{"id":110,"date":"2009-10-21T09:32:02","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T09:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/homeshuling\/2009\/10\/still-catching-up-on-sukkot-posts.html"},"modified":"2009-10-21T09:32:02","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T09:32:02","slug":"still-catching-up-on-sukkot-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/homeshuling\/2009\/10\/still-catching-up-on-sukkot-posts.html","title":{"rendered":"Still catching up on Sukkot posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m nowhere near as crafty or fastidious as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewisheveryday.com\/jed\/bible_belt_balabusta_blog\/Entries\/2009\/10\/5_\u201cMake_a_Kosher_Edible_Sukkah\u201d_for_the_obsessively_organized.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bible Belt Balabusta<\/a>, but we did make some adorable model sukkahs in my first grade classroom. 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