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The House on the Roof: a Sukkot Story
David Adler

The House on the Roof: a Sukkot Story

Holiday House (Aug 2009)
9780823422326
36 pages | 175 x 244 mm
Dewey * Y : Calendar
LC Classification Picture Books

Genre

  • Juvenile / Picture Book

Subject

  • 242.11 Jewish Observance & Practice / Jewish Calendar / Sukkot / Sukkah 242.11
  • Youth / Calendar / Holidays

Plot

An old man is building something very special. When his landlady discovers a sukkah on her roof, she orders the old man to remove it. Families will be moved by this endearing story of religious tolerance based on a real court case.

Personal

Owner Sukkot
Location Non-numeric Call numbers
Index 3613
Added Date Jan 05, 2016 18:05:42
Modified Date Jul 18, 2022 19:21:49

Notes

For weeks, an old man hauls "junk" into his apartment while the cranky landlady yells and shrieks. When she finds out what all the junk was for, she's in for a surprise.
Sukkot is probably the most fun Jewish holiday because everything is outdoors. But it's also one of the lesser-known Jewish holidays. Everybody's heard of Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur, Passover, and Hanukkah, but Sukkot remains on the down-and-low. Yet you'd think non-Jews would've started to wonder why Jews always build shacks in their yards in October?