Sentences with word «sukkah»

Stringer pointed out that the Parks Department has approved sukkahs in Union Square Park and Bryant Park in the past, so Duane Park should be no different.

At the bryant park sukkah.

In theory, they will be sukkah decorations.

Significance: A follow - up to Sukkot; the completion of the annual cycle of Torah readings Length: 2 days (Some: 1 day) Customs: Limited «dwelling» in the sukkah; dancing and rejoicing with Torah scrolls

We do not take up the lulav and etrog on these days, and our dwelling in the sukkah is more limited, and performed without reciting a blessing.

Religious leaders marked the Jewish holiday of Sukkot by building a sukkah outside Trump Tower on Monday to protest the president's policies toward immigrants and refugees.

As Jews celebrate their spiritual heritage, we are doubly blessed to peacefully gather together in the sukkah this evening with sisters and brothers from the Hispanic community, who have experienced their own journeys, as they celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month.

The Chabad of TriBeCa / Soho applied for a city permit to place a sukkah, a traditional hut used to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in Duane Park for a week next month.

CB1's full board will take up the sukkah proposal at its next meeting Sept. 27.

TRIBECA — A Jewish group that hopes to build a sukkah in TriBeCa's Duane Park should be allowed to do so in spite of community objections, Borough President Scott Stringer argued this week.

Community Board 1's TriBeCa Committee took a split vote on the proposal Sept. 14, with some board members raising concerns about the placement of a religious object in a public park, but Stringer said in a letter Wednesday that he hoped to see the sukkah go forward.

The sukkah would measure 12 feet by 14 feet and would be in place from Oct. 12 to 19, said Michael Levine, CB1's director of land use and planning.

The TriBeCa Committee vote on the sukkah was two in favor, one opposed and two abstentions, with abstentions counting as «no» votes, Levine said.

«I don't want to look at a sukkah, or a nativity scene, or anything religious at all.»

A solid two - meter wall was a separation by any standard: It would suffice for mechitza or sukkah or to pen a goring ox.

The sukkah is a hut - like structure designed to replicate the type of fragile dwellings that Jews lived in during 40 years of travel through the wilderness after the exodus from Egypt.

The sukkah is typically made with natural materials that are strong enough to withstand strong winds.

During this holiday, some families will eat meals, study the Torah and even sleep in the sukkah.

Another sukkah, which had previously been on display in Toronto, used colourful hand - painted silk fabric for its walls.

One called «roots» was made entirely of rope; the «spiral sukkah» was constructed with wood, cloth and twine, in five fractured sections around a common centre; and the «guiding light» sukkah featured protruding wood of various lengths to characterize the enslavement of the Jews.

Some sukkahs are very basic, using nothing more than wooden frame and tarp, while others are quite elaborate.

Designer Dan Bergeron constructed a sukkah using condominium sandwich boards and called it «/ / / re-ply \ \ \ Phase 2.»

If you happen to be in Israel around this time of year, you may encounter a sukkah and experience it first - hand as many hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions provide a kosher sukkah in which customers may dine.

Last year as part of an international design competition, various artists were asked to re-imagine the sukkah.

«Orthodox Jews would tend to have one, but even some secular Jews will make one,» says Jerry Adler, director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism, who plans to erect a sukkah this month on the patio of his Toronto home.