Like many Jewish practices, the harvest festival of Sukkot largely takes place at home − meaning families can incorporate many meaningful traditions.

Qualche anno fa avevo fatto un progetto sulle fiabe e mi era venuta l’idea di fare delle mascherine per ogni bambino, utilizzando cartone spesso e cartoncino colorato. Ogni bambino rappresentava un personaggio delle fiabe… devo dire che il risultato è stato molto bello e d’effetto. Ho fatto infilare il visino del bambino nel buco della mascherina… e questo è il risultato. Sviluppate le foto, le ho attaccate su del cartoncino e poi le ho plastificate. Nel prossimo post vi mostrerò il resto delle carte e vi spiegherò il gioco. Buona lavoro maestra Valentina

The 39th Annual John C. Campbell Folk School Fall Festival took place on Oct. 6-7, 2012. There were over 250 Fall Festival booths this year that represented a wide array of the finest crafts and food in the region. Demonstrations in Woodturning, Blacksmithing, Jewelry, Clay, Book Arts, Marbling, Printmaking, Woodcarving, Basketry, Quilting, Spinning, Weaving, Rugs, Music, Tinsmithing, Broom Making and Chair Seats were a big hit and awed a crowd of over 17,000 people. Guests came from over 15 states in addition to Canada and Nova Scotia. We saw 42 music and dance groups who performed back-to-back performances each day of the festival.

Walt Disney World has released Outdoor Kitchen food booth menus for the 2024 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival, the park's big springtime celebration. This sneak peek shares food photos and a full list of

Date: October 13 - 15 FRI 10am-5pm/SAT 9am-6pm/SUN 9am-3pm What’s better than a Fall festival and Goldens?!!!! Nothing! The Bala Cranberry Festival is one of Ontario’s premier arts and crafts shows with hundreds of exceptional

Colliers: The National Weekly front cover, November 1911 (illustration by Franklin Booth).

Hope you locals/visitors made it out to Fall Festival today. The art booths, live music, and loads of activities sure captivated audiences of all ages for the two-day festival and was a huge succes…

Thousands of religious Jews travel to Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, or the feast of the Tabernacles, which commemorates the Israelites...

What is Eurochocolate? The most delicious festival in all of Europe was started in 1994 with the idea of imitating Oktoberfest- but this time with chocolate! This amazing festival was started by Eugenia Guarducci.

Many of you likely remember my blog posts that featured Jonathan Preece's beautiful holiday decorations. Jonathan, who is Creative Director and Special Projects Designer at Bunny Williams Inc. and Bunny Williams Home, has become a go-to person for creative and well-researched holiday decor. Over the years, Jonathan has done Thanksgiving tables, Passover tables, Saturnalia-themed vignettes, and Christmas decor. And now, we have Sukkot to add to the list. In 2006, long-time clients of Bunny Williams decided to expand their Park Avenue apartment by buying the penthouse above them. Bunny was responsible for the decoration in this newly combined apartment, which you'll likely remember as it made the cover of Elle Decor in 2010. During the renovation process, the clients requested that part of the apartment's rooftop terrace be set aside for the annual assembly of a Sukkah, in which they could celebrate the Jewish holiday, Sukkot. (Click here to read the Wikipedia entry on Sukkot.) Bunny recommended to her clients that they engage Jonathan to create and decorate the Sukkah, and they readily took her up on her suggestion. First, Jonathan created a tent in which the clients could host their Sukkot dinners. The tent is quite small, measuring little more than 8' X 10'. The exterior, which you can see above, was made of 19th century raw silk linen bed hangings that are embellished with strie ribbon detail. (The hangings were part of an antique canopied bed that Bunny Williams purchased from an English estate sale.) A Sunbrella waterproof "rain coat" was made for use in inclement weather, which can be fitted over the silk linen hangings. The inside of the Sukkah changes from year to year. A few years ago, Jonathan purchased twenty Queen-sized printed Indian bedspreads from Urban Outfitters and hung them on the tent's interior walls in a pinch-pleat fashion. Most recently, Preece chose to adorn the interior walls with something more durable: canvas murals painted by artist Liz Fleri. The murals were meant to make guests feel as though they were seated in a wooden structure while looking out to the desert beyond. The mural's imagery was inspired by 19th century Orientalist art, while the paintings' style was evocative of the work of Chagall. Jonathan informed me that the Sukkah's ceiling must always be made of natural material, hence his use of bamboo for the ceiling. Also, tradition calls for three stars to always be visible from within the Sukkah. During the first Sukkot celebration, Jonathan hung mercury glass stars within the tent, while in later years, the murals, which featured three painted stars, satisfied this religious requirement. And finally, the Sukkah beams are always covered in a decorative technique known as Schach, which is comprised of natural materials like fruit, leaves, and flowers that are representative of the Harvest. There are many other religious symbols that can be seen in these photos. There is always a tied bouquet of Palm, Myrtle, and Willow, known as a Lulav, that is placed by the host's seat. Also, you'll see lemons, which refer to the Citron fruit known as Etrog. Together, the Lulav and Etrog are symbolic of the Four Species, which are the four plants that are part of the Sukkot ceremony. Now, I'm sure that some of you are questioning the safety of this rooftop tent. Well, Jonathan paid as much attention to that as he did the tent's decor. The tent is tied-down and secured tightly, while the candles that you see in the photos are battery-operated. It really does seem that Jonathan thought of everything. And whether you celebrate Sukkot or not, I think you'll find a great deal of beauty in these photos, which span six years of the celebration of Sukkot. All photos copyrighted Jonathan Preece and Elizabeth Swartz

Sukkot is one of the most joyful festivals on the Jewish calendar. “Sukkot,” a Hebrew word meaning "booths" or "huts," refers to the Jewish festival of giving thanks for the fall harvest. The holiday has also come to commemorate the 40 years of Jewish wandering in the desert after the giving of the Torah atop Mt. Sinai.

Sukkah is the only mitzvah into which a person enters with his muddy boots. (Chassidic saying) On the fifteenth of Tishrei begins the seven-day Sukkot festival, followed by an eighth day of festivities (Shemini Atzeret): The first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. You shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of the hadar tree, branches of palm trees, the boughs of thick-leaved trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before G-d your G-d seven days... You shall dwell in huts seven days... so that your...

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What is Eurochocolate? The most delicious festival in all of Europe was started in 1994 with the idea of imitating Oktoberfest- but this time with chocolate! This amazing festival was started by Eugenia Guarducci.

Barbara Britton with Katharine Booth, Ella Neal & Eva Gabor c. 1941 via http://filmnoirphotos.blogspot.com/2013_10_01_archive.html

For 91 years, the West Side Nut Club has hosted the renowned Fall Festival that beckons us to W. Franklin Street the first full week of October. This year’s fest runs from Oct. 7-12 offering 136 food booths (run by charities) stretching from Wabash to St. Joe avenues, alongside entertainment stages, and a midway of carnival rides. We know that eating our way down W. Franklin Street is an iconic experience that marks the end of summer in Evansville more than Labor Day.

What is Eurochocolate? The most delicious festival in all of Europe was started in 1994 with the idea of imitating Oktoberfest- but this time with chocolate! This amazing festival was started by Eugenia Guarducci.

Sukkot is a harvest festival celebrated on the 15th of Tishrei, which usually falls between September and October. In the times of the Temple, Jews were mandated to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem during Sukkot with the tithes of their fall harvest. We are commanded to live in booths for seven days when celebrating Sukkot …

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From SAVEUR Issue #141 The holiday of Sukkot is named for the sukkah, the booth that is central to this week-long festival. The structure pays homage to the temporary dwellings that Biblical Jews built during their years of wanderings after the exodus from Egypt. Sukkot is also a harvest holiday, and the hut resembles the shelters that farmers built in the fields during periods of round-the-clock work. When constructing a sukkah, Jewish law requires the following: The structure must have at least three walls; it must be large enough to fit a table; the roof must be made from organic materials that have been cut away from the earth; and the roof must have openings that reveal the stars, which symbolizes, among other things, people's dependence upon God. Keep reading »

What is Eurochocolate? The most delicious festival in all of Europe was started in 1994 with the idea of imitating Oktoberfest- but this time with chocolate! This amazing festival was started by Eugenia Guarducci.