The "Hot Sukkah"

We live in central New Jersey, and this has been the year of the of the "Hot Sukkah" -- very hot temperatures and strong sun plaguing our visits to the Sukkah. I remember nothing like it. Walking back and forth between the kitchen and the Sukkah was exhausting, due to the much lower temperatures in our air-conditioned home. We sweated and sweated during our daytime meals, and in the evening, unfamiliar "noseeum" bugs bothered us and dropped onto our plates.

I'm afraid that the hot holiday of Sukkot will not remain a rarity. More likely, we are experiencing global warming. Every two to three years, when the holiday begins in summer, it will be hot again, unless we get some blessed rain.

I dreamed of a giant exhaust fan over the sukkah, but in practice, there's only one way I can deal with all that heat: I'll have to lose weight.