There is a custom of inviting ushpizin – symbolic guests – each day to join us in the sukkah. These honorary guests are Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron and David. One is invited each day. Recently, some people have invited the matriarchs and other important women of the Bible to be ushpizin in the Sukkah. One list includes Sarah, Rachel, Rebecca, Leah, Miriam, Abigail and Esther. Since our generation has witnessed an increase in the number of Sukkot, additional famous guests from the Bible have been known to drop by, if not for the entire meal, only for dessert.
Can you figure out which Biblical figures could be visiting the Cardin Sukkah this year?
If you marry a great leader, don’t expect him home for supper.
The hole was deep and cold, and I didn’t have my coat.
Whatever you do, wherever you go, we’ll always go through it together.
The way to a brother’s birthright is through his stomach.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
When he lifted the stone I knew he was the one.
I am the funniest man in the Bible. I brought the house down.
Hag Sameach,
Rabbi Stuart Seltzer
Dean of Judaic Studies
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