Wishing everyone an amazing and meaningful holiday of Succot! Here in Israel the holiday is seven days filled with mostly family and friends and living in the Succah, and that is followed by another holiday called simchat Torah, in which we return to the comfort of our homes and celebrate the Torah with lots of song and dance and a night and day packed with festivities. Phew! Right now all is quiet in our home, as I have already prepared and served a largish meal in the Succah. Tonight there is a community meal in the large synagogue succah and then festivities called Simchat Beit HaShoava, which I won't go into here, but is connected to the festivities that took place in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem during Succot 2,000 years ago, wow. Okay, so since that is a bit difficult to grasp, lets speed forward to today and take a peek at some of the decorations in our Succah, 2019 style!
This year some golden accordian folded wings (a version of my accordian folded leaves that didn't become leaves!) flew into our succah for the first time, and I have to say, I really like them. I sewed them onto the hanging fabric panel, and hopefully next year I'll have more time to do these golden wings in a bigger way, since wings have wonderful symbolish for Succot, since the succah is like being under the wings of our creator.
The recycled plastic bottle rainbow mobile made a comeback, having been packed away for a few years, and I have to say, it looks great this year, and sure saved me time and stress trying to figure out what to hang over the table, the most important spot!
And the boxful of paper medallions that I made for my son's bar mitzvah 3 years ago are still great succah decorations, phew! Just my luck that the colors I used back then work with the pinks and oranges in my succah, and this pink Scandanavian fabric with bold roses is still a favorite of mine. Of course, we only use it once a year, so I think it will keep on being a favorite for years to come. I am so happy I bought the last 6 meters of this fabric on a trip once to the fabric market in Tel Aviv, with no use in mind, because it has been a great addition to our succah for quite a few years.
Okay dear readers, if I had a photographer at my side, a wide angle lens, lighting and a team of assistants to style my succah and then photograph it and edit the photos I would present you with some photos to show the whole Succah. Since that is not the case you'll just have to drop by to see more, so come on over!
Wishing everyone a joyful Succot holiday from our home in Northern Israel to yours, where ever that may be!