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This Sukkot, thousands of Jewish students around the world gathered at Hillel to celebrate under the branched roof of a sukkah. They studied Jewish texts, shook the lulav and etrog, shared meals, sang, decorated, and spent time together. The celebrations looked different from campus to campus and country to country, but they shared a common […]
Why celebrate one Jewish holiday when you can celebrate four?! After a month of observing the holidays of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot, the Jewish calendar finally lands on Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, a combined celebration that marks the end of the High Holidays.
Spring is beginning in Brazil, and at Hillel Rio, Sukkot is underway. The Hillel sukkah is filled with Jewish students and young adults sharing meals, learning Jewish text, shaking the lulav and etrog, spending time with friends, and even sleeping under the stars. For roughly 3,000 participants, Hillel Rio offers a place to make Judaism, […]
These words are often at the heart of Hillel’s programming around the world, where creating a sense of belonging and acceptance is an essential value.
At the time, I didn’t fully understand Sukkot as a celebration of hospitality, community, gratitude, and joy. College changed that.
Beginning five days after Yom Kippur, Sukkot is one of the three major holidays during the Jewish calendar (the other two are Passover and Shavuot). The word “Sukkot” means “booths” or “huts,” and refers to the structures many Jewish families and communities build to represent the temporary dwellings the Israelites lived in after their escape from Egypt.
Every fall, Jewish students arrive on campus for the new academic year and the High Holidays, carrying pieces of home with them.
This past weekend, thousands of Jewish students celebrated Rosh Hashanah with their campus Hillels.
Imagine taking 365 days of self-reflection, and compressing it into one, single day. That, in essence, is Yom Kippur.
Torah is a conversation, learning is a relationship, and music should be playing in every room.
