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The Etrog grows on its tree for an entire year. It grows from the loving summer sunlight and from the cold winter darkness. It grows from the furious...
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For just over one week a year, the Jewish world moves out to the shady confines of the sukkah. Here are nine reasons you'll want to pull up a chair.
Is it the same as Shabbat?
A sukkah can be built anywhere, in any way that suits the builder.
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