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The Star of the Sukkot Party: Stuffed Grape Leaves – Jewish Journal

| October 4, 2020

The highlight of the Sukkot holiday has always been nabbing an invite to the Sheff familys sukkah party. Every year explored a new theme, ranging from Mariachis and Margaritas to Western-Style Beers and Barbecue to Moroccan Cigars to Cuban Stogies, not to mention the memorable night that famous Armenian singer John Bilezikjian brought his oud and we had an authentic Middle Eastern hafla (party).

Outside of Israel, tiny Monaco has the highest ratio of Jews in the world. Here’s why the community is growing. – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency

| October 4, 2020

MONACO (JTA) This tiny wealthy country on Frances southeastern coast is famous for its beautiful beaches, coastal mansions and splendid casinos. Outside of Israel, Monaco also has the highest ratio of Jewish inhabitants of any country in the world, at over 5%, according to statistics provided by its two rabbis

Under the sukkah with the Rabbi of Chelm, the city of holy fools J. – The Jewish News of Northern California

| October 4, 2020

TheTorah columnis supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon.First day of SukkotLeviticus 22:2623:44 Its the first day of Sukkot and the Rabbi of Chelm, the city of holy fools, is sitting in his sukkah with just a few masked guests sitting 6 feet apart. Its a month before Election Day and, my oh my, have words been flying. He is in the sukkah because of todays Torah reading: The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Say to the Israelite people: On the 15th day of this seventh month there shall be the Feast of Booths to the Lord, [to last] seven days.

The Jewish philosopher Spinoza was one of the great Enlightenment thinkers. So why was he ‘cancelled’? – ABC News

| October 4, 2020

We often think of cancel culture as a contemporary phenomenon, driven by social media and rife in our hyper-connected world. But really, punishing people for their ideas and opinions has been going on for as long as people have been thinking. Take the philosopher Baruch Spinoza

So someone you hate is sick. What Jewish tradition says about praying for them. – Forward

| October 4, 2020

So, you found out someone whom you detest is sick. Maybe its a political opponent. Maybe it is someone who you think is downright evil.

On Simchat Torah, a Jew Never Dances Alone – The Absurdity of a Quarantined Simchat Torah – Chabad.org

| October 4, 2020

And now we arrive at the point where Jewish practice attains the apex of a rich and beautiful theater of the absurd. This Simchat Torah, a Jew will take a book off the shelf, kiss it, dance with it, jump, twirl and holler with it. Alone

Sukkot: A holiday for the time of covid – The Jewish Standard

| October 4, 2020

Two verses in Leviticus 23 teach us a powerful lesson about the holiday of Sukkot and end up raising an intriguing question that continues to speak to us today in 2020, perhaps never more so that right now during this pandemic. Leviticus 23:42-43 states, You shall live in booths seven days; all citizens of Israel shall live in booths, in order that future generations may know that I made the Israelite people live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I the Lord your God.


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