Tag: Sukkah
Snapshots of Sukkot
Sukkot is a week-long holiday in Israel (as opposed to eight days in the Diaspora), with the first and last days as Yom Tov and national holidays in which businesses are closed. This year,...
Sukkot and Sukkah Songs
The seven days of Sukkot—celebrated by dwelling in the sukkah, taking the Four Kinds, and rejoicing—is the holiday when we expose ourselves to the elements in covered huts, commemorating G‑d's sheltering our ancestors as...
Heart and soul
Does it always rain on Sukkot, where you live? Here in South Africa, the farmers say as soon as the Jews put up their booths, the rains will come.
Besides the sukkah itself, on this...
National Library of Israel releases rare photographs of Sukkot during 1973 war
Nearly 50 years after the Yom Kippur War, the National Library of Israel has released a number of rare photos showing how the festival of Sukkot, or “Feast of Tabernacles,” was celebrated during the conflict, even...
‘If you build it, they will come’: The blessings of the holiday sukkah
Some people take the commandment to beautify a mitzvah very seriously indeed, especially when it comes to their sukkah.
It’s been nearly three decades since Len Upin took brush in hand and, using acrylics, painted a...
What happens to us when too much is happening?
We are approaching a psychic and emotional danger zone. Too much is happening. We’re on news overload. The multiple crises that have shaken us in 2020 seem to be converging and climaxing. The weight...
A hop and a happy mess: Sukkot under the stars
For Yael Michaely, her husband Boaz and their three young children, feeling at home in their new country began in earnest one autumn evening in 2004.
For these Israelis recently transplanted to Newton, Mass., the...