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October 24, 2005
Bar Kochba was into Sukkot, and more
Before Zman Simchateynu leaves us to the gloom of cold and snow and shorter daylight hours, some more Sukkot links:
Pesach is particularist, Sukkot is universal. The usual Jewish dialectic.
Imshin's Sukkot holiday in the Gallilee, with photos.
Via Miriam, an archeological example of the unbroken lineage of Jewish practice: coins from the time of the Bar Kochba revolt used symbols of Sukkot:
Agricultural symbols associated with the harvest festival of Succoth - lulav and etrog - appear on the reverse, surrounded by a Hebrew inscription: "Year One of the Redemption of Israel," "Year Two of the Freedom of Israel," or "For the Freedom of Jerusalem," respectively in the three years of the revolt. In a letter from Bar Kochba, discovered in the late 1950s, the Jewish leader orders Judah Ben Manasseh to supply him with lulav for his army so that they could celebrate the festival even though they were in the midst of major battles.
(I wrote about another example: the scrolls with the blessing of the Cohanim from the 7th c. BCE. And there's lots more from the Temple Mount archeological recontructions.)
Judith | 10/24/05 at 02:21 PM | Categories: - Chagim
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