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Adin Steinsaltz
October 16, 2016, 11:01 am
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Seven shepherds and eight princes of men
Connecting the ushpizin, the historic Jewish leaders who strangely visit sukkahs worldwide each night, to the holiday itself
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Rosh HaShanah: The head of the year
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Remembering Jerusalem
The holy city’s destruction was the ruin of all existence, casting a curtain of sadness over reality ever since
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The process of receiving the Torah
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In every generation
The Haggadah’s text, though fixed, beckons to each seder’s participants to perfect it with new interpretations
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Purim, the festival of laughter
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The custom of public contemplation before the High Holidays gives Jews a chance to ask each other: Where are we going?
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Curious Jews
The uniquely human drive to study for its own sake is the trait that raises humans above the angels
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Freedom means more than being unchained
Those who are set free but have no real aspirations are destined to become slaves to other masters
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Tu Bishvat: Connecting with the living world
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Hanukkah — lighting a new kind of candle
The Hasmonean wars marked the first time in history that people were willing to die for their beliefs
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A healing pain
God will find the right way to make our enemies pay for what they did — our task is to ’do’ Kaddish
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Add more holiness
The founder of the yeshiva where two of the kidnapped teens studied calls on Jews to pray for their safe return
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Where are the rabbis in Israel who care about the prostitutes at Tel Baruch beach?
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The season of our rejoicing
The Sukkot holiday experience of return to the primordial condition of deficiency and exile is a recipe for joy
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