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Lyrics
A little sukkah made of wood and green
The stars look in through the leafy screen
Shake the lulav left and right and high
The etrog smells like sunshine in the sky
Come eat together the table is near
The wind is friendly the night is clear
Happy Sukkot a week of open air
A little hut a home with love to share
Happy Sukkot
Under the sky
Happy Sukkot
Stars hanging high
Come to the hut
Come sing with me
Happy Sukkot
For you and me
A little sukkah made of wood and green
The stars look in through the leafy screen
Shake the lulav left and right and high
The etrog smells like sunshine in the sky
Come eat together the table is near
The wind is friendly the night is clear
Happy Sukkot a week of open air
A little hut a home with love to share
Happy Sukkot
Under the sky
Happy Sukkot
Stars hanging high
Come to the hut
Come sing with me
Happy Sukkot
For you and me
Sit in the shade when the sun is bright
Sing in the sukkah all through the night
Shake it left shake it right then high
Hold the etrog and look at the sky
Happy Sukkot
Under the sky
Happy Sukkot
Stars hanging high
Come to the hut
Come sing with me
Happy Sukkot
For you and me
Happy Sukkot
For you and me
Happy Sukkot
Behind the song
The song’s story
A home with a temporary roof
Sukkot combines harvest celebration with dwelling in a sukkah, a temporary shelter. Leviticus 23 connects booths and gathered branches with the festival. A fragile roof becomes a way to remember journeys, dependence and the gift of having people around a table.
Leviticus 23
The festival in small details
Lulav, fragrant etrog and the shared sukkah give the celebration objects to hold and a place to gather. In this song, stars above the leafy roof and guests arriving to eat make those customs immediate and personal.
NLI holiday collection · Our recording & notes
A new song under the sukkah
Walter J. Kin wrote the music and words and produced this recording. Its Jewish folk-chanson colors meet a gentle cumbia sway, accordion and clarinet. The customs are inherited; this particular composition is new.
Our recording & notes
About this recording
A small sukkah becomes a shared home in the open air. The lyric follows stars through its leafy roof, a waving lulav, a fragrant etrog and people coming to eat and sing together.
Walter J. Kin wrote the music and lyrics and produced the recording. Its release description pairs Jewish folk chanson with a gentle cumbia sway, accordion, clarinet, handclaps and children’s voices.
Why we consider this song Jewish or Jewish-themed
For us, its Jewish identity is explicit in Sukkot and the objects named in the lyric: sukkah, lulav and etrog. The holiday gives both the setting and the actions people sing.
We also hear an invitation to hospitality. A little temporary hut can become a home through sharing, and that warm image can welcome someone who has never celebrated Sukkot before.
Credits & source
- Music, lyrics and production
- Walter J. Kin (RIGLI)
- Performance
- Riglis Band
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