REVELATORY JOURNEY
WATCH: Unlocking the Mystery of Sukkot through the Book of Ecclesiastes: The Lessons of Kohelet: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — Friends, Succot. I want to share with you a journey. A long journey, actually, but not a difficult one but a really, really revelatory one, as to the nature of Succot. And I hope you’ll be able to – I’m going to go at speed, you see, we’ve got a lot of mikorot [sources] – but I hope we’ll see something really quite new. And let me share, therefore, with you, the following preparatory questions.
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The Palm Frond and the Sword: Meir Y. Soloveichik, Commentary Magazine, October 2023
Why Sukkot Is the Holiday You Need Right Now: Dovid Bashevkin, Tablet, Sept. 1, 2021
God Bless Israel: Let Us Never Forget the Horrific Attack of Oct. 7, 2023: Scott Walker, Washington Times, Oct. 10, 2024
The Jewish Moment: Melanie Phillips, JNS, Oct. 10, 2024
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For Further Reference:
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) Guide for the Perplexed, 2024: Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, The Ettinger Report, Oct. 14, 2024 — 1. Sukkot is a Jewish national liberation holiday. It commemorates the Biblical Exodus, the transition of the Jewish people from bondage in Egypt to liberty in the Land of Israel, and the sustained Jewish ingathering to the Land of Israel, which inspired the US Founding Fathers and the Abolitionist Movement.
How Did Jews Celebrate Sukkot 2,000 Years Ago? Archaeology Offers Answers: Rossella Tercatin, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 20, 2024 — Some 2,000 years ago, as the festival of Sukkot approached, tens of thousands of Jews left their homes throughout the Land of Israel and beyond and began a journey toward Jerusalem.
Sukkot, the Temple, and the Messianic Controversy: Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich, The Torah.com, Sept. 9, 2013 — The association between Sukkot and Jerusalem Temple goes all the way back to the Bible’s first descriptions of the holiday in Deuteronomy 16. In this chapter, God commands the Israelites to go to the Temple to celebrate the three primary Temple festivals – Pesah, Shavuot, and Sukkot.
When Did Jews Start Observing Torah?: Prof. Yonatan Adler, TheTorah.com, Oct. 13, 2022 — When did the laws of the Torah come to govern day-to-day Jewish life?
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