Sukkot

[mamadeb]

Sukkah is up. It took us less than an hour to do - Jonathan's theory is that the coolish weather made it easier for the metal hooks to slide into each other. I can hear hammers and drills all over the place.

He's decorating it now.

I'm about to construct the lasagna for tomorrow night and wait for Jonathan to take his shower. Then I'll finish shopping and get a bite to eat and cook the stuffed peppers and sweet potato kugel and then the chicken for tonight.

Not so bad. :)

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We use, mostly, the plastic decorations that came with the succah - some mylar danglies and garlands that we hang from the schach supports and some placques - one a banner that says "Baruch Ha'baim" and then placques of the five species that Jonathan fastened together with twine.

We also have a photo each of Rav Kook and Rav Soleveitchek, in page protectors.

Nothing expensive, you see, or wasteful or kid-centric. If we'd thought about it in time, we'd have gotten posters of the Kotel or travel posters of Israel laminated. Again, reusable, appropriate and not kiddie. And pretty.

[cellio]

Ah. My sukkah didn't come with decorations. :-) But checking dollar stores and the like for plastic fruit might pay off.

I like the laminated-poster idea, especiaally posters of things in Israel. Thanks!