ABSTRACT
THERE were only two more days before the Festival began, and yet no sign of a booth was to be seen anywhere about the homes of Abraham, Joseph, and Moses. In every other home the skeletons of the booths were up and they needed only the final decoration. (In Palestine the rules for making the Succah were very strictly carried out, and every household had a booth erected in which, if there was room, the men, women, and children, spent seven days), as at that season of the year it was nice and warm. The men used to sleep in them, so as to carry out the words of the Bible : " Ye shall dwell in booths seven days, so that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the Land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God "—Leviticus xxiii. This festival is also called the-" Feast of Ingathering/' as it was commanded through Moses that they should present themselves in the Sanctuary of the Lord with their offerings : " Thou shalt observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy
for they knew what a pleasure it would be to the boys to do everything without help, and it only happened once a year. They told them, however, that they must let their sisters know, as it would take them some time to weave the garlands of flowers and to plait the wheat and make beautiful ornaments from God's beautiful earth.
