'Summer ended with Sukkot’.
Sukkot, the Feast of Booths which is in October, is called Kalyvia (the Huts) in Ioannina. It marks the forty years that the Children of Israel spent wandering in the desert before coming to the Promised Land. The main custom is that of building a booth, sukkah, out of canes and dry branches in gardens and on verandas. In the grounds around Kahal Kadosh Yashan there was a permanent booth where food was provided for the needy. During the service in the synagogue the congregation was given a small posy, called a lulav, which they then fixed to the mezuzah on the door post. Fruit and flowers were hung from the roof and the family had their meals and said their prayers in the booth they had made.
