#sukkot
True love for God is completed when there is no more searching for him, for the sake of nobility, goodness, wisdom, holiness, and perfection; he is the God. - Albertus Magnus “Paradisus animae, sive Tractatus de virtutibus” (“Paradise of the Soul”) (13th century)
It is fit that they who desire for the good of mankind, to commit to memory things most profitable, well weighed and approved, should make trial of all things. - Cicero
That inner ecstasy of the mind is the secret fountain of perpetual youth and strength in any man. He who finds it finds omnipotence and omniscience. - Walter Russell
In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind. - Edmund Burke
Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward. For there you have been, and there you will always long to return. - John H. Secondari
It is the unemotional, reserved, calm, detached warrior who wins, not the hothead seeking vengeance and not the ambitious seeker of fortune. - Sun Tzu
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.“ - Psalm 91: 1-2
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Happy Sukkot! Chag Sameach! Our sukkah is a little small, but Lorelai says it’s a sukkah for cats—a catsukkah! #sukkot #sukkot2020 #sukkah #megabloks #judaism #chagsameach (at Richmond, Virginia)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CF2x14RlCQR/?igshid=1bn232ql58ym6
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Days of Awesome 2021 (5782)
Today is the first of the Hebrew month of Elul, which means IT’S almost TIME FOR DAYS OF AWESOME! Whoo!
What is Days of Awesome?
Days of Awesome is a annual Jewish character ficathon in honor of the Jewish high holiday season.
Originally founded by Livejournal user jadelennox in 2007, the goal of this project is to create a venue for fans of all backgrounds to write fic about Jewish characters and their Jewish identities–which are all-too-often under-represented in canon and fanon, and, when they are represented, they’re often represented as Jewish in name only.
We’re also here because while we love other holiday fic challenges, they so frequently don’t correspond with holidays that are important on the Jewish calendar. We wanted to change that with a festive little celebration around the Jewish holiday season!
How It Works
We’re keeping it really casual.
We’ll have a collection on Archive of Our Own that will open on Erev Rosh HaShana (Monday, September 6, this year), and stay open through the Hebrew month of Tishrei (until October 6)–a length which spans the entire Jewish high holiday season, and includes the holidays of Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Sheminei Atzeret, and Simchat Torah!
You can feel free to upload any fic, ficlet, or podfic that you write that fits the requirements to the collection within that time frame. Please just tag it with the tag Community: daysofawesome!
And, if all goes according to plan, we’ll have a few optional prompts too, peppered and shared throughout the month.
What are the requirements for fic?
The only firm requirement is that your focal character be Jewish.
If they’re canonically Jewish–great!
If they’re not canonically Jewish, that’s okay too. But we would ask that if it is a situation in which you headcanon a particular character as Jewish, or are writing an AU in which they are Jewish, you please make the fic about their Jewishness.
If you have a Jewish OC that you want to write about–if, for instance, you want to explore what it would be like to be a Jewish character in the world of the Hunger Games, or His Dark Materials–go for it! Again, we would just ask that the fic be about that character’s (or those characters’) Jewish experiences.
If you wanted to be extra festive and seasonal, you could write about some of the characters celebrating one of the seasonal holiday, or a fic on one of the themes that is explored throughout one of these days.
All fandoms are game, and there are no length requirements, and you can upload as many pieces as you’d like within the month.
Questions?
We are here to help!
Check out our FAQ, or feel free to drop us an ask ,or send us an email at [email protected]
And if you’re interested, please signal boost! We’d love to spread this far and wide!
TWO WEEKS UNTIL DAYS OF AWESOME OPENS! Get those writing muscles stretched!
ONE WEEK UNTIL DAYS OF AWESOME OPENS!!!!
We’re so excited!
Days of Awesome 2021 (5782)
Today is the first of the Hebrew month of Elul, which means IT’S almost TIME FOR DAYS OF AWESOME! Whoo!
What is Days of Awesome?
Days of Awesome is a annual Jewish character ficathon in honor of the Jewish high holiday season.
Originally founded by Livejournal user jadelennox in 2007, the goal of this project is to create a venue for fans of all backgrounds to write fic about Jewish characters and their Jewish identities–which are all-too-often under-represented in canon and fanon, and, when they are represented, they’re often represented as Jewish in name only.
We’re also here because while we love other holiday fic challenges, they so frequently don’t correspond with holidays that are important on the Jewish calendar. We wanted to change that with a festive little celebration around the Jewish holiday season!
How It Works
We’re keeping it really casual.
We’ll have a collection on Archive of Our Own that will open on Erev Rosh HaShana (Monday, September 6, this year), and stay open through the Hebrew month of Tishrei (until October 6)–a length which spans the entire Jewish high holiday season, and includes the holidays of Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Sheminei Atzeret, and Simchat Torah!
You can feel free to upload any fic, ficlet, or podfic that you write that fits the requirements to the collection within that time frame. Please just tag it with the tag Community: daysofawesome!
And, if all goes according to plan, we’ll have a few optional prompts too, peppered and shared throughout the month.
What are the requirements for fic?
The only firm requirement is that your focal character be Jewish.
If they’re canonically Jewish–great!
If they’re not canonically Jewish, that’s okay too. But we would ask that if it is a situation in which you headcanon a particular character as Jewish, or are writing an AU in which they are Jewish, you please make the fic about their Jewishness.
If you have a Jewish OC that you want to write about–if, for instance, you want to explore what it would be like to be a Jewish character in the world of the Hunger Games, or His Dark Materials–go for it! Again, we would just ask that the fic be about that character’s (or those characters’) Jewish experiences.
If you wanted to be extra festive and seasonal, you could write about some of the characters celebrating one of the seasonal holiday, or a fic on one of the themes that is explored throughout one of these days.
All fandoms are game, and there are no length requirements, and you can upload as many pieces as you’d like within the month.
Questions?
We are here to help!
Check out our FAQ, or feel free to drop us an ask ,or send us an email at [email protected]
And if you’re interested, please signal boost! We’d love to spread this far and wide!
TWO WEEKS UNTIL DAYS OF AWESOME OPENS! Get those writing muscles stretched!
We hope that everyone who observes Yom Kippur had a meaningful day!
Just a quick reminder that while the Days of Awe may be over the high holiday season isn’t, and the Days of Awesome 2020 collection will remain open through October 17, after the end of Simchat Torah!
There are no length requirements for fic–they can be as short or as long as you’d like, and you can submit as many pieces as you’d like! We have three up so far–would love to see more!
For some more info about the challenge and the rules, check out this post!
You can find the collection here, on ao3!
When you post a work, please add it to collection “DaysOfAwesome 2020 (5781).”
The collection will be open for one month!
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For more information about the challenge/rules, check out this post.
Shavuah Tov, friends! The Days of Awesome fic Challenge opens in 11 days! We hope you’re getting your writing muscles good and ready!
As promised, we did want to provide a few prompts to help get you thinking about the spirit of the upcoming holidays!
As a reminder, these prompts are entirely optional. You do not need to use any of them to participate in the challenge. (And, regardless of whether or not you use the prompts theother rules still apply.)
A few prompts:
About the holidays themselves (potentially on the fluffy side):
- Characters go apple (or date!) picking (or honey harvesting!) to get ready for Rosh Hashanah
- Characters attempt to build a Sukkah. Shenanigans ensue.
- There is a Sukkot tradition that people have of inviting guests into their sukkah. This includes literal guests, but also figurative guest–biblical characters, ancestors, people who cannot be with them. Who is your character inviting into their sukkah?
Thematic prompts (potentially a bit more on the angsty side.)
- The Days of Awe are a period of repentance, culminating in Yom Kippur–the Day of Atonement. Write about your character and repentance.
- Rosh HaShana is a period of renewal and rebirth–new beginnings. Write about your character and rebirth, their new beginnings.
- There is a Rosh HaShana tradition people have of Tashlich–which involves casting bread crumbs into the water to symbolize things about the previous year you like to cast away. What is your character trying to cast away?
Get ready to write!
Reminder about these optional prompts, now that we are less than a week from the challenge opening!
Reblogging once more as as the Days of Awesome challenge opens tomorrow!!!!
Shavuah Tov, friends! The Days of Awesome fic Challenge opens in 11 days! We hope you’re getting your writing muscles good and ready!
As promised, we did want to provide a few prompts to help get you thinking about the spirit of the upcoming holidays!
As a reminder, these prompts are entirely optional. You do not need to use any of them to participate in the challenge. (And, regardless of whether or not you use the prompts theother rules still apply.)
A few prompts:
About the holidays themselves (potentially on the fluffy side):
- Characters go apple (or date!) picking (or honey harvesting!) to get ready for Rosh Hashanah
- Characters attempt to build a Sukkah. Shenanigans ensue.
- There is a Sukkot tradition that people have of inviting guests into their sukkah. This includes literal guests, but also figurative guest–biblical characters, ancestors, people who cannot be with them. Who is your character inviting into their sukkah?
Thematic prompts (potentially a bit more on the angsty side.)
- The Days of Awe are a period of repentance, culminating in Yom Kippur–the Day of Atonement. Write about your character and repentance.
- Rosh HaShana is a period of renewal and rebirth–new beginnings. Write about your character and rebirth, their new beginnings.
- There is a Rosh HaShana tradition people have of Tashlich–which involves casting bread crumbs into the water to symbolize things about the previous year you like to cast away. What is your character trying to cast away?
Get ready to write!
Reminder about these optional prompts, now that we are less than a week from the challenge opening!
Shavuah Tov, friends! The Days of Awesome fic Challenge opens in 11 days! We hope you’re getting your writing muscles good and ready!
As promised, we did want to provide a few prompts to help get you thinking about the spirit of the upcoming holidays!
As a reminder, these prompts are entirely optional. You do not need to use any of them to participate in the challenge. (And, regardless of whether or not you use the prompts theother rules still apply.)
A few prompts:
About the holidays themselves (potentially on the fluffy side):
- Characters go apple (or date!) picking (or honey harvesting!) to get ready for Rosh Hashanah
- Characters attempt to build a Sukkah. Shenanigans ensue.
- There is a Sukkot tradition that people have of inviting guests into their sukkah. This includes literal guests, but also figurative guest–biblical characters, ancestors, people who cannot be with them. Who is your character inviting into their sukkah?
Thematic prompts (potentially a bit more on the angsty side.)
- The Days of Awe are a period of repentance, culminating in Yom Kippur–the Day of Atonement. Write about your character and repentance.
- Rosh HaShana is a period of renewal and rebirth–new beginnings. Write about your character and rebirth, their new beginnings.
- There is a Rosh HaShana tradition people have of Tashlich–which involves casting bread crumbs into the water to symbolize things about the previous year you like to cast away. What is your character trying to cast away?
Get ready to write!
In the Wilderness - thesometimeswarrior - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine [Archive of Our Own]
We have new piece for Days of Awesome by our mod @runrundoyourstuff!
Fandom: Star Trek DS9
Rating: T
Word Count: 1868
Summary: Jadzia learns that there are some Earth customs Worf holds onto.
חג סוכות שמח!!!!
Happy Sukkot! Remember that the Days of Awesome collection is open until October 6!
We’ve got another one! (Though, note this was posted in the DaysofAwesome parent collection, rather than the 2021 specific collection! If this fic belongs to you, you may want to change it so more folks can see it!)
Fandom: Batman
Rating: G
Word Count: 731
Summary:
Damian takes an interest in his father’s side of his heritage, specifically Judaism. With Sukkot coming up, he decides that they must celebrate the holiday properly. And that means buildign a Sukka as the ancient Israelites would.
Days of Awesome 2021 is now open!
Days of Awesome 2021 (5782)
Today is the first of the Hebrew month of Elul, which means IT’S almost TIME FOR DAYS OF AWESOME! Whoo!
What is Days of Awesome?
Days of Awesome is a annual Jewish character ficathon in honor of the Jewish high holiday season.
Originally founded by Livejournal user jadelennox in 2007, the goal of this project is to create a venue for fans of all backgrounds to write fic about Jewish characters and their Jewish identities–which are all-too-often under-represented in canon and fanon, and, when they are represented, they’re often represented as Jewish in name only.
We’re also here because while we love other holiday fic challenges, they so frequently don’t correspond with holidays that are important on the Jewish calendar. We wanted to change that with a festive little celebration around the Jewish holiday season!
How It Works
We’re keeping it really casual.
We’ll have a collection on Archive of Our Own that will open on Erev Rosh HaShana (Monday, September 6, this year), and stay open through the Hebrew month of Tishrei (until October 6)–a length which spans the entire Jewish high holiday season, and includes the holidays of Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Sheminei Atzeret, and Simchat Torah!
You can feel free to upload any fic, ficlet, or podfic that you write that fits the requirements to the collection within that time frame. Please just tag it with the tag Community: daysofawesome!
And, if all goes according to plan, we’ll have a few optional prompts too, peppered and shared throughout the month.
What are the requirements for fic?
The only firm requirement is that your focal character be Jewish.
If they’re canonically Jewish–great!
If they’re not canonically Jewish, that’s okay too. But we would ask that if it is a situation in which you headcanon a particular character as Jewish, or are writing an AU in which they are Jewish, you please make the fic about their Jewishness.
If you have a Jewish OC that you want to write about–if, for instance, you want to explore what it would be like to be a Jewish character in the world of the Hunger Games, or His Dark Materials–go for it! Again, we would just ask that the fic be about that character’s (or those characters’) Jewish experiences.
If you wanted to be extra festive and seasonal, you could write about some of the characters celebrating one of the seasonal holiday, or a fic on one of the themes that is explored throughout one of these days.
All fandoms are game, and there are no length requirements, and you can upload as many pieces as you’d like within the month.
Questions?
We are here to help!
Check out our FAQ, or feel free to drop us an ask ,or send us an email at [email protected]
And if you’re interested, please signal boost! We’d love to spread this far and wide!
TWO WEEKS UNTIL DAYS OF AWESOME OPENS! Get those writing muscles stretched!
ONE WEEK UNTIL DAYS OF AWESOME OPENS!!!!
We’re so excited!
DAYS OF AWESOME OPENS TOMORROW!!!!!
Sukkot begins tonight at sundown, commemorating the autumn harvest and the forty-year period during which the Children of Israel wandered in the desert. An important Sukkot tradition involves the use of an etrog (a yellow fruit similar to a large, wrinkly lemon), which is protected inside an Etrog container such as this one designed by Israeli artist Zelig Segal, on view now. Learn more about the holiday through works in Jewish Museum collection on free admission days this Monday, September 24 and Tuesday, September 25.
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Protect your #lulav before you wreck your #lulav. #sukkot (at Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3pqCF_FOBJ/?igshid=blw71fkwgg48
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Rabbi Hendel Lieberman, a Lubavitcher hasid and friend of Schachter’s in New York, lowering a food can into a sukkah, ca. 1960. Photograph by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, 1924-2014.
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Jewish Book Council found this scrumptious recipe forApple-Stuffed Challah in Rosie Daykin’s collection of recipes for special occasions from Vancouver’s Butter Baked Goods, new cookbook. It’s the perfect twist to add to your repertoire and table for the Jewish High Holidays!
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Chag Sameach! These are the first fruits from our pomegranate tree — its first year of production it gave one fruit for each of us. :) They are decorating our Sukkah.
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Parsha Poster #52 – Vayelech: Torah to the people
Moshe commanded them saying, “At the end of seven years, at the time of the shemita year, in the holiday of Sukkot; when all of Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God in the place that He will choose, you shall read this Torah before all of Israel in their ears. Gather together the nation — the men, and the women, and the children, and the stranger in your gates — to hear and to learn and to be in awe of the Lord your God, and to be careful to perform all of the words of this Torah. And their children who do not know, they will hear and learn to be in awe of the Lord your God all the days that you live on the ground that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
— Deu. 31:10-13
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We take the role of God
i
The people must gather
every fifty years—
the men, the women, the babies.
They gather to hear the king
read the Teaching,
the words of holiness.
ii
God made the Heavens and the Earth and all that is in them
beginning with the words: Let there be Light
and finishing with the words: Let us make Man.
God announced to the world to exist
and the world hearkened,
came to be.
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The king—
a lone man—
announces the words of holiness
and all of the people gather to hear him,
to be filled with the words,
to be created as a people,
to be created as a world.
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See how it is a lone person’s role
to reenact Creation,
to create a world with the word of God.
A community is the universe he creates.
Abe Mezrich (@thetowerbabel ) is the author of The House at the Center of the World: Poetic Midrash on Sacred Space from Ben Yehuda Press.
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