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What I’m Reading in the Sukkah This Year

JL;DR SUMMARY Rivka Bennun Kay shares her reading list for Sukkot, emphasizing how this festival provides an opportunity for reflection and recharging. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CulturePrayerSpiritualityOctober 7 MassacreSukkotHeroismReadingDov SingerMenachem Froman

Places mentioned

Gush Etzion, Southern District, Israel
"The rosh yeshiva of Mekor Chaim, a boys high school in Gush Etzion, and the founder of the Beit Midrash LHitchadshut, Rav Dov is a trailblazing Israeli educator and spiritual leader."
Ofakim, Southern District, Israel
"Last summer, I joined a tour of the southern Israeli city of Ofakim, which was the site of a fatal and tragic battle on the morning of October 7."

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