Sukkot

...rulers of Jerusalem, it is a minor holiday, not to be compared to the High Holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur or the major festivals, Sukkot and Passover. Kwanzaa is a nonreligious festival, begun in 1966 and celebrated nearly...

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...vessel flying an Antiguan flag. The operation had been in planning for several days and was dubbed "Four Species," for the recent Succot holiday. Video: Iranian arms found aboard ship headed for Syria Two Israel Navy missile ships...

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...were making models - some thatched with sweets - of the flimsy huts that Jews traditionally build as part of the festival of Sukkot. It commemorates the years the Children of Israel spent wandering in the desert, without permanent...

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The written ban by four prominent haredi leaders, including Rabbi Y.S. Elyashiv, just as tourists flooded local hotels for Succot, created much media attention and confusion. Nothing has developed in elevator technology to warrant a new...

In this article: Shabbat, Circumcision, Maimonides, and Succot

...than any of the others. This may seem strange in view of the fact that the historical event Succot commemorates, the dwelling in succot in the wilderness, pales beside the Exodus that is commemorated on Pessah. The designations that the...

In this article: Succot, God, Yom Kippur, Judaism, Shavuot, Jerusalem, Bread, High Holy Days, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy

Search Site Web Archives - back to 1987 Google Newspaper Archive - back to 1901 Sukkot is a holiday for unity and rejoicing [Special to the Times] This week, Jews around the world and in the Tampa Bay area have been celebrating the...

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Dozens of Latino Pentecostal church groups joined the American Jewish Committee, an advocacy group, to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot and bolster a budding relationship. "We're barely starting to know each other," Pentecostal...

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Article's topics: Binyamin Netanyahu, Succot, Goldstone Report Speeches to the UN rarely leave a lasting impression. The exception that proves the rule is the case of the late president Chaim Herzog who, as Israel's ambassador to the...

In this article: UN, Binyamin Netanyahu, Succot, Chaim Herzog, Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Israel

...pilgrims worshiping "Yehoshua Christ" echoed for miles over the hills of the Judean Desert late Friday night - the first night of Succot. Christian pilgrims flock to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Tabernacles Just as the silence of...

In this article: Succot, Israel, Ministry of Tourism, Jerusalem, Judaic, God, and Feast of Tabernacles

...person(s) vandalized a Jewish religious structure on the Row in the hours between Friday night and Saturday morning, in the midst of Sukkot, a week-long Jewish holiday. One of three Jewish pilgrimage holidays, Sukkot in Hebrew translates...

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