One of the many mitzvot mentioned in our parashah is the mitzvah of Aliyah LaRegel — ascending to Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) three times a year. Jews would travel from far and […]
Shabbat and Holidays
Explore the beauty of Sukkot, from the mitzvah of the lulav and etrog to building your own sukkah.
Delighting in the Ordinary This week’s Torah reading describes the exciting moment of when the Jews were finally freed from Egypt. We can only imagine the great excitement which filled […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Is there a deeper meaning to the mitzvah of the Four Species on Sukkot? I want to connect with it in a meaningful […]
A 3 Day Chag When Shabbat comes right before or after yom tov (a festival day), it creates what we call a “three-day chag (holiday).” Spiritually uplifting, yes—but logistically challenging. […]
Elul to Shemini Atzeret The journey of the High Holidays – Elul through Simchat Torah, is a single, continuous arc of self‑discovery and closeness with our Creator. Elul awakens us […]
Sukkot is referred to in our prayers as our time of happiness. Why is this specifically our time of happiness? The Yalkut Shimoni (Emor, 654) writes that this is an […]
Add meaning to your holiday with this beautiful sukkah poster Upon entering the sukkah on the first of the seven days of the holiday of Sukkot, there are certain thoughts […]
Sukkot is one of the special times throughout the year when we sing chapters from Psalms to Hashem, otherwise known as Hallel. Among the passages that we say are the […]
Growing up in a small town in the center of England in the 1960s, Hoshannah Rabbah was nothing more than the last day of Chol Hamoed Sukkos (Sukkot). And Chol […]
Sukkot is known as the “time of our happiness”. While all Chagim are happy times, Sukkot stands out as the pinnacle of joy. Back in the days when the Beit […]
