The festival of Sukkot is celebrated over seven days, but the Torah adds an “eighth day” of joy to it: “Shemini Atzeret” (an expression...

What is the meaning of the celebration of Sukkot? The question seems unnecessary since there is a biblical paragraph that gives a very...

Yom Kippur is the most important day in the Jewish calendar. Since biblical times it was dedicated as the time when in response to a...

Biblical festivals are generally related to the seasonal events on the ancient agricultural calendar in the land of Israel: Pesach with...