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Senator William Cohen (R-Maine)

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A religious Jew carefully checks a
lulav (palm frond) prior to the
festival of Sukkot.

palm and myrtle leaves, with
a low arch designed to make
those who enter bow in
obeisance and respect. Moroc-
can Jews add a chair or stool
by one wall, in honor of Eli-
jah the prophet.
Ashkenazi Jews tend to
make the walls of their suk-
kot from fabric, with a palm-
leaved roof in order to see the
star-lit sky. Sukkah-builders
of every ethnic background
make sure to add colorful
touches with strings -of
seasonal fruits, including
pomegranates, fresh dates,
figs and apples. "And you
shall take on-the first day the
gruit of goodly trees, branches
of palm trees, and boughs of
leafy trees, and willows of the
brook, and you shall rejoice
before the Lord seven days"
(Leviticus 13:40). These are
interpreted to refer to the
lulav (palm frond) and etrog
(citron) which are taken by
the devout to the synagogue
and kept in the sukkah
throughout the holiday.
Traditional foods for the
holiday vary according to
ethnic derivation. Tunisian
Jews prepare "machmar,"
stuffed eggplant in tomato
and onion sauce served with
a form of couscous. Ashkenazi
Jews tend to mark the
harvest and thanksgiving
days with an abundance of
fruit and vegetable dishes.
The seventh day of Sukkot,
Hoshanah Rabbah, is
celebrated with a special ser-
vice in which a procession
marches seven times around
the synagogue. Willow bran-
ches are beaten, the falliing
leaves symbolizing the ar-
rival of rains and the hope of
renewed life. A traditional
dish for thi holiday is
"kreplach,"pockets of dough
stuffed with meat.
On the eighth day of Suk-
kot, Shemini Atzeret, prayers
for rain and remembrance of
the dead are included in the
service. ID

World Zionist Press Service

41st Annual Dinner
American Technion Society

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October 12, 1989
Adat Shalom Synagogue

Joseph N. Epel
President

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Marshall Lasser
Dinner Chairman

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