Sukkot: Gleaning No Holiday from Justice

WHY SOCIAL ACTION ON SUKKOT? ACTIVITIES FOR ADVOCATES Sukkot celebrates the importance of providing for those who are • Locate a soup kitchen or food pantry in your area that will accept the most vulnerable. After escaping Egypt, our ancestors wandered fresh fruits and vegetables. through the desert for forty years facing challenging circumstances, • Plan in advance to plant vegetables and fruit before Sukkot. but were able to survive with God’s protection. Each year we build a Invite friends and family over for a gleaning party where together sukkah to remind us of the kindness and protection God showed the you can harvest your fresh produce and bring it to a local soup Jews when they were most vulnerable. kitchen or food pantry.

• When you invite guests into your sukkah, ask them to bring fruits As part of the Sukkot celebrations, we invite friends and family and vegetables that you can arrange in a basket together to bring into our sukkah to enjoy a delicious meal. Traditionally, we are to a soup kitchen or food pantry. told to extend an invitation to the needy members of our • Encourage your synagogue to share their harvest and make a community. Whether symbolically or more literally, commitment to continue supporting those who are food insecure Sukkot is the perfect time to throughout the coming year. share your hospitality and good fortune to help protect those who are truly in need. FOR DISCUSSION • As we shake the lulav and etrog, we rejoice in the sense of cohesion and community that binds all Jews together. How does this feeling of unity strengthen our effectiveness as adovcates?

MAZON encourages you to take action to fight hunger throughout the year. No Holiday from Justice activities can help deepen your experience of the Jewish holidays. To request materials, please call (800) 813-0557 or send an email to [email protected].

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