Is it the sukka of our desert wanderings, the temporary hut which the Israelites constructed in the desert when they wandered ...
Sukkot is one of the most festive Jewish holidays but also one of the least understood. The harvest season and the struggles ...
Sukkot, also known as the Feast of the Tabernacles, began this year at sundown on Oct 16, four days after the end of the fast day of Yom Kippur. It is one of the three festivals on which the Jewish ...
Not only are the four kinds and the tabernacle different in character; they are even seemingly opposed to one another. The four kinds and the rituals associated with them are about rain.
As Benjamin Franklin—known by contemporaries for his lack of humility—joked in his autobiography, “Even if I could conceive ...
A Holocaust museum has launched an appeal to ensure "a whole part of history" is kept alive by displaying mementos and ...
During Sukkot, Jews across the world dwell in temporary shelters and wave the Four Species in celebration of the harvest ...
Sukkot, a Jewish holiday celebrated in the fall, started its weeklong celebration from sundown on Oct. 16 until the evening ...