Tag: Sukkot

Max Hollander compares the two parables most often used to define Shemini Atzeret in the traditional commentators.

Zoe Jick Fertik explores the parallels between holidays on the Jewish calendar.

Can we solve the growing problem of materialism in the Orthodox community? Tzvi Sinensky explains how Rabbi Norman Lamm’s Sukkot sermons shine some light on the matter

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

Yaakov Jaffe traces the origins and evolution of the custom to shake the lulav in different directions.

Daniel Goldberg examines how four versions of a Midrash about Shemini Atzeret reflect different aspects of the Jewish people's relationship with God.

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.

Michael Bernstein examines how the individual experience is ironically incorporated into holidays that are all about the community.

Aaron Cohen surveys the fascinating literature surrounding antipodal etrogim.

Dan Margulies offers a rundown of the sukkah zip-tie construction, the next great halakhic frontier