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Chol Hamoed/Simchat Torah
Essays
Is Rain on Sukkot a Bad Omen?
The Mishnah analogizes rain on Sukkot to a servant who comes to pour wine for his master, and the master pours a jug of water in his face. Here is what this means for those of us who experience rain almost every Sukkot
The Mishnah analogizes rain on Sukkot to a servant who comes to pour wine for his master, and the master pours a jug of water in his face. Here is what this means for those of us who experience rain almost every Sukkot
Simchat Torah All Year Round
Why should our Jewishness be associated with solemnity, judgment and a growling stomach? Why not with who we really are--the people that dance with a book.
Why should our Jewishness be associated with solemnity, judgment and a growling stomach? Why not with who we really are--the people that dance with a book.
By the Numbers
15 Simchat Torah Facts Every Jew Should Know
Simchat Torah (“The Joy of the Torah”) is the day when we finish the annual Torah-reading cycle and begin anew. Learn 15 facts that you may not have known!
Simchat Torah (“The Joy of the Torah”) is the day when we finish the annual Torah-reading cycle and begin anew. Learn 15 facts that you may not have known!
Voices
The Doctors Said We Could Not Have a Child
Read a firsthand account of how an encounter with the Rebbe on Chol Hamoed Sukkot changed a family forever.
Read a firsthand account of how an encounter with the Rebbe on Chol Hamoed Sukkot changed a family forever.
I Never Thought I’d Have My Own Sukkah
That diffident child peering through the fence at her neighbors never dreamed that when she grew up, she would one day have the joy of sitting in her own sukkah year after year.
That diffident child peering through the fence at her neighbors never dreamed that when she grew up, she would one day have the joy of sitting in her own sukkah year after year.
The Song of Redemption
How a powerful poem, set to music in Shanghai, gained new life and meaning to Jews around the world.
How a powerful poem, set to music in Shanghai, gained new life and meaning to Jews around the world.
Parshah
High But Not Too High
You must always remain with your feet tethered to the ground, no matter how much you want to escape.
You must always remain with your feet tethered to the ground, no matter how much you want to escape.
Video
Hakhel Is for Children Too
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.
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.
Rebounding (i.e., reflected) light is more powerful than direct light
— The Teachings of Kabbalah
Print Magazine
The Talmud (Ta'anit 23b) mentions that a woman's charity is greater than a man's. She gives the starving beggar a loaf of bread, while he only provides the means to attain it.
Read that in its inner sense and you will see that it is forever:
A man’s way is to serve your impoverished soul ideas—perhaps you will be wise e...
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