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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.
We are one because we share a single soul, like a single, brilliant sun shining into many bodies. Since the soul is what counts, that makes us essentially one.
That is the meaning of the mitzvah of the Sukkah—a place that encompasses us all equally, rendering us a single whole.
We are also one because none of us are ali...
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
She was born Jewish, but her mother had unwittingly gotten her involved in church. Could she reclaim Judaism as her own?
Four types of vegetation are "taken" every day of the holiday of Sukkot. They are: lulav (palm frond), etrog (citron), hadasim (myrtles), and aravot (willows)
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
Five days after Yom Kippur, we shift gear and go outside to be in a flimsy hut called a sukkah—characterized by a state of complete joy. Learn all about the holiday of Sukkot.
"And the pit was empty; there was no water in it" (Genesis 37:24). From the implication of what is said, "And the pit was empty," do I not know that there was no water in it? What then is taught by, "there was no water in it"? There was no water, but there were snakes and scorpions in it...
– Talmud, Shabbat 22a
The seven days of the festival of Sukkot
consist of two days of "Yom Tov", followed by five days of "C... 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 »
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