Oct
16

Lulav Love

By pdberger

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It’s the Jewish festival of Sukkot at the moment, which means that Jews all over the world are celebrating the harvest and dining al fresco. For non-practicing Jews in New York, Sukkot means being accosted by bands of earnest teenagers trying to get you to shake the lulav and the etrog and to say a couple of prayers. I went for a walk in the park with my buddy Shabot yesterday and there must have been at least a half dozen groups. As you can see, they did a very thorough job of making sure everyone in the park had a go. And it worked too.

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1 Comments

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I’ve been approached about 10 times this year. I now greet them with “No I’m not, sorry.” Before they have a chance to speak.

I’ve considered pretending I am Jewish just for a change, but I fear if they wave that flower in my face I’ll get hay fever.

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