What Matters Most?: The Talmud on fixing the sukkah’s height
At times a Sukkah can be too tall or at times too small. Here, as our Sages analyzed the possibilities of space management and competing size constriction vs. expansion strategies; we encounter fascinating and seemingly counterintuitive logic. Discover the meaning of “halachik reality” which attributes concrete contours to what might otherwise be viewed as conceptual theory, as we develop foundational principals is the sizing structural scale that keeps your holiday hut kosher.
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| Topics: | Sukkot, Sukkah, Sukkah, Talmud |
Rabbi Mendel Kaplan is the Spiritual Leader and Executive Director of Chabad Flamingo in Thornhill, Ontario, serving one of Canada’s most dynamic Jewish communities. He also serves as Chaplain of the York Regional Police Service. He is an active member of Toronto’s Vaad HaRabbanim (Council of Orthodox Rabbis), and a voting member of the COR Kashruth Council of Canada’s executive rabbinical board. Rabbi Kaplan is featured regularly on many local television and radio shows. He is a sought after speaker, with hundreds of lectures on Chabad.org. He and his wife, Faygie, are blessed with eight children. Artistically endowed, the rabbi enjoys drawing, sketching and creating charcoal portraits.
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