Sukkos With Rabbi Mendel Kaplan

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan • 59 episodes

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan Rabbi Mendel Kaplan

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Head, Shoulders and Table (Lesson Five)

Sep 11, 2017

1:04:46

Head, Shoulders and Table: The Talmud on a sukkah’s minimum size. In this class we discuss disputed dimensions required for our temporary holiday hut-like enclosure. The supposition is made that the argument wasn’t ever about the Sukkah size, but rather a unique situational setting. As the finer points are analyzed, a new depth and understanding for this very special mitzvah are revealed.

Building a Sukkah on Torah Perceptions of Life (Lesson Four)

Sep 11, 2017

48:20

Building a Sukkah on Torah Perceptions of Life : The Talmud on how a Sukkah is built. After effectively presenting three distinctly different rationales for the Sukkah’s height restrictions, the Talmud seeks to better clarify the technical jurisprudence and ultimately the spiritual philosophies that motivate each school of thought. This analysis ultimately sheds new light on what may comprise the Sukkah’s essential meaning and message. This is a mind-building class equally develops a spiritual outlook on life itself!

Sukkah Builders' Code (Lesson Three)

Sep 11, 2017

52:48

Sukkah Builders' Code: The Talmud on a Sukkah’s Height. Our opening studies of tractate Sukkah gave us Halachic attributes and dimensions required for a kosher Sukkah and some of the rationale. In this class we’ll further investigate the logic behind the Sukkah’s height restrictions—even discovering how size can actually become the defining feature of the essential Sukkah.

Does Your Sukkah Measure Up? (Lesson Two)

Sep 11, 2017

1:03:50

Does Your Sukkah Measure Up? : The Talmud on a Kosher Sukkah. Having initiated our study of tractate Sukkah with the first Mishna that provided general details of the parameters and dimensions required for a kosher Sukkah, in this second class we begin the classic Talmudic investigation of the Mishna’s rulings. First, by contrasting the Sukkah with a Halachik mechanism for Shabbat known as Eruv, and then by seeking the rationale for the unusual height restrictions imposed on the Sukkah.

The Sukkah and the Holiday of Sukkot (Lesson One)

Sep 11, 2017

49:37

Tractate Sukkah opens with a discussion of the technical halachik parameters, including the dimensions and other properties essential for a valid and kosher sukkah. In this class we explore why it's the holiday’s primary mitzvah—from which the very festival derives its name. We also establish the defining character of this temporary hut-like enclosure, where we spend as much time as possible during the holiday, as we touch on some of the important jurisprudence associated with the sukkah.

When Unity = Joy! Sukkot Ma'amer Continued...

Oct 21, 2016

25:33

מאמר ולקחתם לכם 5743/1983 Part Two (of Two)

The Very Best Way to Shake it Up!

Oct 20, 2016

21:44

The Very Best Way to Shake it Up! by Rabbi Mendel Kaplan

Temporarily Permanent: A Sukkot Meditation...

Oct 19, 2016

17:17

Temporarily Permanent: A Sukkot Meditation... by Rabbi Mendel Kaplan

Ma'amer on Sukkot: The 4 which are 1!

Oct 14, 2016

38:36

Ma'amer on Sukkot: The 4 which are 1! by Rabbi Mendel Kaplan

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