Succot

Seeing our brothers’ plight: The light Hanukkah demands we bring into the world - opinion

Hanukkah and Vayeshev together reveal that the festival’s light shines only when we open our eyes to our brothers’ struggles and choose loyalty and compassion.

Candles are lit on the eighth night, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, last Hanukkah. The main idea of the holiday is the spiritual illumination of the public sphere, says the writer.
 Rabbi Moshe Hauer with President Isaac Herzog

Orthodox Union’s Rabbi Moshe Hauer dies of sudden heart attack at age 60

 SHLOMO ARTZI is one of the superstars appearing at this year’s Tamar Festival.

Tamar Festival turns 24: The popular Dead Sea musical extravaganza returns on Succot

A man examines an Etrog as ultra orthodox Jews shop the four species, for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in the ultra orthodox neighborhood of Meah Shearim, Jerusalem, October 6, 2022.

Why do most Asian Jews use imported etrogs on Sukkot?


Guidelines for a holiday filled with happiness, not hurt

Every year the ambulance and firstaid organization gets calls to treat or evacuate those hurt while building an outdoor succa booth.

CHILDREN JOIN President Reuven Rivlin in decorating a succa at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem yesterday

Start filling your calendar this Succot

There is a wide range of Succot events on offer around the country.

The Library’s Lion, at Holon’s holiday Mediatheque Theater

Grapevine: Alber and Shenkar

News briefs from around the nation.

Design by Alber Elbaz

City Notes: Honey festival a sweet way to mark holiday season

A news roundup from around the nation.

Rosh Hashana Honey festival

How to get a good etrog

As each etrog is considered, the potential purchaser scrutinizes the citron for blemishes or discoloration.

Choosing the right etrog

Succot: To enjoy being in God’s shadow

What are these succot, these booths in which our forefathers sat in the desert? Two thousand years ago, the sages of the Mishna were divided about this issue.

Painting by Meira Raanan

Outings for Hol Hamoed Succot

Experience culinary delights, games, music, tours and solving ancient riddles.

Harvesting olives with HaShomer HaChadash in the Lower Galilee

City Notes: Bikes to take over TA during Succot

News briefs from around the nation.

Kicking off 2015's ‘Sovev Turki Elite’ bike ride in Tel Aviv

Why Tishrei means a new life

A person begins the holidays when he is fed up with life, when he feels his life is going nowhere.

A Pleasant Sukka

Not on my watch: IFCJ coordinator Shira Gergi’s battle to help society

One of Gergi’s latest projects was opening up a club in Kiryat Shmona for extracurricular activities for schoolchildren.

 International Fellowship of Christians and Jews’ coordinator Shira Gergi