Rav Frank (1873-1960) was a renowned halachic scholar who was considered by many very prominent rabbanim, roshei yeshiva, and poskim to have been the posek hador (the leading halachic authority of his ...

The arba minim, the four species of plants we are required to take on the festival of Sukkot, are mentioned in Leviticus. “And you shall take for yourselves on the first day, pri etz hadar, the fruits ...

About fifty to sixty years after the Second Temple was built, Nehemiah was relaxing in his hometown of Shushan when he received word that his brethren in Jerusalem were in trouble. Unfortunately, ...

The lulav has to be ‘yours’ on the first day of Chag, to be יוצא, that is, to fulfill the Mitzvah of the Four Species, the Arba Minim (as the Torah says:’You shall take for yourselves’- that which is ...

The Ma’aravit (piyut/hymn recited at Ma’ariv) for the first night of Sukkot, composed by Rabbi Yosef Tuv-Elem, the eminent sage of medieval France, commences: “Those who hold the Arba’ah Minim (Four ...

Succot’s arba minim are among Jewish images adorning a fourth century mosaic which, says Eli Abt, once fell victim to a shameful attack Become a member Support our work ...