INTRODUCING

of Fruit Loops for decoration."
The kids planned to further deco-
rate the sukkah with homemade con-
struction-paper pictures.
The Deutsches, who have Shabbat
dinners regularly, teach their kids
about the Jewish holidays through
family reading and discussion.
Building a sukkah is the perfect
backdrop for learning, Susan said.
As she put it: "If the kids don't live
Judaism while they're young, it won't
mean much to them when they're
older. It'll be more obligation than
enjoyment. It's our hope they grow
up experiencing what it is to be
Jewish."

Building a sukkah
doesn't require
children at home.

LONNY GOLDSMITH

Staff Writer

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'though both of Barbara
and Edward Klarman's
children are older, it hasn't
deterred them from build-
ing a sukkah.
"It has been an every year experi-
ence since 1980," Barbara said.
Edward came up with the design
in 1983 after others had failed, and it
has stuck with them ever since: metal
fasteners in the corners covered in
wood so the plastic walls can be sta-
pled on to it.
Sukkot, the Festival of Booths,
recalls the booths in which the
Israelites lived in after the Exodus.
The holiday lasts seven days, and
started this year on Sunday evening,
Oct. 4, the 15th of Tishrei.
The holiday celebrates a God-
given harvest of fruits and grains.
The lulav and the etrog, respective-
ly, represent the "branches of palm
trees and boughs of thick trees and
willows of the brook" and the "fruit
of the goodly trees" that God told
His people to use to "rejoice before
the Lord" during the Exodus.
The Klarmans' sukkah adds some
distinctly personal touches. It is deco-
rated with artwork that their chil-
dren, Richard, now 30, and Emily,
27, drew when they were younger.
From the ceiling hang plastic fruit,
which has been collected over the
years, and strands of lights.
"It's a pity more people don't build
them," Barbara Klarman said. "I
wouldn't think of us not doing it." ❑

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