Category: Sukkot Reflections

Shared through an interview with Nadia Schapiro, learn about making etrog marmalade as an environmentally friendly endeavor.

Daniela Rusowsky October 10, 2025 Climate and Environment Food

As echoed in Kohelet and the use of the temporary structure, the sukkah, on Sukkot, we bask in our impermanence.

Rabbi Benjamin Barer October 10, 2025 High Holidays Holidays

As we enter into the time of Sukkot, we can take the time to learn and teach about the joy that celebrating the holiday can ...

Rachel Bloch October 3, 2025 Holidays Israel

In a reflection before Sukkot and the anniversary of October 7, this author views Sukkot as temporary shelters for peace and what we need now. ...

Gila Axelrod October 3, 2025 Holidays Israel

As we reach Sukkot and the anniversary of October 7, Jacob Blumenthal provides a message about balancing pain and celebration.

Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal October 3, 2025 Holidays Israel

Rather than prohibit Halloween (and turn Jewish kids off), we have an opportunity to talk about Hoshana Rabbah and our heritage of ghost stories.

Emily Jaeger September 23, 2022 High Holidays Holidays

Reflecting on the idea that a tiny, fragile protuberance can make an entire ritual object unfit for use is absurd. Here's what it teaches us.

Rabbi Dan Ornstein September 23, 2022 High Holidays Holidays

Living in the Sukkah can mean just living in an outdoor hut for a week, but it can also bring so much more meaning into ...

Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal September 22, 2022 High Holidays Holidays

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