Updated: May 17, 2024 Views: 21,467 Share Sukkot is a seven-day Jewish festival, which begins on the fifth day following Yom Kippur. It marks the harvest, and commemorates the forty years of exile the Jews had after escaping from Egypt. There are several different names for the holiday...
Holidays in the United States 2024 Holidays in the United States 2025 Often thought of as the eighth day of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret is considered a time for Jewish people to renew their connection with divinity. Shemini Atzeret marks a shift from the festivities of Sukkot to a more spiritual...
By Marci Mayer Eisen, MSW, ACC When I started in the Jewish community in the 1980s, the buzz words and key concepts that guided the work of “building community” included “soliciting feedback,”“nurturing identity,” and creating meaningful “group p
The lulav is a ripe, green, closed frond from a date palm tree. The etrog is the fruit of a citron tree. Bydega2010— On Oct 04, 2010 I have heard of sukkot etrog and lulav. Does anyone know what those mean? WiseGeek, in your inbox ...