“Give us back the menorah and we’ll admit we stole Sukkah Hops from you.”
Wish I was at the shul meeting when they pitched Sukkah Hops the first time.

“And then the kids go from Sukkah to Sukkah getting candy.”

You mean trick-or-treating?

“No, no, no. Totally different. This is more about hopping. Very different.”

mmmmkay
Would read a PhD on the evolution of Sukkah Hops. Every. Single. Page.
Sukkah Hop Research Proposal:

-When did this custom begin?
-Do all Jewish communities have them?
-Is there mention in halakhic literature?
-How did the term Sukkah Hop become popularized?
-Did anyone oppose the custom?
-Did anyone explicitly connect to Trick-or-Treating
Ok another clue.

In England they’re not called Sukkah Hops, they’re called Sukkah Crawls—seemingly modeled off bar crawls.

Need to figure out if this was popularized first in UK or US.
Ok this is the best theory so far.

Rav Shraga Feivel invented the Sukkah Hop. 🤯🤯🤯

And his alleged reason is ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you @Arithmomaniac for sharing this theory from a message board. Wow.

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