Succah - Decorations

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23 אוק 2008 23:04 #672 מאת Daniel
Succah - Decorations נוצר על ידי Daniel
Is there such a Yekkish Minhag to specifically hang onions in the Sukkah since the pasuk says "btzail kinafecha tasteerayne"? While we're on the topic, are there specific things that make a "Yekkish Sukkah" unique (decorations, construction, etc)?

Daniel

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23 אוק 2008 23:21 - 09 אוק 2017 14:45 #673 מאת Michael
תגובה מMichael בדיון Succah - Decorations
In עלזאס France, there is a minhag to hang in the Sukkoh an onion, and inside of it put chicken feathers, because onion in Hebrew is called בצל (batzal), and it reminds us of the words בצל (betzel) knofecho (wings - which the feathers remind us of). And we are requesting that Hashem will shelter us under his wings.

Michael

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12 אוג 2009 03:38 #1277 מאת MPerlman
תגובה מMPerlman בדיון Succah - Decorations
How do you get the feathers in the onion? It would be easier to get the feathers around the onion.

MPerlman

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24 ספט 2009 23:58 - 11 אוק 2017 15:20 #1423 מאת Michael
תגובה מMichael בדיון Succah - Decorations
In this link you can see a picture of the French Minhag.

Michael
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16 דצמ 2009 13:53 #1544 מאת RSteinberger
תגובה מRSteinberger בדיון Succah - Decorations
In the Feldheim publication “Jewish Life in the Village Communities of Southern Germany” it says on page 66:

“To decorate the sukkah, the children would gather potfuls of Hifen, the round red fruits growing on wild rose bushes and available in abundance at that season in the open fields and meadows. Good-sized darning needles and strong thread were used to string these fruits together, alternating with squares of white and coloured paper. The fruits were there to remind everyone that Sukkoth was the festival of the ingathering, and these chains had the advantage of being able to withstand rain. The magen David in the center of the sukkah, adorning the six- or eight-branched Shabbath lamp which was traditional in every Jewish home, was also decorated with this type of chain, and the warm light of the lamp also added a Yom Tov glow to the room”

In my father’s sukkah we had a magen David in the centre which was adorned with chains of melon pips. We also had chains of horse chestnuts adorning the walls.

Regards

Richard St

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30 יול 2017 21:15 #2818 מאת ABloomenstiel
תגובה מABloomenstiel בדיון Succah - Decorations
To add my "two cents" - The minhag in Alsace was/is to take an onion, insert feathers in a tight line around the circumference, and hang it just inside the entry to the Sukkah. In Alsatian, it is called le chauté, which is hard to translate. It means "something silly that is made fun of" or "something capricious."

The idea was to remind those entering the sukkah of the posuk "bzteil kanofecha..." However, to dissuade the simple from believing it was an amulet or charm, it was called le chauté. Nevertheless, many who still hang le chauté claim that it "protects the sukkah from evil", which davka misses the point.

- Avraham Bloomenstiel

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