The United Synagogue

Key Stage Middah/Jewish Value Activity
Foundation When the Bnei Yisrael left Egypt they lived in the Midbar/desert in huts. We build our own sukkot to remind us of this time - Celebrating the Festival of Sukkot We eat in our sukkah and try and 'live' in our sukkah for the seven days of Sukkot. We decorate the sukkah and invite guests to join us in it. The top of the sukkah is covered with 'sechach' or covering, made of leaves and branches, or sometimes bamboo.
Print out 'Gideon goes to get the Sechach' and tell the story .
It would be useful to have a picture of each of the different trees, so that after telling the story you could show the pictures and familiarise the children with trees that grow in Israel and are part of the 'Shivat Haminim' or 'Seven Kinds'.

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