Tag: Sukkot

Start Up Nation December 28, 2025

The Freier Guide to Home Renovation

By Chava Ewa

Last Updated 27 December 2025 at 6:00 PM

Ramat Beit Shemesh: “The Chagim are long over. Why do my downstairs neighbors still have their Sukkah up?” wondered Leah C. “It’s not just them, the folks in the other building made this big elaborate Sukkah and they still haven’t taken it down either. The other night, I walked by and it sounded like they were having a party in there.” Leah stared into the distance for a minute and then continued. “That’s strange, right?“

Here at the Daily Freier we love a good mystery, so we started an investigation into this sudden spate of Sukkahs that seemingly stayed up long past the season of the Chagim. After we reassured Leah’s neighbor that we were not sent by the Arnona department (or Maas HaChnasa!) she finally spilled the tea: “This apartment was half this size when we moved in.” she noted. “But every year, we built another extension… one here in front and one there in the back. But as far as the Moatza knows, that’s a Sukkah, that’s a Sukkah and the extra level we added on the roof is a Sukkah too. We just left some old palm branches on the roof and hung up a few plastic pomegranates.”

According to Leah, there is a neighborhood legend about a family who ran a Yeshiva dormitory in their backyard during the Corona lockdown. “They made a Sukkah covered with old plywood and some bamboo pieces.” she explained. “It looked very neglected and run-down, which is actually quite a lot for this neighborhood!“

“But why didn’t the noise from all those yeshiva boys attract attention?” we inquired.

“She has a bunch of kids.” Leah replied. “There were noise complaints from the neighbors who thought she was running an illegal Gan, but nobody heard the yeshiva boys through the noise from 9 kids and the CD player blasting Uncle Moishy.“

The Jooz October 7, 2025October 7, 2025

The Story of Sukkot, by Tucker Carlson

Today we are going to look at a Holiday that we THINK we know about. A Holiday that ~~(((they)))~~ they TELL us is about the Fall Harvest and the Exodus from Egypt. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? Families sitting down together, good food, maybe a little wine. But what’s going on beneath the surface? Most Americans have no IDEA about the ACTUAL intention of this so-called festival, and they would be com-PLETE-ly shocked if they were ever allowed to see the real picture. Because we are not allowed to question Sukkot in any way. Full Stop. Journalists who ask too many questions about Sukkot are warned, quietly at first, to back off. Then they’re warned not-so-quietly. It’s hard to overstate just how BADLY that certain forces do NOT want us talking about “Sukkot”. AT ALL. What they’re worried about is that someone somewhere will begin asking questions. Questions that they DESPERATELY don’t want to answer. But today, WE are asking the questions. And we want answers.

Certain Powerful Lobbies tell us with a straight face that this so-called Sukkah is just a booth in a field. But why is there only three walls? What did they do with the other wall? I MYSELF find it interesting that this wall is missing, don’t you? What did they do with the other wall? Was it asking too many questions about Bibi Netanyahu? Did it criticize AIPAC? Again, I’m only asking questions. Questions that some forces find extremely uncomfortable.

In addition, Americans have grown so accustomed to being lied to that they don’t even QUESTION a fruit that looks like a bizarre giant lemon with bad acne. They tell you it’s an “Etrog”. But do you really believe them? What happened to the regular lemons? Did they just “GO AWAY” one day? Or were they told to go away if they knew what’s good for them? These are the kinds of open psychological operations that THEY are currently conducting on YOU. Like the Lulav. It’s a palm frond wrapped with willow. THAT’S a little strange, isn’t it? But then they point it in every direction. Almost like they’re showing you all of the places under their influence. Again, you’re not supposed to have any questions about this.

There is so much more to share with you about this disturbing “Holiday”, but Qatar’s weekly check hasn’t cleared yet and my next fishing cabin in Montana isn’t going to just purchase itself. Tune in next week when we go behind the scenes at a Matzoh factory and discover their secret ingredient.

Dating and Relationships August 12, 2016August 13, 2016

Tel Aviv woman delays breakup with mazgan repairman boyfriend until Sukkot

By Mia Deych and Emily Goldstein

Last Updated 8/12/2016 at 11:10 AM

Tel Aviv, Rothschild: Yesterday our Dating and Relationships columnists Emily and Mia caught up over coffee with their friend Noa from Ulpan. Noa, a returning Israeli who grew up in New York, has been dating an air conditioning repairman named Avi since June. And things aren’t going that well. But she’s not ready to give up on the relationship yet, because it’s still kind of hot out and stuff. Noa had a lot to say on this topic and we didn’t actually get a chance to say more than four words in three hours, but we did get to stalk the guy on Facebook while Noa told her story.

“So we met and then spent like two days in a row together. On the second afternoon his mom and aunt picked us up and we drove to Petah Tikvah for his cousin’s wedding. At first I didn’t think we were actually going to a wedding because he was wearing flip-flops, cutoff jeans and a white tee-shirt. But in Avi’s defense, the groom was wearing a tank top.”

Noa explained her mixed feelings. “So he’s good on paper for a Tel Aviv guy. I mean it’s not like he actually has his shit together. He lives with four roommates and a friendly mold colony in their shower. He still brings his laundry home to his mom in Holon on the weekends. But he studies at Open University from home. He wants to open his own business. So he has potential. Maybe I should just give it some time. Like, you know, until the First Rain or something.”

So after coffee we all ordered pancakes and Noa began to feel a bit nostalgic. “We’ve had some good times together. Like the time in July when he replaced the coolant unit on my mazgan…..And the time 2 weeks ago when he replaced the filters. He’s really good with his hands.” Noa leaned in closer and dropped her voice to a whisper. “I mean MAMASH good.”

“But we’ve been together like 7 weeks. In Tel Aviv. That’s the equivalent of 2 years on Planet Earth.” Noa checked the seven-day weather forecast on her I-Phone. “Things have cooled a bit.” Noa paused. “Between me and Avi I mean………I just don’t feel like we’re meant to be together.”

Later on, Emily and Mia ran into Avi on the street, who shared that he knows his relationship with Noa is in trouble, but he has a backup plan: trolling Secret Tel Aviv looking for women who need help installing shelves or hanging pictures. Emily thinks Avi is kind of cute and wants to check back with him after Sukkot. Like, just to make sure he’s Okay and stuff.

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Judaism, Tel Aviv Living September 29, 2015October 13, 2019

Kinda sure your neighbor is renting out his Sukkah on AirBNB

Daily Freier Sukkah

By Yekutiel Bornstein and Aaron Pomerantz

Last Updated 9/29/2015 at 2:00 PM

Tel Aviv, The Old North: OK, this is weird, but you’re almost positive that your upstairs neighbor (yeah, yeah; the one who was stealing your Wi-fi last year. That guy.) is renting out his Sukkah on Air BNB. First of all, you went up to the roof on Sunday night to see the Eclipse, and there was a sign on the Sukkah wall for “HaYarkon Rooftop Cabins“. In English and French. And now the guy delivering the porta-john to the building last week makes perfect sense. Plus this really polite English couple knocked on your door this morning asking if they could use your shower. Because, they explained, the ‘rustic cottage with the palm frond roof and canvas walls‘ apparently doesn’t have….. ‘a washroom‘. Well you will NOT stand for this. This is totally illegal and violates every housing code in the city. You are going to march up to your neighbor’s door and tell him in no uncertain terms……that for 200 Shekels you never saw nothing.