NJOP would like to invite you to apply to participate in Sukkot Across America 2016. Simply agree to run a free and exciting program in your sukkah that will appeal to the wider Jewish community on the non-Shabbat days of Chol Hamoed Sukkot: Wednesday, October
Torah Live is graciously offering all NLE Resources registered users, the ability to use for FREE the amazing videos below (the videos are usually only free for home users but not for teachers): 1) Four animations about the laws of building a kosher sukka: How to Build a Sukka parts 1-4. 2) Four videos about the laws... Read more »
NJOP invites you to apply to participate in Sukkot Across America 2013. Simply agree to run a free and exciting program in your Sukkah that will appeal to the wider Jewish community on Sunday, September 22
Articles Eating Some Humble Pie… In the Sukkah, by Rabbi Naphtali Hoff The Official Holiday Of Jewish History, by Rabbi Naphtali Hoff Why a Joy Filled Sukkot by Rabbi Aharon Lopianski Sukkot: The Universal Holiday by Rabbi Ari Kahn Lulav 101 by Rabbi Yochanan Schnall Sukkah 101 by Rabbi Yochanan Schnall Sukkos-Shmini Atzeres: From Universalism to... Read more »
Below are of some amazing educational or Jewish-themed Prezis. Feel free to use them in your next class or even as a source of inspiration to design your very own Prezi. To view the Prezi, simply press the play button and then wait for the blue bar to load. Enjoy! Jewish and Educational Prezis Collection... Read more »
Sukkot incorporates two principal mitzvot: dwelling in the sukkah, a construction whose roof is temporary (made of detached vegetation), and the waving of the Four Species – the lulav (palm branch), hadassim (myrtle twigs), aravot (willow branches), and the etrog fruit. As we will see, this festival teaches many profound ideas about the purpose of... Read more »
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov is famous for having said, “It is a great mitzvah to always be joyous.” That said, there are specific times in the Jewish calendar for focusing on joy. Every festival has its mitzvah of joy, but only Sukkot is designated as “the time of our joy.” In fact the Talmud relates... Read more »
In this third NLE Morasha Syllabus shiur, we will see that the festival of Sukkot incorporates more than just Sukkot itself. The seventh day of the festival carries an aura of gravity and judgment and is known as Hoshana Rabbah. The eighth day, one of joy and ecstasy, is called Shemini Atzeret. In fact, this... Read more »
