News for Sukka Jewish at nightInsights for Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. Forty years in the sukkaForty years of living in sukkot were a lesson in what this world really is. They woke up every day to see flimsy walls blowing in the wind. Why is Sukkot a universal holiday for all the nations?Why are 70 bulls offered on Sukkot? Why will all nations be required to observe Sukkot in the future? A sukka miracle in New YorkRabbi Nachman taught that the mitzva of sukka is a "segula" for coming to Eretz Yisrael. I can attest to that! How can we be commanded to be joyful?The holiday of Sukkot is the antidote to the fractured hearts of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The imaginary walls of a sukkaWithout the Oral Law's detailed descriptions, we would not be able to build the more open sukkas we need this year. The magnitude of G-d's VoiceThe magnitude of Hashem's voice is perceived in accordance with the spiritual intensity of the respective place and situation. Watch: Building a Sukkah on top of IDF headquartersThis Sukkot, IDF soldiers built a Sukkah on top of the IDF Headquarters in Tel Aviv to celebrate the holiday. A temporary dwelling and the global pandemicThe sukkah, symbolizing the transience of the material world, takes on new meaning in a time when a plague has subdued human arrogance. Succoth: The role of the lowly willowTorah from Israel's first Chief Rabbi, iconic leader of Religious Zionism: The willow represents the unlearned, blessed with common sense. Our world is a Sukkah and G-d is its coverWe can fly to the moon and Mars but we cannot guarantee ourselves a safe dwelling. For that, we have to rely on G-d. Sukkot memories. How lucky we are to be outdoors!First, we had to daven outside. We had to meet our grandkids outside. Now we are in our Sukkah outside - where it's supposed to be! Knesset approves restrictions on prayers and demonstrationsIsraelis are banned from visiting sukkah of people they do not live with under new regulations. The house you build: Thoughts while putting up a SukkahWe have so many temporary dwellings in life, but how do we build the home of our souls? Sukkah - the mitzva that does not make you 'empty pocketed'The Gemara says that G-d tested the non-Jews with the mitzva of Sukkah, easy to keep because it does not involve monetary loss, And? Michigan State U. Hillel sukkah ‘totally decimated’ by vandalsTwo vandals, apparently drunk, filmed destroying sukkah erected by Michigan State University Hillel during Sukkot. Public urged to dismantle sukkahs amid possible tropical stormHatzala Beit Shemesh warns weekend forecast indicates possibility of Mediterranean tropical storm with winds of over 100 km/h. Two injured in Jerusalem sukkah fireSukkah fire forces building evacuation in Jerusalem.Sukkot: A universal holiday for the nationsWhy are 70 bulls offered on Sukkot? Why will all nations be required to observe Sukkot in the future?Responsum: Best to light electric candles in sukkahTzomet Institute says best to light electric candles in sukkah for fear of igniting sukkah due to winds, rain, or other factors. Yom Kippur ends, preparations for Sukkot beginTens of thousands of Jews across Israel attended synagogues on Yom Kippur. Israeli Jews are now preparing for the holiday of Sukkot. This sukkah assembles in under 5 minutes! - You gotta see it!'Pop-Up' Travel Sukkahs are the ultimate in portable convenience! New York public sukkah vandalized; Jews respond with loveVandals spray-paint anti-Israel graffiti on Chabad sukkah in Manhattan; NY Mayor condemns act as police investigate to locate suspects. 12 injured after sukkah collapses in MonseyMajor disaster narrowly averted after balcony in heavily Jewish town collapses. President's House opens: 'May we be healthy'President Rivlin and wife Nechama host citizens of Israel: 'I wish our Sukkah to be an ark of peace, health, and life.' Be involved: How you'll bring everyone into your SukkahMake Sukkot into a family project: Mendy Kaplan shares tips on involving everyone. A Sukkot allegoryA parable with a lesson. Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) guide for the perplexed, 2018From the Zohar to Senator Byrd, facts and miscellany about Sukkot. Thousands visit President Rivlin's SukkaPresident Reuven Rivlin follows tradition and opens his Sukka to anyone wishing to speak with him. Sukka of the Rebbe's emissary in UkraineArutz Shgeva visited the special Sukka of Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky in Dnepropetrovsk 4 year old seriously injured dismantling sukkahA four year old boy was evacuated to Hadassah Ein Kerem after falling from a second story window while helping to dismantle a sukkah. |
