2012-10-2 Good morning, my senior beauty!
The Junior beauty!
On my way to the office, I saw a sukkah on Reade St.
As soon as Yom Kippur is out, we shift gears for the next holiday, the joyous festival of Sukkot. The core mitzvah of that holiday is the sukkah.
What: A sukkah is a hut built to provide shade. That's why it must sit beneath the open sky—not under a patio deck or even the branches of a tree. The walls can be made of any material, as long as they are secure and don't flap about in the wind. The roof, however, (we call it s'chach), must be of unprocessed materials which have grown from the ground. Bamboo poles, thin wooden slats, and evergreen branches are popular choices. Just make sure to use enoughs'chach so that the inside of your sukkah will have more shade than sunlight.
How: For eight days, make the sukkah your official home. Don't panic: As long as you eat your meals there, you're okay. But try to include anything else that you would normally do in the house—like reading a book or talking with a friend.
It is a mitzvah to eat all meals in the sukkah (a "meal" is defined as more than two ounces of grains -- e.g. bread, cake, pasta). Some people have the custom of eating snacks in the sukkah as well. Before eating in the sukkah, the following blessing is recited:
Blessed are You, L rd our G d, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments, and commanded us to dwell in the sukkah.
This blessing is made when your meal or snack includes a grain-based food.
Who: This beautiful mitzvah is traditionally fulfilled by the whole family, though, as with all time-related mitzvot, the obligation to eat in the sukkahapplies to men over the age of 13.
Why: The sukkah commemorates the Clouds of Glory which surrounded and protected our ancestors during the forty-year desert sojourn which followed the Egyptian Exodus. Our willingness to leave the security of our homes and spend eight days in a flimsy outdoor hut demonstrates our faith in G d and His benevolence.
贖罪日(Yom Kippur)接的假期是歡樂的節日Sukkot。他的核心戒律是住在Sukkah中。 Sukkah是提供庇蔭的小屋, 這就是為什麼必須建在開闊的天空之下。牆壁可以由任何材料製成，只要它們是安全的和不怕風的。但是屋頂必須是從地面長出的未經加工的材料, 竹竿，薄木板條，和常青樹樹枝是普遍的選擇。
Sukkot的八天中，Sukkah是的正式居所, 至少必須在其中用膳食, 但要盡量包含你通常會在家裡做的事情 例如看書，或與朋友交談。
Sukkah是紀念”榮耀的雲彩”包圍和保護猶太人的祖先在出埃及後40年的沙漠逗留。離開安全的家園, 八天居住戶外小屋, 證明他們對上帝的的信心
10:00am to 1:00pm National Encore Entrepreneur Mentor Day at 26 Federal Plaza
2:00pm to 4:20pm Meeting with Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce and IRS. With Ed, Benda,and Howard.
IRS Lobby: Howard, Jing and Brenda
With Brnda and the friendly security guard
