This mural was installed for the largest Sukkah (Tabernacle) event in the world, which marked the beginning of the celebration of Israel's 40^th anniversary in New York City. It was sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council and Mr. Andrew Stein, President of the City Council of New York City. This mural, which was painted in collaboration with the New York artist Knox Martin, focused on 40 years of friendship between New York and Israel and their efforts in eradicating the problem of world hunger. The Sukkah was installed on East 14^th St. it measured 80 feet by 60 feet and was capable of holding 1000 people.

The Feast of Tabernacles, apparently the symbol of transition, of temporary dwelling, of wandering and of being on the road; of not being there any more, and not here - yet. It is also an eternal symbol of passing from servitude into freedom, and what could more fittingly describe peace and tranquillity than the fruits of the land, the shaking of the palm branch in the direction of the four winds of heaven and the protecting thatch above us, like a dove protecting her nestling.

For seven days and nights, so it seems, things are turned topsy-turvy, and the people of Israel are called upon to replace the protective walls of their cities and homes by walls of linen and roofs of branches, thus gaining true confidence, which is not man made.

Not in vain did the prophet Zaccariah show, in his last days vision, the Feast of Tabernacles and Jerusalem as the symbols of the universality of the world's peace:

"And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations who came against Jerusalem, shall go up from year to year to worship the king, the Lord of hosts and to keep the Feast of Booths". (Zac. 14;16)