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A BRIEF GLOSSARY

 

HAG SAME'AH Happy Holiday!  This is a very useful greeting to know since it works on all three pilgrimage festivals.
HOL HAMO’ED

The intermediate days of a festival.

 
SUKKAH (plural: SUKKOT A booth or temporary structure built generally in a family’s backyard and covered with leafy branches and stalks such that the sunlight penetrates the roof during the day and the stars can be visible through it at night.  The sukkah remains up for the duration of the festival of Sukkot.
SUKKOT This is either the plural of sukkah or the name of the festival which follows Yom Kippur and commemorates the building of temporary booths by the children of Israel during their 40 year trek in the desert.
YOM TOV This term technically refers to the three major festivals in our Tradition: Pesah, Shavu’ot, and Sukkot.  These festivals are not quite as sacred as Shabbat, but they are days when we refrain from work, attend synagogue, and enjoy festive meals in the company of family and friends.
ZEMAN SIMHATEINU Sukkot through Simhat Torah is referred to as zeman simhateinu, the time of our happiness.

Sukkot is zeman simhateinu
זמן שׂמחתינוּ
The Time of Our Happiness

HAPPINESS QUOTES

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. ~Mark Twain

What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner. ~Colette

It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ~Berke Breathed

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important. ~Janet Lane

The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness.

You have to catch it yourself. ~Benjamin Franklin

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