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Medics treat woman injured while building sukkah, then finish building it for her

Woman in her 60s struck by metal pole while building sukkah in Netanya; after treating her, MDA team completes it as holiday gesture

ynet Global | 09.25.26

Could your organization be too big to succeed? Sukkot offers a different test for growth

We tend to see more employees, systems and products as signs of growth; Sukkot, Rabbi Isaac Arama, King David and Seneca offer the opposite test: when does what we built to make us stronger become weight that slows us down, and how little do we really need to keep functioning well?

Ziv Elul | 09.24.26

משה, שגדל בקהילה חרדית קיצונית במאה שערים, ובגיל 13 נזרק מביתו ובילה את סוכות לבדו בסוכה נטושה בירושלים

‘Sukkot is trauma for me’: Cast out of his extremist Haredi home at 13, he built a new life

Moshe Avraham grew up in Jerusalem’s anti-Zionist Neturei Karta community and was locked out of his family home as a teenager; after years on the streets, help from a social worker and the Otot nonprofit led him to education, a profession, a partner and a different kind of Sukkot

Gilad Cohen | 09.24.26

אברהם מארח את שלושת המלאכים – ציור של רמברנדט

Sukkot and the spiritual power of hospitality

Beyond the ushpizin: Hospitality is a core Jewish value rooted in humility and openness to the other; 'At its heart, Jewish tradition expects you to serve a guest a royal feast each day'

Itzchak Tessler | 10.11.25

The power of impermanence: the deeper message of Sukkot

Opinion: In a world that craves stability, the sukkah teaches us the beauty of uncertainty and the strength that comes from letting go

Nachman (Nathan) Hoffman | 10.07.25

Everything you need to know for Sukkot 2025

How to build a kosher sukkah, is it allowed to travel during Sukkot and should a combat soldier sleep in the sukkah? Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Rimon answers key halachic questions ahead of the holiday

Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Rimon | 10.07.25

From temporary booths to permanent stability: Financial lessons from Sukkot

For one week, we leave our homes for fragile sukkot, where the scents, sounds and simplicity remind us of life’s impermanence and its blessings — and that how we build and plan today shapes the security and meaning of our tomorrows

Yehoshua Oz | 10.06.25

A family’s ‘Sukkah of Hope’ still stands two years after Hamas kidnapped their son

Since Oct. 7, 2023, the Dalal family has left their sukkah untouched; what was once a holiday hut is now their 'Sukkah of Hope,' waiting for their son Guy, abducted by Hamas from the Nova festival and still held in Gaza

Lihi Gordon | 10.06.25

הסוכות היפות של מצודת דוד וממילא, ירושלים

Jerusalem’s luxury hotels unveil lavish designer sukkahs for the holiday

From the Waldorf Astoria’s record-breaking hanging sukkah to the royal-themed rooftop tents at the David Citadel and Mamilla hotels, Jerusalem’s five-star resorts are turning the Sukkot holiday into a celebration of art, design and tradition

Yulia Prilik Niv | 10.06.25

Tactical lulav carrier and gazebo-Sukkah: The gadgets of Sukkot 2025

Ahead of the Sukkot holiday, IDF troops receive tactical sukkah and Four Species carriers; civilians see lower prices, new designs, breathable fabrics, LED lights and a satirical poster tackling Sukkot’s most persistent pest

Itzchak Tessler | 10.05.25

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01.13.25

US universities remove anti-Zionist sukkahs on campus

UC Berkeley and Northwestern now require Jewish Voice for Peace to seek permission before setting up sukkahs, citing general campus policies on temporary structures; group claims religious freedom infringement

Daniel Edelson, New York | 10.21.24

'They will not break us': Sukkahs of victory in Kiryat Shmona

A year has passed since the residents of Kiryat Shmona were displaced from their homes and many Sukkahs that were left behind then remain empty; Next to them, the residents that remain together with the Home Front Command unit built new Sukkahs. Lt. Col. Dudu Peretz: 'I hope that the Sukkahs we built will symbolize the return of the residents soon, in peace and security'

Yair Kraus | 10.20.24

IDF distributes 'tactical sukkahs' to troops for holiday

Hundreds of compact sukkahs, designed according to Jewish law, distributed to IDF troops, as well as special holiday kits; but are soldiers even obligated to sit in a sukkah according to Jewish law in time of war?

Itzchak Tessler | 10.16.24

This is why you rejoice on Sukkot: Laws and customs of the holiday

How many walls do you need in your sukkah and do you really have to sleep in it? Sukkot is a festival of joy, but how can we rejoice this year? Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Rimon makes sense of the holiday

Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon | 10.16.24