Open to the Sky – The Beacon Sukkah Project
Beacon Hebrew Alliance
Sep. 27, 2015, 05:30 pm
Polhill Park
Beacon, New York 12508
845 831 2012
https://beaconhebrewalliance.org/content/open-sky-beacon-sukkah-project
sukkah is a house that gives no shelter, a house that parodies the idea of security.
It’s a Jewish sand mandala of a building, open to the sky and used for seven days around the time of the fall harvest and then dismantled. It’s rickety and tenuous, creating the illusion of permanence and highlighting the impermanence of everything.
Sukkot (pronounced sue-coat) is the name of both the ephemeral houses and the holiday during which they are used.