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November 30, 2024 – 9:04 pm | Comments Off on Show Your Children Your Love of Judaism37 views

This week, we read about the birth of Jacob’s children. Twelve of his thirteen children were born in this week’s Torah portion. Jacob’s children all followed their father’s lead, unlike his father and grandfather. Abraham had Ishmael, Isaac had Esau, and Jacob had thirteen children who emulated him.
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Sukkot: The Holiday of Clouds

September 30, 2020 – 10:42 pm | Comments Off on Sukkot: The Holiday of Clouds1,307 views
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The Sukkah, the outdoor hut in which we eat during the holiday of Sukkot, represents the canopy of clouds that surrounded our ancestors as they journeyed across the desert from Egypt to Israel.[1] Many have wondered why we celebrate Sukkot in the Fall if our ancestors embarked on their journey …

Sukkot: Palm Frond

September 20, 2018 – 9:12 am | Comments Off on Sukkot: Palm Frond2,463 views
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The Palm frond is the tallest and most visible of the four species that we waive during the festival of Sukkot. So much does the Palm frond stand out that it is perceived as the signature piece of the four species. When referring to the four species, one often describes …

Sukkot: G-d’s Holiday

October 1, 2017 – 12:46 am | Comments Off on Sukkot: G-d’s Holiday2,744 views
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Why and When
Sukkot, the festival of Tabernacles, is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the Hebrew month Tishrei. It celebrates the clouds of glory that G-d provided for our ancestors in the desert. For forty years, they were sheltered from the desert’s elements by the clouds that G-d dispatched to …

Sukkot: The Prevailing Custom

October 23, 2016 – 12:50 am | Comments Off on Sukkot: The Prevailing Custom3,206 views
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A Custom Product
My earliest memories of the last day of Sukkot is of the market place set up in front of the large Synagogue of the Lubavitcher Rebbe in Brooklyn, New York. All night long, the sidewalk at 770 Eastern Parkway was a teeming marketplace of willow sales.
“Five dollars a …

Sukkot: The Strength to Emerge

October 16, 2016 – 1:40 am | Comments Off on Sukkot: The Strength to Emerge2,601 views
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Emerge
Four days after Yom Kippur we take our show on the road. We emerge from our synagogue and home and go out to the Sukkah (outdoor hut covered in foliage). To come out means to emerge from the doors that enclose us in and the locks that hold us back. …

Sukkot: A Time for Unity

October 4, 2014 – 11:55 pm | Comments Off on Sukkot: A Time for Unity2,881 views
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Alone In Our Thoughts
I sit at my desk late at night and reflect on the day that just passed. It was Yom Kippur today, a day filled with prayer, song, meditation and study. My mind turns to the last few moments of the holy day and I remember standing at …