With Yom Kippur now behind us, Jews across the world have begun preparations for the holiday of Sukkot, which begins tomorrow night. Stuart Halpern explores a comment on the holiday’s central ritual by Rabbi Eleazar of Worms (ca. 1176–1238), known as the Rokeah after the name of his major work, who was one of the leading German Jewish scholars of his day. During an outbreak of anti-Semitic violence in 1196, his wife and two of his daughters were murdered.

With Yom Kippur now behind us, Jews across the world have begun preparations for the holiday of Sukkot, which begins tomorrow night. Stuart Halpern explores a comment on the holiday’s central ritual by Rabbi Eleazar of Worms (ca. 1176–1238), known as the Rokeah after the name of his major work, who was one of the leading German Jewish scholars of his day. During an outbreak of anti-Semitic violence in 1196, his wife and two of his daughters were murdered.