Day One of the Festival

The table set just us three My wife, my son and me A masterful meal spirits raised high How about a song now Let's give it a try One tune leads to another melodies like brothers Forty minutes of pure gaiety laughter, joy, a taste of harmony The after-meal grace recited with full-throated thanks Next meal - six hours, guests coming ~ time to refill our tanks _________________________________ Note: The 'Festival' referred to is Sukkot, the Jewish Fall Harvest Festival - 7 days in Israel; 8 days elsewhere. Meals are taken in a small, temporary outdoor booth, often elaborately decorated. Many families sleep in these huts as well, fulfilling the command that every Israelite dwell in booths for seven days. (Leviticus 23:42).