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Hakhel Videos

An address to children on Sukkos in the year of Hakhel:
During the year of Hakhel, Jews make every effort to assemble together. Jewish children are
specifically included in this Mitzvah in the Torah, and you must serve as an example to others.
Even though the Holy Temple is not yet rebuilt, you must prepare yourselves in similar fashion,
gathering to hear words of Torah and resolving to implement Torah's teachings.

When the Temple stood in Jerusalem, every seven years all Jewish men women and children would ascend the Temple Mount to hear the king of Israel read the Torah in fulfillment of the verse, “Assemble the people, men, women, and children… in order that they learn to fear G-d and do all the words of his Torah.”

Three Central Themes of the Hakhel Year
The year of Hakhel is marked with gatherings to strengthen our Judaism, our connection to G-d and to each other—similar to the mitzvah in Temple times when the king would read from the Torah to inspire all of Israel. Discover Hakhel’s relevance and empowering message to us today.

The stories related in the Torah are more than historical events. They offer guidance and direction for the way we live our lives. When we find ourselves in a year of hakhel, it’s not enough to merely recall how it was marked in the Holy Temple, we must search for ways to make it relevant in our lives, today.