New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-29
THE FEAST OF SUCCOTIIS.
HOW a COMMAND OF MOSES Is CAR
RIED OUT IN THE NEW WORLD
THE LILOV AND ITS $40
NIFICANCE.

This is the time when the trad in luovs as
sumes large proportions. The public in gen
cral does not know wha; luIoy is yet nifty
thcusand Of them ar. imported every year from
Palestine. and they are sold in great quantities
all over this city For this is the time of the
feast OF Succoths. which. being translated. signi-
fcs the Feast Of Tahernacl"s. commanded by
Moses in remembrance of the years Of wander
ing in the wilderness The words of the com
r-aud run as follows. We shall take YOU on
the first day oaf tho f.asD IN" houEhS Of g"odIy
trees. branches 81 palm trees and the h"uGhs
e. thick trees and willows If the brook, and ye
shall rejoice, before the Lord seven days
1t shall he a statute forever in your generations:
ye shall celebrate il ia tn" seventh month.
" shall dwell in booths seven days, all
that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths;
that your generations may know that | made
the children OF Israel t. dwell in booths when
brought them out Of the land of Egypt, | am
the Lord your Col" Times have changed in
the thirty-five hundred years that have passed
since this word given. but the boughs OF
goody trees. willow and palm. are still in evil
dence on the East Side.
To dwell altogether in booths is impossible
nowadays but il is possible to take ones meals
there although with considerable Inconvenience
SO in back yards ard the tops Of sheds and
everywhere" that the crowded houses offer
few feet Of spare room, booths are put up. The
sides of these are of rough boards, while the
tops covered with the gOOdy branches. in
this case OF cedar trees, mailing from no more
historic spot than Long Island. But the palms
GENE from jerusalem and with every palm
little tWig of willow and a citron-a
Biblical Citron-alI grown in the Holy Land
This outfit is called the lulov. The citron is
added to represent the fruits of tn" earth"
sh irl,h .N.. DIV l,
the nation Infinitely pathetic that the years
labor of the poorest workers in tn" crowded
shops Of great city should be Iepr, scented by
golden fruit grown under u blue sky far away!
The booths. known succoths pronounced
sookies) are necessarily very small. 50 only tn
of the family can be accommodated. Ortho-
doX Judaism considers that woman fuItills
her duty by the rearing of children and that
only the wickeder saX needs the justification
of prayers and observances. But the feast is
participated in by East Side women at any
rate, for vast amount of trOttinS about must
be done to satisfy the wants of the hungry
CIV elleIs in booths" However the women do
not mind this much, for the days days of
rejoicing ard of good THINGS eat every
side. Moreover. there is much wine. even more
than usual, although home made wine is always
pretty plentiful the East Side. ON this
feast alone of all the year, the religious and
sober Jew feels called upon to drink his ill and
little more. 1t cannot be called drunkenness,
but there is a general exhilaration and much
passing of jests and not little dancing of the
good old sor. IL is rejoicing and not de
bauchery.
The luloV is not cheap since il comes all the
way from Palestine. a set" costs 81 ~, 50 it
cannot be bought by everybody. The difficulty
is obviated by the thrift Of certain men who
buy luoys and carry them around to the