Lesson 4 of 12·Sacred Time: The Jewish Holidays

Episode 4: Sukkot – The Eternal Lulav and Etrog

Sukkot appears profoundly out of place in today’s world—the dwelling in huts, the hoisting of palm fronds aloft—one might regard it as an anachronism, or irreconcilable with modernity. What can it mean to contemporary Jews?

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Rabbi Meir Soloveichik
Meir Soloveichik is a senior fellow and contributor at Tikvah, the rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel, and the director of the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University. His many podcasts, video series, media appearances, and writings can be found at Ideas.Tikvah.org.

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Episode 4: Sukkot – The Eternal Lulav and Etrog

Taught By

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik

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Episode 4: Sukkot – The Eternal Lulav and Etrog

Taught By

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik

Episode 4: Sukkot – The Eternal Lulav and Etrog

Taught By

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik

1 of 12 Episode 1: Jewish Time – From Alaska to Jerusalem

2 of 12 Episode 2: Rosh Hashanah – Creation and Parenthood

3 of 12 Episode 3: Yom Kippur – The Nature of Man

4 of 12 Episode 4: Sukkot – The Eternal Lulav and Etrog

5 of 12 Episode 5: Shabbat and the Festivals

6 of 12 Episode 6: Monotheism, Atheism, and Paganism – The Eternal Lessons of Hanukkah

7 of 12 Episode 7: Tu b'Shvat and The Crisis of Modernity

8 of 12 Episode 8: Purim and Jewish Solidarity

9 of 12 Episode 9: Passover and the Four Freedoms

10 of 12 Episode 10: The Rebirth of Israel – The Meaning of the Zionist Holidays

11 of 12 Episode 11: Shavuot – The Treasure from Sinai

12 of 12 Episode 12: Tisha b’Av – The Miracle of Jewish Memory

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1 of 12 Episode 1: Jewish Time – From Alaska to Jerusalem

2 of 12 Episode 2: Rosh Hashanah – Creation and Parenthood

3 of 12 Episode 3: Yom Kippur – The Nature of Man

4 of 12 Episode 4: Sukkot – The Eternal Lulav and Etrog

5 of 12 Episode 5: Shabbat and the Festivals

6 of 12 Episode 6: Monotheism, Atheism, and Paganism – The Eternal Lessons of Hanukkah

7 of 12 Episode 7: Tu b'Shvat and The Crisis of Modernity

8 of 12 Episode 8: Purim and Jewish Solidarity

9 of 12 Episode 9: Passover and the Four Freedoms

10 of 12 Episode 10: The Rebirth of Israel – The Meaning of the Zionist Holidays

11 of 12 Episode 11: Shavuot – The Treasure from Sinai

12 of 12 Episode 12: Tisha b’Av – The Miracle of Jewish Memory

Episode 4: Sukkot – The Eternal Lulav and Etrog

Taught By

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik

1 of 12 Episode 1: Jewish Time – From Alaska to Jerusalem

2 of 12 Episode 2: Rosh Hashanah – Creation and Parenthood

3 of 12 Episode 3: Yom Kippur – The Nature of Man

4 of 12 Episode 4: Sukkot – The Eternal Lulav and Etrog

5 of 12 Episode 5: Shabbat and the Festivals

6 of 12 Episode 6: Monotheism, Atheism, and Paganism – The Eternal Lessons of Hanukkah

7 of 12 Episode 7: Tu b'Shvat and The Crisis of Modernity

8 of 12 Episode 8: Purim and Jewish Solidarity

9 of 12 Episode 9: Passover and the Four Freedoms

10 of 12 Episode 10: The Rebirth of Israel – The Meaning of the Zionist Holidays

11 of 12 Episode 11: Shavuot – The Treasure from Sinai

12 of 12 Episode 12: Tisha b’Av – The Miracle of Jewish Memory

1 of 12 Episode 1: Jewish Time – From Alaska to Jerusalem

2 of 12 Episode 2: Rosh Hashanah – Creation and Parenthood

3 of 12 Episode 3: Yom Kippur – The Nature of Man

4 of 12 Episode 4: Sukkot – The Eternal Lulav and Etrog

5 of 12 Episode 5: Shabbat and the Festivals

6 of 12 Episode 6: Monotheism, Atheism, and Paganism – The Eternal Lessons of Hanukkah

7 of 12 Episode 7: Tu b'Shvat and The Crisis of Modernity

8 of 12 Episode 8: Purim and Jewish Solidarity

9 of 12 Episode 9: Passover and the Four Freedoms

10 of 12 Episode 10: The Rebirth of Israel – The Meaning of the Zionist Holidays

11 of 12 Episode 11: Shavuot – The Treasure from Sinai

12 of 12 Episode 12: Tisha b’Av – The Miracle of Jewish Memory

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