Sukkot

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Shabbat Chol HaMoed: A Long Journey

Rabbi Jay Kelman

It is hard to imagine a more impactful ritual than that of our weekly Torah reading. While its origins date to Moshe Rabbeinu—acting in his capacity as a rabbinic sage, not as prophet delivering G-d's message—and Ezra the scribe, it was not until…
Article
Sep 24, 2021

Sukkot: The Season of Joy

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"On the first day, you must take for yourself a fruit of the citron tree, an opened palm frond, myrtle branches, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before G-d for seven days" (Vayikra 23:40).  While there is also a mitzvah to rejoice on…
Article
Sep 20, 2021

Prayer for Rain

Rabbi David Silber

Audio
Oct 14, 2020

Sukkot: Leading by Example

Rabbi Jay Kelman

For many years, students were introduced to the study of Talmud with Eilu Metziot, the second chapter of masechet Bava Metzia, focusing on the mitzvah of hashavat aveidah, returning lost objects. Beyond the technical details of this mitzvah, Talmud…
Article
Oct 7, 2020

Sukkot: The Sounds of Joy - Sukkot: The Sounds of Joy

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Audio
Oct 2, 2020

Sukkot: A Very Open Sukkah

Rabbi Jay Kelman

For seven days a year, one is to “make his home temporary and his Sukkah permanent”. Ideally, we move our finest furniture, china, and even our bedroom set into the Sukkah, our “fall home”. While our modern-day living habits…
Article
Oct 2, 2020

The Spiritual Journey of Hoshanot

Rabbi David Silber

Audio
Oct 1, 2020

Interpreting Prayer through Nusach HaTefillah (Part 4) -Sukkot

Chazzan Joseph Malovany

Audio
Sep 30, 2020

The Sukkah of Yom Kippur

Rabbi Jay Kelman

As important (if not more so) as what one says is how it is said, when it is said, and what is not said. This is equally true regarding both our interactions with other people and our religious texts. Form is as important as substance. So much of…
Article
Sep 30, 2020

The Sounds of Tishrei

Rabbi Jay Kelman

  Thursday September 17   8:30pm Eastern TimeShofar and Shabbat: The Sounds of Silence  Thursday September 24 8:30pm Eastern TimeYom Kippur: The Sounds of Teshuva   Thursday October 1 8:30pm Eastern TimeSukkot: The Sounds of Joy Thursday October 8…
Program
Sep 4, 2020