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Sukkot So Good
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Sukkot is the week long holiday that remembers the time when the Jews were freed from slavery in Egypt and wandered the desert for forty years before entering the land of Israel. According to Jewish texts "clouds of glory" hovered above the Jewish nation sheltering them from the harsh desert conditions. This is why Sukkot is marked by Jews building, eating, and sleeping in a Sukkah, a temporary hut with a roof of branches.
Enjoy the sights and sounds of the holiday of Sukkot in Jerusalem. Live music, video art, and Sukkahs (temporary dwellings) in Jerusalem's Nachloat neighborhood and Machane Yehuda Market. Rambunctious religious zealots heralding the return of the Messiah. And the annual Birkat Coheniem or Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall. Some 30,000 worshippers converged at Judaism’s holiest site to make special Sukkot prayers. The torah, Jewish bible, is lifted in praise and read from. There are prayers over the "4 kinds," four types of plants that represent the four types of Jewish people. See if you can spot what is likely Jerusalem's biggest Etrog (citrus fruit).
The blessings are concluded with the blessing of the Cohens, the Jewish “priests” who, in the days of the temple, were the spiritual and religious leaders of the Jewish nation. The Cohens cover their heads and arms, extend their hands over the nation, and bless everyone in unison. Non-Cohens are forbidden from looking directly at the Cohens during the blessing.
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Really like the photo of the narrow gray stone walkway with the religious Jew in black--contrasted with the bright colors of the mural on the wall. Have never been to ...
Wow! Great photographic compositions! Excellent content, lighting, and captures the mood of the situation! We;; Done!
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