THE FESTIVAL OF SUKKOT (BOOTHS, TABERNACLES) begins this evening at sundown. Best wishes to all those observing it.
Biblical and other background to the festival is collected here in last year's Sukkot post.
Also, there is this good news: Super blood moon on Sunday will not usher in the end of the world (and other failed predictions) (JAKE ELLISON, SFGate.com). This is the last of the four "blood moons" corresponding with four successive major Jewish holidays, on which more here and links. When the world doesn't end tonight (assuming it doesn't), we should have some peace on the matter again for a while.
