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Simchat Torah and Inheriting the Torah
Likutei Sichos vol. 29 Brachah and Simchas Torah
By Shalom Paltiel
Learn how the verse Torah Tzivah in the last Torah portion, which describes Torah as an unforsaken inheritance, conveys the theme of Simchat Torah. Understanding the level of joy on Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot, together with the advantage of Teshuvah, sheds light on the joy of Simchat Torah.
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The Singer Who Almost Never Sang
Shaindy Plotzker in conversation with Chana Weisberg
Shaindy Plotzker is a queen of the women-only stage. But she once was too shy to sing and preferred to teach. A medical scare gave her the inspiration she needed to start inspiring others.
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A Fiery Law
Letters and numbers of Simchat Torah
Aaron L. Raskin
Before the Torah was given, it existed as “black fire written upon white fire.” This is alluded to by the unusual term “eish-dat,” which is written as one word but read as two.
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Building and Celebrating Unity
By Aryeh Weinstein
We all struggle with our egos, our need for attention. To “make it” we try to stand out and be significant. Paradoxically, we experience tremendous joy and holiness when we can unite with our brothers and sisters. There are special times and ways of celebration that help us tap into that beautiful oneness we all share at our core.
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The Singer Who Almost Never Sang
Shaindy Plotzker in conversation with Chana Weisberg
Shaindy Plotzker is a queen of the women-only stage. But she once was too shy to sing and preferred to teach. A medical scare gave her the inspiration she needed to start inspiring others.
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Let’s Talk Tanya: Tishrei 19
Igeret HaKodesh: Epistle 22 - Part 5
By Naftali Silberberg
Don’t Even Think of It! What is worse than Lashon Hara?
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What Is Sukkot?
By Hershey Sufrin
Sukkot is a Jewish holiday celebrated by taking off work, celebrating in a hut, and waving unusual bouquets. This video will give you the whole story.
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What Is Simchat Torah?
By Hershey Sufrin
Once a year the synagogue becomes a dance floor and the Torah becomes our dance partner.
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Why Chabad Does Not Sleep in the Sukkah
Likutei Sichos vol. 29 Sukkos
By Shalom Paltiel
The Chabad Rebbes were exceedingly meticulous in the mitzvah of sukkah, going beyond the letter of the law to never eat or drink out of the sukkah. Learn why sleep is different.
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Sukkos with the Rebbe-to-Be
Sukkos, 1940s
Living Torah
Rabbi Yitzchak Groner is a Shliach of the Rebbe in Melbourne, Australia for over 50 years. He recalls warm anecdotes of the Rebbe’s interaction with the students at 770 during the lifetime of the Previous Rebbe.
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All About Sukkot!
History and Facts with Dina
By Dovid Taub and Yitzchak Feigenbaum
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Mitzvah Island Episode 1
Welcome to Mitzvah Island
By Dovid Taub
Sarah and Avi find a letter “mem,” and help him find a mitzvah that starts with the letter “mem.”
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What Is Chitas?
By Hershey Sufrin
Get the inside scoop on the daily study program, which includes Chumash, Tehillim, and Tanya.
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The Queen of Persia
The Animated Purim Story
A virtuous heroine. A wicked villain. It’s the ancient, true story of Queen Esther, brought vividly to life in a delightfully educational way.
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Out of Egypt
The animated story of Passover
Experience the miraculous exodus of the Jewish people out of the mighty Egyptian empire—in a unique, fun-filled (and educational) style!
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Tap into Sukkot!
Rebbetzin Tap & Friends
What's Sukkot all about? Why do we build a Sukkah and shake the Lulav? Learn about Sukkot with Rebbetzin Tap!
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The (Im)possible 5-Minute Truck Sukkah
What to do when you don't have a suitable yard or balcony for a sukkah? You can make it on the back of a truck! This short video shows how it's done.
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Virtual Model Matzah Bakery
Watch how matzah is made for Passover, and have fun learning all about Passover. Presented by Rabbi Moshe Grossbaum of the Living Legacy in Bergen County, NJ.
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Shazak Parsha: Simchas Torah
By Moshe Moscowitz
Watch a taste of Shazak, and discover why we dance on Simchat Torah, and who truly owns the Torah? Geared for kids... Great for adults!
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Celebrating Simchat Torah
Five Levels of Understanding
Aaron L. Raskin
The holiday of Sukkot culminates with the days of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, where we celebrate the completion of the Torah. Learn five levels of meaning behind this most joyous day.
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The Lawnchair Guy
Dovid Taub & Jonathan Goorvich
While Jono is looking for a new adventure, Itche realizes that his Synagogue is deteriorating. Hilarity ensues.
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What Is Kosher?
Eli’s Kosher Kitchen
Learn the basics of which foods are kosher, how to shop for kosher foods and keep a kosher kitchen, and why this mitzvah is so important.
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Sukkot Explainer: The Season of Our Rejoicing
By Aryeh Weinstein
Five days after Yom Kippur, we shift gear and go outside to be in a flimsy hut called a sukkah—characterized by a state of complete joy. Learn all about the holiday of Sukkot.
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Sukkot in Two Minutes
A cute overview of the holiday of Sukkot, a joyous festival where we sit in the Sukkah and take the Lulav and Etrog.
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My Sukkah Is Your Sukkah
Sukkot and Self-Transcendence
By Shais Taub
The power of the sukkah to release us from our emotional attachments to the material world and make us available for intimate relationships with others.
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Sukkot
Sukkot & Simchat Torah Videos
Prepare for the joyous festivals of Sukkot and Simchat Torah with these educational and informative videos about the various mitzvot and customs related to this eight-day holiday.
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Simchat Torah
On Simchat Torah we complete the yearly cycle of Torah readings, and celebrate by dancing with the Torah.
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All About Sukkot!
History and Facts with Dina
By Dovid Taub and Yitzchak Feigenbaum
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What If We Built the World’s Greatest Sukkah?
By Dovid Taub and Yitzchak Feigenbaum
Ezy, Eli, Dina and the newest character, Rina, try to come up with ideas to make the world's greatest sukkah and learn an important lesson in the process.
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Super Sukkah
By Tzvi Freeman
Using exclusively licensed technology from KabbalaLabs Disincorporated, the latest device in time-travel is now being marketed to the public by Infinity Labs Intergalactical. Inexpensive and easy to construct in your own backyard, the Super Sukkah will prove a big hit for the entire family, friends, hornets and in-laws.
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Sukkot: Less Is More
By Lazer Gurkow
The mitzvah of dwelling in the sukkah returns us to simpler values and simpler times.
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My Sukkah Is Your Sukkah
Sukkot and Self-Transcendence
By Shais Taub
The power of the sukkah to release us from our emotional attachments to the material world and make us available for intimate relationships with others.
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The Rebbe’s Sukkah
21 Tishrei, 5742 • October 18, 1981
Living Torah
Distribution of Lekach, honeycake, with wishes for a sweet New Year. This is an age-old tradition on Hosha’ana Rabah. The Rebbe hands Lekach to men, women and children of all walks of life.
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Swords into Palm Branches
Living Torah
An address to children on Sukkos: Unlike other nations, who parade with a rifle, a Jew parades with a lulav. And instead of bullets, a Jew arms himself with an esrog. Instead of brandishing daggers or swords, a Jew carries hadassim (myrtles) and aravos (willows).
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Humility, Diversity and Unity
Letters and numbers of the festivals—Sukkot
Aaron L. Raskin
The mystery of a missing letter vav in the verse that talks about shaking the lulav (Leviticus 23:40) and in the verse commanding us to dwell in the sukkah (23:42).
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A Fiery Law
Letters and numbers of Simchat Torah
Aaron L. Raskin
Before the Torah was given, it existed as “black fire written upon white fire.” This is alluded to by the unusual term “eish-dat,” which is written as one word but read as two.
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Pre-Sukkot Gathering
A 1980 gathering with the Rebbe, of righteous memory
An hour-long excerpt from a 1980 recording of the Rebbe’s pre-Sukkot gathering on the 13th day of the month of Tishrei, the yahrzeit of the fourth Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel Schneerson (1834–1882).
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The Evolution of the Sukkah
Three Phases in the Holiday of Sukkot
By Yisroel Altein
How the mitzvah of building a sukkah is performed in three epochs of history: before the giving of the Torah, after the giving of the Torah and after Moshiach comes.
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Let the World Know
Living Torah
Chabad philosophy teaches that the sukkah—which represents the clouds of glory that sheltered the Jewish people in the desert—is also the revelation of the incense cloud that blanketed the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur. On Sukkos it is revealed for all to see, even non-Jewish passersby.
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How to Observe Sukkot
Laws and customs of the holiday
By Yehuda Leib Schapiro
What special rituals are performed on the holiday of Sukkot? How does one perform them? What are some of the deeper reasons for doing what we do? An expert in Jewish law gives an overview of the lulav and etrog, eating in a sukkah, and other Sukkot-related observances.
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Being In a State of Joy
By Aryeh Weinstein
Sometimes, in our attempt to be happy, we focus on ourselves. The holiday of Sukkot teaches us that to be in a state of joy, one must move beyond oneself.
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Open Invitation
Living Torah
The Talmud relates that the entire Jewish people could dwell in one sukkah.
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The Properties of Water
Living Torah
When the Holy Temple stood in Jerusalem, wine was poured on the altar daily, but on the festival of Sukkos there was an additional water libation after the morning service.
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Why Do We Sit in the Sukkah?
Letters and Numbers of Sukkot
Aaron L. Raskin
Five levels of understanding to the meaning and symbolism behind the mitzvah to dwell in the Sukkah.
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Why an Etrog and Not a Lemon?
The Mitzvah of the Four Kinds
Aaron L. Raskin
A closer look at the mitzvah of taking the Four Kinds on Sukkot, and what they each represent.
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What Makes an Etrog Beautiful?
How to choose the ideal etrog
By Mendel Kaplan
Do you know what to look for when buying an etrog? Learn more than the mere difference between a lemon and an etrog, familiarize yourself with what’s the ideal etrog, and become an educated etrog consumer.
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30:12
Celebrating Simchat Torah
Five Levels of Understanding
Aaron L. Raskin
The holiday of Sukkot culminates with the days of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, where we celebrate the completion of the Torah. Learn five levels of meaning behind this most joyous day.
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What Makes a Kosher Sukkah?
The Practical Laws for Building a Sukkah
By Mendel Kaplan
An overview of the laws for constructing a kosher sukkah.
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False Security
The Only Real Insurance
By Aryeh Weinstein
What makes you feel secure? Your insurance plan, your past success or wealth? Sometimes, by stepping out of the environments that make us feel secure, we can achieve real security. Learn the power of the hut of faith.
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Tap into Sukkot!
Rebbetzin Tap & Friends
What's Sukkot all about? Why do we build a Sukkah and shake the Lulav? Learn about Sukkot with Rebbetzin Tap!
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Rabbi Shmuel and Spreading Sukkot Joy
Living Torah
The yahrzeit of the Rebbe Maharash, the fourth Chabad Rebbe, falls just before Sukkos, a time when Jews busily prepare for the upcoming festival. In recalling his life’s work, we see how the Rebbe Maharash gave up personal comforts, working tirelessly to improve the spiritual and physical lives of Russian Jewry.
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One Sukkah, One Lulav, One People
Living Torah
The two central mitzvos of Sukkos, the sukkah and the Four Kinds, have at their core the theme of Jewish unity.
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The Four Keys to Happiness
A 90 second Sukkot insight
By Chony Milecki and Benny Friedman
In this 90 second video, Choni Milecki and Benny Friedman present the four G’s how to be happy on the holiday of Sukkot
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Unpacking the Holiday Bags
Harnessing the Sukkot Energy for the Whole Year
By Zalman Kaplan
Throughout the month of Tishrei, which is replete with holidays, we receive many special blessings and divine gifts. Now after its conclusion we ‘unpack’ these tremendous energies of love and joy to utilize them for the entire year.
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The Ushpizin
The Supernal Sukkot Guests
Aaron L. Raskin
This series explains the meaning of the mystical guests who visit the Sukkah each day of Sukkot. In addition to the classic ushpizin, there’s a tradition of Chassidic ushpizin. Rabbi Raskin endeavors to correlate the two sets of revered visitors.
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Simchat Torah and Inheriting the Torah
Likutei Sichos vol. 29 Brachah and Simchas Torah
By Shalom Paltiel
Learn how the verse Torah Tzivah in the last Torah portion, which describes Torah as an unforsaken inheritance, conveys the theme of Simchat Torah. Understanding the level of joy on Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot, together with the advantage of Teshuvah, shed
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Sukkot in Two Minutes
A cute overview of the holiday of Sukkot, a joyous festival where we sit in the Sukkah and take the Lulav and Etrog.
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The Singer Who Almost Never Sang
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The Goat, Teshuvah, and the Essence of Yom Kippur
Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 27, Acharei sicha 2
By Ari Shishler
Does Yom Kippur require teshuvah to achieve atonement? Explore Rambam’s distinction between the goat sent to Azazel and the 'essence of the day.
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Sukkot Explainer: The Season of Our Rejoicing
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Five days after Yom Kippur, we shift gear and go outside to be in a flimsy hut called a sukkah—characterized by a state of complete joy. Learn all about the holiday of Sukkot.
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The Mashal for Shabbos Chazon’s Vision
Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 29, Shabbos Chazon
By Ari Shishler
How seeing a vision of the Beis Hamikdash before Tisha B'Av can fundamentally change how we connect to Hashem. A closer look at the metaphor of a garment to represent the home of Hashem.
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What Is the Crown of Torah?
Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 28, Korach sicha 2
By Ari Shishler
Anyone who chooses can attain the crown of Torah. Analyze the words of Rambam on the superiority of the crown of Torah to discover what it’s really about.
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The Secret of Moshiach's Donkey
Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 31, Shemos sicha 3
By Ari Shishler
Uncovering the story behind Moshe’s special donkey, the same one used by Avraham and eventually Moshiach himself.
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Davening Creates New Realities
Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 29 Rosh Hashanah - Vov Tishrei
By Ari Shishler
To understand the secret of prayer, we must take a close look at the Tefillah of Chanah. The power of prayer is that it creates radically new realities.
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Why End with Hakhel and Writing a Torah?
Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 34 Vayelech, sicha 1
By Ari Shishler
You may know what the last two mitzvos of the Torah are, but do you know why they were chosen to be the last two?
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The Dual Message of Torah
Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 29 Nitzavim-Vayelech
By Ari Shishler
We serve Hashem in two distinct ways, both encapsulated in the essence of Rosh Hashanah. These two models are reflected in Nitzavim and Vayelech.
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“The Year of the Shabbat”
By Yaakov Y. Raskin
Join us for a special lecture by Rabbi Yaakov Raskin of Chabad of Jamaica, who will masterfully introduce us to the unique Jewish year of 5787 with Rosh Hashanah being on Shabbat. Prepare to be inspired, and most importantly, be ready to celebrate the new
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Hashem Is So Proud of You
Teaching 4: Kol Yisrael
By Tzvi Freeman
The Master Gardener of the universe takes pride in everything about you.
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When to Bring Bikkurim
Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 34 Ki Savo, sicha 1
By Ari Shishler
Do we know how to fully give gratitude? We can learn it from the mitzvah of Bikurim, the first fruit. Unpack the view of the Sifri vs. the approach of the Talmud. There are two ways to show gratitude to Hashem.
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When Chipped Stones Are Invalid
Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 29 Ki Savo sicha 2
By Ari Shishler
Why even the tiniest crack in a stone of the Beis Hamikdash is a massive problem. A detailed analysis of Rambam on these laws of the Beis Hamikdash.
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Shatnez and Other Forbidden Mixtures
Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 34 Ki Seitzei, sicha 1
By Ari Shishler
Compare and contrast the various types of forbidden mixtures, and discover how and why Shatnez is different.
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Does Hashem Owe Us for Our Efforts?
Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 29 Ki Seitzei sicha 3
By Ari Shishler
Is Hashem in breach of his own mitzvah of paying your workers as soon as they complete their work? When we do a mitzvah should we be rewarded immediately?
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The Role of Judges and Officers
Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 34 Shoftim
By Ari Shishler
What is the role of a Jewish officer of the court? A careful reading of Rashi tells of two types of officers.
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When the Entire Sanhedrin Says Guilty
Learning Likutei Sichos vol. 29 Shoftim sicha 3
By Ari Shishler
A closer look into Rambam on what happens when all the justices on the Sanhedrin can’t find anything positive to exonerate the defendant. Can a Jew ever be a truly lost cause?
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