Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel
432 Scotland Road
South Orange, N.J. 07079
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TSTI Ushers in Sukkot with Students and Families
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J., October 16, 2017 – The Jewish holiday of Sukkot brought together religious school and preschool students and families to help decorate the sukkah at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel (TSTI) in South Orange and learn about the holiday’s symbols. Students from the Reform synagogue’s Linda and Rudy Slucker Religious School made colorful paper chains while youngsters from the Iris Family Early Childhood Education Center worked with their parents and caregivers on creating additional festive decorations for the structure. Sukkot is one of the three Jewish pilgrimage festivals associated with harvests; the sukkah represents the makeshift booths in which the ancient Israelites dwelt in the fields during harvest times. Rabbi Daniel Cohen explained the lulav and etrog, which are used during the holiday, and led participants in reciting the prayers for dwelling in the sukkah. The community’s sukkah is used throughout the seven-day holiday as a place to gather, eat and study. With Rabbi Cohen during the community Sukkot festivities are (standing, left to right) Heidi Goldberg and Jessica Frank of South Orange with their daughters, Ella Goldberg and Sienna Frank.
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