The Hidden Connection between the Festival of Sukkot and the Book of Ecclesiastes https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/religion-holidays/2016/10/the-hidden-connection-between-the-festival-of-sukkot-and-the-book-of-ecclesiastes/

October 20, 2016 | Jonathan Sacks
About the author: Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks is a British Orthodox rabbi, philosopher, theologian, author and politician. He served as the chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1991 to 2013.

Many Jewish communities customarily read the book of Ecclesiastes on the Sabbath that falls during the holiday of Sukkot, which began last Sunday night and lasts for seven days. But the link between Ecclesiastes and the harvest festival is by no means evident. Through a series of subtle scriptural readings, Jonathan Sacks demonstrates how each relates to the other, and in the process explores the meaning of both. (Video, 53 minutes.)

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