![Everything Is Illuminated author Jonathan Safran Foer—the brother of my brother’s friend’s brother-in-law (yeah, try and untangle that one - It’s like the Lone Starr/Dark Helmet fight scene at the end of Spaceballs!)—and brother Josh demonstrate how not to cut wood for a sukkah, the temporary harvest season gazebo of the Jews.
Building a sukkah is serious business. It takes brawn and wit and a steady hammer. It takes dedication and a keen eye for design. After all, a sukkah is a sacred shelter — as mythic as a treehouse and as inviting as a dining room table. It is a place to stargaze, to spend time with family and friends and, most important, to savor the abundant edible joys of the fall harvest.
[via The Forward]](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr3my5HN5s1qzrrwoo1_400.jpg)
Everything Is Illuminated author Jonathan Safran Foer—the brother of my brother’s friend’s brother-in-law (yeah, try and untangle that one - It’s like the Lone Starr/Dark Helmet fight scene at the end of Spaceballs!)—and brother Josh demonstrate how not to cut wood for a sukkah, the temporary harvest season gazebo of the Jews.
Building a sukkah is serious business. It takes brawn and wit and a steady hammer. It takes dedication and a keen eye for design. After all, a sukkah is a sacred shelter — as mythic as a treehouse and as inviting as a dining room table. It is a place to stargaze, to spend time with family and friends and, most important, to savor the abundant edible joys of the fall harvest.
[via The Forward]
