Building spirit

PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Mendel Zaklikovsky, 6, of Monroe, pulls a bamboo pole destined for the roof of the sukkah at the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe on Sunday. Shmuel Zaklikovsky (r) holds up a beam while Jacob Roitman, of East Brunswick, gets set to hammer it in during construction of the sukkah. Fred Wohl (l) steadies the side walls. The sukkah is a temporary building used for meals during Sukkot, a seven-day festival that begins today.