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by TheaGood
on 2/10/15
And you shall rejoice in your Festival - you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, who are within your cities.

DEUTERONOMY (16:14)
וְשָׂמַחְתָּ בְּחַגֶּךָ אַתָּה וּבִנְךָ וּבִתֶּךָ וְעַבְדְּךָ וַאֲמָתֶךָ וְהַלֵּוִי וְהַגֵּר וְהַיָּתוֹם וְהָאַלְמָנָה אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ
דברים טז:יד
v'-sa-makh-ta b'-kha-ge-kha a-ta u-vin'-kha u-vi-te-kha v'-a-v'-d'-kha va-a-ma-te-kha v'-ha-lay-vee v'-ha-gayr v'-ha-ya-tom v'-ha-al'-ma-na a-shayr bi-sha-re-kha

During Sukkot - the Feast of Tabernacles - when the Temple stood in Jerusalem, Jews brought sacrifices on behalf of the gentile nations, symbolizing how we must all stand together in the eyes of the Lord.