Sukkot

Sukkot is a famous Jewish holiday. It is also widely known as the Feast of Tabernacles. According to the Jewish Calendar, the holiday falls on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei. Sukkot is the plural of Sukkah, which is the name for the type of hut or shelter in which the Jews lived for forty years during their time with Moses in the desert. Many people eat meals and live in the sukkah throughout the holiday.
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When we left the protection of the sukkah - opinion

Our Rabbis taught us that the proper response to tragedy is to introspect and seek areas of improvement.

At the heart of the High Holy Days: One universal message - opinion

Our prayers extend towards peace for the entire world, encapsulated in the poignant prayer, “v’yitnu echa keter melucha.”

By ZEHAVIT GROSS
07/10/2023
EXALTING IN Sukkot at the Western Wall

Your Investments: No more excuses: It’s now, not ‘after the Chagim’

Don’t wait for the next “After the hagim”, now is the time to get your finances in order.  

By AARON KATSMAN
06/10/2023

Touching spiritual heights with art in honor of the joyful holiday

The feeling of touching spiritual heights is captured in Yoram Raanan’s painting Ascendance, where the figures seem to be ascending to a more spiritual plane with joy and ecstasy. 

By MEIRA RAANAN
06/10/2023

Heaven will help us for peace, but only after helping ourselves first - comment

It is the spirit of Sukkot and Simchat Torah that will somehow bring us together rather than the specter of war or some other external crisis.

Peace Under the Sukkah: Volunteers Host Open Dialogues for the Holidays

In a time of deep divisions, Israelis come together in sukkahs, fostering discussions that underline the importance of national unity.

By AARON PORIS/THE MEDIA LINE
06/10/2023

Museum of Tolerance puts on plays over Sukkot, highlighting unity

The show was put on by the Young Voices Ensemble, a non-profit theater group based in Jaffa that provides a protected space for youth from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Netanyahu slams protesters after clashes at Tel Aviv prayer service

Tel Aviv security officers arrived on the scene and removed the partition as protesters disrupted the prayer and the conflict even became physical.

American Jewish author Dara Horn trains her robot to shake a lulav

The fun little video made the rounds on X (formerly Twitter), and it points to what will only get more relevant as a question for religious authorities to resolve.

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