I was a know-it-all, or wanna know-it-all kid going to parochial school in the early to mid 60s, and when I read about what our Bible called the "Festival of Booths", I was fascinated, and read up on it. I thought it sounded cool and was seriously envious. The first time I actually saw a sukkah (in the courtyard of the old Jewish Hospital) I was thrilled to pieces.
I think one of the reasons I was so fond of reading about world religions (other than my secret calling by Ishtar) was the fact that I adored the idea of there being so many parties all over the world...Diwali and Eid and Sukkot and Mothering Sunday and Songkran! I was terribly disappointed when the reforms of the Vatican Council stripped so many of our old holidays away from Catholicism. It wasn't why I left the Church, but it echoed in my mind for years.
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I first learned about Sukkot from the Christian Bible, of all places.
Date: 2008-10-21 06:23 pm (UTC)I think one of the reasons I was so fond of reading about world religions (other than my secret calling by Ishtar) was the fact that I adored the idea of there being so many parties all over the world...Diwali and Eid and Sukkot and Mothering Sunday and Songkran! I was terribly disappointed when the reforms of the Vatican Council stripped so many of our old holidays away from Catholicism. It wasn't why I left the Church, but it echoed in my mind for years.