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How To Celebrate SukkotThe basic Sukkot observances, with links leading to more information. Read More
Why Is the Sukkah Covered With Plant Material (Schach)?The holiday is celebrated with materials typically left on a threshing floor or winepress, such as... Read More
Twelve Paths to Worry-Free LifeSukkot Meditations for the Ultimate Tranquility Read More
The (Im)possible 5-Minute Truck SukkahWhat to do when you don't have a suitable yard or balcony for a sukkah? You can make it on the back... Read More

Accordion

Tishrei 15, 5780

Jewish History

Passing of R. Yosef Shlomo Delmedigo
R. Yosef Shlomo was a rabbi, philosopher, and physician. A prolific author...

Laws and Customs

Chumash with Rashi
Vezot Hab'rachah, 2nd Portion (Deuteronomy...

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Psalms/Tehillim
Chapters 77-78

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Tanya
Iggeret HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 22

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Rambam
One Chapter | Three Chapters | Daily Mitzvah
Hayom Yom

Columbia, SC 29206

6:10 AM
Dawn (Alot Hashachar)
6:43 AM
Earliest Tallit (Misheyakir)
7:28 AM
Sunrise (Hanetz Hachamah)

10:16 AM
Latest Shema
11:14 AM
Latest Shacharit
1:09 PM
Midday (Chatzot Hayom)

6:51 PM
Sunset (Shkiah)
7:29 PM
Candle Lighting after
1:10 AM
Midnight (Chatzot HaLailah)

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Parshah

Heaven & Earth

The testimony of heaven and earth is more than merely a poetic metaphor. Moses was conveying the profound lesson that in order for the message to endure, the Jew must evoke both heaven and earth.

Do You Love to “Hate” Sukkot?

Haazinu Parshah Quiz

Your Questions

Why Is the Sukkah Covered With Plant Material (Schach)?

The holiday is celebrated with materials typically left on a threshing floor or winepress, such as straw, stalks, and reeds.

By the Numbers

Twelve Paths to Worry-Free Life

Sukkot Readings

What’s Better than a Bottle of Wine?

Sometimes, what we crave is refreshing, restorative water to slake our thirst … like a Jew’s soul thirsts to reconnect to its G-dly source.

How I Managed a Very Awkward Shiva Call