Gazeta Krakowska.

There is a wooden shelter in the Galicia Jewish Museum on Dajwor Street. It is part of the traditional celebration of Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, which is taking place as we speak.

Five days after Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, Jews have for centuries entered a joyful period which ends with Simchat Torah, the Joy of Torah. The name of the festival recalls the forty years of the Chosen People's wandering through the wilderness, during which Jews lived in hastily-erected shelters. 

Before the war, many sukkah were erected in Krakow's Kazimierz, built by individual families. Up to the present day the obligation for the religious Jew is to spend as much time as possible in the sukkah. Often this is made difficult by the caprice of the weather, as the roof, made most often of branches, does not entirely hide the stars.

In the Galicia Jewish Museum the sukkah, traditionally erected with branches,is placed on the patio, where it is warm and does not rain. Yiddish lessons are conducted there, and one can also drink tea or coffee, or, with custom, sit and reflect...

The sukkah will stand until 11 October.

Malgorzata Huzarska-Szumiec