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The Sukkah
The Holiday Hut
On the holiday of Sukot we sit in a sukkah, a hut that sit beneath the open sky, built to provide shade. We spend eight days in a flimsy outdoor hut to demonstrates our faith in G‑d...
Jewish Practice » Mitzvah Minutes » Holiday » The Sukkah
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How to Build a Sukkah
Your Sukkah Building Manual. The what, where and how of Sukkah construction
This sukkah wizard will lead you through the fun mitzvah of building and dwelling in a sukkah. From the permitted and required components in its structure, to the basic rules of living in the sukkah.
Jewish Holidays » Sukkot & Simchat Torah » Sukkot » Guide » How to Build a Sukkah
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Ceilings of Consciousness
Kabbalah teaches that the roof of the sukkah channels divine consciousness.
By Rabbi Yitzchak Luria (from the Writings of the Ari as recorded by Rabbi Chaim Vital); translated and edited by Baruch Emanuel Erdstein
Kabbalah teaches that the roof of the sukkah channels divine consciousness.
Kabbalah Online » Holidays » Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret & Simhat-Torah » The Holy Ari » Ceilings of Consciousness
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One Sukkah, One Lulav, One People
13 Tishrei, 5741 • September 23, 1980
The two central Mitzvos of Sukkos -- Sukkah and the Four Kinds -- have at their core the theme of Jewish unity.
The Rebbe » Living Torah » Archive » Program Three » One Sukkah, One Lulav, One People
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Sukkos
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
Spirituality » Contemporary Works » The Chassidic Dimension » Volume 4 » Devarim » Sukkos
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The Temporary Dwelling
By Yanki Tauber
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?
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » The Temporary Dwelling
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The Big Sukkah
By Yanki Tauber
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
Jewish Holidays » Sukkot & Simchat Torah » Sukkot » Study » Insights » The Big Sukkah
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Letting Go of the Roof
The Kabbalah of Sukkot
By Shifra Hendrie
Unlike our everyday environment, the sukkah doesn't tell us any lies. It reflects reality as it actually is: fluid, unpredictable and always new
Jewish Holidays » Sukkot & Simchat Torah » Sukkot » Study » Essays » Letting Go of the Roof
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The Easy Mitzvah
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Dwelling in the sukkah for seven days is a beautiful and inspiring experience; however, one would hardly describe it as “easy.” Yet this is the mitzvah singled out by the Talmud as G-d’s “easy mitzvah”!
Jewish Holidays » Sukkot & Simchat Torah » Sukkot » Study » Essays » The Easy Mitzvah
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The Sukkah
The Book of our Heritage disects the mitzvah of sitting in the outdoor Sukkah hut. From how to build it to how to inhabit it...
Jewish Holidays » Sukkot & Simchat Torah » Sukkot » Study » Laws & Lore » The Sukkah
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