Rabbi pedals trappings of Sukkot

Originally published October 4, 2015 at 7:55 pm Updated October 4, 2015 at 8:06 pm

Rabbi Nissan Kornfeld and his pedi-sukkah, a mobile hut for the Jewish holiday, the festival of Sukkot, is seen in Mercer Island. Sukkot is a fallholiday that this year began Sept. 27 and ends Oct. 5. Kornfeld says, “The holiday is celebrated by eating in a sukkah, a temporary structure covered with vegetation or bamboo.” Kornfeld is director of Chabad Mercer Island. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

Once in the hut, people are handed a date palm branch, citrus fruit, myrtle and willow. Rabbi Nissan Kornfeld says the meaning is “we are completely incomplete without each other.” (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

Jewish holiday is celebrated by eating in temporary booths.

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Alan Berner

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