Sukkot

Tel Aviv serial killer Mohammed Halabi dies in prison due to medical condition

Halabi's killing spree was discovered on October 20, 1989, during the holiday of Sukkot. In total, his victims included two men, one Jewish and one Arab, and five women, both Jewish and Arab.

 A guard opens a door inside a prison that holds foreign prisoners, suspected of being part of the Islamic State, in Hasaka, Syria, January 7, 2020.
Rain falls in mid-August in the upper Galilee

From rain to dew: Prayer and the meaning of uncertainty - opinion

On Wednesday night, we will talk about freedom, with the specter of ballistic missiles, safe rooms, and red-alert sirens still fresh in our minds.

Freedom under fire: What Passover means in a time of war - comment

One should act heroically like a lion to get up in the morning to serve his Creator, the ‘Shulchan Aruch’ says.

Everyday heroines: Quiet burden of Israeli anchors waiting at home during wartime


Jerusalem tributes Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca for Sukkot

Tribute evening to Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca at the Jerusalem Confederation House’s Ushpizin Poetry & Song Festival.

 Frederico Garcia Lorca at University Theater The Chack in Granada, Andalusia, where he taught, in 1932.

Building a sukkah doesn’t make sense this year in Asheville, North Carolina - opinion

I am not building a sukkah this year because I just spent two weeks cooking and eating every meal outside. It was hard and frustrating.

 A helicopter flies near damaged buildings following the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Bat Cave, North Carolina, U.S., September 30, 2024.

UK group urges families to ‘save seat in sukkah’ for Gaza hostages, in new take on Jewish tradition

As Jews around the world prepare to celebrate the fall festival of Sukkot, the leading British Jewish organization is asking them to remember the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

 A man is seen constructing a sukkah for the Sukkot holiday.

Annus horribilis: How can we celebrate and rejoice on Sukkot in 2024?

How can we bring joy into our Sukkot observance this year?

 BALLOONS FLY at a memorial for the victims of the Supernova music festival, on the anniversary of the October 7 massacre.

Jerusalem in its glory: Reconstructing the Sukkot pilgrimage to the Second Temple

What was the pilgrims’ visit to Jerusalem on Sukkot during the Second Temple like?

 ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES Authority workers walk down the Herodian Street dig at the City of David National Park, in 2019. Also named The Pilgrim’s Way, the street lies beneath Wadi Hilweh street in the Palestinian village of Silwan, and leads from the Siloam Pool to the Temple Mount.

Harvesting for Sukkot: A look at the farmers who grow the holiday's Four Species

The farmers who grow the Four Species that symbolize the holiday of Sukkot.

  SHDEYUR AVRAHAMI is seen alongside etrogim for Sukkot.

Another holiday without them: Hostage families prepare for sukkot

"It is painful and incomprehensible that we have erected a 'hostage sukkah,' the purpose of which is to continue the fight to bring our loved ones back from Gaza," residents of the Kibbutz said. 

 A sukkah for the hostages at Kibbutz Be'eri.

Finding solace in the wisdom of King Solomon: Avner Moriah's work on 'Ecclesiastes'

Until his 70th birthday, Moriah had never been preoccupied with the passing of time or his own mortality. But as he entered his eighth decade, the Book of Ecclesiastes took on new meaning for him. 

  KING SOLOMON, traditionally considered the author of ‘Ecclesiastes.’

Israel Allies Foundation publishes list of Israel's Top 50 Christian Allies

"The Christian leaders included in this exclusive list express their love and support for the State of Israel through meaningful action, rooted in their deeply held faith," the IAF said.

  Illustrative image of former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, TV personality Dr. Phil McGraw, and President of Samaritan’s Purse, Reverend Franklin Graham.

One year after October 7, many sukkot by Gaza border still stand in destroyed towns

In Kfar Aza and Metulla, Be’eri and Kiryat Shmona, dozens of sukkot are standing since last year, as their owners were killed, kidnapped, or forced to flee, unable to take them down.  

 A SUKKOT installation in Tel Aviv leaves places for all the hostages still being held in Gaza.