Sukkot
10/16/03
It's Sukkot, the Jewish festival of booths, in which Jews construct temporary booths and dwell (sleep and/or take meals) in them. They're everywhere in Jewish neighborhoods like Borough Park, where some are relatively elaborate, others not-so.
Even the non-Orthodox Jews in Borough Park are apparently taking the commandment to sleep in booths quite seriously:
Borough Park, Brooklyn
Midtown
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that pop up sukkah cracked me up, dude!
Posted by: rachelleb at October 17, 2003 01:47 PM
Reminded me of something one might have expected to see in The Hebrew Hammer.
Posted by: yukino at October 17, 2003 04:54 PM
Where I live there aren't any Jewish (only many Chinese, here) so I didn't know about that strange "festival". Thanks for sharing.
Very very nice also #4
Posted by: mim* at October 18, 2003 01:38 AM
sleeping in booths? excellent!
only to be outdone by a meeting in our school sukkah called "How to Be Happy" which tried to entice you with promises of "Pizza In The Hut!"
Posted by: aileen at October 21, 2003 01:54 PM
I see those walled in balconies year round in
Jewish neighborhoods here in NYC. Are you certain
it has to do with Sukkot?
Posted by: perryspeed at October 22, 2003 06:27 PM
Wow. That's a kinda nifty holiday, right there. Never seen it done here, though. Haven't heard about it fro mthe Jewish friends. Hmm.
Posted by: Borden.Marc at December 30, 2004 05:53 PM
Yes the Sukkahs "Booths" are for the Holiday of Succos. They are supposed to be taken down during the rest of the year when the holiday is not on so I can't answer why they are left up.