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SUKKOT 5787: When the First Day of Sukkot Falls on Shabbat
ARBA'AT HAMINIM
This year Sukkot begins on Friday night, September 25. The first day is Shabbat, and the second day of Yom Tob is Sunday...
SUKKOT: The Bet haMiqdash and Hosha’na Rabba
The days of Sukkot were celebrated with extraordinary joy in the Bet haMiqdash. Beyond the biblical commandment of taking the four species (ארבעת המינים),...
SUKKOT: The Lulab and the Etrog
וּלְקַחְתֶּ֨ם לָכֶ֜ם בַּיּ֣וֹם הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן פְּרִ֨י עֵ֤ץ הָדָר֙ כַּפֹּ֣ת תְּמָרִ֔ים וַעֲנַ֥ף עֵץ־עָבֹ֖ת וְעַרְבֵי־נָ֑חַל וּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗ם לִפְנֵ֛י ה׳ אֱלֹ-הֵיכֶ֖ם שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃
"And you shall take on the first...
SUKKOT: The Clouds That Protect Israel
לְמַ֨עַן֮ יֵדְע֣וּ דֹרֹֽתֵיכֶם֒ כִּ֣י בַסֻּכּ֗וֹת הוֹשַׁ֙בְתִּי֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּהוֹצִיאִ֥י אוֹתָ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲנִ֖י ה׳ אֱלֹ-הֵיכֶֽם׃
"…so that your generations may know that I made the...
SUKKOT: Dwelling in the Sukka
לְמַ֨עַן֮ יֵדְע֣וּ דֹרֹֽתֵיכֶם֒ כִּ֣י בַסֻּכּ֗וֹת הוֹשַׁ֙בְתִּי֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּהוֹצִיאִ֥י אוֹתָ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲנִ֖י ה׳ אֱלֹ-הֵיכֶֽם׃
"You shall dwell in sukkot for seven days. Every native...
SUKKOT and the Alliance of the Four Plants
FOUR JEWS, FOUR IDEAS
Our Sages said that the four plants we take on Sukkot stand for the Jewish community: four kinds of people, differing...
