David Suissa: ‘I Heart Shuvuot’

I got a sneak peak at excerpts of David Suissa’s column in next week’s Jewish Journal:

In most suburban congregations, other than the occasional blintz offering, no one really talks about Shavout, but last week I had lunch with an old Moroccan woman who let me in on a secret – she was alive when God gave us the Torah at Mount Sinai 3200 years ago.

 

Tonight in a kosher restaurant in Pico/Robertson, I reflected on the difference between perception and reality. It’s true that there’s plenty of apathy about Shuvuot, but that’s only because we as Jews have not adequately marketed it.

 

If I had a million dollars to create a PR campaign for Shuvuot, I would tell the story of this old Moroccan woman…

 

Back in the old country we understood how God’s giving the Torah was really a metaphor for something more meaningful…

 

Back in Morocco, we were so poor we couldn’t afford dairy. Instead we ate dirt on Shuvuot… But we ate it with love in our hearts and it tasted delicious.

 

In Australia, they prepare a special drink for Shuvuot. They mix milk with marmite…