What is the Meaning Behind the Hoshanot Prayers on Sukkot?

Rabbi Shlomo M. Brody

20 Tishri 5775 – October 13, 2014

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Rabbi Shlomo M. Brody

Rabbi Shlomo M. Brody teaches at Yeshivat Hakotel, directs the Tikvah Overseas Seminars, and is a columnist.  He is also a presidential graduate fellow at Bar Ilan University Law School and a junior scholar at the Israel Democracy Institute.  Author of "A Guide to the Complex: Contemporary Halakhic Debates" (Maggid Books), winner of a 2014 National Jewish Book Award.