Winter

Winter

Winter is rapidly approaching, and I am patiently waiting for a few dry days so that my Sukkah boards will dry out.  Personally, I don’t like winter, and I don’t enjoy the snow, however, from a Jewish perspective, winter isn’t really so bad.  One reason that we are positive about winter in traditional Jewish thought…

Sukkot: Jews in Booths

Sukkot: Jews in Booths

Five days after the solemnity and intensity of Yom Kippur, Sukkot, the festival of joy and happiness, begins.  This festival lasts eight days in Israel and nine everywhere else.  The Torah describes the festival as follows: On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Sukkot, a seven-day period for God: On…