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2023 Sukkot in the Community: The Epstein School

Area Jewish day schools went all out this year in celebration of Sukkot as their students learned about the holiday with especially engaging lesson plans.

By Compiled by AJT staff October 11, 2023, 2:43 pm Edit

Epstein ECP student, Myers Bock, is learning the blessings to recite with her lulav and etrog in the sukkah.
During Sukkot, students gather by grade for lunch in the sukkah at Epstein.
Micah Bank, Epstein Class of 2024, helps build the school sukkah with his class.
Epstein eighth-grade students, Liam Shemesh and Daniel Weinisman, help construct the school sukkah.
Michelle Young, Epstein’s Early Childhood Program, and kindergarten Judaic coordinator, shakes the lulav in the sukkah with her ECP students.
Following school tradition, Epstein Class of 2024 students, Layla Niess and Leighton Tritt, help build the school sukkah.

Every year, Epstein’s eighth-grade students work diligently to build the school sukkah. It’s a rite of passage, a beloved tradition, to build the space where their peers will gather by class for lunch during Sukkot. It’s the space where Epstein’s third- and fourth-grade families will hold their grade-level evening celebration. And it’s the space that symbolizes the shelter, bounty, and feeling of kehillah (community) that is Epstein. Many traditions are followed, many rituals and practices are taught, and many memories are created during Sukkot at Epstein.

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