Getting Ready for Sukkot

Finish atoning and start building the sukkah - that is the drill. I am told that a big mitzva is to have one bite of food to break the fast and then immediately start building your sukkah.  People take their temporary shelters pretty seriously around here and we want to keep up with the neighbors, even though there is no way that we can :)

Toby watches the experts

So we ventured to the Shuk for our Lulav and Etrog.  Lots of intense shopping to get the best and most kosher material.  I hope our purchases measure up but it is tough to compete with the experts.  (Also picked up some smoked fish - the cats in our neighborhood loved the skin.)

We are doing the best we can and it will have to do.  I always tell the kids that the process of doing something is where the learning takes place - the outcome is secondary.

Getting our stuff

So build we must.  Not totally sure what we are doing but one of the children of our house swappers is going to drop by tomorrow to advise us.  Stay tuned for a picture of the final product.

Building the walls and roof frame