Dwelling in a sukkah is the focal point of the festival of Sukkot. Wherever Jews have lived, they have built sukkot for the festival. The materials that were used for the sukkot or the places where they were built depended on a variety of factors, such as the climate and living conditions.
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Before splitting up into three groups, read the verses about sukkot from Vayikra (Leviticus) 23:42–43 and ask: If everyone bases their sukkah on the same verse, why would they look different in different places and at different times? What environmental and societal factors might influence what the sukkah looks like?
Then, each group will examine one of the three sukkot with the corresponding worksheet:
Finally, new groups are formed comprising one person from each of the original groups. Each person presents their resource and explains what they have learned about it. Compare and document the shared findings in a Venn diagram worksheet.
Dwelling in a sukkah is the focal point of the festival of Sukkot. Wherever Jews have lived, they have built sukkot for the festival. The materials that were used for the sukkot or the places where they were built depended on a variety of factors, such as the climate and living conditions.
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