A JUC Sukkot

Last night (Friday evening) we had JUC Coffeehouse, drinking some good beverages (I had a yummy hot cocoa). We also had performance: people singing or reading. I decided to write a poem and read it, which was well received. There’s some inside jokes here, but I think you’ll be able to appreciate it nonetheless. ‘Twas a night during Sukkot, when all through the LandAll the people were stirring, from the small to the grand!The sukkah was built rock solid with care,In hopes that Elijah soon would be there. The students were active far from their beds,While books and papers spun […]

Past, Present, and Future Tents

The LORD said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the LORD’s Feast of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for seven days….On the first day you are to take choice fruit from the trees, and palm fronds, leafy branches and poplars, and rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. Celebrate this as a festival to the LORD for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month. Live in booths for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to […]