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Sukkot & Simchat Torah 2026
A spectacular celebration of Jewish unity, faith in G‑d, and the completion of the annual Torah reading cycle.
A spectacular celebration of Jewish unity, faith in G‑d, and the completion of the annual Torah reading cycle.
Sukkot & Simchat Torah Event Directory
Looking for a place to celebrate Sukkot or Simchat Torah? Find community Sukkot dinners, public sukkahs, celebrations, hakafot and more.
Looking for a place to celebrate Sukkot or Simchat Torah? Find community Sukkot dinners, public sukkahs, celebrations, hakafot and more.
Mitzvahs & Traditions
How to Build a Sukkah
This sukkah guide 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.
This sukkah guide 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.
How to Select the Best Lulav and Etrog
For the adventuresome folks who wish to venture into the uncharted waters of the Four Kinds market, here are some basic guidelines and tips that, when followed, will allow you to be a relatively knowledgeable consumer.
For the adventuresome folks who wish to venture into the uncharted waters of the Four Kinds market, here are some basic guidelines and tips that, when followed, will allow you to be a relatively knowledgeable consumer.
What Happened on Sukkot?
On its surface, the holiday of Sukkot is quite bizarre. Every other holiday on the Jewish calendar commemorates an event which occurred on that particular date; but absolutely nothing happened on the 15th of Tishrei!
On its surface, the holiday of Sukkot is quite bizarre. Every other holiday on the Jewish calendar commemorates an event which occurred on that particular date; but absolutely nothing happened on the 15th of Tishrei!
Chassidic Thought
Hidden and Revealed
The first half of Tishrei is marked by solemnity, the second by elation; but the Chassidic masters explain that these are simply the "hidden" and "revealed" dimensions of the same elements
The first half of Tishrei is marked by solemnity, the second by elation; but the Chassidic masters explain that these are simply the "hidden" and "revealed" dimensions of the same elements
The Perfect Quarrel
The relationship, from its very inception, has been plagued by a quarrel between the spouses. As is common with many couples, they find themselves continuously and constantly arguing the same argument.
The relationship, from its very inception, has been plagued by a quarrel between the spouses. As is common with many couples, they find themselves continuously and constantly arguing the same argument.
Unity in Three Dimensions
Sukkot is the festival that celebrates Jewish unity. Unity is the underlying theme of the festival’s three precepts: joy, the taking of the Four Kinds, and dwelling in the sukkah.
Sukkot is the festival that celebrates Jewish unity. Unity is the underlying theme of the festival’s three precepts: joy, the taking of the Four Kinds, and dwelling in the sukkah.
Jewish Stories
An Etrog from the Garden of Eden
The Angel Michael harnessed the horse to the wagon of mitzvot, and the wagon driver cracked his whip. Suddenly the wagon gave a lurch forward, flattening the piles of sins that had been obstructing its way...
The Angel Michael harnessed the horse to the wagon of mitzvot, and the wagon driver cracked his whip. Suddenly the wagon gave a lurch forward, flattening the piles of sins that had been obstructing its way...
The Unpopular Tzaddik
Rabbi Pinchas raised his eyes. There stood the first of the Ushpizin--the honored guest for the first night of the festival--outside the door of his sukkah...
Rabbi Pinchas raised his eyes. There stood the first of the Ushpizin--the honored guest for the first night of the festival--outside the door of his sukkah...
Torah Readings & Services
Sukkot Torah Readings
Explore the Torah readings through the teachings of the Sages, from Talmudic times through the modern era.
Explore the Torah readings through the teachings of the Sages, from Talmudic times through the modern era.
The Jewish Woman
In His Arms
I wonder: How much longer do I have? And if I have a minute, an hour, a day what will I do with it? Do I deserve this extra time? And what am I supposed to with it if it is granted?
I wonder: How much longer do I have? And if I have a minute, an hour, a day what will I do with it? Do I deserve this extra time? And what am I supposed to with it if it is granted?
The Jewish Woman and the Festivals
In our lifetime, we do not have the luxury of sitting back and hoping someone else will take over the reins. We, the Jewish women of our generation, must be leaders. In many ways, the reins are in our hands. As the saying goes, the buck stops here. We must persevere, learn and speak up...
In our lifetime, we do not have the luxury of sitting back and hoping someone else will take over the reins. We, the Jewish women of our generation, must be leaders. In many ways, the reins are in our hands. As the saying goes, the buck stops here. We must persevere, learn and speak up...
Living
Our Last Sukkah?
Every year, we would tell the story of how we first met each other inside a sukkah in Jerusalem, and how the sukkah slowly transformed into a wedding canopy...
Every year, we would tell the story of how we first met each other inside a sukkah in Jerusalem, and how the sukkah slowly transformed into a wedding canopy...
Why was the generation of the Flood utterly destroyed, but not the generation of the Tower? Because the former were consumed by robbery and violence, while amongst the latter love prevailed.
— Midrash Rabbah
Print Magazine
There’s no such thing as defeat.
There’s always another chance. To believe in defeat is to believe that there is something, a certain point in time that did not come from Above.
Know that G‑d doesn’t have failures. If things appear to worsen, it is only as part of them getting better. We fall down only in order to b...
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