What does Sukkot commemorate?
[7] The Composite Chag and the Simcha Machine [8] Torah Kidbits [9] Torah from Nature [10] from Machon Puah [11] TTreader Feedback [12] Hoshana Rabba the multi-dimensional quasi-holiday [13] From the desk of the director [1] From the virtual desk of the OU VEBBE REBBE The Orthodox Union ñ via its website ñ fields questions of all types in areas of kashrut, Jewish law and values. Some of them are answered by Eretz Hemdah, the Institute for Advanced Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, headed by Rav Yosef Carmel and Rav Moshe Ehrenreich, founded by HaRav Shaul Yisraeli zt”l, to prepare rabbanim and dayanim to serve the National Religious community in Israel and abroad. Ask the Rabbi is a joint venture of the OU, Yerushalayim Network, Eretz Hemdah… and the Israel Center. The following is a Q&A from Eretz Hemdah… Q: There are many brands of bamboo mats and the like that serve as síchach with hechsherim (rabbinical approval). What are the rabbis attesting to that is not self-evident? A: Major cri
