Talmud Illuminated

On Holiday (Yom Tov), one is allowed to cook. In this, Holidays are different from Shabbat, when cooking is not allowed. Since peace offerin...

The Talmud uses the following verse as the basis for separating men from women in the synagogue: " And the land shall mourn separately,...

The water-drawing celebration on Sukkot was the pinnacle of joy. Whoever did not see it never saw rejoicing in his life.  Down from the Temp...

The flute was played in the Temple during the nights of Sukkot. It served as a musical accompaniment before the drawing of the water for lib...

The mitzvah of the water libation was done in the following manner. There was a golden vessel with a capacity of three lugin (between half a...

Earlier, we said that many mitzvot on Sukkot last for seven or even eight days. For example, rejoicing goes on for eight days, and it is exp...

There are seven days in the Holiday of Sukkot, and day number eight is also a Holiday, called "The eighth day," or Shemini Atzeret...