Kesher Talk

Simchat Torah count-up - Day 6. Today is the second day of Sukkot, and the first day we get to wave our lulav and etrog. And here's some information about another agricultural ritual, the Simchas Bais HaShoeva, the water libation ritual performed in the Temple in Biblical times. On Sukkot, it is said, the world is judged for water. At least the Middle Eastern world, where it has not rained all summer and the maturation and harvest of the fall crops is dependent on the punctuality of the early fall rains. Jews all over the world, from Latvia to Brazil, for the last 2000 years have celebrated the same rituals, on the same dates on the calendar, as did our forebears in Eretz Yisrael, and Sukkot is a very good example of that.

posted by Judith @ 10/12/2003 01:23:22 PM