Tag: Shemini Atzeret
Happy Aliya Day, Everybody!
Strangely enough, the Knesset legislation known as the Aliyah Day Act 5776-2016 states that on the 7th of Cheshvan the country will celebrate the Israelites' entrance into the Land of Israel on the 10th of Nissan.
Rebbetzin Chanie Fogelman: Sukkot/Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah–A Jew’s Unbreakable Bond with G-d
Rebbetzin Chanie Fogelman, the co-director of Central Mass Chabad, in Worcester, Massachusetts, gives an in-depth explanation of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah.
EMT Quarantined in Corona Hotel Brings Medical Relief and Joy to Fellow Patients
"We have to focus on the good in life despite the illness."
Major Israeli Chasidic Posek: The Mitzvah Protects Us in Traditional Simchat Torah Gatherings
To Rabbi Klein's credit, he did not try to contradict the scientific truth that those who observe the commandments of prayer and study in public and in closed spaces risk their lives.
Morgan Stanley’s New ‘Jewish Values Tool Kit’ Has Nothing to Say About Usury
The "Jewish values" they're obviously looking for is your tax-deductible wealth, which they pursue with some generalized notion of what Jewish values actually mean.
Court Orders Canada to Change Shemini Atzeret Election Date
Elections Canada was ordered to respond to the court's ruling by August 1.
Jews in Israel Started Asking for Rain
Jews in the diaspora wait 60 days, until December 5 or 6, depending on whether February has 28 or 29 days, to begin their own appeal for rain.
Happy Aliya Day, Everybody!
Strangely enough, the Knesset legislation known as the Aliyah Day Act 5776-2016 states that on the 7th of Cheshvan the country will celebrate the Israelites' entrance into the Land of Israel on the 10th of Nissan.
Showers Expected Day after Prayers for Rain
The first rains of the winter season are expected on Tuesday, one day after Jews around the world begin adding to daily prayers that...
Q & A: Shemini Atzeret
Question: I seem to see a lack of uniformity regarding the mitzvah of sukkah on Shemini Atzeret. What is the proper procedure to follow?
Menachem
Via e-mail
Tishrei’s Universal Message
The start of the Jewish New Year, the month of Tishrei, is filled with holy days, among them four foundational celebrations: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah-Shemini Atzeret.
In The Past We See Our Future
The past is never dead. It’s not even past. – William Faulkner
We Jews are a people of memories. Our past defines who we are. The past infuses our religious lives with context, purpose and meaning. How could we be if not for knowing how we were?
Q & A: The Arba Parshiyot (Part I)
Question: Why do we read four special Torah sections between Purim and Pesach. Also, why do we call each of the four Shabbatot on which we read these sections by a special name – such as Shabbat Shekalim, Shabbat Zachor etc.?
Celia Gluck (Via E-Mail)
Journey Of An Academic Pariah
In the good old days, Forest Hills, New York - where I grew up between 1939 and 1951 - was a shtetl for assimilated American Jews. Like my parents, all our neighbors were American-born offspring of Eastern European immigrants. A generation removed from their identity conflicts, we children knew that Forest Hills, liberated from Judaism, was our promised land.
A Night Of Joy
Judaism is meticulous about the manner in which it celebrates Festivals.
We eat matzah on Pesach because it recalls the suddenness of the Exodus that happened so quickly there was no time for the dough to rise. On Sukkot, we leave our homes and establish residence in a sukkah to remember, "In sukkot did I house the children of Israel when I took them out of Egypt."
Q & A: ‘Bal Tosif’ And The Shofar Blasts (Conclusion)
QUESTION: I do not understand the practice of blowing so many extra blasts of the shofar, as is done in most synagogues on Rosh Hashana. Is that not in violation of the command bal tosif, as stated in Deuteronomy (13:1), "You shall not add to [G-d's commandments]"?Elliot Solomon(Via E-Mail)