Blast from the Recent Past Succos 5778 2017 Preparations in Crown Heights Brooklyn
- Sukkos
- 5785
- English
Reprinted from the 5778 Sukkot website of collive.com
More in this printout
- LulavaA miraculous story from the Yom Kippur War about Arik Shuali, a soldier whose life was saved by the mitzvah of Lulav and Esrog during an ammunition truck explos
- The Floating SukkahA historical account of how the Jews of Kiev in 1915 bypassed an anti-Semitic governor's ban on sukkot by building a floating sukkah on the Dnieper River.
- The Powerful Simcha of SukkotRabbi Elimelech Biderman and a powerful story from 1939 Warsaw illustrate how the joy of Sukkot and gratitude to Hashem prevail even in the face of devastation.
- Rav Chaim’s LulavA moving story about the Steipler Gaon, Rav Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky, who prioritized a merchant's livelihood and dignity over finding the perfect lulav.
- A Very Special Simchas Torah StoryA powerful Holocaust story of fifty yeshiva students in Auschwitz who celebrated Simchas Torah inside a gas chamber, leading to a miraculous survival.