Succoth, the Feast of Tabernacles, will be ushered in tonight at services in Reform and Orthodox Congregations. The Holiday, the season of the harvest, will last eight days from October 11 to October ...

This year is the 25th anniversary of Facets of Faith. To observe this, every so often, I’m choosing a column from the past to rerun. This one ran originally on Oct. 3, 2009. Details, such as the dates ...

The Festival of Tabernacles (Chag HaSukkot), which begins at sundown on Sunday and lasts through Oct. 18, is highly instructive and relevant though celebrated in the shadow of the High Holy Days of ...

Sukkot begins on the 15th of Tishrei, five days after Yom Kippur, and lasts for seven days in Israel (and eight days in the Diaspora). It is one of the three pilgrimage festivals mentioned in the ...

Parshat Emor outlines the festivals that give rhythm and structure to the Jewish year. Examining them carefully, however, we see that Sukkot is unusual and unique. One detail that had a significant ...

Israel will celebrate the weeklong festival of Sukkot (Tabernacles) with a series of music, film and cultural events, Oct. 2 to 10. The festivals include the following: 25th Haifa International Film ...