Sukkot 160 articles

Many years ago, before the common use of cell phones, I had the unfortunate experience of being trapped alone in a hotel elevator in Israel. Although the elevator was stuck for...

Fear and trembling. Those have been our primary religious emotions during the past several weeks. Although Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are referred to nowadays as the High Holidays, traditionally they...

The Levush says we circle the bimah during Hoshanot because of the joy of the holiday. How is Hoshanot, circling the bimah, and beating the aravah the major manifestation of simcha...

The mitzvah of the arba minim and sukkah appear to be opposites. We are required to hold the 4 minim in hand (נטילת לולב) and one is obligated to own his own...

The Mechaber discusses the reason we sit in sukkot. What are the halachic ramifications of whether our sukkot commemorate the Ananei HaKavod or actual sukkot they used in the desert? Shiur...

Many learn that “חג הסוכות תעשה” is an implicit blessing, if you perform the mitzvah of ישיבת סוכה, you will merit to perform it next year as well. Why is the mitzvah...

רמב”ם סוכה פרק ו The two aspects of the mitzvah of sukkah according to the Rambam are 1) that a person has an obligation to live in the sukkah and 2)...

What are Hoshanos? Why do we say them? Why is the schedule the way it is? What’s “Ani Vaho?” Find out all this and more with this colorful, downloadable PDF!