Soul searching Members of Joliet Jewish Synagogue celebrate holy days

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL) | October 1, 2004| | Copyright

Children at the Joliet Jewish Synagogue decorated this sukkah.| Germaine

Adjacent to the parking lot of the Joliet Jewish Synagogue is a temporary wooden 7 foot by 7 foot structure, a sukkah, decorated with Indian corn, artificial fruit and pumpkins, as well as the addition of paper chains, made by the chi ldren who attend the Joliet Jewish Congregation.

This structure is central to the joyous festival Sukkot (Festival of Booths) that began Sept. 29 at sundown and will continue for seven days at the command of Exodus 23:16: "You shall celebrate the festival of ingathering, at the end of the ...

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