ni tc1 S„,4 V • Building A Sukkah In The , Each month in this space, L'Chayim will present a Yiddish lesson entitled "Du Redst Yiddish (Do You Speak Yiddish?)" whose aim is to encourage further study of Yiddish. The lesson will include a brief story utilizing the Yiddish words to be studied, a vocabulary list with English translations and a family activity which involves using the new words. Two books which may be helpful for beginning Yiddish students are Yiddish for Beginners by Dr. Joffen and Der Yiddisher Lerer by Goldin. Weinreich's English-Yiddish Dictionary also may be useful. The lessons were prepared by Mary Koretz of Oak Park. She has taught both children's and adult classes in Yiddish at the Workmen's Circle. Following is this month's lesson: Jinny, Jennifer and Ben are three friendly shcheynim who attend the same zuntik school. One tog the lever told them about Sukkot. She derklert that we build sukkot as a symbolic havaye, a remembrance of a time when we were an ehrdarbeit society and the feierung of the shnit. At that time the sukkah was used as a derveiliker shelter, a place for the workers to eat or rest, when they were too veit from the main farmhouse. The three kinder asked their fathers to boyen a sukkah in the shulehoyf. The fathers agree and came frie Sunday morning. They built three zeitin and a steleh. The ceiling was made so that mahn could zehn the moon and shtehrin at night and the sun beitog. When the shilers came to school, they decorated the sukkot. They strung fahrshidineh fruits, apples, mahrantsn, feign, grapes and Schoolyard vegetables symbolizing the harvest. They also hobn gehnitst leaves and made a beautiful long kayt from colored paper. They scattered harteh candies for a zis year. When they were through, they all admired their handiwork. Then they ate it! Vocabulary shcheynim zuntik tog lerer derklert havaye ehrdarbeit feierung shnit . derveiliker veit kinder boyen shulehoyf frie zeitin steleh neighbors Sunday day teacher explained gesture agricultural celebration harvest temporary far children build schoolyard early sides ceiling mahn zehn shtehrin beitog shilers fahrshidineh mahrantsn feign hobn gehnitst kayt harteh zis one (as in person) see stars by day students various oranges figs used chain hard sweet Family Activity If you have access to a sukkah, invite someone who doesn't to share in the holiday celebration. If you don't have a sukkah, visit one at a synagogue. Torah Cover For Laura In Time For Simchat Torah By PHYLLIS ANN MEER When Laura began the synagogue Sunday school she was delighted to receive her very own Sefer Torah. Laura had known about the Torah for a long time. She could picture her Daddy's Sefer Torah. It was smaller than hers, but it had lovely red wooden handles. The writing was all in Hebrew. (Laura's Sefer Torah was written in Hebrew and English.) Her Daddy had saved his Torah from when he was a very small boy. When Laura was old enough to go to the synagogue she had seen the Torahs on Shabbat. She loved to see the beautiful Torah covers with their shiny crowns. She loved to hear the pretty melody that the cantor sang as the Torah was lifted up high for everyone to see. Laura loved to open and close her Torah. She looked for pictures, letters and then words that she could recognize. One day she could not find the plastic Torah cover that came with her Torah. She looked everywhere in her room but could not find it anywhere. The next Shabbat the rabbi asked the children to bring their Sefer Torahs every week to the services. Laura did not want to bring hers without a cover. She thought about different ways to cover the Torah. "Paper" she thought, "could rip, and cardboard L-8 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1988 would get soggy in the rain." She looked around her room and saw some doll clothes on her bed that Mother had sewn. She thought to herself, "maybe we could make a cover from material." She ran to her mother and asked her if she could help her make a cover for her Torah out of cloth. Her mother thought that was a great idea. Together they searched through the box of materials. Finally, at the bottom of the box they found a.blue satin material that would‘be just right. Laura helped her mother to measure the Torah. Mother cut out the material that she would need. Mother said, "If we work hard we can finish it for Simchat Torah, the holiday to celebrate the Torah." Sparkly golden threads were placed in four rows up and down the Torah cover. A blue-trimmed piece of lace bordered the top of the Torah cover. Laura drew a picture of a crown and mother cut it out of cardboard. Together they covered it with tin foil and decorated it with tiny beads. Mother sewed snaps on the back to make it easy to remove the Torah cover. Finally it was finished. Laura thanked her mother for her help. And now on Simchat Torah and Shabbat Laura carries her beautifully covered Sefer Torah with pride.