Posts Tagged: Sukkot
This Sukkot, Israel’s Immigrant Children Given Chance to Enjoy the Holiday
When the Yemin Orde Youth Village was established on Mount Carmel in northern Israel in 1953, few could have predicted the impact it would have...
Why Sukkot Reminds Us of the Need for a Jewish State
The Duke of Manheim once asked Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Levin why children ask the "Four Questions" on Passover and not Sukkot.“After all, on Sukkot you have more...
‘Shmita’ Sabbatical Year Puts Israel’s ‘Four Species’ Industry in a Bind This Sukkot
JNS.org - Hagai Kirshenbaum is a member of the fourth generation of his family to harvest etrogim (singular: etrog) on a large orchard outside of Rehovot...
Temple Mount Tensions Reach a Boiling Point During Sukkot
JNS.org - After the latest Islamic riots on the Temple Mount, Israeli Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch warned that further disturbances will prompt Muslims...
Sukkot and Water
Whatever is said about the festival of Sukkot, the fact is that water is the most significant subtext. All plants need water, as do humans...
Tunis: Muslim Cell Allegedly Tried to Kidnap Jewish Child (VIDEO)
Three would-be Muslim kidnappers failed in an attempted kidnapping of a 12-year-old Jewish child in the tiny community's ancient quarter on the Tunisian island...
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) Guide for the Perplexed, 2014
1. Sukkot starts on the 15th day of the Jewish month of Tishrei, commemorating the Exodus from Egypt, the construction of the Holy Tabernacle, and...
Sukkah Consciousness: Living with Vulnerability
JNS.org - The sukkah, even in the Torah, seems to straddle two different ecosystems: the desert and the settled agricultural land. Both are alien...
Is Renting a Sukkah a New Trend?
JNS.org - Many observant Jews own a sukkah that they put up every year for the weeklong fall holiday of Sukkot. Renting the temporary...
Thousands Descend Upon Israeli President Peres’s Residence to Revel in Sukkah (VIDEO)
Citizens from all over Israel joined President Shimon Peres at his residence's official Sukkah on Tuesday morning. Thousands of people began lining up outside...
Rare Photos Show Jews in Lodz Ghetto Observing Sukkot in 1941
A series of photos documenting the observance of Sukkot in the Lodz Ghetto in 1941 were recently revealed by the Shem Olam Institute. The photos show...
The Rabbi as a Declining Jewish Profession
A curious thing happened the other day. My son Mendy completed his rabbinic ordination after rigorous studies at an elite Chabad seminary in South Africa, and...
Gaza Exports Truckload of Lulav Palm Fronds to Israel for Sukkot
A truckload of palm fronds was exported from Gaza to Israel last month, apparently reversing a Hamas decision from 2011 that banned export of the...
Thousands of Christian Pilgrims Come to Israel for Sukkot
JNS.org - More than 5,000 Christian pilgrims from 100 countries will descend on Israel this week as part of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem's...
