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First Liberation, Then What?

Sukkot celebrates the challenges of everyday life.

Joy Is A Religious Obligation

Jewish tradition recognizes Sukkot as a celebration and sharing of our material possessions.

The Intermediate Days of Sukkot

Called hol hamoed, the intermediate days are observed differently than the beginning and final ones.

Jewish Continuity

Is the Jewish people disappearing?

What Happens in Synagogue on Sukkot

Highlights of the Sukkot Prayer Service

What Do Lifecycle Celebrations Do?

Jewish lifecycle ceremonies celebrate change, and sanctify the ordinary.

Traditionalism Confronts Lifecycle Innovation

Traditionalist Jews have many objections to new, or renewed, lifecycle ceremonies.

Mitzvot: Contemporary Understandings

For Jewish religious thinkers in our time, the question "why observe mitzvot?" has become a central and critical concern. Some answers echo earlier periods, some are new.

Kedushah (Holiness) in Rabbinic Judaism

What holiness meant to the sages of the Talmud.

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