Welcome to The Spirit of the Torah from Applied Jewish Spirituality (AJS).

In every episode, Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein explores insights arising from the Hebrew calendar or our weekly Torah portion, and related practices that can help us to effect positive change in our lives.

In this episode, we explore the spiritual meaning of the beautiful festival of Sukkot and its emphasis on joyful, embodied, earth-based practices.

Here are the sources referred to in this episode:

The embrace or hug of the Divine Right Hand of Chesed (Loving-Oneness):

https://www.sefaria.org/Pri_Etz_Chaim%2C_Gate_of_Sukkot.1.3?vhe=Pri_Etz_Chaim&lang=bi

The joyful ancient celebration of Sukkot, as described in the Mishnah:

https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Sukkah.5.1?vhe=Torat_Emet_357&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en

Returning to the physical and practical:

https://www.sefaria.org/Olat_Reiyah%2C_Between_Yom_Kippur_and_Sukkot?lang=bi

Dwelling in the Clouds of Glory:

https://www.sefaria.org/Sukkah.11b.15?vhe=William_Davidson_Edition_-_Vocalized_Aramaic&lang=bi

Combining the natural and super-natural:

https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%A2%D7%9C_%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%91_%D7%90

All dwelling in one Sukkah:

https://www.sefaria.org/Sukkah.27b?lang=bi

https://www.yeshiva.org.il/midrash/32403

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