President Rivlin to open his sukkah to the public

29 September 2015, 2:59 pm

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President Reuven Rivlin and his wife Nechama are opening the president’s sukkah to the general public Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30.

The “open sukkah” event is held together with the Ministry for Social Equality. The president and Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel will greet visitors from 9:00 a.m., followed by a 10:45 address by Rivlin.

Rivlin is also slated to participate in the “hakhel” ceremony, on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Western Wall, that marks the end of the seventh-year agricultural sabbatical year known as “shmita.” The ceremony is open to the public, and will include the Knesset speaker, Jerusalem’s mayor, Knesset members and Israel’s two chief rabbis.