Sukkot: Clouds of Glory or Simply Booths

The Torah says that we are to sit in the sukka for seven days to commemorate the experience of the Jews when they wandered in the desert, so that future generations know what God did for us then. What are we supposed to be thinking when we sit in the sukka? In connecting to our past, how does the sukka speak to our present? In this podcast by Rabbi Meir Schweiger, we will explore these questions and provide some answers, with the help of a major halakhic work, the Arukh HaShulkhan.

A handout is available for this podcast, please see pardes.org.il

This podcast was generously sponsored by Daniela and Michael Rader in honor of the 50th wedding anniversary of Barbara and Dennis Rader.

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us to us at elmad@pardes.org.il.

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Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Meir Schweiger

Rabbi Meir Schweiger taught at Pardes for more than four decades before retiring in 2020. Originally from the Bronx, New York, he made aliyah in 1972. He studied at Yeshiva University, Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh and Yeshivat Har Etzion, received rabbinic ordination in Jerusalem, and later earned an M.Ed. in Teaching Bible from Herzog College.

At Pardes, Meir taught a wide range of subjects including Chumash, Talmud, Halakha and Siddur. He served as Mashgiach Ruhani, guiding the school’s spiritual life through coordinating and supervising tefillot, tiyulim, shabbatonim, and pre-holiday yemei iyun. For more than 10 years, Meir was also the Director of the Pardes Fellows’ Program for returning 2nd year students and the Educational Director of the Pardes Learning Seminar.

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