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14 guests: Making Sukkot a time of heritage and wisdom

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?

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Ushpizin: Welcoming Guests | My Jewish Learning

Ushpizin, Welcoming Guests to The Sukkah. Sukkot at Home. Festival of Booths. Jewish Holidays.

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Feminist Perspective of Ushpizin, Welcoming Guests to The Sukkah. Sukkot at Home. Festival of Booths. Jewish Holidays.

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Images of Sukkot joy. Chag Sameach! #Ushpizot #Ushpizin #KnicksPizin #kidsart https://www.instagram.com/p/CUDx-8XLgDe/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Inviting (science) fictional ushpizin

There's a Jewish custom of inviting ushpizin, holy guests, into the sukkah each night. In the most traditional paradigm one invites seven (male) Biblical figures; in a more contemporary paradigm one invites Biblical figures of both genders. Each of the...

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‏‎Diving into high quality Jewish spirituality soul food is one of my loves.♡ I found some new Sukkot insights and Mitzvahs in my Jewish Encyclopedia Book, and now my soul is filled with sparkles of Sukkot essences. I made a list: 1. #Sukkah Mitzvah 2. #Four Species 3. #Ushpizin 4. #The Day Of Our Rejoicing 5. #Simcha 6. #Hidur Mitzvah 7. #Torah 8. #Simchs Torah I'm flying silently to the temple of my soul ♥ HALELUYA. הַלְלוּיָהּ ✡ Photo by @AVRAHAM_WEINBERG. Thank you ✡♡ #Sukkot #Sukkah #SukkahMitzvah #Mitzvah #FourSpecies #Ushpizin #TheDayOfOurRejoicing #Simcha #HidurMitzvah #Torah #SimchsTorah #JewishHolidays #SukkotFestival #Sukkahs #SukkahPhoto #HappySukkot #BethYisrael‎‏ https://www.instagram.com/p/BoPk21qADZF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uuy46jjfsvqk

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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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Welcome the Ushpizot

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!