#Succah

[eretzyisrael]

Celebrating Sukkot in Jerusalem 116 years Ago - Bukharian Jewish family in their sukkah - 1900

#Succah #Judaism #Jewish #Sukkot #Jumblr

[mental-mona]

I believe that the experience of leaving the protection of a house and entering the exposure of the succah is a way of taming our fear of the unknown. It says: We have been here before. We are all travellers on a journey. The Divine Presence is with us. We need not be afraid. That is a source of the resilience we need in our interconnected, hazardous, radically uncertain world.

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt"l, "Radical Uncertainty" (Emor, Finding Faith, Covenant & Conversation)

#jumblr #judaism #succah #sukkah #sukkot #succot #rabbi lord jonathan sacks

[emilycollageart]

Happy Sukkot Harvest Festivals Holiday of Booths. #sukkot2022 #etrog #lulav #succah #palmbranches #citronfruit #hangingfruit #hadas #arava #pomegranate #palms #collageportrait #art #contemporaryart #mixedmedia #collage #collageart #analogcollage #collagenottinghill #loveanalogcollage #collagist #handmadecollage #contemporarycollage #cutandpaste #thecollagetemple #artistofinstagram #コラージ#collageoftheday #design #analogcollagecommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjm_onNK_o5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#sukkot2022 #etrog #lulav #succah #palmbranches #citronfruit #hangingfruit #hadas #arava #pomegranate #palms #collageportrait #art #contemporaryart #mixedmedia #collage #collageart #analogcollage #collagenottinghill #loveanalogcollage #collagist #handmadecollage #contemporarycollage #cutandpaste #thecollagetemple #artistofinstagram #コラージ #collageoftheday #design #analogcollagecommunity

[ashes-in-a-jar]

Just knowing that date-wise the Scottish Safehouse era was happening around the same time as Sukkot (Sukkot 2018: September 23-30, escape from the panopticon: September 25) and if one (or both!) of them was Jewish, Jon and Martin would be building a succah together outside the cabin.... 🥺

#hhhh help #tma #the magnus archives #jonmartin #i know you're not supposed to build a succah after the holiday already started but i think theyd want to feel normalcy #and to celebrate together

[nataliesnews]

Women make peace, rabbis, succah 17.10.2022

So how am I passing this horrible holiday season besides falling on my head. I feel like Humpty Dumpty as while careful brushing my hair a piece of the glue came out. Monday we were invited to our Palestinian friends in Tarqumiya, (Hebron area) for the olive harvest and a meal. See the olive oil baby

 But then a joint visit of the Women of the Sun (see the pdf) and Women Wage Peace was cancelled because of the current situation. It is so hard to listen to the news. It is so one-sided. There is a video of police brutality at the Damascus gate which I wish I knew how to put on facebook ….the photographer is called Jude Liemburg. I do not know if you can get any of her posts by profile  if she is not a "friend" but if you can, she  photographs it as it is. She is also at Sheikj Jarrah .

 So instead Women made peace were supposed to hold a demonstration outside the house of the president and 25 of them were supposed to go in and present him with a letter calling for peace. When I got there it turned out that they were all going in. I dislike Herzog intensely. I could use a word stronger but will refrain. He has so identified himself already in the beginning with the settlers. Besides that, one of the reasons he was elected is that, should Netanayhu ever be found guilty, he will give  him a pardon. I would not be surprised if he would even pardon Yigal Amir. Friends say I am talking nonsense but I told them that when I was a child and said that I was sure that one day man would walk on the moon that was also said.  Speaking of Netanyahu I am beginning to think that it will be similar to the case of Bleak House by Dickens where there is a court case which goes on so long about a will  that when a decision is finally come to, there is nothing left for those who are to inherit. The book was based on a case of William Jennens who also left a disputed will and the case took over 100 years to resolve. Check on Google if you don't believe me.

 So I did not go int but waited for them to come out …..which they did after ages. Luckily I have friends in the same street whom I went to visit. But afterwards when I spoke to some who had gone in they said it had not been worth the wait and no one actually got near him. And if the letter was presented then I doubt he would take the trouble to read it. I felt I had had a wasted day.

 But in the evening I went with Karin to a succah in a church. Believe it or not. The services there are conducted in Hebrew. It is a very small congregation but afterwards we gathered in the succah as many refugees  who have fled from Russia have been absorbed into the church. They said that difficult  as it is here the situation in Russia is very hard. The men had fled because of not wanting to go into the army. The church is called St.Shimeon and St. Anne.   Hebrew catholics. Karin always takes me to such interesting places.

 One good thing which I did not mention was that a man, Ofir Libstein, spoke to us about the plans that some of the activists of the Negev area  have to help people from Gaza is to try to bring   young people from Gaza over and to prepare them to help themselves in various ways. He said it was rather an undercover operation. I spoke to him on the phone and learned that the idea is to make an industrial park  to which they hope to bring young Palestinians over in about another year's time and to bring into the world of high tech and low tech…I had never heard of the latter….I asked him why he had said that it was undercover and if that was because there was opposition and he said no, it is just because they are working on it and developing it.

 Every day there are attacks by settlers and soldiers which are not published anywhere except on facebook……with videos showing what is happening so that no one can say that this is the imagination of the left. Read the last PDF on Meretz.  And what it so stupid it the announcement that there has been a meeting with the rabbis to ask them to control the settlers…….when all that is needed is that the army and police should stop guarding them in their attacks. It is so obvious that the policy of soldiers standing by while settlers attack….even a video of one settlerstopping his car in an Arab village and shooting at various houses. Once again it is easy to see his face….but to arrest him? Don't hold your breath.

 On that happy note….

#Women make peace rabbis succah 17.10.2022

[sincerejester]

#Sukkot #the Smuggled Succah

[stylecouncil]

I have the most ridiculous religious background because like we started baptist, then my parents just wanted to try everything out so we cycled from going to a mormon church, to about 40 different protestant denominations, then going catholic for a brief period facilitated by my best middle school friend being catholic, then finally unitarian universalist. also at one point my step dad straight up joined a weird cult based on a book that added science to the bible (but wasn’t scientology) and they met in a local hotel. and our neighbor who was a jewish convert also tried to get us to convert as well. can you tell I’m a very confused person. anyways now I think I’m episcopalian. I found this out while I was doing poppers in atlanta in front of the succah in the lawn of the combination georgia tech episcopalian and jewish student ministry.

[thepearlmans]

both kids working very hard to help ilan take down the succah - sukkot

[godssecret1]

HAVE A UNFORGETTABLE SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE  

[dfroza]

what do you really treasure inside?

have you come to see your body as the Temple of the Spirit here on earth?

(Are you willing to read the writing of the Scriptures?)

A set of posts shared on Facebook by John Parsons about a willingness to make space for God in (the inner room):

The materials needed for the creation of the Sanctuary were supplied by contributions (תְּרוּמוֹת) freely given by those whose hearts were moved (Exod. 25:2, Matt. 6:21). In a sense, God “needs” the willing heart to celebrate the glory of his love. It is the nature of love to be shared, and that implies vulnerability, even for God Himself (Luke 14:16-23). The "house" of the Lord is created from the willing heart, just as the goal of God's creative activity is the building of a kingdom based on divine love (i.e., malkhut ha’Elohim: מַלְכוּת הָאֱלהִים). As King David wrote, עוֹלָם חֶסֶד יִבָּנֶה / olam chesed yibaneh: "The world is built up with love" (Psalm 89:4). This is the meaning of "sanctuary," after all, that our lives are built on the solid foundation of God's grace and lovingkindness (i.e., chesed: חֶסֶד). It is said that all the world was created for Messiah, since He is the "corner stone" of creation (i.e., rosh pinnah: ראשׁ פִּנָּה), and the house itself is built up in the love of God given in Him.

[ Hebrew for Christians ]

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Exodus 25:8 reading:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/exod25-8-jjp.mp3

Hebrew page download:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/exod25-8-lesson.pdf

In our Torah reading for this week (i.e., parashat Terumah) the Lord told Moses to construct the Mishkan (or "tabernacle") exactly according to the pattern he was shown during his revelation on Mount Sinai (Exod. 25:40). At the inmost center of this Tabernacle -- the place of utmost holiness -- the Ark of the Covenant (אֲרוֹן־הַקּדֶשׁ) was placed, a "three-in-one" box that held the tablets of the covenant. The Ark served as a symbol of kisei ha-kavod (כִּסֵּא הַכָּבוֹד), the Throne of Glory, since it stood entirely apart as the only furnishing in the Holy of Holies (קדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים). Upon the cover of the Ark (i.e., the kapporet) were fashioned two cherubim (i.e., angel-like figures) that faced one another (Exod. 25:17-18). According to the Talmud (Succah 5b), each cherub had the face of a child - one boy and one girl - and their wings spread heavenward as their eyes gazed upon the cover (Exod. 25:20). It was here - in the midst of sacred innocence, humility, purity, and hope - that the sacrificial blood was offered to make atonement for our sins, and it was here where God's Voice would be heard (Exod. 25:22; Num. 7:89).

The allusion of two innocent children's faces peering before the Throne of God gives fresh meaning to the statement that unless you "turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matt. 18:1-3). The most important things of life are only known through love, and so-called knowledge apart from love is actually nothing (1 Cor. 13:2). Knowledge "puffs up" (φυσιόω), that is, it swells and feeds the ego and its posture before others, whereas love "builds up" (οἰκοδομέω), that is, it is other-focused and seeks to create a sense of habitation and a place of safety. "If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know; but if anyone loves God, he is known by Him" (1 Cor. 8:2-3). May God help us shine his love as His dear children...

Love is the reason we turn to God; it is the basis for teshuvah: “We love Him because He first loved us.” We answer God's love by turning to Him.... that is the very first step. We must first receive hope into our hearts and that starts us on our way.

[ Hebrew for Christians ]

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Jeremiah 31:33b reading:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/jer31-33b-jjp.mp3

Hebrew page download:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/jer31-33b-lesson.pdf

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[eretzyisrael]

Arbah Minim Buying Guide: Laws of the Four Species:The special mitzvah of waving the 4 species

It describes the do’s and don’ts of handling a Lulav, Hadas, Arava, and Esrog.

The requirements for each of the sections are clearly indicated in both the text and the illustrations.

Source: sukkahworld.com

#israel #Sukkot #Judaism #Jumblr #Sukkos #Frumblr #Succah

[mental-mona]

Sitting in the succah, under its canopy of leaves, I often think of my ancestors and their wanderings across Europe in search of safety, and I begin to understand how faith was their only home. It was fragile, chillingly exposed to the storms of prejudice and hate. But it proved stronger than superpowers and outlived them all.

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt"l

#jumblr #sukkot #succot #sukkah #succah #jewish holidays #rabbi lord jonathan sacks

[the-shoemaker-report]

The Light of the Tzaddik

Many laws exist pertaining to the lighting of the menorah during Chanukah. Let’s focus on just one halachah (Shabbat 21b): אָמַר רָבִינָא מִשּׁוּם דְּרַבָּה: זֹאת אוֹמֶרֶת נֵר חֲנוּכָּה מִצְוָה לְהַנִּיחָהּ בְּתוֹךְ עֲשָׂרָה (Ravina said in the name of Rabbah, ‘This is to say, it is a mitzvah [requirement] to place the Chanukah light within ten [tefachim of the ground]). Although there is a debate about this requirement in the Gemara, it is brought down in the Shulchan Aruch as the optimal approach (Orach Chaim 671:6): מניחו למעלה מג' טפחים ומצוה להניחו למטה מעשרה טפחים ואם הניחו למעלה מעשרה טפחים יצא אבל אם מניחו למעלה מעשרים אמה לא יצא (One should place the Chanukah light above three tefachim [from the ground], and it is a mitzvah to place it below ten tefachim. If one places it above ten tefachim, he has fulfilled his requirement, but if one placed it above twenty amot he has not fulfilled his requirement).

On the surface, these laws may seem a bit arbitrary: place it here, don’t place it there, and certainly don’t place it way up there! What’s going on? In this article, we will look at the meaning behind placing the Chanukah light below ten but not below three tefachim.

Let us begin with the three tefachim requirement. Lavud [לָבוּד] is an important הֲלָכָה לְמשֶׁה מִסִּינַי [halachah l’Moshe mi’Sinai], a law handed down to the Jewish People directly from Moshe exclusively as part of our oral tradition. It states that gaps with a width less than three tefachim are to be treated as if they do not exist. The law of lavud typically applies to gaps in structures like a picket fence, but it also applies to the distance measured from the ground to an object above the ground. Generally speaking, any object within three tefachim of the ground is considered as if it is not separated from the ground by such a small gap and therefore, is considered as being one with the ground. In other words, the halachah states that the Chanukah light must not be on the ground, i.e. even within three tefachim of the ground. We shall return to this point later.

Now, let us focus on the ten tefachim requirement. What is so special about ten tefachim? Ten tefachim is the minimum height of a legally significant מחיצה [mechitzah], i.e. a partition. And how do we know that ten tefachim is the minimum height of a legally valid mechitzah? The Torah describes the dimensions of the ark of the covenant (Shemot 25:10): וְעָשׂוּ אֲרוֹן עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים אַמָּתַיִם וָחֵצִי אׇרְכּוֹ וְאַמָּה וָחֵצִי רׇחְבּוֹ וְאַמָּה וָחֵצִי קֹמָתוֹ (And make the ark [aron] out of acacia wood: two and a half amot long, one and a half amot wide, and one and a half amot high). And since the amah used for building the vessels of the Mishkan had a length of six tefachim, we can calculate that the aron itself was nine tefachim high. But we have to account for the height of the lid which wasn’t included in the measurement mentioned in the verse. Without going into the details, the Gemara in Succah 5b concludes that even though the Torah did not explicitly state the height of the lid, it was one tefach thick. Therefore, the aron was ten tefachim high. But what does this have to do with a mechitzah?

We know that when the Shechinah [שכינה, Divine Presence] descended and Hashem communicated directly with Moshe from within the partition, it rested upon the aron between the two keruvim (see Shemot 40:34-35). As a result, the Shechinah never descended below the height of ten tefachim, as the Gemara explicitly states (Succah 5a): וְתַנְיָא רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר מֵעוֹלָם לֹא יָרְדָה שְׁכִינָה לְמַטָּה (And it was taught in a Baraita: R' Yose says, ‘The Shechinah has never descended below [into the exclusive domain of mankind, i.e. below ten tefachim]). This teaches us that a separate domain begins at the height of ten tefachim from the ground, a domain where the Divine Presence can be experienced. Below ten tefachim, however, is the exclusive domain of mankind, a place devoid of Divine light. Thus, ten tefachim became the minimum height of a legally significant mechitzah in all areas of halachah.

The Chanukah light, the light of the holy menorah which burned miraculously for eight days, represents the Shechinah—specifically, the Divine light of Torah, emanating down to us in this earthly realm from the upper worlds. But if the Shechinah has never descended below ten tefachim, how can we place the Chanukah light below ten tefachim? It doesn’t seem to make much sense.

Zecharyah ha-Navi was given a vision about a golden menorah. Relating to these words (Zecharyah 4:2): וְשִׁבְעָה נֵרֹתֶיהָ עָלֶיהָ שִׁבְעָה וְשִׁבְעָה מוּצָקוֹת לַנֵּרוֹת (…and seven lamps upon it, seven, and seven pipes to the lamps…), Rashi provides us with a beautiful chiddush: והמוצקות והנרות ארבעים ותשע היו רמז לאור שלעתיד לבא אור החמה יהיה שבעתים כאור של שבעת ימים ארבעים ותשע על אור של יום בראשית (And the pipes and the lamps are 49, an allusion to the light that will be in the future—the light of the sun will be sevenfold, like the light of the seven days [of creation], 49 times the light of a day of creation). Therefore, each of the seven lamps is actually composed of seven lamps, making 49 lamps (or lights) in total, pointing us back to the hidden light of creation yet to be revealed in the Messianic Age, as stated explicitly in Likutei Moharan 8:8: הֵם מ"ט אוֹרוֹת שֶׁהוּא אוֹר הַגָּנוּז לֶעָתִיד (There are 49 lights: it is the hidden light [ohr ha-ganuz] for the future).

It is explained in Likutei Halachot (Orach Chaim Chanukah 2:2): גַּם נֵר חֲנֻכָּה מְרַמֵּז עַל הָרוּחַ חַיִּים שֶׁל הַצַּדִּיק שֶׁעַל-יְדֵי זֶה מִתְגַּבְּרִין כְּנֶגְדָּם אִם הוּא צַדִּיק גָּמוּר (The Chanukah light also alludes to the breath of life of the Tzaddik, through which we can defeat them [the forces of evil], if he is a complete Tzaddik). The only way to defeat the forces of evil in this world, whose domain is “below ten tefachim”, where the Shechinah never descends, is through the Tzaddik, who is the manifestation of Moshe Rabbeinu in each generation (as was, for example, Zerubavel in the days of Zecharyah and Mattityahu the kohen gadol in the days of the Chashmonaim). We read further (O.C. Chanukah 2:1): וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר לַעֲמֹד כְּנֶגְדָּם כִּי אִם עַל-יְדֵי כֹּחַ הַצַּדִּיק כַּנַּ"ל וְזֶה בְּחִינַת נֵר חֲנֻכָּה כִּי הַצַּדִּיק נִקְרָא אוֹר כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב אִמְרוּ צַדִּיק כִּי טוֹב וְאֵין טוֹב אֶלָּא אוֹר כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב וַיַּרְא אֱלֹקִים אֶת הָאוֹר כִּי טוֹב כִּי זֶה הַצַּדִּיק הוּא טוֹב גָּמוּר כִּי הִפְרִישׁ הָרַע לְגַמְרֵי וְנִשְׁאָר כֻּלּוֹ טוֹב וְעַל-כֵּן נִקְרָא טוֹב דְּהַיְנוּ אוֹר כַּנַּ"ל (It is impossible to stand up against them except through the power of the Tzaddik, and this alludes to the Chanukah light because the Tzaddik is called ‘light’, as it is written [Yeshayah 3:10]: ‘Tell the Tzaddik that he is good.’ And there is no ‘good’ except ‘light’, as it is written [Bereshit 1:4]: ‘And G‑d saw the light that it is good’, for the Tzaddik is completely good because he separated the evil completely and he remains, completely good; therefore, he is called ‘good’, i.e. ‘light’).

We now can understand the astonishing truth why we should place the Chanukah light below ten tefachim (O.C. Chanukah 2:1): וְזֶה בְּחִינַת נֵר חֲנֻכָּה שֶׁאָנוּ מַמְשִׁיכִין וּמְקַבְּלִין כֹּחַ הַצַּדִּיק שֶׁנִּקְרָא אוֹר... עַל-יְדֵי זֶה אָנוּ יְכוֹלִין לַעֲמֹד כְּנֶגֶד מַלְכוּת הָרְשָׁעָה כַּנַּ"ל כִּי אִי אֶפְשָׁר לַעֲמֹד כְּנֶגְדָּם כִּי אִם עַל-יְדֵי בְּחִינַת כֻּלּוֹ טוֹב בְּחִינַת צַדִּיק גָּמוּר כַּנַּ"ל כִּי צְרִיכִין לֵירֵד לְתוֹךְ הָרַע שֶׁלָּהֶם לְשַׁבְּרוֹ וּלְהַשְׁפִּילוֹ כַּנַּ"ל. וְזֶה בְּחִינַת מִצְוַת נֵר חֲנֻכָּה לְמַטָּה מֵעֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים...כִּי עִקַּר אֲחִיזַת הַסִּטְרָא אָחֳרָא הוּא לְמַטָּה מִיּוּד כִּי מֵעוֹלָם לֹא יָרְדָה שְׁכִינָה לְמַטָּה מֵעֲשָׂרָה (This corresponds to the Chanukah light, that we must draw down and receive the power of the Tzaddik that is called ‘light’…through this we can stand up against the kingdom of the wicked, for it is impossible to stand against them except through the aspect of ‘completely good’, in the aspect of the complete Tzaddik, for we must descend to the midst of the evil to break it and to subdue it. And this corresponds to the mitzvah of the Chanukah light being below ten tefachim…for the essence of the power of the Sitra Achra is below ten, for the Shechinah has never descended below ten tefachim).

To summarize, the Chanukah light symbolizes the Tzaddik—specifically, his Torah, his breath. He alone is the one capable of descending below ten tefachim in order to illuminate the dark places of the world, breaking the power of the evil forces that rule there, and rescuing those of us who descended and became imprisoned there.

This explains why the Chanukah light should be placed between three and ten tefachim, a space that can be divided neatly into seven one-tefach zones. The Tzaddik is able to descend through these seven levels and rise again, as it is written (Mishlei 24:16): כִּי שֶׁבַע יִפּוֹל צַדִּיק וָקָם וּרְשָׁעִים יִכָּשְׁלוּ בְרָעָה (The Tzaddik falls seven and rises, but the wicked stumble in evil). Most have understood this verse as praise to the resilience of a righteous man, i.e. that he is able to fall many times and yet, able to keep getting up each time. We find two issues with this interpretation. First, he can’t be much of a tzaddik if he keeps falling over and over again. It is certainly a good character trait to keep getting up when one falls, but that quality is more a characteristic of a baal teshuvah than a complete tzaddik. Second, the verse doesn’t say anything about ‘seven times’; it just says ‘seven’. The question we should ask is: To which ‘seven’ is the verse referring? In light of what we have learned above, they correspond to the seven levels, i.e. the seven names, of hell that we can, G‑d forbid, descend into through our sins, as stated in the Gemara (Eruvin 19a): אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: שִׁבְעָה שֵׁמוֹת יֵשׁ לְגֵיהִנָּם וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: שְׁאוֹל וַאֲבַדּוֹן וּבְאֵר שַׁחַת וּבוֹר שָׁאוֹן וְטִיט הַיָּוֵן וְצַלְמָוֶת וְאֶרֶץ הַתַּחְתִּית (R' Yehoshua ben Levi said, Gehinnom has seven names, and they are: grave, annihilation, well of destruction, pit of turbulent water, muddy clay, shadow of death, and the underworld). Each of the seven tefachim between ten and three correspond to one of the names of hell ruled over by the forces of the Sitra Achra. These are the seven realms that the Tzaddik descends into in order to defeat those powers that hold sway there. And the seven levels of hell correspond to the seven levels of heaven into which he ascends (with us) after having rescued us (Chagigah 12a): רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ אָמַר: שִׁבְעָה וְאֵלּוּ הֵן וִילוֹן רָקִיעַ שְׁחָקִים זְבוּל מָעוֹן מָכוֹן עֲרָבוֹת (Reish Lakish said there are seven: curtain, firmament, heights, abode, habitation, dwelling place and skies). The names for hell and for heaven are not really suitable for translation: we have suggested some here only for the sake of the English reader. (Those who wish to study further these topics of the seven levels of hell and the seven levels of heaven are encouraged to do so, but we won’t go into them here since they are not the focus of this article.)

To summarize, the unique Tzaddik of each generation who corresponds to Moshe Rabbeinu, the one in whom the Shechinah dwells (see Rashi to Shemot 33:7, Midrash Tanchuma Ki Tisa 27:4, and Dodi Yarad le’Gano which concludes Tikkun Leah for more proof of this idea), descends through the seven levels of hell (represented by the Chanukah light being placed optimally between ten and three tefachim, only to ascend again, but this time with those once trapped there. So why can’t we place the Chanukah light on the ground? Because that is the ultimate place for the wicked, and sadly, no amount of supernal light of Torah does them any good, as it is written (Tehillim 147:6): מְעוֹדֵד עֲנָוִים יְיָ מַשְׁפִּיל רְשָׁעִים עֲדֵי־אָרֶץ (Hashem encourages the humble and lowers the wicked to the ground).

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Women make peace, a succah in a church, 15.10.2022

So how am I passing this horrible holiday season besides falling on my head. I feel like Humpty Dumpty as while careful brushing my hair a piece of the glue came out. Monday we were invited to our Palestinian friends in Tarqumiya, (Hebron area) for the olive harvest and a meal. See the olive oil baby

 But then a joint visit of the Women of the Sun (see the pdf) and Women Wage Peace was cancelled because of the current situation. It is so hard to listen to the news. It is so one-sided. There is a video of police brutality at the Damascus gate which I wish I knew how to put on facebook ….the photographer is called Jude Liemburg. I do not know if you can get any of her posts by profile  if she is not a "friend" but if you can, she  photographs it as it is. She is also at Sheikj Jarrah .

 So instead Women made peace were supposed to hold a demonstration outside the house of the president and 25 of them were supposed to go in and present him with a letter calling for peace. When I got there it turned out that they were all going in. I dislike Herzog intensely. I could use a word stronger but will refrain. He has so identified himself already in the beginning with the settlers. Besides that, one of the reasons he was elected is that, should Netanayhu ever be found guilty, he will give  him a pardon. I would not be surprised if he would even pardon Yigal Amir. Friends say I am talking nonsense but I told them that when I was a child and said that I was sure that one day man would walk on the moon that was also said.  Speaking of Netanyahu I am beginning to think that it will be similar to the case of Bleak House by Dickens where there is a court case which goes on so long about a will  that when a decision is finally come to, there is nothing left for those who are to inherit. The book was based on a case of William Jennens who also left a disputed will and the case took over 100 years to resolve. Check on Google if you don't believe me.

 So I did not go int but waited for them to come out …..which they did after ages. Luckily I have friends in the same street whom I went to visit. But afterwards when I spoke to some who had gone in they said it had not been worth the wait and no one actually got near him. And if the letter was presented then I doubt he would take the trouble to read it. I felt I had had a wasted day.

 But in the evening I went with Karin to a succah in a church. Believe it or not. The services there are conducted in Hebrew. It is a very small congregation but afterwards we gathered in the succah as many refugees  who have fled from Russia have been absorbed into the church. They said that difficult  as it is here the situation in Russia is very hard. The men had fled because of not wanting to go into the army. The church is called St.Shimeon and St. Anne.   Hebrew catholics. Karin always takes me to such interesting places.

 One good thing which I did not mention was that a man, Ofir Libstein, spoke to us about the plans that some of the activists of the Negev area  have to help people from Gaza is to try to bring   young people from Gaza over and to prepare them to help themselves in various ways by giving them skills. He said it was rather an undercover operation.  The above PDF also tells you a story of the Negev and the people on both sides of the border.

 The pdfabove will give you some idea of why there is a semi-uprising in Israel….read about the crackdown. Would you like to live like that. Yes, a terrorist did come out of that camp but to put 1000's of people under such constraint and not to expect reprisals? And always the news which does not tell how a Palestinian was driven off his land where he was picking his olives and that he had to leave 15 sacks  there and they were stolen by a soldier guarding the settlers?

#So how am I passing this horrible holiday season besides falling on my head. I feel like Humpty Dumpty as while careful brushing my hair a p #Women make peace a succah in a church 15.10.2022

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transliteration is an art not a science but every time i see someone write sukkah as succah i read it as sucker with like a bad movie mob accent

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