Monday, October 1, 2012
Get ready for Succot with these helpful chesed ideas!
Have your school or synagogue partner with Habitat for Humanity and build a house for someone less fortunate
Promote homelessness awareness in your community
Help a neighbor build their Sukkah
Invite an child to a holiday meal
Offer to share your lulav and etrog with someone who does not have one
Arrange a Sukkah decorating event for you synagogue
Have a Sukkah decoration drive for people who cannot afford to beautify their Sukkah
Create a community gemach for old sukkot and related holiday items
Arrange a community wide event to take place during chol hamoed
In the spirit of the Ushpizin, the tradition of inviting one of the seven biblical leaders (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aaron, Joseph and David) to our sukkah each night of sukkot, invite people who would otherwise eat alone
Offer to help someone build their sukkah
