By One for Israel— The Feast of Tabernacles, or Sukkot as it’s known in Hebrew, is a God-ordained feast with a fantastic point behind it. Or perhaps a range of very meaningful points. There’s the mysterious command of the four species of plant required, the aspect of inviting guests (ushpizin) into your sukkah, the harvest…
By Rabbi Benjamin Blech, Aish-— Oprah Winfrey always seems to know just what to ask in order to really get to know her subjects. She said one of her favorite questions was this: “If you could invite anyone from all of history for a dinner party you’re giving, who would you choose?” Jews long ago…
By Breaking Israel News— Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Western Wall throughout the day Wednesday in what appeared to be defiant display of rejection against UNESCO’s Tuesday adoption of a resolution which Israel says denies the deep historic Jewish connection to holy sites in Jerusalem. The deluge of attendants packed the holy…
By YORAM ETTINGER, ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS— 1. The US covenant with the Jewish State dates back to Columbus Day, which is always celebrated around Sukkot. According to “Columbus Then and Now” (Miles Davidson, 1997, p. 268), Columbus arrived in America on Friday afternoon, October 12, 1492, the 21st day of the Jewish month of Tishrei,…
The distance from Sinai to the Promised Land should have taken eleven days but instead it took forty years. So, what took so long? And the first time the Israelites got to the border of the Promised Land, it didn’t go so well. Why?
By TRAVELUJAH— Despite the recent tensions in Syria, over 5,000 Christian pilgrims from nearly 100 nations will descend on Jerusalem for the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem’s annual celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles. The festival begins Friday evening (20 September) in Ein Gedi at the Oasis Hotel and continues to Jerusalem’s International Convention Center for…
By DAVID LAZARUS, ISRAEL TODAY— As I sit down to write this article on the eve of Succoth, the Feast of Tabernacles, five more “urgent warnings” pop up in my inbox concerning the situation in Syria. With Obama and Putin now ratcheting up the rhetoric over the Mideast, some are even prophesying that World War…
By ARI SOFFER, ARUTZ 7— The Jewish festival of Sukkot will soon be getting underway, just a few days after Yom Kippur, capping off the festive Hebrew month of Tishrei. Sukkot commemorates God’s protection of the Jewish people during their 40 year stint wandering the desert, following the dramatic Exodus from Egypt. It is also…
