In this podcast, recorded for Sukkot, Rabbi Rahel Berkovits discusses how the ritual of sitting in the sukkah is a remembrance of leaving Egypt. She will examine the second chapter of Tractate Sukkah which opens with a story about Rabban Gamliel’s slave and closes with a story about us, the Jewish people, serving as slaves. Through an analysis of the themes embedded within the text we will try to unpack and understand the rabbinic ideas presented in the text which tie the issue of slavery to the mitzvah of sukkah.
