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Orthodox Jewish Ceremonies involving a giant wooden box
Are there any orthodox Jews who can answer this question for me?
A neighbor built what appears to be a big plywood box a bit bigger than a car in his driveway.
It has what I think is Hebrew writing on the side.
Can anyone tell me what the heck they are doing? I don't think they want to talk about it so I am asking here. Any help?
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It's a sukkah.
Jews build, then eat and sometimes even sleep in sukkahs during the festival of Sukkos which starts tonight and lasts for eight days.
Its in commemoration of the times when the Jews were wandering in the desert for forty years after the Exodus from Egypt.
It is actually a very big mitzvah (good deed) to have guests in one's sukkah, so your neighbor may in fact enjoy your coming over to visit and learn.
Learn more about the holiday, sukkos here:
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Well, it's irrelevant as to what type of Jew needs to answer your question.
It's most likely a sukkah for the Jewish holiday Sukkot.
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