Brandeis Students Enjoy Sweet Sukkot

Students at Brandeis University enjoyed the early fall weather last week taking turns making cotton candy and sampling their creations inside of the sukkah erected by Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Peretz and Chanie Chein.

Inside the temporary structure – a reminder of the Jewish people’s travels through the desert and a hallmark symbol of the weeklong holiday of Sukkot – students had the opportunity to make a blessing on the traditional Four Species.

The sukkah, which occupied a prime location just outside the Waltham, Mass., school’s Usdan Student Center, was sponsored by the Chabad House serving Brandeis University.

A Jewish student receives instructions from Rabbi Peretz Chein, director of the Chabad House serving Brandeis University, on how to hold the Four Species. (Photo: Yosef Lewis)

For several days last week, Chein, left, stood inside the sukkah just outside Brandeis’ Usdan Student Center to invite students to take part in Sukkot celebrations. (Photo: Yosef Lewis)

The early fall weather was perfect for Sukkot, a weeklong holiday characterized by eating inside of a temporary structure known as a sukkah. (Photo: Yosef Lewis)

The sukkah erected by the Chabad House occupied a prime location outside of the Usdan Student Center. (Photo: Yosef Lewis)

The sukkah stood for the duration of Sukkot, which ended Oct. 10. (Photo: Yosef Lewis)

Chein helped students make a blessing on the Four Species, a combination of palm branch, willow twigs, myrtle branches and etrog that are held together each day of the holiday. (Photo: Yosef Lewis)

Signs inside also offered instructions. (Photo: Yosef Lewis)

Just beside the sukkah, visitors could make their own cotton candy. (Photo: Yosef Lewis)