The holiday of Sukkot is a festival, a "chag simchatanu", a joyous holiday. We open our Sukkot to our friends and family. There intermediate days of Sukkot, when we live in the Sukkah. It is a great time and place to do amateur radio. As an orthodox Jew, myself, I give this a great amount of thought.
I got so wrapped up on the Sukkot holiday in Israel, that I did not do much operating. If we do this right, we can make a proper event next year. I may not be qualified to set this up properly and would love someone else to take the "lulav" and run with it. Thanks for your comments.