Skhakh

• Skhahkh has to be one of the hardest Hebrew words for Americans to get their mouths around. Skhakh is the natural stuff that roofs a succa, providing shade while allowing light in. Palm fronds, branches, bamboo -- stuff that grew and hasn't been made into something else -- is all appropriate. To be "green" where growing suff is best left growing, people buy reuseable bamboo mats.
• Temporary huts are going up on balconies and parking lots.
• Don't worry that you won't have a sukka to go to, Even the Burger King will have a succa.
• For an affectionate comedy about the holiday of Sukkot (or Succot, or Tabernacles), see Ushpizin.

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