Sukkah (Talmud)
Sukkah ( he, סוכה, ''hut'') is a book of the Mishnah and Talmud. It is the sixth volume in the Order (Mishnaic section) of Moed. Sukkah deals primarily with laws relating to the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. It has five chapters. Included in its scope are the topics of: * The Sukkah, or hut, which is lived in during Sukkot * Laws concerning each of the four species of vegetation which are waved during prayers over the holiday * The Celebration of the Water-Drawing ( he, שמחת בית השואבה, ) which took place at the Temple in Jerusalem on the nights of Sukkot. External links and resourcesMishna fulltext(Hebrew)Talmud Bavli fulltext(Hebrew)Mishna Translationwith the commentary of Pinchas Kehati Pinchas Kehati (; 1910 – December 21, 1976) was a Polish-Israeli rabbi, teacher, and author. He is best known as the author of ''Mishnayot Mevoarot'' (, "Explained Mishnah, Mishnayot", popularly known as "the ''Kehati Mishnayot''") which is a co ...

Sukkah
A or succah (; he, סוכה ; plural, ' or ''sukkos'' or ''sukkoth'', often translated as "booth") is a temporary hut constructed for use during the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot. It is topped with branches and often well decorated with autumnal, harvest or Judaic themes. The book of Vayikra ( Leviticus) describes it as a symbolic wilderness shelter, commemorating the time God provided for the Israelites in the wilderness they inhabited after they were freed from slavery in Egypt. It is common for Jews to eat, sleep and otherwise spend time in the ''sukkah''. In Judaism, Sukkot is considered a joyous occasion and is referred to in Hebrew as ''Z'man Simchateinu'' (the time of our rejoicing), and the sukkah itself symbolizes the fragility and transience of life and one's dependence on God. Associated activities The halakha requires eating and traditionally sleeping in the sukkah. However, Jews are not expected to remain in the sukkah if they would be very uncomfortab ...
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Great Synagogue (Herzilya)
Great Synagogue or Grand Synagogue may refer to; * Belz Great Synagogue, in Jerusalem, the second-largest synagogue in the world * Dohány Street Synagogue the Great Synagogue (''Nagy Zsinagóga'') of Budapest, Europe's largest and the world's fourth largest synagogue. * Great City Synagogue (Lviv), Ukraine * Great Synagogue of Europe, built Brussels in 1878, dedicated as the Synagogue of Europe in 2008 * Great Synagogue (Białystok), destroyed in 1941 * Great Synagogue (Bila Tserkva) * Great Synagogue (Constanța) * Great Synagogue (Copenhagen) * Great Synagogue (Danzig), destroyed in 1939 * Great Synagogue (Deventer) * Great Synagogue (Florence) * Great Synagogue (Gibraltar), oldest synagogue on the Iberian Peninsula * Great Synagogue (Grodno) * Great Synagogue (Iaşi) * Great Synagogue (Jasło), destroyed during World War lI * Great Synagogue (Jerusalem) * Great Synagogue (Katowice), destroyed in 1939 * Great Choral Synagogue (Kyiv) * Great Synagogue (Łódź), destroyed in ...
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