Sukkot 5770 - High Holidays 5770

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Sukkot 5770

Vol. 6, No. 3 - 11-23 Tishrei, 5770 - Sept. 29 - Oct 11, 2009

A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat Our third issue in this new incarnation is for the holidays from Sukkot until Simchat Torah. We are pleased to offer for these occasions nine Kabbalistic insights. The first four are deep insights for the festival of Sukkot, incuding from Zohar and Arizal. Then there is a thought-provoking essay about Hoshana Rabba (the 7th and last day of Sukkot), a Kabbala analysis of Shemini Atzeret, and a chasidic commentary plus a cute story about Simchat Torah. The last article is for the last Torah reading in the yearly cycle, which always takes place on Simchat Torah. To receive the weekly magazine in your email, go to Subscribe. To sponsor a future issue, go to Dedicate.

	An All-Encompassing Mitzvah — Dwelling—i.e. remaining in one place—is the essence of the mitzvah of sukkah. By Shaul Yosef Leiter Dwelling, i.e. remaining in one place, is the essence of the mitzva of Sukka
	Nesting Time — Zohar By Shmuel-Simcha Treister, based on Metok MiDevash The Divine Presence rests upon the sukka like a mother bird.
	The Infinite and Unlimited Soul — An explanation of an interesting custom Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; adapted by Eliyahu Touger The lulav represents Torah study, the pillar of our connection to the Divine.
	Ceilings of Consciousness By Rabbi Yitzchak Luria (from the Writings of the Ari as recorded by Rabbi Chaim Vital); translated and edited by Baruch Emanuel Erdstein Kabbalah teaches that the roof of the sukkah channels divine consciousness.
	The High Humble Willow — It is the humility of the willow that serves to elevate it beyond others. By Binyomin Adilman It is the humility of the willow that serves to elevate it beyond others.
	Foundation of the Festivals — Rebbeinu Bachya From the teachings of Rabbi Bachya ben Asher Without the Jewish Nation, the whole universe lacks meaning and purpose.
	A Crown of Supernal Joy — from the Chabad Chumash From the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; adapted by Yehoshua Metzinger On Simchat Torah, the elation we draw down is beyond the intellect.
	Don’t Mix! — a story By Yerachmiel Tilles The joy of serving G-d during a tragedy is no match for the joy of the holidays.
	Written in Tears From the teachings of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, translation and commentary by Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Shore Jewish mysticism teaches that the Torah was originally created only as a mass of letters.

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