Insights

Are we transient beings for whom movement is life and "at rest" an inscription for the gravestone? Are we rooted souls, for whom the "journeys" of life are just so many guises of the singular quest for home?

For a thing to be the thing it is, it cannot be too small, and it cannot be too big. There is one exception, however: the sukkah

The etrog says: "I am perfect." This is something we all need to say, at least once in a while. The lulav says: "Knowledge is everything." The hadas says "Action is the most important thing." The aravah says: "I am nothing." These are things we all need to say, at least once in a while.

There is escapist happiness. There is true happiness. And then there is ultimate happiness. The sukkah is symbolic of this highest form of joy.

Why do we celebrate Sukkot immediately after the High Holidays?

The half of Tishrei is marked by solemnity, the second by elation; but the Chassidic masters explain that these are simply the "hidden" and "revealed" dimensions of the same elements

On its surface, the holiday of Sukkot is quite bizarre. Every other holiday on the Jewish calendar commemorates an event which occurred on that particular date; but absolutely nothing happened on the 15th of Tishrei!

G-d is keyed into our trendy lifestyles. In an effort to provide mitzvahs that accommodate our modern angular leanings he provided the mitzvah of sukkot.

Does Jewish unity allow for diversity? The pros and cons of multiculturalism are reflected in the two primary mitzvot of Sukkot -- taking the Four Kinds and dwelling in the sukkah.