Showing posts with label Sukkot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sukkot. Show all posts
Monday, October 6, 2025

The Wealth of Wanting Less: Sukkot’s Ancient Answer to Modern-Day Joy

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A few months ago, I quit a stressful job that was not serving my professional needs or my desire to help out others with data and analysis. ...
Monday, October 14, 2024

How Dwelling in a Sukkah During Sukkot Can Help in Living More Modestly and Humbly

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Having completed Yom Kippur, I pivot from the fasting and chest-thumping of Yom Kippur towards celebrating the time of joy that is Sukkot. T...
Sunday, September 19, 2021

Memento Mori and Sukkot: The Paradox of Contemplating Death and Finding Joy

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Love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage, at least according to the song that Frank Sinatra sung back in the 1950s. While lov...
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Monday, October 5, 2020

A Sukkot Lesson on Schach and Being Comfortable with the Uncomfortable

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For a Jew, it's the most wonderful time of the year. Jews have four holidays crammed into a single month. We are currently in the middle...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

A Sukkot Lesson on Optimizing Our Environment for Goal-Setting

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During the first two days of Sukkot, I had to contend with some lousy weather. It was dreary and raining the entire time. In spite of the we...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Going from Yom Kippur to Sukkot: A Transition from Repentance to Joy

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The Jewish calendar around this time of year (the Jewish month of Tishrei) is one where a Jew almost feels like a chicken with its head cut ...
Sunday, October 16, 2016

Ushpizin: Having Sukkot Guests as a Spiritual Act

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Sukkot: the Jewish harvest festival. It has a number of particular rituals that may seem peculiar to some. One Sukkot practice that is not a...
Sunday, October 4, 2015

Why We Read the Seemingly Depressing Book of Ecclesiastes on Sukkot

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Sukkot, which is the Feast of the Tabernacles that typically takes place around late September/early October, originally started as a harves...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

Why and How Rejoicing on Sukkot Is a Mitzvah

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There was a time when I thought of Sukkot as some antiquated agrarian celebration. However, after spending this past Sukkot with some great ...