{"id":12597,"date":"2018-09-20T11:14:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T08:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/09\/20\/how-to-build-a-sukkah-a-poem"},"modified":"2018-09-20T11:14:54","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T08:14:54","slug":"how-to-build-a-sukkah-a-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/09\/20\/how-to-build-a-sukkah-a-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Build a Sukkah: A Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

This\u00a0poem <\/a>by Eve Lyons presents the spiritual steps to building a sukkah, emphasizing the importance of vulnerability, renewal, openess, and teamwork. The author\u00a0<\/em>shared her poem on\u00a0Ritualwell<\/a>, a project of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College that provides a platform for creating new Jewish practices and observances.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

How to Build a Sukkah<\/h2>\n
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First, you need the right tools.
\nA drill, some screws,
\nwood that isn’t warped
\ntoo badly. It doesn’t have to be perfect.
\nWhat doesn’t bend,<\/em>
\nbreaks<\/em>, Ani crooned.<\/p>\n

Next, you need a small crew.
\nToo many, you’re stepping on toes,
\nno one listens well.
\nToo small and it takes longer,
\nyou’ll get crankier.
\nYou need at least one other person
\nto hold things in place.<\/p>\n

Now you’re ready to build.
\nThere’s a sad sukkah on Beacon street:
\nFour plywood walls and a plywood roof.
\nIt looks like a shipping crate.
\nThere’s another on Commonwealth Avenue
\nthat’s more plastic wrap than branches,
\ntwigs, or flowers. Simple bamboo roof
\nthey unroll year after year.
\nNo sukkah should be quite the same
\nas someone else’s,
\nor as it was last year.<\/p>\n

Why build four walls
\nwhen you only have to build three?
\nBe open to the elements,
\nlet people in.
\nWould it be so bad
\nif a raccoon or a homeless person slept here?
\nWhen you shake the\u00a0lulav<\/cite>\u00a0and\u00a0etrog<\/cite>
\ndon’t forget to take in the sweet citrus smell.
\nShake in all four directions,
\nuse your whole body.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This\u00a0poem by Eve Lyons presents the spiritual steps to building a sukkah, emphasizing the importance of vulnerability, renewal, openess, and teamwork. The author\u00a0shared her poem on\u00a0Ritualwell, a project of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College that provides a platform for creating new Jewish practices and observances.\u00a0 How to Build a Sukkah First, you need the right tools. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2610],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12597\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=12597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12597\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12599\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=12597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=12597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=12597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}