The Sukkot/Simhat Torah Anthology (Holiday Anthologies Series)

Sukkot, festival of the harvest and thanksgiving, culminates the fall cycle of Jewish holidays. Build and decorate a sukkah, eat and sing in it under the stars, remembering the temporary shelters that the Jews built in the desert. Learn about the beautiful traditions of lulav and etrog as observed in the home and synagogue. Immediately following is Simhat Torah, when Jews complete the reading of the Torah for the year and begin the cycle again. Learn the history and customs of the joyous processional - hakafor - in synagogues around the worldPhilip Goodman is the author of 'The Sukkot/Simhat Torah Anthology (Holiday Anthologies Series)' with ISBN 9780827603028 and ISBN 0827603029.