Sukkot shopping in the USA can be very different depending on where you live. In communities with large Jewish populations like New York, New Jersey, Los Angeles, and Miami Beach, you may find a few items.
Nothing like the displays of matzot, gefilte fish, and grape juice that we see for Pesach, but at least there is some recognition of the holiday. In areas with small Jewish populations signs of Sukkot and Simchat Torah simply do not exist.
In Israel, however, Sukkot shopping can be a surreal experience with an overwhelming selection of products -- not only food and drink, but an endless supply of the four species and sukkah accessories and decorations, and lots of toys made just for the holidays.
A few days before Sukkot, Malkah Fleischer made a video on her phone of her journey to an Osher Ad supermarket in Israel. Just as she did in a Pesach shopping video and a Sukkot shopping video that we posted last year, she documented the vast number and variety of products filling the many aisles of the cavernous space stocked with endless piles of merchandise, organized for Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews based on their respective customs and traditions.
After a dizzying tour of the supermarket, you'll either be jealous of the many choices offered to Israeli customers, or grateful that your choices are limited to a manageable number of products.
We will be celebrating Sukkot from tonight through Simchat Torah next Sunday, so Jewish Humor Central is taking the week off and will return on Monday, October 5 with a very special announcement. Watch for it!
We wish you Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sukkot Sameach!























