Framing Sukkot

An “important and timely” study of the Jewish holiday’s temporary shelters and the meaning of home ( Journal of Folklore Research ). The sukkah, the symbolic ritual home built during the annual Jewish holiday of Sukkot, commemorates the temporary structures that sheltered the Israelites as they journeyed across the desert after the exodus from Egypt. Despite the simple Biblical prescription for its design, the remarkable variety of creative expression in the construction, decoration, and use of