Judaism, Lessons, Times

Sukkot - Commemorating What?

In the midrash we find three explanations for this mitzva.

Sukkot, Emunah & Cherophobia: Solving the Fears of Happiness

Sukkot is the climax of agricultural success, but also brings with it the anxiety & nervousness regarding the upcoming season. The Sukkah represents the clouds which precede the rainy season, & are the time when God judges us regarding rain. Cherophobia is a common problem where happiness & accomplishment are accompanied by fear: After I've achieved my goals, there's a feeling of emptiness- What do I do now?!". Also, we ask like Kohelet, "Why am I still not happy?!". There's also the fear that I may lose or someone will take away what I've achieved. Also the fear "what if people reveal that I'm really not so talented?". Sukkot are termed in kabbala: "The Shade of Emuna", that only God has absolute success, & only He can provide security regarding past & future.

Sukkot stories

"Rabbi Alnekaveh told a story he heard once from an etrog-seller who used to bring Rav Eliyahu etrogim to check: "It is well-known that Rab Eliyahu could look at an etrog for mere seconds and immediately discern its advantages and defects..."

Parashat “Shema” and Parashat “Vehaya Im Shamoa”

Parashiot Shema Israel and Vehaya im shamoa contain the indispensable principles of the special nature of living in the Land of Israel. Therefore, Moshe teaches the people of Israel these Parashiot at the threshold of The Promised Land.

COMPARE AND CONSIDER

Rabbi Stewart Weiss

For more Articles

Daily Times in Jerusalem

13 Tevet 5785 | 13/1/2025

Daily Times | more times

06:39 Sunrise
8:37 Kriyat Shma MGA
9:13 Kriyat Shma GRA
11:47 Chatzot (Midday)
17:01 Sunset
17:20 Tzet Hakochavim

Shabbat Shmot

18 Tevet 5785

Shabbat Times | Parashat Hashavua

16:24 Candle lighting
17:40 End of Shabbat
18:18 Rabeinu Tam

Interesting articles

Thoughts on Sukkot

Sukkot is a time for Jewish unity and, in the future, for all nations of the world to come to Zion.

What causes so much division in the world?

Rabbi David Sperling

What causes so much division in the world?

Rabbi David Sperling

Resistance and giving away the Land of Israel

Rabbi Ari Shvat

Ask the Rabbi

Rabbi David Sperling

Visitor to Israel flying on second day chag

Rabbi David Sperling

Mezuzah for a Catholic Family?

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman

The Theory of Jewish Inherent Superiority

Rabbi Elchanan Lewis

Bracha on water

Rabbi Dr. Aharon Adler

Water - Kosher?

Ask Your Question:

An Urgent Family Purity Question (Hebrew Only)Ask a Question Ask the Rabbi Whatsapp Group

Daily Halacha

Message at the Kotel

Rabbi Chaim Tabasky

Question

I would like to know if when we place a message in the Kotel, is this from Halacha or just a custom? Also if it’s Halacha where is the source that tells us to do so, if it’s just a custom, when did it originate?

Answer

It is a custom, apparently hundreds of years old.

Daily Halacha DedicationTo Thousands Of Subscribers By Email And Website

Parashat Hashavua

The Less Understandable Request

It is hard to understand the way Moshe and Aharon presented their demands of Paroh, demands which resulted in the freeing of Bnei Yisrael from bondage and their exodus from Egypt.

View From Above

A Shiur by Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed for the weekly Torah reading of "Shemot".

Women as Leaders

A Shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for the weekly Torah reading of "Shemot".

View From Above

A Shiur by Rabby Zalman Baruch Melamed for the weekly portion "Shemot".

daily learning

Daf Yomi

toregister todaily learning

Video Lessons

Lessons Series

Ein Aya (39)

42 min

"Will Mashiach be More 'Dictator', 'President' or 'Prime Minister'?"

Ayn Aya Shabbat v, 63

Rabbi Ari Shvat | 13 Tevet 5784

43 min

Zionism Different than Other Patriotism

Ayn Aya Shabbat v, 62

Rabbi Ari Shvat | 6 Tevet 5784

51 min

Why the Wars & the Soldiers of Israel are Different

Ayn Aya Shabbat v, 61

Rabbi Ari Shvat | 22 Kislev 5784

51 min

Rav Kook on Rabbis & Leftists Who "Refuse to Serve" the IDF

(Ayn Aya Shabbat v, 60)

Rabbi Ari Shvat | 15 Kislev 5784

Ein Aya (39)

P'ninat Mishpat (758)

P'ninat Mishpat: Spillover of Courtyard Dispute

based on ruling 81059 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Tevet 5784

P'ninat Mishpat: Who Has Rights in the Courtyard?

based on ruling 81059 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Kislev 5784

P'ninat Mishpat: Overpaying Rent by One of the Roommates – part II

based on ruling 84001 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Kislev 5784

P'ninat Mishpat: Overpaying Rent by One of the Roommates – part I

based on ruling 84001 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Kislev 5784

P'ninat Mishpat (758)

Igrot Hare’aya (176)

Concern for Communal Kashrut Standards – #288, 290

Date and Place: 4 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Tevet 5785

Public Letter on Observance of Shemitta – #287 – part II

Date and Place: 4 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Kislev 5785

A Public Letter on Observance of Shemitta – #287 – part I

Date and Place: 4 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Kislev 5785

Alternatives to Gymnasium and Grafted Etrogim – #286

Date and Place: 18 Adar II, 5670 (1910), Yafo

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Kislev 5785

Igrot Hare’aya (176)

Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions (582)

Ask the Rabbi: “Cooked” and Sweetened Wine for Kiddush

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Tevet 5785

Ask the Rabbi: Right Pronunciation of Shehakol

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Kislev 5785

Ask the Rabbi: Chanuka Lighting Soon Before Leaving House

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Kislev 5785

Ask the Rabbi: Switching Mantels Back on Shabbat

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Kislev 5785

Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions (582)

Revivim (56)

4 min

Let Us Be Strong, Worthy, and Aware in This War

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 13 Tammuz 5784

Redeeming Jewish captives, protecting wounded terrorists

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tevet 13 5776

Israel's Sovereignty on the Temple Mount

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 16 5776

Should Israel go for a decisive or partial victory?

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 9 5776

Revivim (56)

Ketuvot (6)

כתובות פרק ב משניות ד-ה

Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | 13 Adar I 5784

כתובות פרק ב משניות א-ב

Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | 13 Adar I 5784

כתובות פרק א משניות ט-י

Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | 13 Adar I 5784

כתובות פרק א משניות ז-ח

Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | 13 Adar I 5784

Ketuvot (6)

BiggestYeshivain the world

Sukkot - Commemorating What?

In the midrash we find three explanations for this mitzva.

Sukkot, Emunah & Cherophobia: Solving the Fears of Happiness

Sukkot stories

"Rabbi Alnekaveh told a story he heard once from an etrog-seller who used to bring Rav Eliyahu etrogim to check: "It is well-known that Rab Eliyahu could look at an etrog for mere seconds and immediately discern its advantages and defects..."

Parashat “Shema” and Parashat “Vehaya Im Shamoa”

Parashiot Shema Israel and Vehaya im shamoa contain the indispensable principles of the special nature of living in the Land of Israel. Therefore, Moshe teaches the people of Israel these Parashiot at the threshold of The Promised Land.

COMPARE AND CONSIDER

Rabbi Stewart Weiss

Interesting articles

Thoughts on Sukkot

Sukkot is a time for Jewish unity and, in the future, for all nations of the world to come to Zion.

What causes so much division in the world?

Rabbi David Sperling

What causes so much division in the world?

Rabbi David Sperling

Resistance and giving away the Land of Israel

Rabbi Ari Shvat

Rabbi David Sperling

Visitor to Israel flying on second day chag

Rabbi David Sperling

Mezuzah for a Catholic Family?

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman

The Theory of Jewish Inherent Superiority

Rabbi Elchanan Lewis

Bracha on water

Rabbi Dr. Aharon Adler

Water - Kosher?

Daily Halacha

Rabbi Chaim Tabasky

Question

Answer

The Less Understandable Request

It is hard to understand the way Moshe and Aharon presented their demands of Paroh, demands which resulted in the freeing of Bnei Yisrael from bondage and their exodus from Egypt.

View From Above

A Shiur by Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed for the weekly Torah reading of "Shemot".

Women as Leaders

A Shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for the weekly Torah reading of "Shemot".

View From Above

A Shiur by Rabby Zalman Baruch Melamed for the weekly portion "Shemot".

daily learning

Daf Yomi Sanhedrin Daf 26

Daf Yomi Sanhedrin Daf 25

Daf Yomi Sanhedrin Daf 24

Daf Yomi Sanhedrin Daf 23

Daf Yomi Sanhedrin Daf 22

Daf Yomi Sanhedrin Daf 20

Lessons Series

"Will Mashiach be More 'Dictator', 'President' or 'Prime Minister'?"

Ayn Aya Shabbat v, 63

Rabbi Ari Shvat | 13 Tevet 5784

Zionism Different than Other Patriotism

Ayn Aya Shabbat v, 62

Rabbi Ari Shvat | 6 Tevet 5784

Why the Wars & the Soldiers of Israel are Different

Ayn Aya Shabbat v, 61

Rabbi Ari Shvat | 22 Kislev 5784

Rav Kook on Rabbis & Leftists Who "Refuse to Serve" the IDF

(Ayn Aya Shabbat v, 60)

Rabbi Ari Shvat | 15 Kislev 5784

P'ninat Mishpat: Spillover of Courtyard Dispute

based on ruling 81059 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Tevet 5784

P'ninat Mishpat: Who Has Rights in the Courtyard?

based on ruling 81059 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Kislev 5784

P'ninat Mishpat: Overpaying Rent by One of the Roommates – part II

based on ruling 84001 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Kislev 5784

P'ninat Mishpat: Overpaying Rent by One of the Roommates – part I

based on ruling 84001 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Kislev 5784

Concern for Communal Kashrut Standards – #288, 290

Date and Place: 4 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Tevet 5785

Public Letter on Observance of Shemitta – #287 – part II

Date and Place: 4 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Kislev 5785

A Public Letter on Observance of Shemitta – #287 – part I

Biggest
Yeshiva
in the world