel students on Friday, September 24th, on
the lawn between Weiss Center and the Asbell Center. Please come
to enjoy the Sukkot Services and music by Eric Komar, Jewish
musician from NJ. All are welcome!