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| Sukkot: The Lulav
On Sukkot we shake the lulav and etrog. Learn how to do this mitzvah of taking “the four kinds”.
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| Sukkot: The Etrog
The beauty of “the four kinds” is the etrog, the citron fruit. What distinguishes the etrog from an ordinary lemon?
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| The Sukkah Part 1 - Building the Sukkah
Get an up-close look on how to build a sukkah, the temporary dwelling used on Sukkot.
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| The Sukkah Part 2 - Eating in the Sukkah
On Sukkot we move from our living and dining room to the sukkah; dicover how and why this is done.
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| Simchat Torah
On Simchat Torah we complete the yearly cycle of Torah readings, and celebrate by dancing with the Torah.
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| One Sukkah, One Lulav, One People 13 Tishrei, 5741 • September 23, 1980
The two central mitzvos of Sukkos—the sukkah and the Four Kinds—have at their core the theme of Jewish unity.
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| What If We Built the World’s Greatest Sukkah?
By Dovid Taub and Yitzchak FeigenbaumEzy, Eli, Dina and the newest character, Rina, try to come up with ideas to make the world's greatest sukkah and learn an important lesson in the process.
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| Four Kinds, Six Directions Meditation in Movement
By Tzvi FreemanThe movements we make with the Four Kinds each day of Sukkot are a meditation on bringing our emotions into balanced harmony. This meditation is grounded in the kavanot of the Ari, as explained in the siddur of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi.
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| Super Sukkah
By Tzvi FreemanUsing exclusively licensed technology from KabbalaLabs Disincorporated, the latest device in time-travel is now being marketed to the public by Infinity Labs Intergalactical. Inexpensive and easy to construct in your own backyard, the Super Sukkah will prove a big hit for the entire family, friends, hornets and in-laws.
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| The Ultimate Shelter A Sukkot Message
By Dan RothRabbi Dan Roth shows us how to leave our problems at the doorstep of the sukkah, and let G‑d be our “Ultimate Shelter.”
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| My Sukkah Is Your Sukkah Sukkot and Self-Transcendence
By Shais TaubThe power of the sukkah to release us from our emotional attachments to the material world and make us available for intimate relationships with others.
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| The Etrog that Became a Lemon A Jewish Love Story
By Chaim MentzA wonderful story that illustrates how every moment in life is an opportunity to do a mitzvah
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| Swords into Palm Branches
An address to children on Sukkos: Unlike other nations, who parade with a rifle, a Jew parades with a Lulav. And instead of bullets, a Jew arms himself with an Esrog. Instead of brandishing daggers or swords, a Jew
carries Hadasim – myrtles, and Aravos – willows.
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| Sukkot: Less is More
By Lazer GurkowThe mitzvah of dwelling in the sukkah returns us to simpler values and simpler times.
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| Four of a Kind
The Midrash teaches that each of the Four Species on Sukkos represents one kind of Jew and concludes: “On Sukkos, all four Jews must join together, for each one completes the others.”
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| Humility, Diversity and Unity Letters and Numbers of the Festivals - Sukkot
Aaron L. RaskinThe mystery of a missing letter vav both in the verse that talks about shaking the lulav (Leviticus 23:40) and the verse commanding us to dwell in the sukkah (23:42).
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| G-d Said, 'Be Happy' Wisdom at the Western Wall
By Gutman LocksFilmed during Sukkot at the Western Wall, visitors to Judaism's most holy site show what it looks like to perform the mitzvah of being happy.
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| A Fiery Law Letters and Numbers of Simchat Torah
Aaron L. RaskinBefore the Torah was given, it existed as "black fire written upon white fire." This is alluded to by the unusual term "aish-dat" which is written as one word but read as two.
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