Posted by in Uncategorized Tonight we begin the Festival of Sukkot, our Fall Harvest Extravaganza! In our day and time this is a most overlooked by liberal Jews. With so much emphasis on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur the rest of the High Holy Days- Sukkot, Hoshanah Rabbah, Simchat Torah are often passed by. In the ancient days this…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Shabbat Sukkot is a double dose of joy! Sukkot is known as “zman simchateinu” -season of our rejoicing. On this holiday we celebrate the abundance in our lives. Even as the occupy Wall Street folks protest the corporate greed of the 1% we Americans enjoy a standard of living so far above many parts of…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Sukkot Rabbi Denise L. Eger We have just finished the sacred journey from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur through the Ten Days of Repentance. We have moved from Yom Terurah and Yom HaDin, Day of Sounding the Shofar and Day of Judgment to the Day of Atonement. As the gates of heaven closed at…Read more »
Posted by in Torah Commentary, Uncategorized Sukkot Rabbi Denise L. Eger This week we celebrate Sukkot the fall harvest festival beginning on Wednesday evening, September 22. Today is the first full day of the holy day. On the fifteenth of the seventh month (shall be the holiday of Sukkot, seven days for the God . The first day shall be a…Read more »
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