We love hosting our community at our home. It doesn’t feel like Shabbos or Yom Tov without a table filled with guests. The only exception was Sukkos. We couldn’t build a sukkah in shul, so I was forced to rely on others in the community, or rented spaces in restaurants. I wanted to show my community a real Sukkos, and the beauty of hosting meals in a sukkah.
When we started looking for a house, my main focus was the yard. I barely cared what the rest of the property looked like - all I wanted was a yard large enough for a massive sukkah!
Baruch Hashem, we soon found our dream home, complete with a huge backyard. It was my happiest moment - hammering nails into our sukkah boards, seeing with satisfaction that the completed structure could comfortably seat 60 guests!
We had a constant stream of guests throughout Yom Tov - and we wouldn’t have it any other way!
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