Sukkot 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 3rd October, 2017. A Jewish religious man meticulously inspects an etrog, the fruit of a citron tree and one of the 'Four Species' as ordered in Leviticus 23:40, in the Mea Shearim neighborhood. Any slight imperfection invalidates the fruit. Preparations are underway for Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.

Sukkot 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 3rd October, 2017. A Jewish religious man meticulously inspects the haddas, boughs with leaves from the myrtle tree and one of the 'Four Species' as ordered in Leviticus 23:40, in the Mea Shearim neighborhood. Any slight imperfection invalidates the fruit. Preparations are underway for Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.

Sukkot 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 3rd October, 2017. Jewish religious men purchase the etrog, the fruit of a citron tree and one of the 'Four Species' as ordered in Leviticus 23:40, at an outdoor stall in the Mahane Yehuda Market. Two young girls wrap the fruit underneath the table. Preparations are underway for Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.

Sukkot 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 3rd October, 2017. Laundry hangs to dry alongside numerous wooden tabernacles, sukkah or sukkot in Hebrew, lining the Batei Varsha Alley in the Mea Shearim neighborhood, symbolizing the shelters used by the ancient Hebrews in the wilderness after they were freed from slavery in Egypt. Preparations are underway for Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.

Sukkot 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 3rd October, 2017. Shoppers buy portraits of important figures in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community at an outdoor stall in the Mea Shearim neighborhood. Preparations are underway for Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.

Sukkot 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 3rd October, 2017. A Jewish religious man meticulously inspects an etrog, the fruit of a citron tree and one of the 'Four Species' as ordered in Leviticus 23:40, at an outdoor stall in the Mahane Yehuda Market. Any slight imperfection invalidates the fruit. Preparations are underway for Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.

Sukkot 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 3rd October, 2017. Jewish religious men meticulously inspect the haddas, boughs with leaves from the myrtle tree and one of the 'Four Species' as ordered in Leviticus 23:40, at an outdoor stall in the Mahane Yehuda Market. Any slight imperfection invalidates the fruit. Preparations are underway for Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.

Sukkot 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 3rd October, 2017. Numerous wooden tabernacles, sukkah or sukkot in Hebrew, line the Batei Varsha Alley in the Mea Shearim neighborhood, symbolizing the shelters used by the ancient Hebrews in the wilderness after they were freed from slavery in Egypt. Preparations are underway for Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.

Sukkot 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 3rd October, 2017. A Jewish religious man meticulously inspects the haddas, boughs with leaves from the myrtle tree and one of the 'Four Species' as ordered in Leviticus 23:40, in the Mea Shearim neighborhood. Any slight imperfection invalidates the fruit. Preparations are underway for Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.

Sukkot 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 3rd October, 2017. A Jewish religious man instructs his son on the meticulous inspection of an etrog, the fruit of a citron tree and one of the 'Four Species' as ordered in Leviticus 23:40, at an outdoor stall in the Mahane Yehuda Market. Any slight imperfection invalidates the fruit. Preparations are underway for Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.

Sukkot 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 3rd October, 2017. Jewish religious men meticulously inspect the haddas, boughs with leaves from the myrtle tree and one of the 'Four Species' as ordered in Leviticus 23:40, at an outdoor stall in the Mahane Yehuda Market. Any slight imperfection invalidates the fruit. Preparations are underway for Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.

Sukkot 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 3rd October, 2017. A father and son transport thatch for covering the sukkah, a tabernacle, in the Mea Shearim neighborhood. The tabernacles symbolize the shelters used by the ancient Hebrews in the wilderness after they were freed from slavery in Egypt. Preparations are underway for Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.

Sukkot 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 3rd October, 2017. A Jewish religious man meticulously inspects the haddas, boughs with leaves from the myrtle tree and one of the 'Four Species' as ordered in Leviticus 23:40, in the Mea Shearim neighborhood. Any slight imperfection invalidates the fruit. Preparations are underway for Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.

Sukkot 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 3rd October, 2017. Jewish religious men purchase the etrog, the fruit of a citron tree and one of the 'Four Species' as ordered in Leviticus 23:40, at an outdoor stall in the Mahane Yehuda Market. Preparations are underway for Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.

Sukkot 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 3rd October, 2017. Laundry hangs to dry alongside numerous wooden tabernacles, sukkah or sukkot in Hebrew, lining the Batei Varsha Alley in the Mea Shearim neighborhood, symbolizing the shelters used by the ancient Hebrews in the wilderness after they were freed from slavery in Egypt. Preparations are underway for Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.