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| Tishrei 5781 / October 2020 |
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Harav Yaakov Medan: The mitzva of the water libation on Sukkot has no explicit source in the Torah. However, an examination of the story of Eliyahu on Mt. Carmel yields not only an allusion to it but also helps us understand the meaning of this mitzva.
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Rav Elyakim Krumbein: We celebrate the Torah on two separate holidays in the year. Given that Shavuot is the “Festival of the Giving of the Torah,” why do we also celebrate Simchat Torah, the “Rejoicing over the Torah”?
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Rav Uriel Eitam: Sukkot seems to be the festival of nature and of water, yet rain on the holiday is considered a sign of God's disapproval. What does this mean, and what does it have to do with the origins of precipitation in the Creation narrative?
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Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein: On the relationship between mikdash and sukka. Special shiur recently given by zoom, including a short Question and Answer session, video length approx. 1 hr.
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Reading Kohelet on Sukkot
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Chol HaMoed
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Sukkot Journal
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