SUKKOT – FIRST DAYS September 30 – October 1, 2023 / 15-16 Tishrei 5784 SPECIAL DAYS Sukkot begins Friday night, September 29, and is celebrated through Friday, October 6. Hoshana Rabbah is celebrated on the last day of Sukkot. Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah begins Friday night, October 6, and is celebrated through Sunday, October 8. | | | FEATURED | | | AROUND THE OU | | ![A New School Year, a New Approach to Tuition Affordability](https://ouintranet.org/newsletters/files/Teach-Coalition-Logo.jpg) | Teach NYS | A New School Year, a New Approach to Tuition Affordability | This school year, children from across Queens, Brooklyn, and Long Island have left public school and instead are attending a New York Jewish day school—many for the first time. Families from across the state and elsewhere have moved to Rochester specifically to attend Jewish day school. There is a reason for the sudden influx. | Read More | | | ![Funding the NSGP Program](https://ouintranet.org/newsletters/files/nathan-diament-1.jpg) | Nathan J. Diament | Funding the NSGP Program | OU Advocacy Executive Director Nathan Diament wrote an op-ed in The Forward about the importance of fully funding the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which provides crucial security funding for shuls and schools. | Read More | | | TORAH | | ![Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon and Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz](https://ouintranet.org/newsletters/files/shsh-hilchos-shabb-rabbis.png) | Coming Soon! לקדשו: Learning Shabbos, Living Shabbos | Get ready for a new feature from Shabbat Shalom and OU Torah, sharing easy-to-use and impactful resources designed to enhance your knowledge and appreciation of Hilchos Shabbos! Featuring printable materials from Rav Rimon, Ten-Minute Halacha audios from Rav Lebowitz, and more. Starts the week of parshas Bereishis! | | | | | ![Everyone Can Be Here](https://ouintranet.org/newsletters/files/rabbi-hauer-outoday.jpg) | Rabbi Moshe Hauer | Everyone Can Be Here | When Hillel the Elder would celebrate the Simchas Bais HaShoeiva, he would say: "If I am here, everyone is here; if I am not here, who is here?" | Read More | | | ![The Secret of the Etrog](https://ouintranet.org/newsletters/files/rabbi-menachem-genack3.jpg) | Rabbi Menachem Genack | The Secret of the Etrog | According to one view, the etrog was the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. But what does that convey about its meaning on Sukkot? | Read in Hebrew | | | ![The Starry Night](https://ouintranet.org/newsletters/files/rabbi-dr-norman-lamm-ztl.jpg) | Rabbi Norman Lamm zt"l | The Starry Night | We need Torah more than ever before. We need a religion which does not change with the times, but which offers the permanence and stability we crave. | Read More | | | ![All About Hoshanos](https://ouintranet.org/newsletters/files/Abramowitz-200v1-1.jpg) | Rabbi Jack Abramowitz | All About Hoshanos | What are Hoshanos? Why do we say them? And why does their order change based on when Succos starts? | Read More | | | ![From Fear to Festivities](https://ouintranet.org/newsletters/files/rabbi-weinreb-5.jpg) | Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb | From Fear to Festivities | During this recent time, none of us escaped a sense of insecurity. Recognizing that these days are days of divine judgment, we could not help but wonder as to how we were being judged. | Read More | | | ![Rain and a Glass Door](https://ouintranet.org/newsletters/files/halachayomis2.jpg) | Halacha Yomis | Rain and a Glass Door | I have a sukkah on my porch with a glass door that faces my dining room. Right after I made Kiddush, it began to rain. If I eat my meal in the dining room, must I make Kiddush again? | Read More | | | THIS WEEK ON SOCIAL | | FOOD | | |
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