Sukkot

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“Etrog” Lemon Sandwich Cookies

By Elana Berusch

Plus Kids

Sukkot Citrus Mobile Craft Project

By Renee Henrich

Tradition

Sukkot Recipes

By JewishBoston

Plus Kids

Gratitude Cloud Craft

By Boston-Area Jewish Education Program (BJEP)

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Food & Recipes

9/30/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

“Etrog” Lemon Sandwich Cookies

By Elana BeruschFor JewishBoston

9/27/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Fig Tarte Tatin With Honey

By Chanie ApfelbaumFor JewishBoston

9/23/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Shawarma Chicken Pita Pockets With Honey-Roasted Carrots

By Dini KleinFor JewishBoston

9/15/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Roast Chicken Tagine With Chickpeas, Zucchini & Butternut Squash

By Johanna RothenbergFor JewishBoston

9/17/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Harvest Barley Soup

By Marjorie DrukerFor JewishBoston

9/14/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Strudel Recipe Roundup

 By JewishBoston

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Crafts & DIY

9/2/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

A PJ Library Family Guide for Starting the Jewish New Year

“A Time to Grow” has myriad creative ways to connect with the High Holidays, including crafts, step-by-step celebrations, blessings and more!

 By PJ Library

9/20/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Gratitude Cloud Craft

Get the whole family involved in reflecting on the fall holidays with this Shemini Atzeret craft.

By Heather RenetzkyFor Boston-Area Jewish Education Program (BJEP)

9/12/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Sukkot Citrus Mobile Craft Project

By Renee HenrichFor JewishBoston

10/6/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

Sukkot Coloring Book

Sukkot is a holiday to celebrate the harvest, create artwork and spend time in the sukkah. Now you can also color in the sukkah!

 By Haggadot.com

9/27/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

20 Decorations to Spice Up Your Sukkah

 By JewishBoston

9/2/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

“Here for” the High Holidays

“Here for,” powered by OneTable, is a new community-wide platform supporting home-hosted and virtual gatherings from Rosh Hashanah through Simchat Torah.

 By Here for

9/14/2018 Top Pick   Edit  

Sukkot Crafts Roundup

 By JewishBoston

9/4/2018 Top Pick   Edit  

Museum-Quality Sukkah Decoration

Your sukkah can be a Museum of Fine Arts gallery. Kind of.

 By Ken Bresler

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Traditions & Rituals

10/11/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

This Remarkable Citrus Can Fetch Upwards of $1,000

The etrog graces Jewish Sukkot celebrations the world over, but what is its significance, and why is it so expensive?

By Joan NathanFor Saveur

9/20/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

Sukkot x Shabbat Guide

This guide will take you through Sukkot Shabbat, highlighting the special additions of this nature-based holiday.

 By OneTable

10/19/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Taanit Behab: Not So Fast

Can a scarcely-known Jewish fasting tradition go viral? In this day and age, anything can happen—just ask the Miami Boys Choir.

 By Dan Brosgol

10/5/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

A Sukkot Meditation for 2020

How can we foster feelings of peace and comfort in this time?

By Erica Streit-KaplanFor Hebrew College

10/4/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

Sukkot 2020 Resources

Create some timely, fun and meaningful dialogue with these downloadable discussion questions for families.

 By Areyvut

9/29/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

Celebrating Sukkot in a Pandemic

Dr. Bruce Weinstock, a pediatric emergency physician who has a master’s degree in public health, advises on sukkah protocol.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

9/2/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

“Here for” the High Holidays

“Here for,” powered by OneTable, is a new community-wide platform supporting home-hosted and virtual gatherings from Rosh Hashanah through Simchat Torah.

 By Here for

4/29/2014   Edit  

Ask A Rabbi: How Are Passover and Shavuot Connected?

Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot are the three biblical pilgrimage festivals that celebrate the seasonal harvests: spring, summer and fall.

By Rabbi Dan LibenFor JewishBoston

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Voices From Our Community

10/17/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

With an Eye to the Sky, Sukkot Celebrates the Harvest Season

These next few days, perhaps take your own page from the holiday and look up at the clear skies ahead appreciating the season and all of its bounty.

By Dave EpsteinFor The Boston Globe

10/16/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

A Childhood Synagogue, a Talmudic Classroom and ‘Our Town’

Someday, somewhere in the back row, I’ll sit with Moses, my father and Emily Gibbs, smiling.

By Joshua HammermanFor Religion News Service

10/19/2022   Edit  

Open Walls of the Sukkah

Coming to a brand new school as an English language learner takes courage and a little bit of faith.

By Shira DeenerFor JCDS, Boston’s Jewish Community Day School

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9/15/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Sukkot and Sheltering the Homeless

 By Cindy Rubin

10/14/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

The Sea Is Never Full

Fourteen years of going to Maine in the fall is one of our most cherished family traditions.

 By Dan Brosgol

10/13/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

A Shofar, Sukkah, COVID-19 Tale

This is a story of Jewish discovery; or, more precisely, Jews discovering fellow Jews in their own backyard. Literally.

 By Ruth Kaplan

10/4/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

Sukkot 5781: Foot Crossing

Sukkot offers us a reminder about the sanctity of being outside and crossing wide open spaces.

 By Dan Brosgol

10/16/2019 Top Pick   Edit  

Building Our Sukkot, Rebuilding Ourselves

By Deborah Skolnick Einhorn For Hebrew College

10/2/2018 Top Pick   Edit  

Flushing Our Prayers Down the Drain

This year, before we cry out to God for rain, let’s start by not flushing the answer to our prayers down the drain!

 By Rabbi Baruch HaLevi

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Community News

10/3/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

The Vilna Shul Celebrates Sukkot With a Custom Sukkah, Special Exhibition

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

10/5/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

Opening Our Tents: Welcoming Domestic Abuse Survivors 

In this era of social distancing, what can we do to welcome isolated survivors of domestic abuse?

By  Elizabeth Schön VainerFor Jewish Family & Children’s Service

9/29/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

Celebrating Sukkot in a Pandemic

Dr. Bruce Weinstock, a pediatric emergency physician who has a master’s degree in public health, advises on sukkah protocol.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

10/8/2017 Top Pick   Edit  

Celebrating Sukkot? Let the Sukkah Come to You

 By The Boston Globe

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Arts & Culture

10/2/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

Contemplating Home Through Music 

By Laura Conrad MandelFor Jewish Arts Collaborative

12/8/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

This Prolific South Shore Kids’ Author Is Also a Rabbi

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

10/3/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

The Vilna Shul Celebrates Sukkot With a Custom Sukkah, Special Exhibition

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

10/4/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

My Sukkah Soundtrack

The JArts Spotify playlist “Autumn Sweater for Sukkot” can help recapture that feeling of being and appreciating the outdoors in the fall.

By Joey BaronFor Jewish Arts Collaborative

9/18/2017 Top Pick   Edit  

The Best Sukkot Pumpkin Ever

Newton author Laya Steinberg’s new book teaches important lessons.

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

10/4/2016   Edit  

Sukkot, Without the Sukkah

If you don’t have the space in your life for a sukkah, here are some meaningful and creative ways to celebrate the Jewish harvest festival.

By Laura Conrad MandelFor Jewish Arts Collaborative

10/2/2014   Edit  

Muse & Schmooze: A Delicious 5775, Boston Style

From Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur to Sukkot, we sure spend a lot of time in the fall reflecting on the past, present and future.

By Laura Conrad MandelFor JewishBoston

8/22/2013   Edit  

Jammin’ with Josh: Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot Playlist for Kids

It’s Josh of “Josh and the Jamtones” here with my very own “Jammin’ with Jew!” playlist for Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot.

By Josh ShriberFor CJP Families with Young Children Initiative

9/27/2012   Edit  

Celebrate Sukkot with a Holiday-Themed Mystery Book

First-time author Susan Axe-Bronk (and mom to two kids) was so inspired by the holiday that she decided to write a children’s book all about it.

By Kali FoxmanFor CJP Families with Young Children Initiative

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