The Moment
The Rebbe was adamant that he did not want the talmidos to occupy the building without first davening a tefillah for success
By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz
Jr. Fiction
Mendy stalks toward me, hand outstretched. I shriek until Mommy comes onto the porch to see what’s going on
Calligraphy: Succos 5784
“I think we should call the police,” Mr. Laufer says, and Baila’s heart sinks with heavy, unsurprised disappointment. What accusations will they level against Mikki?
Guestlines
Succos is the zeman simchaseinu, the Days of Joy. The contrast seems abrupt and jarring — why the sudden shift in mood?
By Rav Daniel Osher Kleinman
Pendulum: Succos Supplement 5784
The Sforno was clear that worldly achievement was just a means to a loftier end
By Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Galinsky
Calligraphy: Succos 5784
I reminded myself that I had no reason to worry. Maybe things would happen at the last minute, but my mother would help me pull this off, I knew I could rely on her