Shemini Atzeret

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A Closer Look at the "Last Days" of Sukkot

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Audio
Oct 23, 2024

Shemini Atzeret: The Rainy Season Begins

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss some of the reasons we read V'Zot Ha'Beracha on Shemini Atzeret. (They may not be what you think.) 
Podcast
Oct 21, 2024

A Closer Look at the Machzor (Part 9)

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Audio
Oct 11, 2024

A Closer Look at the Machzor (Part 7)

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Audio
Sep 27, 2024

A Closer Look at the Machzor (Part 5)

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Audio
Sep 13, 2024

e-TiM: Hashem Hu ha'Elokim - God's Name(s) in our Tanach & our High Holiday Prayers

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Hashem Hu ha'Elokim - God's Name(s) in our Tanach & our High Holiday Prayers Rabbi Menachem Leibtag Sundays, September, 8 - October, 13, 2024 11:15am Eastern, 6:15pm Israel Time September 8The 'Two Names' for God in Parshat Breiseet & their…
Program
Aug 21, 2024

A Closer Look at the Yom Tov Amidah

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Audio
Apr 26, 2024

The Haftarot of Tishrei: From Hannah’s Prayer to the Skin of the Leviathan by way of Rachel’s Tomb (Part 6) - Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah

Dr. Moshe Sokolow

Audio
Sep 26, 2023

Shemini Atzeret: Three is Not a Crowd

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Unlike our other holidays, the holiday of Sukkot does not celebrate a particular historical event at a particular moment in time. Rather it commemorates and celebrates the long journey from Egypt to the land of Israel. We sit in the sukkah lema’an,…
Article
Sep 27, 2021

Shmini Atzeret: A Dual Holiday

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The Jewish holidays have two distinct themes. The shalosh regalim, three pilgrim festivals of Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot, occurring at key agricultural seasons, are a time to reflect on our material blessings, specifically in the land of Israel…
Article
Oct 9, 2020