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Getting Stuffed on Sukkot

Linda Morel October 9, 2003

\”The most common Sukkot dishes are filled foods, particularly stuffed vegetables and pastries, symbolizing the bounty of the harvest,\” wrote chef Rabbi Gil Marks in his cookbook, \”The World of Jewish Entertaining\” (Simon & Schuster, 1998).

Over the centuries, Jewish cooks have gutted and chopped nearly every edible plant species, mixing the pulp with onions, breadcrumbs, matzah meal, meat, spices and assorted vegetables and fruit. They then stuffed these aromatic concoctions inside the vegetables\’ cavities, roasting them to create heavenly results.

During the weeklong celebration of Sukkot, people eat their meals in a sukkah, or temporary hut, and holiday recipes call for seasonal produce.

New UCLA Sukkah Is a Work of Heart

Naomi Pfefferman October 9, 2003

As Sukkot approached, UCLA Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller was reluctant to take Hillel\’s old canvas-and-metal sukkah out of storage.\n\n\”I felt we were in a new building,\” he said of the $10 million Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish life on Hilgard Avenue. \”We should go beyond prefabricated sukkot and create something special.\”

One Sweet Sukkah

Lisa J. Solomon October 2, 2003

I have been thinking a lot about roots lately. About where I would like to settle with my daughter, buy a house, adopt a puppy. When we left our hometown of Atlanta eight years ago, I didn\’t know how long our adventure would last. I didn\’t know we would live in small, but charming apartments, first in calm, rainy Portland, then in frenetic, sunny Los Angeles. And that after a while, the temporary nature of our dwellings, and so much time spent far away from where we started, would pose a question of its own. Where do we belong?

It seems the core ritual of Sukkot, building the sukkah, has something to say about just that. According to tradition, this temporary, four-walled structure with a branch roof open to the sky is a reminder of the Israelites\’ huts in the deserts, as they wandered from place to place for 40 years. The sukkah also highlights one of the themes of the holiday — the impermanence of our lives, says Michael Strassfeld in \”The Jewish Holidays, A Guide & Commentary\” (HarperResource, 1993).

A Tabernacle Full of Knickknacks and Love

Andrea Adelson October 2, 2003

Sukkot, the eight-day festival that begins Oct. 11, commemorates a central event in Jewish history: the 40-year desert trek that followed the exodus from Egypt when Jews lived in portable shelters or booths.

People celebrate the holiday by building, eating in — and sometimes sleeping in — a temporary structure topped by a \”natural\” covering, such as tree branches or a bamboo mat which allows star-gazing. The structure is a show of trust in God\’s protection. During the festival — sometimes called \”Tabernacles\” and \”The Harvest Festival\” — we also say a blessing over the four species: the lulav, etrog, hadas and arava.

One Day More

Rabbi Rami Shapiro September 26, 2002

This week, we break the linear reading of Torah to honor the holy day of Shemini Atzeret, the eighth day of assembly, a day added to the seven days of Sukkot.

A Home in Nature

Abby Gilad September 19, 2002

On Sukkot, we eat and sleep in a hut called a sukkah.

The Grape Taste of Sukkot

Judy Zeidler September 19, 2002

As a child, I loved the bunches of grapes that hung from the palm leaves covering the roof of the sukkah.

Succulent Sukkot Recipes

Judy Bart Kancigor September 19, 2002

What a difference a decade makes. In fall 1992, my husband and I visited Israel during what now seems such innocent times.

Fragility Around Us

Jane Ulman September 19, 2002

On Sukkot, the Torah commands us to live in booths for seven days.

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