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Sukkot
By the Numbers
9 Reasons You'll Love Sitting in a Sukkah
For just over one week a year, the Jewish world moves out to the shady confines of the sukkah. Here are nine reasons you'll want to pull up a chair.
For just over one week a year, the Jewish world moves out to the shady confines of the sukkah. Here are nine reasons you'll want to pull up a chair.
12 of the World’s Most Interesting Sukkahs
A sukkah can be built anywhere, in any way that suits the builder.
A sukkah can be built anywhere, in any way that suits the builder.
Your Questions
Why Is Sukkot Happier Than Any Other Jewish Holiday?
Passover is the "Season of Our Liberation," Shavuot is the "Season of the Giving of Our Torah" and Sukkot is described simply as the "Season of Our Rejoicing!"
Passover is the "Season of Our Liberation," Shavuot is the "Season of the Giving of Our Torah" and Sukkot is described simply as the "Season of Our Rejoicing!"
Halachah for Life
Quiz
Podcasts
I Never Dreamed I'd Marry a Religious Jew
She was born Jewish, but her mother had unwittingly gotten her involved in church. Could she reclaim Judaism as her own?
She was born Jewish, but her mother had unwittingly gotten her involved in church. Could she reclaim Judaism as her own?
Video
One Sukkah, One Lulav, One People
The two central mitzvos of Sukkos—the sukkah and the Four Kinds—have at their core the theme of Jewish unity.
The two central mitzvos of Sukkos—the sukkah and the Four Kinds—have at their core the theme of Jewish unity.
Lifestyle
"One nation will struggle against the other" (Genesis 25:23). Jacob and Esau will never be equal: when one rises the other will fall, and when the other rises, the first will fall.
— Rashi
Print Magazine
A sukkah is an embrace. You sit inside and G‑d is hugging you. All of you, from head to toe.
Whatever you do inside your sukkah—sip a beer, chat with a friend, answer your e‑mail, or just sleep soundly—all is transformed into a mitzvah, a secure and timeless connection with the Infinite.
And then, when you leave the suk...
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