The Laughlins

The second week of October was the week of Sukkot, which begins with Yom Kippur. Instead of writing the whole explanation about this holiday (Feast of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles in the Bible), and all of its biblical references, you can read about them at this link: Feast of Sukkot
In our area of Jerusalem, or any religious neighborhood for that matter, you see many sukkahs springing up throughout the week. Jewish families eat their meals in these "booths" and some of them sleep in them as well to remind them of the exodus from Egypt and their time in the desert when they "camped out" before reaching the Promised Land. We were in the U.S. for the majority of this holiday, but I did manage to take a few pictures at our apartment and neighboring apartments. They usually build these booths on their porches, on the front lawns of apartment buildings, or on the rooftops of the apartments as well.
Mark and I also took our first day trip to the Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem. We were hoping to see the Chagall Windows, and then walk to the town of Ein Kerem, but we had a hard time reaching the town from there, and ended up saving it for another day. However, I did take pictures of the Jerusalem Forest, the Russian Monastery, and the hillsides of Ein Kerem. The windows were very interesting too, and you can read all about their history, Marc Chagall, and see good images of them all at this website: Chagall Windows
I wasn't supposed to really take pictures (which I found out) because it is technically part of a synagogue, so I took a few, but then stopped. Take a look at the website though, and click on the images to enlarge them!