סוכות [suˈkot] sukkot or sukkos or sukkoth, often translated as "booth") isa temporary hut constructed for use during the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot. ... It is common for Jews to eat, sleep and otherwise spend time in the sukkah. ...
Sukkot is a time to host guests for meals in the sukkah. The open booth is a reminder of howthe Children of Israel slept after they fled slavery in Egypt, a connection to the story of Passover. It also resembles temporary shelters from the sun used by farmers planting out in the fields...
Irving Greenberg
My birthday is in October. When I was six years old, my birthday fell onSukkot. In light of the comingSimhat Torahholiday, my parents bought me a little Sefer Torah (Torah scroll). It was printed and not handwritten, of course, but I didn’t know the difference. It had a blue velv...
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Simchat Torah, normally celebrated with great joy at the end of Sukkot, can’t be treated as usual in 5785, Judy Siegel-Itzkovich,The Jerusalem Post’s health and science reporter, opined. “It’s impossible due to the thousands of people mourning their loved ones and agonizing over the ...
Because of the holiday of Sukkot and Simchat Torah, I had to perform the funeral service myself. Reply Christy May 26th, 2019 Here is an interesting story. I have a friend who is in the worst marriage I have ever seen or heard of. They have been married for 25 years and have ...
During the three Biblical Feasts of Pesach (Passover), Shavuot (Pentecost), and Sukkot (Tabernacles), the Jewish people had togo up(aliyah)to Jerusalem. Reserve your free bible now Others say the 15 psalms were sung by the Levites (Israel’s priests) as they as...
In the end, the talks went down to the wire, with Kushner abandoning plans to spend the Jewish festival of Sukkot with his family late on Sunday, the person in Washington said, as Canada and the United States thrashed out the last details of a deal. It was finally ann...
Often, individuals are unsure when to arrive, how long to stay (i.e., duration of visit), what to say and how to leave the shiva home. The nature of ones relationship to the departed and mourning family may help to influence the decisions that an individual makes when visiting a shiva...