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A Moment in Time: 鈥淚nviting Guests into the Sukkah鈥�
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
Dear all,
Ron and I enjoy decorating our each year in anticipation of the Festival of . Traditionally, people put photos of ushpizin/ 鈥渟pecial guests鈥� that typically include the biblical and rabbinic ancestors in Judaism. Often hosts will add pictures of generations gone by.
We also make the opportunity to take advantage of the open nature of the sukkah – and we invite family, friends, and neighbors to join for a meal.
All this makes me think鈥�. If you could invite one person (in our time or historically) to join you for a meal as a special guest, who would it be? What would you discuss? And for how long would that person stay?
After a week, the sukkah comes down. It鈥檚 a reminder that things in life change – and that we therefore have opportunities to nurture a moment in time to harness an important conversation.
With love and shalom,
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
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