Posts Tagged: Sukkah
A Sukkot Guide for the Perplexed, 2023
Ahead of Sukkot, which begins on Friday, here are some interesting facts about the holiday: 1. Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, derives its name from the...
Felony Charges Filed Against Three Miami University Students for Desecration of Sukkah
The City of Oxford Division of Police in Butler County, Ohio, has charged three Miami University students with felony vandalism for desecrating a Sukkah put...
Sukkot: A Different Kind of Festival
The ancient festival of Sukkot has numerous elements to it. First is the Sukkah. We value our homes and the security of our little palaces,...
A Sukkot Guide for the Perplexed
Here are some facts you may not know about the upcoming holiday of Sukkot. 1. The holiday is named for the first stop during the 40-year-Exodus...
When Too Much Is Happening, Enter the Sukkah
JNS.org - We are approaching a psychic and emotional danger zone. Too much is happening. We’re on news overload. The multiple crises that have shaken...
A Safe Sukkot — at Home and Outside
JNS.org - Sukkot, the joyous Jewish Thanksgiving, was originally an agricultural holiday -- a time of gathering a bountiful harvest. The sukkah itself -- the...
Sukkot: A Jewish Thanksgiving
JNS.org - Sukkot is akin to a Jewish Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving in America, no matter their religion or background, families and friends come together to...
The Sukkah, Rabbinic Law, and Jewish Survival
Unless you are an aficionado of Jewish law, the name “Pri Megadim” will mean very little to you. Nonetheless, it happens to be the title of...
A Sukkot Guide for the Perplexed, 2017
1. Sukkot and Senator Robert Byrd. The holiday of Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles) is dedicated to the study of the Book of Ecclesiastes, which was...
The Sukkot Guide for the Perplexed, 2015
1. The U.S. connection: Columbus Day is celebrated around Sukkot. According to "Columbus Then and Now" (Miles Davidson, 1997, p. 268), Columbus arrived in America on Friday...
Is Renting a Sukkah a New Trend?
JNS.org - Many observant Jews own a sukkah that they put up every year for the weeklong fall holiday of Sukkot. Renting the temporary...
Three Sukkahs in U.S. and Israel Win Jewish Agency Sukkathon Competition
JNS.org - Three sukkahs, two in the U.S. and one in Israel, will share the title of "Number One Sukkah" as the winners of...
Thousands Descend Upon Israeli President Peres’s Residence to Revel in Sukkah (VIDEO)
Citizens from all over Israel joined President Shimon Peres at his residence's official Sukkah on Tuesday morning. Thousands of people began lining up outside...
A New Purpose for the Lulav and Etrog
JNS.org - Another High Holidays season is upon us, which means Sukkot is right around the corner. In no time you'll be ordering your annual...