Sukkot 5786: Holding the Tension

Posted by Pardes Faculty on October 5, 2025
Topics: Pardes from Jerusalem, Sukkot

What does it mean to choose obligation?

In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash explore the layered meanings of Sukkot—its joy, its duality, and its challenge. They discuss the beauty and symbolism of the sukkah and lulav while grappling with women’s exemption from these mitzvot and what it means to choose obligation.

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