Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
Shaindy Plotzker is a queen of the women-only stage. But she once was too shy to sing and preferred to teach. A medical scare gave her the inspiration she needed to start inspiring others.
Water shows up in all sorts of places in Jewish life, from holiday traditions to everyday practices.
Rabbi Jonah said, “The prophet Jonah ben Amitai was just another pilgrim to the Temple. He walked into the Sukkot celebration, the divine spirit rested upon him, and he became a prophet.”
The Magid of Mezritch taught:
Joy is the path to the divine.
And Sukkot is a time for joy.
A joy that can lift everyone to ...
For just over one week a year, the Jewish world moves out to the shady confines of the sukkah. Here are nine reasons you'll want to pull up a chair.
12,000-square-foot home for Jewish students, complete with a kosher rooftop restaurant, is packed for the holidays
‘It is not about how many times the sukkah falls down, but how many times we get to rebuild it’
The Chabad Rebbes were exceedingly meticulous in the mitzvah of sukkah, going beyond the letter of the law to never eat or drink out of the sukkah. Learn why sleep is different.
The two central mitzvos of Sukkos—the sukkah and the Four Kinds—have at their core the theme of Jewish unity.
From a giant art-filled one in Tel Aviv to a brightly lit one beneath Masada, Chabad emissaries prepare for Sukkot with their communities in mind
Echoing celebrations of the Temple era, Jewish communities take Sukkot festivities to the streets
"They shall make for Me a sanctuary, and I will dwell amidst them" (Exodus 25:8). The verse does not say, "and I will dwell within it," but "and I will dwell within them" -- within each and every one of them.
– Shelah (Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz, 1565-1630)
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Passing of Vilna Gaon
(1797)
Passing of the famed Talmudist and Kabbalist, Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna (now Vilinus), Lithuania (1720-17... Read More »
The festival of Sukkot, commemorating G-d's
enveloping protection of the Children of Israel during the... Read More »
"And you shall take for yourself on the first day," instructs the Torah in Leviticus "the splendid fru... Read More »
When the Holy Temple stood in Jerusalem, one of the special Sukkot observances was to pour water on th... Read More »
The seven days of the festival of Sukkot
consist of two days of "Yom Tov", followed by five days of "C... Read More »
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