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Which bird do the Psalms say nested
between the stones of the Holy Temple?

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ukkot, which begins
on the 15th of Tishrei,
Fricay evening, Sept.
24, recoils the sukkot, or
booths, where the Israelites
lived after the Exodus.
In Leviticus 23:39-43,
you'll learn how God com-
manded Jews to live in the
sukkot, as well as to take
"the fruit of goodly trees,
branches of palm trees and
boughs of thick trees and wil-
lows of the brook" to use to
"rejoice before the Lord."
This is our brief introduction
to the sukka, and to the lulav

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for seven days an'
too, for the many who will
also sleep in theirs).
A sukka must have at least
three walls, be standing out
in the'open sky (so be care-
ful yours is not too near a
tree or under your roof) and
"adorned." For most families,
this means a great opportuni-
ty to hang up the many art
projects their children have
created. Atop the sukka go
tree branches or bamboo
mats, yet not so thick that the

palm and myrtle trees.
These were the brancles
the Israelites, wandering in
the desert, used to make the
first sukkot. The etrog, which
looks something like a fat
lemon (but smells much
nicer), is the "fruit of goodly
trees" mentioned in Leviticus.
Holding the lulav and
etrog together, families stand
in the sukka and, according
to Ashkenazi custom, gently
shake first to the east, then

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