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Yom Kippur is not just another Jewish holiday. It is the holiest day of the year. For 25 hours, Jews across the world step out of ordinary time, reciting prayers that rise like a chorus of yearning, with voices that carry the weight of generations who fasted, wept, and sang before us. Stripping away comfort […]
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Yom Kippur and Sukkot could not be more different. One day, we divest ourselves of material concerns, spending the day in repentance and prayer. A few days later, on Sukkot, we find ourselves outdoors, eating a lavish meal in a flimsy hut under the open sky. The connection between these holidays always felt mysterious to […]
» Click here for the complete Sukkot section « Following on the heels of the High Holidays is Sukkot, a seven-day festival (8 days in the Diaspora) characterized by the outdoor Sukkah-huts that we sit in, and the "Four Species" of plants waved together each day. Sukkot is a holiday of immense joy, where we […]
Sukkot is a holiday full of joy, gratitude, and connection—and it comes with one of the most visually striking mitzvot in Judaism: the Four Species. Every year, five days after Yom Kippur, we gather the lulav (palm branch), etrog (citron), hadasim (myrtle), and aravot (willow) and wave them in all directions. The Four Species serves […]
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How to truly forgive someone who has hurt you.
