Sukkot

  Zach Truboff In 1933, as the month of Elul approached, the Jewish people faced a frightening array of dangers. That year, Hitler consolidated power as...

Special for Sukkot, we are honored to publish this piece by Rav Nahum Rabinovitch zz"l, appearing first the first time in print. Special thanks to Elli Fischer for translating and Koren for permission to publish.

Chaim Saiman comments on the nature of Simhat Torah.

Shlomo Zuckier seeks and uncovers rabbinic-Biblical intertextuality.

Two new poems by Temima Weissmann address national calamities, both past and present.

With Hoshanah Rabbah today and the theme of repentance in mind, Jack Cohen explores the role that outsiders play in one's teshuva process through an enigmatic midrash instructing one to return a person to themselves.

Aton Holzer offers an existential perspective on the transition from Yom Kippur to Sukkot and applies some Heideggerian concepts to the festival of gathering.

Benjamin Barer traces the word Hevel through Jewish texts, showing how the use of the same word can teach us both about the wisdom of Kohelet we read this past Shabbat and the character of Hevel who we will read about in this week's Parashah.

Aaron Cohen surveys the fascinating literature surrounding antipodal etrogim.

Yosef Lindell recounts the controversy surrounding different attempts at translating the Tishrei prayers.