Sukkot (Exodus 33:12 – 34:16)

Note: The audio mp3 attached is not related to this week's Shabbat Shalom. Please click the link to watch Sondra share on Sukkot on YouTube.

This week is the holiday of Succot, the Feast of Tabernacles, and the middle of Sukkot falls on Shabbat, so once again the regular Torah reading is suspended and a special portion for the holiday is read instead. We read from Exodus, Chapter 33. The section discusses G-d’s covenant with Moses and that His presence will dwell with the Jewish people. He tells Moses to carve new tablets upon which G-d will engrave the Ten Commandments and up on Mount Sinai G-d reveals His glory.

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