My Sukkot Pilgrimage to the Lower East Side
I just bought my Lulav and Etrog on the Lower East Side this morning -- and was thinking of these words that I wrote a few years ago. Chag Sameach! NOTE FROM SUKKOT 2014: This piece is still accurate except that the lulav and etrog scene on the Lower East Side gets smaller with each passing year - maybe 3 vendors rather than dozens. If you want to see dozens, go to Williamsburg or Boro Park. NOTE FROM SUKKOT 2022: As far as I can tell, we are down to just one Lulav and Etrog vendor on the Lower East Side. This scene may fade from history in the next few years. ============================================================== There are many ways to buy a lulav and etrog (the palm branches and citron traditionally carried in the synagogue on the holiday of Sukkot). There are some people who buy a lulav and etrog, in anticipation of Sukkot, from a Judaica store, or from their synagogue, or from a lulav and etrog wholesaler. For me, however, ther...