Thursday, September 23, 2021

A modern sukkah for the Jewish autmn harvest festival of Sukkot

Dinner table in Sukkah with Palwin wine. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Palwin wine
The Palwin wine is kosher. It has a long history. The name Palwin comes from Palestinian Wine. 

Notice the label features grapes. 

The bread is challah. A white or yellow soft bread. Served on a platter or a bread board on a silver or decorated tray. It is covered with a cloth embroidered with suitable symbols.

Sukkah, 2021. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

The sukkah is decorated with fruit and depictions of fruit. Gardens in London, England have apples and grapes. (In fact the UK has more than 300 commercial wineries and vineyards. The famous Rothschild banking family established kosher wineries in France and Israel. You can see Rothchild cellars and the exhibition of wine labels at Waddesdon Manor.)

My family was a bit worried about the cold when invited to share an evening Sukkot meal in a sukkah. But there was a small electric heater plugged in to a socket in the kitchen, with the lead through the open kitchen window. 


The guests helped clear up. You do not want to leave crumbs on the table or floor to attract insects and rats. (This summer rats chewed wiring in our car engine which cost a lot to repair.) Fruit suspended in the air is okay. 

What is the difference between a sukkah and Sukkot? A sukkah is the temporary building. Sukkot is the festival.

Useful Websites

https://sukkahmart.co.uk/pages/about-sukkot

https://sukkahmart.co.uk/products/safari-sukkah

https://amenvamen.com/sukkah-kit-reviews

Sukkah kit

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264476751808?chn=ps&norove

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