Sunday, October 19th, 2008...5:00 pm
A Temporary Home for the Holidays
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“We’re between Times Square, Penn Station and Grand Central, so we’re definitely one of the most visible sukkahs in the world,” said Rabbi Joshua Metzger of Chabad Lubavitch of Midtown Manhattan, who was presiding over the lunchtime guests on Thursday. While a pianist serenaded the crowd with a sophisticated version of “Take the A Train,” nearly drowned out by renovation work on the west facade of theNew York Public Library, dozens of people drifted in and out, stopping to say a blessing over the etrog, a citrus fruit, and the lulav, a palm frond, carrying pizza boxes, even the occasional bottle of amaretto. And all the local restaurants deliver here, the rabbi said” NYtimes
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