But last year, as Sukkot began, I didn’t fully understand. Not really. My boys and I sat with friends in Nachlaot , laughing as we ate sushi under the fronds.

(The Conversation) — Sukkot is a Jewish festival that follows right on the heels of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Judaism’s High Holy Days. The harvest holiday, which begins on Sept. 29, 2023 ...

Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, is perhaps the most unusual of Jewish celebrations, with the most observant believers praying, eating their meals and sleeping in huts with branch roofs.

OPINION Sukkot’s wisdom combats social media and helps us recognize the fragility of life Holiday’s ancient wisdom offers a spiritual 'unplug' that so many desperately need ...

As you read this column Jews around the world are preparing to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot, or Booths. It is the Jewish equivalent of Thanksgiving — a holiday of joy to celebrate the harvest ...

Sukkot is the only Jewish holiday in which there is a commanded emotion, explains Rabbi Sarah Krinsky of Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C. "In this case, profound joy," she says.

Events for Sukkot, listed on Beth Israel’s website, are set to kick off at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Waterville Municipal Sukkah at Castonguay Square at 93 Main St.

Some aspects of Sukkot happen in the synagogue, including special prayers and readings from the Bible. Yet the main action takes place at home, in the backyard sukkah–the singular form of the word ...

Not only because that is precisely the philosophical task of this week’s Sukkot holiday, but because we live in the aftermath of a war in which we were almost erased from the earth.

The great wisdom of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot is that it teaches us to count our blessings. ... In 2014, a team of psychologists set out to test whether humility training could work.

Sukkot is a Jewish festival that follows right on the heels of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Judaism’s High Holy Days. The harvest holiday, which begins on the evening of October 16, 2024, lasts ...