Sukkot 160 articles

This shiur provided courtesy of The Tanach Study Center In memory of Rabbi Abraham Leibtag Wouldn’t make more sense to celebrate Sukkot during the month of Nisan instead of Tishrei? After...

In general, a mitzva consists of performing a certain action with a particular object. For example eating matza, donning tefillin, “taking” a lulav, and blowing a shofar are all considered mitzvot....

This article will treat the permissibility of eating and sleeping outside the sukkah during trips taken during Chol Ha-mo’ed – specifically those organized, as is customary, by youth groups. SOURCE The...

The Torah reading for the first two days of Sukkot raises some serious questions. We understand that the reading is, for the most part (aliyot 1-4), not an historical depiction of...

The morning Torah reading of Shabbat Chol Ha-moed consists of selected portions from Parshat Ki Tisa. The conclusion of the reading summarily addresses the Shalosh Regalim, and this would seem to...

Of all the seasons in the Jewish calendar year, Sukkot is the premier time to GET HAPPY!! Yes, it’s true that the biblical mitzvah (commandment) of “rejoicing on the festivals” also...

The Haftarah of the second day of Sukkot details the dedication of the Beit HaMikdash (the Temple) by Shlomo Hamelech. The Haftarah narrates the final preparations for sanctifying the Beit HaMikdash,...

Every civilization and every philosophical system searches for the meaning of beauty. In classical Western thought, the pursuit of the Beautiful is deemed to be as basic as the quest for...

Every sacrifice brought in the Temple was accompanied by a flour offering and the pouring of a prescribed measure of wine on the altar. During the seven days of the Festival...

After the regular daily offering in the Temple, the Additional Offerings were brought. Each day there was a different number of these Additional Offerings were to be brought. All together seventy...