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So....the holiday of Sukkot starts for my peeps tomorrow night, and there's a tradition of building a cool fort outside and inviting guests ; some include guests that you can only invite in spirit.....living or dead, real or fictional. So I'm working on a little flag with these dudes on it 😆. Think they'll come?
Something I find insanely funny is that us Jews don't have a Hanukkah movie but we sure do have a Sukkot movie
Painted Sukkah boards, Szeged, Hungary, late 19th or early 20th century
Seven of the nine boards feature the figures of the Ushpizin in contexts with which they are associated. The others depict Temple implements: the seven-branched candelabrum and the Levites’ washing basin. These two boards may have been added to the series in the belief that the Ushpizin will be present at the advent of the Messiah and the construction of the Third Temple.
Feminist Perspective of Ushpizin, Welcoming Guests to The Sukkah. Sukkot at Home. Festival of Booths. Jewish Holidays.
Get some feminist imagery into your sukkah!
The ushpizin are the Biblical figures who are the symbolic guests in your sukkah; there’s one for each night of the holiday. And surprise, surprise, they’re all male. So, for the past several years, there have been attempts to add great female figures, Biblical or historic, into the fray. The ushpizot, if you will. We found a few different takes on who the ushpizot might be— and the gorgeous art about them that you can buy for your sukkah!
To celebrate Sukkot starting this evening here’s the film Ushpizin (Ha-Ushpizin)
“Moshe and Mali Bellanga are an impoverished, childless, Hasidic baalei teshuva ("returnees to Judaism") couple in the Breslov community in Jerusalem. After Moshe is passed over for a stipend he expected, they cannot pay their bills, much less prepare for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
Moshe admires a particularly beautiful etrog, or citron, one of the four species required for the holiday observance. They console themselves by recalling a saying of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov that difficult times are a test of faith. After some anguished prayer, they receive an unexpected monetary gift on the eve of the holiday[2] and Moshe buys the etrog for 1000 shekels (approx. $300), a large sum of money that is much more than he can afford.
The couple is visited by a pair of escaped convicts, one of whom knew Moshe in his earlier, non-religious life. The convicts become their guests (ushpizin) in the sukkah, creating many conflicts and straining Moshe and Mali's relationship.”
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Ushpizin (2004)
With a key twist on traditional ushpizin, we enter our sukkahs to sit with the memories of our forebears, and apply the lessons of their exp
Why should we only have male ushpizin when there are plenty of female ancestors to admire?
