Shake a Palm Branch: The Story and Meaning of Sukkot

by Miriam Chaikin

Discusses the origins and history, traditions, celebrations, and symbols of the Jewish fall festival of Sukkot

88 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Miriam Chaikin was born in Jerusalem and raised in New York. She served as editor-in-chief of children s books in various publishing houses and has published over thirty books for children of all ages. In 1984 she won the Sydney Taylor Award for Body of Work.

Reviews

[Jennifer Heise · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm being totally unfair to this book, because it's so dated. Other than being dated and boring as all get out, it's a great book-- full of information that is hard to find elsewhere in an easily digestible format on the development of the Sukkot and Simchat Torah celebrations and rituals. But it's really showing its age, not just in the illustrations but in some of the text about contemporary Jewish communities (well, contemporary as of 50 years ago).
Still if you are interested in knowing about the early, Temple, and post Temple development of the holiday and only have a little time to read up on it, this might be good. I kinda hope there's something more recent on this glorious holiday, though.