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The Season of Great Rejoicing

Erin Wood – Journal Star

Rabbi Eli Langsam says a special blessing with Zachary Erlichman, 13, asking God to bless individuals and unite them as one.

PEORIA, IL — Each October, the Lubavitch Chabad temple of Peoria celebrates Sukkot, a seven-day festival commemorating the 40-year period during which the Jewish people wandered in the desert wilderness from Egypt to Israel.

Jewish center in South Brunswick hosts community celebration of Sukkot holiday

Lalita Aloor Amuthan – My Central Jersey

AUGUSTO F. MENEZES / MyCentralJersey
Rabbi Eli Azimov speaks to guests and congregants at the Chabad Jewish Center’s Sukkhot event Sunday in South Brunswick.

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — About 70 members of the Jewish community gathered to celebrate in the joyous festival of Sukkot hosted by Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick on Sunday, Oct. 19.

Sukkot is a seven-day holiday, observed soon after Yom Kippur, which commemorates God’s protection of Jews after their exodus from Egypt.