Our succahs— to which we decamp with real joy despite the weather and inconvenience— are demonstrable signs of modern-day holiness
The answer is probably: “Twigs.”
To outsiders, the fact that we wear fur hats — any hats actually — is all par for the course. After all, Jews are expected to dress differently. The fact that we try to stuff stacks of matzah boxes into the overhead compartment is already priced in. After all, Jews are known to eat differently.
But for the life of them, even the most philo of philo-Semites can’t fathom why we perambulate through airports holding a medieval knight’s lance, threatening to spear anyone not wearing a tactical vest.
Imagine these poor people’s confoundment when they peer inside the plastic cases and see what are clearly… a branch and some leafy twigs?
In a spirit of brutal honesty, we are — empirically speaking — an odd lot. But never more so than on Succos.
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