[Teachldsseminary] QUES

[Kim Malacko]

Sukkot is a Jewish Festival that commemorates the 40 years of wandering in 
the wilderness of the Children of Israel.  Jewish families today build 
sukkahs (booths) outside (or sometimes smaller versions inside) that they 
are required to spend as much time in as possible in during the 7 day 
holiday- if nothing else, they at least eat inside them.  There are very 
strict regulations about what they are made out of, their dimensions, etc. 
Sukkot is a harvest festival and so the sukkahs are built from items found 
in nature (branches, leaves, etc.) and there must be an opening at the top 
so you can see the sky.
A shofar is the rams horn that is blown at special times during the year. 
During Rosh Hashanah (Head of the Year)  it's blown 100 times each day. 
It's blown like a trumpet and has been known to symbolize a call to 
repentance and also to herald in a king or special event.
Kim


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Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 10:24 AM
Subject: [Teachldsseminary] QUES


> Dear List members,
> For those of us who have not yet taught Old Testament please explain the 
> following items:
> Sukkot
> Shofar
> Sukkah
>    and how do we contact  Gale T. Boyd to order her book?  I checked e-bay 
> and Amazon and the book isn't there.(she   was raised Jewish and later 
> converted to the LDS faith) called "*Days of Awe; Jewish Holy Days, 
> Symbols, & Prophecies for Latter-day Saints*"
> Thank you,
> Janet
> EMS,OR
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