The holiday of Sukkot is upon us, when Jews around the ... is marked by the famous smacking of the willow branches during prayer services. The final day of Sukkot is known as Shmini Atzeret ...

Some aspects of Sukkot happen in the synagogue, including special prayers and readings from the Bible. Yet the main action takes place at home, in the backyard sukkah – the singular form of the ...

notwithstanding their problematic theodicy and stultifying prayers. This, I think, is a pity. Because Sukkot can be one of the best Jewish occasions of the year, for you, your family, and your ...

Shacharit is a morning prayer the first full day of Yom Kippur, Musaf and Minchah during the afternoon, and Neilah, which takes place just before sunset and concludes the fasting period. Sukkot ...

Especially Sukkot. Jews mark the holiday by building ... You feel that.” He needed those prayers this spring. One day in late May, Kirkpatrick went to inspect one of his citron orchards.

Thousands have gathered to recite the Sukkot prayers and experience the Birkat Kohanim (Priestly Blessing) service at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Shacharit morning prayers will begin at 8:45 AM ...

During Sukkot, another observance is to take the “four kinds” and recite prayers with them. One of these “four kinds” is an etrog which you might mistake for a large rough-skinned lemon ...

The holiday of Sukkot is upon us, when Jews around the ... is marked by the famous smacking of the willow branches during prayer services. The final day of Sukkot is known as Shmini Atzeret ...

"Sukkot, an ancient fall harvest festival that ... around the sanctuary seven times while reciting the Hoshanot prayers, asking God to redeem the Jewish people, mainly by sending rain.