Posted on 09/16/2010 3:37:27 AM PDT by jerusalemjudy
The Sukkot festival is almost here. A few days after Yom Kippur (that falls this Friday night and Saturday), Israelis celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles, as its known in English. For seven days, Jews commemorate the time spent wandering in the desert as well as pondering the temporary nature of our own existence. How do we do this? By actually building and living in temporary booths (thats the meaning of the word Sukkot) and Jerusalem is one of the best places to see how many variations and interpretations of a booth people can come up with and attach to their home or business or even build in their parking spot on the street.
So here are my suggestions of a few of the best places to go to see the most interesting sukkot this yearthe holiday starts on Wednesday night, September 22 and continues for seven days, so theres plenty of time to plan a Sukkah route.
1. Start out with one of the grandestthat would be at the Presidents Residence on Hanassi Street in Rehavia. President Shimon Peres holds court at an open house in his sukka on one of the intermediate days of the festival. Youll get a cold drink, a hand shake and a photo op with the presidentproviding you have the patience to stand on line for a while
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