Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
In addition to changing our location this year, I found my kavanah—intention—different, too.
The sukkah serves to remind us of our humble beginnings as a fledgling nation, when we did not have any permanent dwellings and had to live in simple huts.
That force that holds electrons in their orbit and planets in theirs, explodes incessantly within the stars above and is the darkness that fills the empty space—that force is a single whole, and it is G‑d.
It is not all of G‑d. It is an expression of G‑d. All of it could disappear in a single instant, and for Him nothin...
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This year’s holidays (2024) are special, because three times during this month Jews in the Diaspora will celebrate a 3-day Yom Tov: Rosh Hashanah, the first days of Sukkot, and Shemini Atzeret/Simchat...
Sukkot is a Jewish holiday celebrated by taking off work, celebrating in a hut, and waving unusual bouquets. This video will give you the whole story.
The Revealed Torah is water; the Inner Torah is fire
– Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch
Passing of R. Israel Hopstein, the Maggid of Kosnitz
(1814)
R. Israel of Kosnitz was a disciple of a number of great
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It is customary to prepare the "four kinds" for use on Sukkot, binding the three hadassim (myrtle twig... Read More »
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