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Miriam’s
Stories for
Our Hoys
and Girls
An American Jewish Press Feature
Hello, Boys and Girls:
Tonight we begin another Yom
Tov—the happy week-long fes
tival of Sukkoth. Does your
family have a Sukkah of its own?
Or did you build one in minia
ture? Danny and Judy are lucky
enough to have a large year, and
this afternoon they are helping
to complete their Skkah . . .
“J ust a few more branches,
son, and the roof will be done,”
father called from atop the step-
laddder.
“But daddy, there aren’t
enough to cover all the space,”
said Danny.
Of course not. Don’t you re
member that the Bible tells us to
build a booth and create a roof
so that we may see the sun and
the stars through it,” daddy ex
plained. "And you know why we
build a Sukkah—to remember
that the children of Israel lived
in booths in the desert when they
were escaping from slavery in
Egypt.”
Danny remembered. He chang
ed the subject. “Where’s sister?
Come on, Judy, you help itoo.”
“But I am!” Judy called from
the kitchen. “I’m helping mom
prepare the fruits we’re going to
use for decorations. There she
was, perched on a stool at the
sink. Very carefully she washed
the clumps of grapes, polished
the fall apples until itheir red
skins were shining, set the pret
ty green pears upright and rin
sed the round oranges. Mean
while, mother was cutting lengths
of twine, wi^h which to fasten
the fruits to the walls and roof
of the Sukkah.
Soon the work was done. Moth
er set the table in the booth. She
got out the Lulav and Esrog, the
palm branch and citron from Is
rael which they were so proud to
own. As darkness fell, the family
gathered in their festival booth.
Mother lit the candles and father
chanted the Kiddush.
“Aren’t we going to say the
blessing for the Lulav?” asked
Danny.
“That will come in the morn
ing,” daddy said. “We will bless
our Lulav and Esrog here in our
own Suggah, then we will take
them to the synagogue for the
procession.”
“I can hardly wait,” Danny
exclaimed. “Happy Sukkoth!
Happy Sukkoth!”
Not everyone is lucky enough
to own a Lulav and Esrog. And
yet each person is supposed to
say the blessing for seven days
during the holiday. So in some
communities, especially in smal
ler towns, they have worked out,
a “share-the-lulav” program.
Danny and Judy have a
grown-up friend named Louis
who has told them how his fam
ily used to celebrate Sukkoth in
a small mountain town, where
just a few Jewish families lived.
On Sukkoth, the honored man
who owned a Palestinian Lulav
and Esrog would it to all
his Jewish neighbors.
Early in the morning, before
school time, Louis walked a few
blocks to his friend’s house.
“Good yontif,’ he said. “I have
come for your Lulav.”
The neighbor handed him the
long slim palm leaf. Attached
to it were the three eprigs of
myrtle, the two willow branches.
Louis carried these in his right
hand. In his left, the friendly
Neighbor placed a cardboard box.
inside, wrapped in a solt bed of
cotton, lay the firm yellow citron.
Carefully he walked through
the streets. When he reached
home, his father and brothers
were waiting. They took turns
holding the Lulav and Esrog, re
citing the blessing and shaking
the Lulav gently so it rustled.
When they were done, it was
time for school. On the way,
Louis took the Lulav and Esrog
to still another family, so that
tall might have the “mitzvoh” of
the Sukkoth blessings.
In Israel, Danny and Judy’s
Cousin Hillel will celebrate Suk
koth in another way.
In the capital city, Hillel will
participate, with hundreds of
school children from all over
the country, in a colorful cere
mony at the headquarters of the
Keren Kayemet, the Jewish Na
tional Fund. They will salute the
flag, sing appropriate songs and
have short talks and responsive
readings. Then the school which
has done the most work for the
National Fund in the past year
will be awarded a banner. Per
haps Hillel’s school will win this
year.
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However you celebrate — in
your own Sukkah, with your own
Lulav, in the synagogue or shar
ing the possessions of your
neighbors, have a Happy Suk
koth, boys and girls.
Your Friend,
MIRIAM
713 W. Peachtree EM. 4541
MEMBER OF B’NAI D’RITH
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