Etrogs, important components of a ritual for the Sukkot holiday, are known as xiang yuan (fragrant citrus, or citron) in Chinese. While American Jews may spend anywhere between $20 and $200 on a ...

For Purim, they eat hamentashen, cookies in the shape of the three-cornered hat worn by the holiday's villain, Haman. And Sukkot, the multi-day celebration that follows Yom Kippur and commemorates ...

In one of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook’s most famous poems, “The Four-Fold Song,” he speaks about four dimensions of our soul’s ...

For some communities, sukkah hopping, in which people (often kids or families) visit several sukkahs and eat something in each one, is a classic Sukkot holiday ritual. Sukkahs would seem to be ...

Shemni Atseret 22-23 Tishrei. A holiday at the end of Sukkot that has no special ritual attached to it, commemorates no historical event, celebrates no agricultural accomplishment. It is a holiday of ...

Year 5786 Sukkot Monday, October 6, 2025 Yud-Daled B’Tishrei, Year 5786 Monday, October 13, 2025 Kaf-Alef B’Tishrei, Year 5786 ...

Sukkot is a festival celebrated by Jewish people around the world, starting on 29 September, and lasting for one week (or eight days in countries outside Israel) ending on 6 October. The festival ...